No Harvard Chapter Discovered for New Pro Affidavit Group

There seems to be no evidence that a Harvard chapter of the National Student Committee for the Loyalty Oath exists, despite a press release from the Washington headquarters of that group listing the University as one of 25 colleges supposedly having students on its board.

It is known that this organization, which favors preserving section 1001(f), the controversial disclaimer affidavit, in the National Defense Education Act, has asked at least two undergraduates to head a Harvard chapter. Both refused. In fact, one of the two is on the Committee for the Repeal of 1001(f).

This group's local president, Alexander Korns '62, said yesterday that "as far as I know, it (the Committee for the Loyalty Oath) is not in existence at Harvard."