Word: oaths
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...University refused the use of $250,000 annually in Federal loan funds in the fall of 1959. It objected to section 1001 (f) of the Act, which requires the taking of a loyalty oath and the filing of an affidavit disclaiming membership in or support of "any organization that believes in or teaches the overthrow of the United States Government by force or violence or by any illegal or unconstitutional methods...
Last week Lobrin at last took the oath as Congressman from Batangas, and his rival, Jose Laurel IV, was cheerfully on hand to congratulate him. Only four months remained of the term, and Lobrin will not even get the satisfaction of sitting in his seat, since the House has adjourned for the year. But in November Lobrin will get another chance to wrestle with the Laurels when he runs for Congress once again. His opponent: Father Jose Jr., who clearly has decided that the defeat of Upstart Lobrin was too important a job to leave in the hands...
Miss Beverly Meeker, a junior planner for the Authority, refused to sign the loyalty oath, required just last month, and so was forced to leave her position. A student at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, Miss Meeker is taking sociology and economics this summer for background in her career as a city planner...
...oath and questionnaire disclaiming membership in an organization advocating the overthrow of the government were suddenly required of all employees by the Authority's governing board. Only Miss Meeker refused to comply...
...oath doesn't apply to the job," said Miss Meeker yesterday. "It does nothing to induce loyalty and only promotes suspicion...