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...State of Arkansas before the world. And all this for what purpose? So that he can be elected to a third term. I have a strong preference for segregation. At the same time, I have a strong respect for law and order-and I would never violate any oath I have taken. I say the first duty of a Governor is to seek reconciliation -not chaos...
Both sides consulted astrologers and soothsayers (U Nu sent his favorite astrologer to India to check his findings with expert colleagues). Deputies were exhorted to drink "oath water" proffered by Buddhist monks, vowing allegiance to one side or the other. The opposition accused U Nu of being the sort of man "who, to gain power, would dig for buried treasure in his father's forehead," and charged him with entering an "unholy alliance" to deliver Burma to the Communists. Nu's supporters struck back by reviling Swe and Nyein as "American stooges" who wanted to force Burma into...
...Electing their 72-man state executive committee the Democrats gave a narrow (39 to 33) edge to the states' rights extremists. The new committee promptly repealed the loyalty oath by which state party candidates, including presidential electors, are pledged to support the candidates of the national party. Purpose: a warning to Northern Democrats and everybody else that the Alabama party is ready to go Dixiecrat again on the civil rights issue...
...same schools. The Supreme Court decision has already caused deep emotional conflicts. One elementary school teacher in Gwinnet Country, Georgia, was fired last year for refusing to denounce the court order in the classroom. The state legislature has debated a resolution that teachers must sign a loyalty oath that they never have belonged to or supported the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Such actions can have an obvious adverse effect on both teachers and pupils. The whole issue of segregation remains the foremost problem in the South, but authorities are mean-while trying to improve white...
...Christiansborg Palace, home of the Folketing (Parliament), the 18-year-old princess was formally introduced to the Council of State, and with a gold pen signed an oath to uphold the Danish constitution. Later, as she drove home in a royal coach, crowds jammed the sidewalks to cheer her. They called again and again for her to show herself on the balcony of the royal palace. Flag-waving schoolboys swung into a popular song that ends with the words "because she is so young and pretty," and the venerable Sixtus Harbor Battery boomed out a 21-gun salute...