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...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...
...Connor also criticized the referendum as vague, calling the title "a hoax," since there are no weapons actually created or stored in Cambridge...
...Connor also said the act would be unconstitutional, since separation of powers means that the federal, not local, government has the sole responsibility for the defense of the U.S. Provisions of the law could send company researchers to jail if they continue research that is legal in the U.S. but illegal in Cambridge, he added...
...referendum does pass on November 8, O'Connor said. Draper Labs will attempt to band together with MIT, Harvard and other concerned institutions to fight it in Federal District Court...