Word: affidavit
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller, clearing up "a misunderstanding of my position," has come out strongly for repeal of the NDEA disclaimer affidavit...
...criticized the affidavit "because it is ineffective as a weapon against subversion, offensive to the sensibilities of many loyal Americans, and--in view of the large number of institutions of higher learning which have withdrawn from the loan program because of it--inimical to the success of a most important effort to improve educational opportunities in the United States...
...press conference, Rockefeller sympathized with Harvard's rejection of NDEA funds, but laid equal stress upon "the realities of the Congressional situation." These statements were widely interpreted as favoring retention of the affidavit, until his recent clarification...
After swearing allegiance to the U.S., should a college student who gets a federal loan also have to file an affidavit that he is not subversive? Yes, according to the National Defense Education Act. No, according to 16 colleges and universities that now refuse to take part in the $30 million Federal Student Loan Program, and to many others who participate unhappily. When Harvard and Yale recently quit in protest (TIME, Nov. 30), they declared that the "disclaimer affidavit" is i) superfluous and 2) discriminating against students. Yale's President A. Whitney Griswold called the affidavit reminiscent...
...moment, a narrow dividing line and therefore keep a number of citizens out of taking advantage of the loan provisions that the Federal Government set up." But the President also put his full weight behind a possible compromise at the next session of Congress: repeal of the disclaimer affidavit, retention of the oath of allegiance. "For my part," said Ike firmly, "I should think that the loyalty oath, the basic citizenship oath, is sufficient...