Word: clark
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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...
Washington observers feel the previous move by Clark and Senator John F. Kennedy '40 to remove the affidavit failed because it tried to remove the relatively innocuous pledge at the same time. The strong opposition of a group of conservative Senators brought the proposal a 49-42 defeat...
...quite confident we can get the bill out of committee by offering this compromise," Senator Clark asserted. The compromise, under present circumstances, probably represents the most feasible way to eliminate the affidavit, which President Pusey has deemed "a direct personal affront" to the college faculties and students...
...Club of the Law and Graduate Schools applauds President Pusey's action on the loyalty oath provision of the National Defense Education Act. We are proud to have expressed opposition to the oaths last year and to have translated the opposition into effective action. It is unfortunate that the Clark-Kennedy Bill to remove the oaths was defeated in Congress. Such oaths are a breach of the American tradition of academic freedom and show an unwarranted suspicion of American students...