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...Office AYD has protested against being required to submit a list on the grounds that such a record might cause AYD members t be refused government or private jobs on political grounds...
...case of the Radcliffe Youth for Democracy, something else enters the picture. The AYD, of which Radcliffe is an autonomous chapter, has been called "subversive" by the federal government. Any member of this "subversive" group is running the risk of being considered "subversive" for the rest of her life. Employers may or may not check a girl's college record carefully; if they do, and find that she was a member of the AYD, they will be inclined to turn down her application-- to be on the safe side...
There is still another side to the problem. If there is no iron-bound assurance that AYD affiliation will not pop up from college records in the future, many girls will hesitate before joining that organization. In that measure, the Radcliffe authorities would be unwittingly aiding the enemies of free political choice and belief. It is quite possible that the RAYD could not muster enough members willing to risk their careers to hold a charter this term, or next term, or sometime in the future. The RAYD would simply be forced out of existence...
...other Radcliffe undergraduate organizations have already complied with Dean's Office requests for membership lists. Only the AYD and the Young Progressives have refused...
When questioned by AYD president Nikki Ragozin '51 whether the Dean's Office would reveal names to outside investigators, Miss Sherman answered that no lists have been given out in the past but admitted that if asked point blank by a government investigator it would be necessary...