LABOR AND PUBLIC WELFARE
UNITED STATES SENATE

EIGHTY-SIXTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

S. 819

AMENDING LOYALTY PROVISION OF NATIONAL DEFENSE
EDUCATION ACT OF 1958

APRIL 29 AND MAY 5, 1959

Printed for the use of the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare

LISTER HILL, Alabama
PAT MCNAMARA, Michigan
RALPH W. YARBOROUGH, Texas

JOHN SHERMAN COOPER, Kentucky
CLIFFORD P. CASE, New Jersey
JACOB K. JAVITS, New York

JOHN S. FORSYTHE, General Counsel of the Committee

Kennedy, Hon. John F., a U.S. Senator from the State of Massachusetts__
Clark, Hon. Joseph S., a U.S. Senator from the State of Pennsylvania_.
Case, Everett N., president, Colgate University---

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Green, Hon. Edith, a U.S. Representative from the State of Oregon__.
McBride, Katharine E., president, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Pa___
Walsh, Rev. Michael P., S.J., president, Boston College, Association of
American Colleges, Washington, D.C‒‒‒‒

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Harnwell, Gaylord P., president, University of Pennsylvania.
Ferman, Irving, director, Washington office, American Civil Liberties
Union, Washington, D.C___.

MAY 5, 1958

Smith, Courtney, president, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pa_.
Borton, Dr. Hugh, president, Haverford College, Haverford, Pa--.
Flemming, Hon. Arthur S., Secretary, Department of Health, Education,
and Welfare___.

Fidler, Dr. William P., general secretary, American Association of Univer-
sity Professors__.

Neuberger, Hon. Richard L., a U.S. Senator from the State of Oregon_-_-
Mundt, Hon. Karl E., a U.S. Senator from the State of South Dakota___.

STATEMENTS

American Jewish Congress_.

Borton, Dr. Hugh, president, Haverford College, Haverford, Fa____.
Case, Everett N., president, Colgate University-

Clark, Hon. Joseph S., a U.S. Senator from the State of Pennsylvania----
Ferman, Irving, director, Washington office, American Civil Liberties
Union, Washington, D.C___

Fidler, Dr. William P., general secretary, American Association of Univer-
sity Professors__.

Flemming, Hon. Arthur S., Secretary, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare_.

Goheen, Robert F., president, Princeton University..

Green, Hon. Edith, a U.S. Representative from the State of Oregon_.
Harnwell, Gaylord P., president, University of Pennsylvania___

Hennings, Hon. Thomas C., Jr., a U.S. Senator from the State of Missouri_
Humphrey, Hon. Hubert H., a U.S. Senator from the State of Minnesota.
Kennedy, Hon. John F., a U.S. Senator from the State of Massachusetts__
Lindsay, Hon. John V., a U.S. Representative from the State of New York..
McBride, Katharine E., president, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Pa_-_ 28
Morse, Hon. Wayne, a U.S. Senator from the State of Oregon__
Mundt, Hon. Karl E. a U.S. Senator from the State of South Dakota----
Neuberger, Hon. Richard L., a U.S. Senator from the State of Oregon_-_-
Smith, Courtney, president, Swarthmore College----

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Walsh, Rev. Michael P., S.J., president, Boston College, Association of Pay American Colleges, Washington, D.C---

Women's International League for Peace and Freedom___.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Article from Harvard Crimson, of April 28, 1959, entitled "Misguided
Patriotism".

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Editorial from the

Asheville (N.C.) Times, February 7, 1959, entitled "Loyalty Oath
Isn't Help to education".

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Binghamton (N.Y.) Press, February 6, 1959, entitled "Federal Student
Loans Popular".

Boston (Mass) Evening Globe, January 23, 1959 entitled “A Useless
Disclaimer".

Boston (Mass.) Morning Globe, January 31, 1959, entitled "Excess
Baggage"

Des Moines (Iowa) Tribune, entitled "Useless Loyalty Oath”

Eugene (Oreg.) Register-Guard, February 4, 1959, entitled "Reed
College and a High Principle".

Madison (Wis.) Capital Times, February 10, 1959, entitled "Senator
Kennedy Strikes Needed Blow at Scholastic Oath".

Medford (Mass.) Mail-Tribune, February 8, 1959, entitled “Objec-
tionable Loyalty Oath".

Pendleton (Oreg.) East-Oregonian, December 26, 1959, entitled "The
Same Reasons Hold".

Philadelphia (Pa.) Evening Bulletin, January 25, 1959, entitled "The
Loyalty Test".

Pittsburgh (Pa.) Post-Gazette, February 3, 1959, entitled "No Aid
to Education".

Pittsfield (Mass.) Berkshire Eagle, February 3, 1959_.

Portland (Oreg.) Daily Journal, March 4, 1959, entitled "Discrimination in Oath Taking".

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Portland (Oreg.) Oregonian, December 7, 1958, entitled "Bad Penny
Back".

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Portland (Oreg.) Oregonian, February 11, 1959, entitled "Student
Suspect?"

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Salem (Oreg.) Oregon Daily Statesman, January 9, 1959, entitled "Mundt Teacher Oath Discriminatory".

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San Francisco (Calif.) Chronicle, January 28, 1959, entitled "Colleges
Reject Student Loan Act”.

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St. Louis (Mo.) Post-Dispatch, February 5, 1959, entitled "An Oath
That Hurts the Nation"__

Washington (D.C.) Post and Times Herald, February 1, 1959, entitled "Meaningless Oath"

Williamson (W. Va.) News, February 11, 1959, entitled "Sham
Security"

Excerpt from speech of Hon. James A. Bayard, a U.S. Senator from the
State of Delaware in the 38th Congress_.

Hearings on the loyalty oath amendment to the National Defense Educa-
tion Act, announcement of, by Senator Murray--.
Letters and telegrams:

Aly, Bower, University of Oregon, letter dated February 6, 1959, to
Senator Neuberger enclosing copy of letter to Senator Kennedy...
Baldwin, Ewart M., secretary, American Association of University
Professors, letter dated February 13, 1959, to Congresswoman
Green, containing resolution passed by Tenure, Promotion, and
Sabbatical Committee___

Ballaine, Wesley C., president, University of Oregon Chapter AAUP,
letter dated May 4, 1959, to Senator Neuberger_.

Balmer, Donald G., Lewis and Clark College, letter dated December
30, 1958, to Senator Morse___

Beneget, Louis T., president, Colorado College, letter dated April
21, 1959, to Senator Murray__

Bennett, Frank B., Eastern Oregon College, letter dated February
27, 1959, to Congresswoman Green___

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