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...expected that the disclaimer affidavit would be debated when the NDEA came up for renewal in Congress this summer. In an attempt to gain Congressional support for repeal of the affidavit provision, President Pusey appeared often in front of Congressional committees before the summer...
...staid Matron of 42nd St. has, in the past, raised our ire when she joshes at objections to the NDEA affidavit or confuses Ivy League admissions policy or attempts to knife our Mac. On this occasion we join with all of Cambridge (and Cantabrigians living in Washington) to hail...
...headaches are just beginning. The two biggest issues preventing the adoption of the bill--the church-state controversy and states rights--have been virtually settled. Public opinion has been appeased now that Catholic school officials have accepted the prospect of a separate bill, similar to Title III of the NDEA, calling for loans to non-public schools. States rights Congressmen, feeling the strain on their pocketbooks more than on their principles, will accept the bill if the clause which sets aside ten per cent of each state's Federal aid for predetermined slum areas is deleted. The revised bill would...
...When the NDEA was passed in August 1958, Section 1001 (f) snuck in through an elaborate series of conference committee compromises, with no one realizing its implications. Then, educational institutions discovered that they would have to administer the oath and affidavit themselves and the campaign for repeal began. The act is up for renewal this year, and 1001 (f) will not disappear quietly. If the academic community wants to get rid of the affidavit (it is apparently willing to live with the oath), it must exert even more pressure than it did last year...
Supporters of repeal should learn from their past failures. They should realize that for the fourth year in a row NDEA will no doubt come up during summer vacation, when the academic community is least equipped to lobby effectively. They should recognize that, despite all the noise here in Cambridge, last year's effort was poorly organized and too small. If the nation's colleges and universities don't want that obnoxious affidavit on their hands for another three years they had better get busy...