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A New York Congressman who introduced a bill to repeal the loyalty provisions of the National Defense Education Act said yesterday that he intends to "push it as hard as I can" in he next session of Congress.
Representative John V. Lindsay (R-N.Y.) called the loyalty sections of the NDEA, particularly the disclaimer affidavit, a "dreadful thing, something that makes no sense."
His bill, proposed at the same time as Senators John F. Kennedy (D-Mass.) and Joseph S. Clark (D-Pa.) brought up a similar measure in the Senate, is presently mired in the Education and Labor Committee. Lindsay is "not sure there's a chance of getting the bill out of committee and onto the floor for full debate.
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