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...controversial loyalty affidavit of the National Defense Education Act will probably come up for consideration in Congress during its next session, the CRIMSON learned yesterday. Senator Joseph S. Clark '23, a co-sponsor of a previous bill to eliminate the affidavit, hopes to move his proposal out of the Labor and Public Welfare Committee where it was referred last July...
Clark plans a political compromise to help get the proposal onto the Senate floor for debate. He will suggest elimination of the affidavit--which requires each recipient of an NDEA loan to certify he does not "support any organization that believes in or teaches the overthrow of the United States government"--but will advocate retention of the pledge of allegiance...
First, the affidavit is excessively vague and its prohibitions could be interpreted by over-zealous federal officials as applying to activities they considered politically objectionable. It is not unimaginable to conceive of Southern officials deciding that to criticize segregation showed belief in the Communist conspiracy...
Second, the affidavit requirement demands that the student swear that he is, in effect, not a conspirator. It thus treats academic personnel as a prima facie suspect group...
Third, and perhaps most important, is the possibility that the affidavit requirement could serve as a precedent for ever stricter federal control over education. Because of the continuing increase in students, federal aid may become almost a staple for smaller schools and it is vital that such aid not force a school into bowing to political requirements and control...