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1936 › Alf Landon (Republican) › Teachers' loyalty oaths and academic freedom

No loyalty oath for teachers that is not required of all citizens

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Solution

Declared 'flatly against any oath for school teachers not required of all other citizens' -- a break with Hearst and the Legion.

Rationale

'In Kansas we believe in academic freedom and we practice it.'

Statements (2)

1936-08-23 · Chautauqua, New York (Jay G. Hayden report, Evening Star) · generalreported ✓ verified
he declared flatly against any oath for school teachers not required of all other citizens.
Source: Teachers' oath hit by Landon (Evening Star, Aug. 25, 1936, p. 3) (1936-08-25)
1936-08-23 · Chautauqua, New York (Jay G. Hayden report, Evening Star) · generalreported ✓ verified
Gov. Landon added the line, "In Kansas we believe in academic freedom and we practice It.''
Source: Teachers' oath hit by Landon (Evening Star, Aug. 25, 1936, p. 3) (1936-08-25)

Follow-through

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A state-level issue; the District of Columbia 'red rider' was repealed by Congress in 1937.

Reception (1)

news_coverageaccuratesalience medium Jay G. Hayden, Evening Star 1936-08-25

Read as a deliberate break with Hearst and the Legion -- notice that Landon was not 'under his thumb'.

Whether or not the speech was de liberately so intended, its effect.was to serve notice on Mr. Hearst that Mr. Landon is not "under his thumb"
Source: Teachers' oath hit by Landon (Evening Star, Aug. 25, 1936, p. 3)

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