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Their resolution was the first official expression of Faculty opinion on Pusey's action. It advocated nonparticipation in any program "which requires the University to exercise administrative responsibility in respect of the kind of oath and affidavit provision contained in that...
...current protests against the loyalty oath and affidavit in the National Defense Education Act seem to assume that the issue has only one side--as if it were merely a contest between the enlightened and the ignorant, or a defense against perversity. But every social and political issue, just by its nature as social or political, has two sides. And since the understanding of any such issue requires a grasp of the essential validity of both sides, I should like to say a word for the neglected other side of the present issue...
Dean Elder proposed last week that Harvard lead a "large concert" of universities in pushing for legislative action to remove the disclaimer affidavit provision from the NDEA. At the same time, Senator Kennedy emphasized the need for effective protest at the student level. The Student Council has created a committee to study the question, and, although the exact purposes and plans of this group are unclear, the move is a step in the right direction...
Kennedy and Clark are not the only men in Congress willing to fight to have the loyalty affidavit removed from the NDEA. But they need help from the colleges and universities that are directly affected by the Act. They need help to answer such charges as "Hundreds of colleges, including Harvard, have accepted the NDEA," and "Not one student has written in to protest the loyalty oath...
...students, Faculty, and Administration are serious in their opposition to the loyalty affidavit, they must prove it with direct and quick action. If the affidavit is not repealed soon, it will never be, and it will be an obnoxious part of every future education bill...