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Harvard should refuse to administer the NDEA disclaimer affidavit, but should not refuse to admit a qualified student who has had to sign that affidavit in order to receive funds, Clark Byse, professor of Law, declared last night. In a speech sponsored by the School of Design, Byse reflected the principles upheld in yesterday's Corporation vote...
...university which establishes a definite policy for administration of the affidavit, Byse asserted, infringes on the individual student's freedom. "If I, Sam Student, would be willing to take an oath to get a loan, who are you, Mr. Administration, to interfere with my decision?" he asked, showing part of the problem...
...instigate repeal of the affidavit, Byse would appeal to the public and to the universities, not to the courts. He agreed with President Pusey that the NDEA, even with its flaws, represents a constructive change in the American attitude towards education...
Opposition to the disclaimer affidavit, which loan recipients must sign, was cited by both universities as the reason for the action. In a letter to Lawrence G. Derthick, U.S. Commissioner of Education, explaining the University decision, President Pusey stated that, "It is our earnest concern, while the matter of continuing or expunging section 1001 (f) (1) is still under consideration, to take no action which might possibly be considered as approving the Act as it now stands." He pointed out that a bill which would remove the disclaimer affidavit requirement from NDEA is now in Congressional committee...
...NDEA requires both a disclaimer affidavit and an oath of allegiance to the United States. "The oath of allegiance required by section 1001 (f) (2) makes the disclaimer affidavit superfluous," Pusey continued. The disclaimer affidavit, he said, "is also discriminatory since it singles out students alone in our population--and among students, the neediest--as subjects for special distrust... Since the (disclaimer) provision would present no barrier to those it is designed to catch, it is ineffective... As a kind of test-oath substituting an implied threat of coercion for persuasion in the realm of ideas, it seems counter...