Word: provisional
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Although the loyalty provision of the National Defense Education Act may appear harmless to many, the University's opposition to the loyalty oath involves much more than mere academic quibbling. The loyalty provisions now in the NDEA (Section 1001f) meet no clear and present security danger, but form instead a...
The arguments against the loyalty provision, and especially against the included affidavit requirement have been thoroughly presented. In outline, opponents of the oath contend the following: First, loyalty affidavits are useless, since true conspirators would not hesitate to sign them; second, the oath and affidavit single out the academic profession...
The further issue of how to fight the loyalty provision is a tactical one. So long as the University thought there was a chance that legislative action would remove the affidavit requirement, it accepted the funds; but since this hope has at least temporarily vanished, strategy has had to be...
Questions of complexity alone seem to weaken the test-case method as practical procedure. Pressure for favorable legislation and the moral example of refusing funds thus seem the best form of opposition to the loyalty oath. It is perhaps not generally realized that, when the University demands the removal of...
"The Democratic Club of the Law and Graduate Schools applauds President Pusey's action on the loyalty oath provision of the National Defense Education Act. We are proud to have expressed opposition to the oaths last year and to have translated the opposition into effective action. It is unfortunate that...