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Meanwhile, the Young Republican Club awaited further talks and information from the HLU before making its decision. Several Liberal Union members, however, speculated that the HYRC also would reject the proposal...
...Executive Board of the HLU last night authorized Christopher Niebuhr '56 to "use his own discretion" at the meeting, after violent disagreement about local endorsement of the Springfield candidate. Niebuhr then stated that he will not back Furcolo, who has in the past year incurred ADA wrath. On the other hand, Niebuhr will not recommend endorsement of Leverett P. Saltonstall '14, incumbent Republican senator, for reelection either...
...some executive board members of the HLU last night called reports of these efforts "lies" and "playing one group against the other." One said, "It's a prerogative of a politician to lie in order to win an election, but they shouldn't do this to us." At the meeting Furcolo was also damned for naivete in civil liberties...
While withholding its endorsement, the HLU plans a combined meeting with the young Republican Club and the Young Democratic club to bring opposing candidates face to face, before deciding one way or the other. In the meantime, local members of the HLU are prevented from campaigning for any of the candidates under the Liberal Union's name...
Eventually, however, the Liberal Union will have to make its decision, since, according to Phillipe Villers '55, HLU president, "The HYRC won't cooperate with us and speculation on a combined meeting is purely academic...