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...that some of the group examined the Maryland law in action. Surely these men, at least, know that real subversion is not stopped by this kind of law: the man who will actually commit treason and sabotage will not wince at having to tell a lie on his loyalty oath blank. By letting the state control thought, by damning all "left-wing" groups together, the law itself subverts the entire way of life which we are now struggling to preserve and spread...
Ambassador O'Dwyer was left simmering gently in his own juices. He appeared before a New York grand jury, signed a waiver of immunity, took the oath, and flatly denied that Crane had ever given him any money, let alone $10,000 in a red manila envelope. Despite his denial, his reputation had been badly smudged. Washington hummed with rumors that he would presently be "nudged" into doing the gentlemanly thing-resigning his ambassadorship as gracefully as possible...
...history of Maryland's oath requirement goes back to November, 1948, when the state constitution was amended to bar from office any "member of an organization that advocates overthrow of the United States or Maryland through force and violence." To implement this amendment, a commission appointed by the Maryland Senate and headed by Frank B. Ober--a Harvard Law School graduate--drew up a bill designed to keep "subversives" out of the government. (Ober was also busy attacking Harvard at this time for tolerating the political views of some of its faculty members...
...first Gerende case arrived at the Maryland Court of Appeals in October. She and Louis Shub, Progressive candidate for Governor, had both refused to sign the oath. The Court decided that Miss Gerende, as a candidate for Federal office, should not be required to sign; but it ruled that the oath could not be waived in the case of Mr. Shub. Shub accordingly carried his complaint up to the Supreme Court later in the month, but the Supreme Court decided by six to three not to expedite his case. This moved it up beyond the November 8 election date...
...November election, the Maryland electorate gave the Ober Law an overwhelming vote of confidence in a state-wide referendum. Now the Supreme Court will get a chance at the legal aspects of the Ober oath requirements, which are typical of the loyalty provisions--passed and projected--that have innundated the country in the past few years...