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...more splintering occurred. The American Youth for Democracy, the Young Progressives, the Young Republican Club organized outside of the League for Democracy, and in the fall of that year the SDA pulled out of the League, taking with it the majority of the membership. The Young Progressives and the AYD endorsed Wallace for president, the Republicans Dewey and the SDA supported...
...AYD and GOP Fold...
That is exactly what the present certificate can do. Any, NROTC man who went to hear Gerhardt Eisler speak for the John Reed Club last year could perfectly well be discharged. The midshipman could equally well be cashiered for attending an AYD folk dance. The Navy has decided that anyone who wants to hear the "subversive" side of things for himself can be classed as disloyal...
...CRIMSON seems to have misled readers by implying that a midshipman will be discharged simply for attending a function similar to an AYD folk dance or some such thing. Such is not the case, since the oath demands the signer to outline in detail his relationship with any particular organization listed. This statement is then considered by a reviewing board which judges whether the activity is subversive or not. Obviously, no one will be expelled from the unit if he has not taken an active and supporting role in such an organization, in other words supporting the principles...
...Navy does not consider presence at an AYD folk dance as potential evidence of subversive activity, why does it ask about participation in these functions? And even if the Navy could use such evidence to prove subversiveness, the asking has a serious deterrent effect far outweighing its value as providing information. 2.) Even if we could be sure that the lists of "subversive" organizations, made up without due process, are entirely accurate, we cannot accept the premise that members of subversive organizations are ipso facto subversive themselves. Obviously there can be more than the two reasons mentioned for remaining...