Word: repeals
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Teachers Oath law appeared permanently written into the State Statutes yesterday when the House of Representatives refused to reconsider the repeal bill, which it defeated last Thursday, by a vote...
...night that the University would take a part in an intensive lobbying campaign to swing three or four votes before the measure is brought up again on the floor. In Thursday's balloting only 12 Representatives were not present, but the Massachusetts Civic League, leaders of outside pressure for repeal were confident that they would turn the tide in today's roll call...
Since the proposal to repeal the Teachers' Oath was voted down yesterday in the Legislature by only four votes, it seems likely that the active participation of Harvard in the campaign against this law might have changed defeat into victory. That the university can advance arguments to justify its decision to play a passive role in the struggle for repeal this year is undoubtedly true. For there is some question as to whether this oath does really endanger civil liberties. And, even if the law is a menace to intellectual freedom, it may not be wise for Harvard to stir...
There is, however, the second consideration. The university's opposition to this bill in the past has not exactly improved its relations with local authorities, and it is only within the last two months that conciliatory measures have somewhat improved this situation. Should Harvard now join the fight for repeal of the Oath, the supporters of the law would almost certainly attempt to arouse "town-gown" feeling again. Thus, in the final analysis, the university is confronted with the dilemma of whether to defend freedom of thought and increase local animosity or to ignore officially the struggle over this bill...
...weakness of the anti-oath faction which had attempted to push the bill through to a third reading yesterday came as an unexpected blow to labor, church, and educational leaders who have pressed for repeal during the Curley law's four years of existence...