Word: oaths
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...what you call absolutely free," he said. "The oath bill interferes with abuse of freedom, not freedom itself. It's an honor to be asked to defend the Constitution. Why, notaries are charged five dollars for their oaths. If I charged the teachers that, they'd be after me with machine guns!" Dorgan relaxed against the sofa and laughed heartily...
...There's another method of taking the Teachers' Oath Bill to the people!" stormed Thomas Dorgan, former member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, last night, as he learned that his brain "nightmare", the Teachers' Oath Bill, had been virtually repealed in the House, 111 to 102, in a preliminary rollcall...
...what they're arguing about!" said the former representative. "The Massachusetts law isn't as harsh as other states' laws." He was amazed at the statement that the oath law places a stigma on the teaching profession. "No, no!" he cried, "the oath law doesn't accuse the teachers, it honors them...
...former firebrand of the House criticized the etiquette of James A. McLaughlin, Professor of Law, at the hearing on the oath bill at the State House. Dorgan charged that Professor McLaughlin pretended he didn't see the committee on the bill, and then turned around and asked. "Is this the committee?" This query was cited by Dorgan as a bad example to Harvard students...
...what most observers believe to be the most significant act of legislation this year, virtual repeal of the Teachers' Oath Bill was enacted yesterday when, by the narrow vote of 111-102, the Massachusetts House of Representatives accepted the report of the Committee on Education which recommended that the raw be erased from the ledgers...