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Furcolo, in his second criticism of the ADA, pointed to the fact that "none of the eight of nine ADA-supported Representatives from Massachusetts came publicly to ADA's defense after my January speech...
Addressing a meeting of the Young Democratic Club, Furcolo, Massachusetts State Treasurer, said, "In my opinion, ADA's work in Massachusetts is more a hindrance than a help." A candidate for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senator, Furcolo had similarly attacked ADA in early January...
...interview later, Murphy, Minority Floor Leader of the State Legislature, said he would accept any all support that ADA might give him in a campaign. Political observers have listed Murphy as a possible candidate for governor...
...sooner was the VFW action publicized than it was viciously attacked, as so blatant a denial of individual freedom should be. First the ADA denounced it, in advertisements in local newspapers. Soon, officials and groups who would not ordinarily back any ADA policy were denouncing the Norwalk VFW. Now the plan has been dropped entirely...
...ADA should admit past mistakes and concentrate on the sounder aspects of its program. American political opinion is in an unhealthy state, infected by wars and fear of bigger wars. If it worsens, 1960 may find the ADA hauled before the Subversive Activities Control Board. If so, it will have fought the good fight, and lost. But if tensions ease, and hatreds and suspicions with them, the ADA will regain some public respect, and can pride itself on having weathered the storm without sacrificing either its existence or its principles...