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...Parliament. Raimundo Fernandez Cuesta, secretary general of Spain's only party, demanded "blind obedience" to Generalissimo Franco, ended by proposing an oath: "We proclaim our inflexible will to obey unconditionally the orders of our Caudillo. As proof of that sacred promise, let the Councillors of the Falange swear with me before God always to obey the Caudillo and those who receive from him the power of commandment." The Councillors swore...
...Teachers' Oath is in theory a harmless law which requires teachers to swear allegiance to the Federal and State Constitutions. Since Section 2a of this law stipulates that "nothing herein contained shall be construed to interfere in any way with the basic principles of the Constitution which assures every citizen freedom of thought and speech," the oath does not appear to deviate too far from the precepts of democracy. But, unfortunately, this law has quite a different de facto meaning when it is enforced in a community where there is strong local feeling against alien social systems like Communism...
Supporters of the law which requires teachers to swear allegiance to the Constitution were led by Reps. Sawyer and McCready. They were abetted by Rep. Wenzler of Boston, often called "the clown of the legislature," who roared: "Some of these professors when they get to 65 or 70--their brains are cracked." Wenzler himself is almost...
...eccentricity (he is followed wherever he goes by a faithful spittoon-bearer) and because he is as wily as Ulysses. Some time ago he was reported willing to be head puppet for the Japanese wire-pullers on two somewhat novel conditions: 1) he must be permitted to swear allegiance to Chiang Kaishek; 2) the Japanese must get out of China...
...want to swear," he said quietly...