Word: ndea
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...month ago, Harvard and Yale simultaneously announced that they were withdrawing from the NDEA student loan program, pending removal of the affidavit. Then, at his press conference last week, President Eisenhower--although deploring the withdrawal of Harvard, Yale and other institutions--indicated that he understood their objections. He said that he favors repeal of the affidavit and retention only of the oath of allegiance...
Presidential pronouncements are always too late to be effective, and when they finally do appear they inevitably have an ambiguous quality. This rule applies particuarly to President Eisenhower's recent statement on the NDEA disclaimer affidavit...
However, the President goes on to "deplore" the current attitudes of the universities. He thinks that by freezing the funds, the universities have arbitrarily deprived citizens of the advantages of Federal aid. This is, in effect, saying that while he opposes the NDEA disclaimer affidavit, he is not willing actively to uphold his position...
...include his fine large staff which creates an aura of organization and efficiency that permeates all his activities. The staff has seldom slipped. One of the times it did was in Providence, where Rockefeller, not knowing what he was talking about, hastily supported the student loyalty affidavit in the NDEA...
During the half-hour show, he answered questions fired by a dozen students on subjects ranging from the NDEA to Russian education. He also touched upon the need for small classrooms and diversified curriculums in American schools, emphasizing the importance of the community in a school's "character...