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Johnson's letter said the basis for the suspension was a Pennsylvania law called the state's loyalty oath. Under section 13, Johnson wrote Dunham, "Temple University is required to unequivocally set forth that the institution has no reason to believe any subversive persons are in its employ.' By your refusal to answer questions put to you by the congressional committee on the ground that to do so might be self-incriminating, you have deliberately created a doubt as to your loyalty status...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Reticent Prof Suspended by Temple Prexy | 3/2/1953 | See Source »

...Amarillo, Texas, Princess Cecilia of Prussia, 35, granddaughter of Kaiser Wilhelm, renounced her title, took her U.S.-citizenship oath and became plain Mrs. Clyde Harris, wife of an interior decorator and former Army captain whom she married in Germany...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Feb. 16, 1953 | 2/16/1953 | See Source »

...Vinson, who swore in three new aides for the Attorney General, explained why he postponed the ceremony for 30 minutes: the twelve-year-old son of one of the new aides was scheduled to play with his school basketball team and also wanted to see his father take the oath. The Chief Justice agreed to wait until the game was over...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Feb. 9, 1953 | 2/9/1953 | See Source »

...brief and moving. There were some memorable sights on the neoclassic stand in front of the Capitol: Eisenhower's solemn demeanor as he repeated the 41 words which elevated him to the highest office in the world; Mamie's proud tears as she watched him take the oath; Bob Taft's stony expression as he watched another man assume the job he had sought so long; Harry Truman staring at the floor of the platform and whispering to Mamie; Bess Truman biting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Great Day | 2/2/1953 | See Source »

Three-Year Dictatorship. For 20 minutes Naguib spoke, while overhead jets ripped across rooftops. Then at a signal the crowd rose and repeated after him Egypt's new creed, the Liberation Oath: "Almighty God, you love the strong and detest the meek. You spread your mercy over those who prefer to die in dignity for the sake of liberty to a life of dishonor in a realm of bondage . . . We swear by Thy Holy Name to work to our utmost [for a country] free from wicked passions and compatible with what is right and just . . . Our motto shall always...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EGYPT: Be Joyful This Day | 2/2/1953 | See Source »

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