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Conant admitted that the use of government funds might permit considerable "federal influence" in secondary education, but maintained that the present school situation ought to be improved. He cited the NDEA disclaimer affidavit as an example of this influence, repeating the generally-held objections to the restrictions on students' beliefs in the article...
...pointed out that any communists desiring NDEA funds would probably disregard the oath and that for this reason it was virtually worthless. Asked if he favored Harvard's rejection of the program, he answered that he would have followed President Pusey's actions exactly...
HANOVER, N.H., Nov. 18--Dartmouth College President John Sloan Dickey today called the NDEA student loan program's loyalty oath provisions "unwise and ineffective...
...withdrawing from the NDEA loan program, the Corporation has acted on principle. But freedom of belief and academic autonomy from Federal control must be protected in all programs of aid to higher education--including...
...Corporation to assume that Harvard can keep its hands clean while administering any program which requires an affidavit. Even if the University does not have to supply matching funds, nor receive the affidavits directly, its involvement in the NSF program is unmistakable. Unless the Corporation follows its NDEA decision with an equally vigorous stand on NSF, Harvard's policy will lack consistency. Whatever the form of administration, all disclaimer affidavits erode freedom of belief and are an insult to the academic community...