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...statement of crimes" required by the National Defense Education Act needlessly singles out students as objects of suspicion and distrust. It demands that any undergraduate or graduate applying for NDEA money report convictions of all crimes and traffic violations punishable by more than a $25 fine. No other recipients of government largesse -- farmers or social security beneficiaries, for example -- are obligated to sign such a statement...
...focused their criticism so far primarily on the theoretical implications of the loyalty oath, it is this statement of crimes which could in practice prove the most damaging section of the act. Hundreds of students who have participated in civil rights activity in the South could be deprived of NDEA money at the whim of the government. The act doesn't specify that officials must deny funds to students who have been convicted of such crimes; but it provides ready justification for any future bureaucrat who is so inclined...
Although many faculty members feel uneasy about the NDEA clauses there has been little action taken. "One of the reasons we have not pressed the issue is because there has been no interest on the part of the students," Richard M. Hunt said today. "I only know of one case in which a student had any objections to signing," he added...
...present NDEA provisions were passed by Congress in 1958. John F. Kennedy '40 introduced at that time a bill which would have eliminated the three clauses, but it was defeated. The present bill is a compromise reached then...
...politicians the Association will be likely to approach is Sen. Robert F. Kennedy '48 who sponsored a bill during the 88th Congress to remove the objectionable clauses from NDEA scholarship forms. The bill was referred to the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare which shelved the matter...