Word: chater
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Shortly thereafter, on November 12, James, M. Landis, Dean emeritus of the Harvard Law School, and Reverend E. Walter Chater, head of a local church, formed a committee to protest the Oath. Morally, they appealed that "loyalty cannot, in our opinion, be legislated," while they claimed that the oath was unconstitutional because it read, "I also do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I do not believe in the overthrow of our form of government," condemning lawful, as well as illegal, change...
Shortly thereafter, on November 12, James M. Landis, Dean emeritus of the Harvard Law School, and Reverend E. Walter Chater, head of a local church, formed a committee to protest the oath. Morally, they appealed that "loyalty cannot, in our opinion, be legislated," while they claimed that the oath was unconstitutional because it read, "I also do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I do not believe in the overthrow of our form of government," condemning lawful, as well as illegal, change...