Word: disbandment
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...autonomous bodies which do not take their orders from any foreign power. If this is so, then China would have nothing to lose and would gain immeasurably with all of us in prestige by publicly and formally calling upon the local Communist groups throughout Asia and Africa to disband. This reassuring gesture from Peking has not been forthcoming, and I for one am perturbed about...
...British army will disband eight infantry battalions (extra ones created during the Korean crisis), largely because it is not getting enough recruits to man them. Tactics and weapons will be revamped, in the light of experience gained in atomic maneuvers in West Germany...
Although Saltonstall is running against a candidate with a better voting record, his stolid dignity points up the politicking of his opponent. Furcolo can only be censured for his speech before the ADA last spring in which he advised the group to disband. Both candidates, indeed, could be criticized for not taking a stand against McCarthy. But while a man may be measured by these standards, a politician should not be. If Saltonstall had an equally good legislative record, he would be the better candidate. But a voter makes his choice on the basis of policy, not personalities. On such...
Welcoming the delegates to the Americans for Democratic Action convention last year, Democrat Easter Furcolo suggested that the group disband. The gambit was designed to make him more acceptable to the average voter in the present Senatorial battle. But as a Master of election surprises, Furcolo has suddenly found himself a victim of the unexpected switch. His fellow Democrat Senator John Kennedy, has refused to support him against Republican Leverett Saltonstall...
...decision is apparently the latest in a series of moves by state Democratic leaders to disassociate the party from any connection with the ADA. Senatorial candidate Foster Furcolo set the pattern when he appeared before the ADA state convention earlier this year and advised the organization to disband...