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...happened in 1956. Like Smith, Kennedy tried to get it talked out early by stating his position: "Whatever one's religion in his private life may be," said he in answer to a Look reporter's question, "for the officeholder, nothing takes precedence over his oath to uphold the Constitution and all its parts-including the First Amendment and the strict separation of church and state." The Catholic press across the U.S. charged Kennedy with taking a "religious test" for public office, raising an issue where none exists on division of church and state...
Star Witness Rawson Mbogwa Macharia, a frail little Kikuyu shopkeeper, testified six years ago that Kenyatta himself had given him the Mau Mau oath, that he had been stripped naked and made to walk seven times through an arch of banana leaves and to drink human blood. Last spring, hoping for money, Macharia made the rounds of Nairobi newspapers showing a letter to him from Kenya's attorney general written before the trial. In return for his testimony, the letter said, the government would reward Macharia with a round-trip air ride to England, a two-year college course...
Asked about Radcliffe's reaction to the disputed loyalty oath provisions of the Defense Education Act, the Dean said that "no protest was officially registered, although individuals in the administration regret that it was included...
...oath is extremely unfortunate in this case," she pointed out, "because it singles out students particularly as people who are suspect. But, since this is the first national loan program that has been passed by Congress, there are bound to be flaws...
...remainder of time yesterday was spent on methods of keeping government records of fund allocation and on special problems of individual schools. No questions came up on the loyalty oath controversy, McDonald added...