Word: furcolo
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...efforts for a combined meeting stemmed from disagreement at its Executive Board meeting Monday night, when there was great disagreement over HLU endorsement of Foster Furculo, Democratic candidate for Senator. The HLU proposed the combined meeting in order to hear Saltonstall and the other candidates as well as Furcolo...
...Furcolo incurred HLU wrath when he last December told the Americans for Democratic Action, of which the Liberal Union is an affiliate, to disband because they were no longer necessary...
...supporter in past years, Furcolo advised the ADA at their state convention last December to disband because they were unnecessary for the furtherance of liberalism in the U.S. In the meantime, Furcolo, who is backed by a large number of pro-McCarthy voters, is said to have made overtures of peace with state and national ADA leaders to win back their support...
...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...
This decision may be influenced by the final choice of the state organization. In spite of Niebuhr's refusing to back Furcolo, the state ADA may endorse him. Then, although the Liberal Union is autonomous,, endorsement of Furcolo becomes, according to Niebuhr, "a matter of fair play...