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Thus, the Supreme Court seems to have drawn a clear line in its opinion on the "subversive groups" clauses in loyalty oaths. Joining with no knowledge of their nature or joining before they are named by the Attorney General is not subject to test oath punishment...
...governor of Illinois will sign the loyalty oath and investigation bills Adlai E. Stevenson vetoed. Gov. Monte Stratton, Republican, has indicated that when the two bills of Senator Paul Broyles come to his desk, as they seem certain to do, he will sign them into...
...Loyalty Oath in Harrison...
...response to this appeal, Legionaires across the nation took new interest in the welfare of lecture-goers. In Harrison, New York, the local post united with the Board of Education to push through a loyalty oath required of all who use Harrison school buildings, from visiting college lecturers to Boy Scouts...
Shortly thereafter, on November 12, James M. Landis, Dean emeritus of the Harvard Law School, and Reverend E. Walter Chater, head of a local church, formed a committee to protest the oath. Morally, they appealed that "loyalty cannot, in our opinion, be legislated," while they claimed that the oath was unconstitutional because it read, "I also do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I do not believe in the overthrow of our form of government," condemning lawful, as well as illegal, change...