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Only President Kennedy's signature is needed before the new NDEA provisions become law. In view of his past stand on the affidavit, this should not be long in coming...
Applicants for loans under the 1958 NDEA act wid still have to take an oath of loyalty to the United States, but they will no longer have to sign an affidavit disclaiming membership in, belief in, or support, of any subversive organization...
Instead of the controversial affidavit, the new law provides criminal penalties for any member of a subversive organization who applies for and receives an NDEA loan...
Passed in the wake of Sputniks I and II, NDEA sought to provide much needed funds for education in an era of rapidly rising costs. Its program embraced loans to students and grants for specific projects to universities...
Removal of the disclaimer affidavit from the National Defense Education Act by Congress yesterday at last removes the stigma of special suspicion from students and scientists on whom the requirement was imposed. Recipients of NDEA loans and National Science Foundation fellowships were required to swear that they had no memberships in subversive organizations. The new law, finally approved by voice vote in the House yesterday, instead provides for criminal prosecution of subversives who accept the Federal funds...