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Although the loyalty provision of the National Defense Education Act may appear harmless to many, the University's opposition to the loyalty oath involves much more than mere academic quibbling. The loyalty provisions now in the NDEA (Section 1001f) meet no clear and present security danger, but form instead a perilous restriction on academic autonomy and civil freedoms...
...Senator applauded the University's suspension of NDEA funds, calling it "in line with what other fine colleges in the country have felt compelled to do." "The affidavit definitely should be repealed," the Senator stated, "And I think it can best be done by keeping the oath of allegiance...
...Democratic Club of the Law and Graduate Schools applauds President Pusey's action on the loyalty oath provision of the National Defense Education Act. We are proud to have expressed opposition to the oaths last year and to have translated the opposition into effective action. It is unfortunate that the Clark-Kennedy Bill to remove the oaths was defeated in Congress. Such oaths are a breach of the American tradition of academic freedom and show an unwarranted suspicion of American students...
What is primarily objectionable is not the required oath to support the Constitution, but rather the accompanying affidavit that the borrower does not belong to, "support," or "believe in" a subversive organization...
With the failure of Senator Kennedy's bill to remove the loyalty oath provision, there is no prospect until next session that it will be repealed. For its provisional refusal to use the federal monies, the University deserves much credit...