RETREAT FROM CIVILITY
1949 September 30-December

Regents agree to issue contracts to non-signers but require a signed oath or other informal affirmation. They appoint a committee to confer with the faculty advisory committees.

A majority of AS/NS expresses belief that Communist Party members should not be automatically barred from the faculty. AS/SS calls for an anonymous faculty poll to determine extent of support for the university policy on employment of Communists.

AS/NS and SS appoint the Davisson-Grant Committee, a special combined conference committee. “Non-signers” of the oath formally organize under the leadership of Edward Tolman, UC Berkeley professor of psychology. Frank C. Newman, UC Berkeley professor of law, served as acting chairman of the non-signers steering committee. Audio clip of Professor Joel H. Hildebrand.

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PRELUDE 1940-June 1949	OPPOSITION 1949 June-Sept	RETREAT 1949 Sept-Dec	ULTIMATUM 1950 Jan-April	TEST OF WILL 1950 May-Aug	FINAL IRONY 1950 Aug-Oct	AFTERMATH 1951-1956

Loyalty Oath Website Timeline Introduction	RETREAT FROM CIVILITY 1949 September 30-December Regents agree to issue contracts to non-signers but require a signed oath or other informal affirmation. They appoint a committee to confer with the faculty advisory committees. A majority of AS/NS expresses belief that Communist Party members should not be automatically barred from the faculty. AS/SS calls for an anonymous faculty poll to determine extent of support for the university policy on employment of Communists. AS/NS and SS appoint the Davisson-Grant Committee, a special combined conference committee. “Non-signers” of the oath formally organize under the leadership of Edward Tolman, UC Berkeley professor of psychology. Frank C. Newman, UC Berkeley professor of law, served as acting chairman of the non-signers steering committee. Audio clip of Professor Joel H. Hildebrand.	Magnify Print Press Conference – Loyalty Oath – Faculty – UC Berkeley, 1950 March 1, BANC PIC 1959.010-NEG, Part 2, 34103.01, San Francisco News-Call Bulletin Newspaper Photograph Archive, The Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley
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RETREAT FROM CIVILITY1949 September 30-December

RETREAT FROM CIVILITY
1949 September 30-December