Word: swearings
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of California, and that I will faithfully discharge the duties of my office according to the best of my ability; that I am not a member of the Communist party or under any oath or a party to any agreement or under any commitment that is in conflict with my obligation under this oath...
...that moment, Charles Franklin Brannan stepped from behind his potted fern. Those who know Brannan as a sincere and honest man, comparatively unsullied by the politician's instinct, swear that it was coincidence; those who know politics call it fine timing. Anyway, in Charlie's hand was the Brannan Plan. It was rigged with something for the consumer as well as the farmer. The plan would guarantee farmers a tremendous, slightly varying total income each year (about $26 billion-or its equivalent in purchasing power). Brannan's Plan had a lot of hooks...
...high-ranking naval officer will speak at the ceremony and will confer the commissions and swear in the new officers. The exercise is set for 10 a.m., June 21, in Lamont Forum Room...
Twisted Quotes. What was the evidence that he was a Russian spy? Lattimore demanded. McCarthy had talked darkly of an ex-Communist who would swear that Lattimore had been under party discipline. "I do not know the name of this alleged witness," said Lattimore. But leaning forward earnestly, he made a sweeping denial that he was or ever had been a Communist, a Communist fellow traveler or a Communist dupe...
Having thus produced a dull thud, unstoppable Joe McCarthy set forth again. Protected once more by Senate immunity, he turned over to committee investigators the name of a man who, he said, would swear that Owen Lattimore was or had been a member of the Communist Party...