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...struggle against the ban has been "very wearing," but the coalition is making progress, O'Connor said...
Before the campaign, he added, Draper Labs expected 60 percent of Cambridge's citizens to vote for the proposal's passage, 30 percent to oppose it, and 10 percent to be undecided. Now, O'Connor predicts the referendum has a 50-50 chance of passing...
Draper Labs researches and designs missile guidance systems. O'Connor said the firm revolutionized naval warfare in World War II by inventing a gun that enabled the U.S. to deal effectively with Kamikazes. Draper also developed the sensory instruments that guide a missile from its point of launch to another specific point on earth. "We do feel we've performed a national service. There is no organization in the world that is more capable in developing these systems," he said...
...Connor said a law such as Nuclear Free Cambridge could wipe out Draper and discourage new high-tech companies from locating here Innumerable research projects at MIT and Harvard would suffer. The proposal could ban research even on how to make weapons safer, he added...
Also, 1800 employees of Draper Labs would be out of work, said O'Connor...