National Affairs: Liberals, Disband!

When Massachusetts Americans for Democratic Action invited State Treasurer Foster Furcolo, a onetime (1949-52) Fair Dealing Congressman, to speak to their state convention last week, they thought they would get the typical pep talk with which ADAers exhort each other to do battle with the "forces of reaction." Instead they got a sharp jolt: Democrat Furcolo, who is expected to run for the U.S. Senate next year, as much as told them they should pack up and disband.

Said he: "A.D.A. has never been able to attract . . . the broad base that is vital to any political movement . ....

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