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...shown of famed Cellist Pablo Casals, 90, who left his native land in bitter protest against Franco during the Spanish Civil War. There were indications, too, that the government would like to forgive and forget, would welcome him if he chose to return home. But Casals was ada mant. "There is no change in my attitude," said he from his exile home in San Juan, Puerto Rico...
...arguments are overwhelmingly in favor of home rule. What killed it during the last session and may smother it again this year is public indifference. A few national organizations--the AFL-CIO, ADA, and the League of Women Voters--lobbied for home rule, but not vigorously. Except for the NAACP, the national Negro organizations did not exert grass-roots pressure...
...First to organize people who were never before so eager for the kind of public voice that ADA can give them...
...address myself for a moment to this trinity of matters. The ADA in the past has had its political base in a rough coalition between unattached liberals and liberal trade unionists. So I trust it will continue to be. We shall continue to find strength in our alliance with men like Walter Reuther, "Abe" Abel, Louis Stohlberg and others who believe in their old-fashioned way that liberalism is the cause of the worker. But we must also be aware that large sections of the labor movement are no pillar of liberal strength. On the contrary the leadership is aged...
...principal purpose for which we must organize. For in this disaster we are likely to lose some or all of the liberal senators and congressmen who have contributed so much to civilized advance in these last years. This must not be allowed to happen. And it rests with ADA to supply to the limits of its ability the energy and education which ensures that our friends do not go down to defeat...