Word: signer
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...CRIMSON seems to have misled readers by implying that a midshipman will be discharged simply for attending a function similar to an AYD folk dance or some such thing. Such is not the case, since the oath demands the signer to outline in detail his relationship with any particular organization listed. This statement is then considered by a reviewing board which judges whether the activity is subversive or not. Obviously, no one will be expelled from the unit if he has not taken an active and supporting role in such an organization, in other words supporting the principles...
...application of the list. Simple association with an organization, and this can include attendance at an AYD folk-dance, should not be a standard for condemnation of an individual. The questionnaire even asks, among other things, if the signer has ever been present at social gatherings of the listed groups. The only sure criterion can be "Does the individual believe in the policies of these organizations...
...week later he entered the hall of the Supreme Soviet (parliament) at Stalin's right hand. He was next-and last-seen on May Day, when the Soviet mighty assembled atop Lenin's tomb. Early in July, Molotov was listed as a signer of the euphuistic vale to the departed Georgi Dimitrov. But he was there only in the printed list; his cannonball head was nowhere visible in the official photos...
...most important aspect of the treaty is that, if ratified by the Senate, it will be an official end to American isolationism. The European Recovery Program acknowledged only a temporary interest by the United States in European prosperity. The Pact, however, states that an armed attack against any signer of the Pact "shall be considered an attack against them all." This is the assurance our nation gives to the peoples of Europe that the United States will not again sit by and watch them succumb to aggression...
...summer of 1800, when Dr. Benjamin Rush began his autobiography, he was 54, America's foremost physician, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, and an intimate of many of the great and near great of his day. He called his autobiography Travels Through Life, and began it this...