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Although the Supreme Court voided Oklahoma's first loyalty oath law last December, the eight teachers who resigned to test it have not, and probably never will return to teach in the state, and meanwhile another law, tailored to the Court's objections, became effective April...
...vote of 8 to 0, the nation's highest court struck down the oath after it had been in existence one year. Justice Tom Clark, writing the court's decision, labelled as a denial of due process the section that refused public employment to any person who had been a member of a "subversive" organization within the last five years. Another provision, requiring all public employees to bear arms against a foreign power, was declared a violation of Constitutional religious rights...
...Oklahoma teachers who resigned did so in protest. None of them had even been affiliated with a subversive group. All have since found employment out of the state, and in view of the new shape of the oath, indications are that its constitutionality will not be tested...
...Government is founded on a belief in God. You are asking for the privilege of being part of the Government, but you are apparently seeking admission on your own terms. If you are not willing to take the oath in good faith, the oath prescribed by the Congress of the United States, I cannot grant your petition...
...court immigration officer, surprised that the judge had not merely substituted an affirmation of allegiance permitted for those who object to oath-taking, suggested that, since Plywacki was about to leave for the States, the whole matter could be settled on the mainland. But Judge McLaughlin, a Roman Catholic, had his principles, too. He ruled Plywacki ineligible for citizenship...