Word: membership
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...constitutionality, the recent Supreme Court decision in the Oklahoma Loyalty Oath case declares unconstitutional any action making membership in a lawful organization in and of itself grounds for disqualification for state employ...
Nevertheless, he invoked the Fifth Amendment in response to questions of his membership in the Communist Party during the period in 1941 when the charges of espionage were first investigated...
Lewis, in testimony later in the day, stated flatly that he was not a member of the Communist Party, had never attended party meetings with his wife, and had no knowledge of party meetings in his home. He refused however, to discuss his wife's alleged membership in the party on grounds that such a question constituted "a grave invasion of the privacy of marriage...
There are three ways under existing New York statutes by which teachers may be fired: (1) active membership in the Communist party or any other group that advocates the overthrow of democratic government by force (including Fascist and Klan groups), (2) insubordination and conduct unbecoming a teacher in refusing to answer or answering falsely questions asked by the Superintendent of Schools or his representative, (3) refusal to answer questions asked by legislative committees on the ground of self-incrimination...
...offers more incentive to witnesses than most municipalities: "Former members of the Communist Party who have severed their connections in good faith have nothing to fear if they tell the truth." Janson continues. "A number of persons who were called in for questioning and gave straightforward answers about past membership are now teaching in our school system." Teachers in this category are believed to number...