Worse than futile
Subtitle: the loyalty provision of the National Defense Education Act
By: with an introduction by Senator John F. Kennedy; pamphlet editor, Craig K. Comstock
Publisher: The Harvard Crimson
Published: 1959
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 15
Subjects: Federal aid to education; Loyalty oaths; United States
Work titles: Harvard Crimson
Notes: Year pamphlet issued determined by archivist from date pencilled on copy in the Harvard University Archives and confirmed by over-lapping years of John F. Kennedy's service in the United States Senate with Craig K. Comstock's attendance at Harvard and by news coverage of the issue in the Harvard Crimson and other newspapers.

The National Defense Education Act of 1958 contained an amendment that required recipients of student loans to sign an affadavit of loyalty to the United States, often referred to in discussions of the provision as a 'loyalty oath' or 'disclaimer affadavit.' The higher education community saw this as an infringement on academic freedom. The amendment was repealed in 1962.