Amending Education Act of 1958U.S. Government Printing Office, 1959 - 146 pages Considers S. 819, to amend the National Defense Education Act to eliminate the section requiring students to sign the Loyalty Oath before being approved for student loans. |
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... interests of our Nation to eliminate the loyalty oath provision from the National Defense Education Act . There is no precise way in which we can measure the harm this section is causing . At least seven colleges have refused to ...
... interests of our Nation to eliminate the loyalty oath provision from the National Defense Education Act . There is no precise way in which we can measure the harm this section is causing . At least seven colleges have refused to ...
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... interests of national security as well as the cause of higher education in the United States will be better served by the deletion of the oath requirement of the National Defense Act . Senator KENNEDY . The announcement of these ...
... interests of national security as well as the cause of higher education in the United States will be better served by the deletion of the oath requirement of the National Defense Act . Senator KENNEDY . The announcement of these ...
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... interest and I thank you for taking the leadership in this matter . Senator KENNEDY . Thank you , Senator . Now , Doctor , it is a pleasure to have you here . Would you proceed in the way most satisfactory to you . STATEMENT OF EVERETT ...
... interest and I thank you for taking the leadership in this matter . Senator KENNEDY . Thank you , Senator . Now , Doctor , it is a pleasure to have you here . Would you proceed in the way most satisfactory to you . STATEMENT OF EVERETT ...
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... interest . And certainly , if in the wisdom of the Congress it were felt that an affirmative oath of loyalty to the United States were appropriate or necessary in such a context , I would repeat what I said in the letter to you : That ...
... interest . And certainly , if in the wisdom of the Congress it were felt that an affirmative oath of loyalty to the United States were appropriate or necessary in such a context , I would repeat what I said in the letter to you : That ...
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... interest in this whole field of education and the part you played in pushing the bill through the House of Representatives , we would like to hear your testimony on this question . STATEMENT OF HON . EDITH GREEN , A U.S. REPRESENTATIVE ...
... interest in this whole field of education and the part you played in pushing the bill through the House of Representatives , we would like to hear your testimony on this question . STATEMENT OF HON . EDITH GREEN , A U.S. REPRESENTATIVE ...
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86th Congress academic freedom amendment American Association apply Association of University Bryn Mawr Chairman citizens Committee on Labor Communist Congress Constitution D.C. DEAR SENATOR DEAR SENATOR MURRAY Defense Education Act disclaimer affidavit requirement disclaimer oath disloyal EDITH GREEN eliminate faculty Father WALSH Federal Government FERMAN Flemming force or violence funds Government by force Haverford higher education illegal or unconstitutional individual institutions John Labor and Public legislation loyal loyalty oath loyalty oath provision ment National Defense Education NEUBERGER oath of allegiance objection opposed Oreg organization that believes participate persons President Public Welfare receive Reed College refuse repeal Representatives resolution section 1001 f Senate Office Building Senator CLARK Senator KENNEDY Senator MUNDT Sincerely Sister Mary statement student loan Subcommittee on Education subsection subversive support any organization Swarthmore College swear teachers test oath tion U.S. Government U.S. Senate United University of Oregon University Professors urge Washington
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Page 92 - ... that he is not a member of the Communist Party or affiliated with such party, and that he does not believe in, and is not a member of or supports any organization that believes in or teaches, the overthrow of the United States Government by force or by any illegal or unconstitutional methods.
Page 142 - I, AB, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the United States of America ; that I will serve them honestly and faithfully against all their enemies whomsoever ; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States, and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to the rules and articles of war.
Page 4 - I believe that that community is already in process of dissolution where each man begins to eye his neighbor as a possible enemy, where nonconformity with the accepted creed, political as well as religious, is a mark of disaffection; where denunciation, without specification or backing, takes the place of evidence; where orthodoxy chokes freedom of dissent; where faith in the eventual supremacy of reason has become so timid that we dare not enter our convictions in the open lists, to win or lose.
Page 13 - I am appearing as a member and representative of the committee on relationships of higher education to the Federal Government of the American Council on Education.
Page 68 - Commissioner an affidavit that he does not believe in, and is not a member of and does not support any organization that believes in or teaches the overthrow of the United States Government by force or violence or by any illegal or unconstitutional methods...
Page 9 - I think that if the beast who sleeps in man could be held down by threats — any kind of threat, whether of jail or of retribution after death — then the highest emblem of humanity would be the lion tamer in the circus with his whip, not the prophet who sacrificed himself. But this is just the point — what has for centuries raised man above the beast is not the cudgel, but an inward music — the irresistible power of unarmed truth.
Page 121 - I have not been a member of any party or organization, political or otherwise, that advocated the overthrow of the Government of the United States or of the State of California by force or violence or other unlawful means...
Page 121 - States can never be secured by the endless proliferation of "loyalty" oaths ; loyalty must arise spontaneously from the hearts of people who love their country and respect their government. I also adhere to the proposition that the "First Amendment provides the only kind of security system that can preserve a free government — one that leaves the way wide open for people to favor, discuss, advocate, or incite causes and doctrines however obnoxious and antagonistic such views may be to the rest...
Page 55 - The Congress hereby finds and declares that the security of the Nation requires the fullest development of the mental resources and technical skills of its young men and women. The present emergency demands that additional and more adequate educational opportunities be made available.
Page 4 - Such fears as these are a solvent which can eat out the cement that binds the stones together; they may in the end subject us to a despotism as evil as any that we dread; and they can be allayed only...