CDC CONTINUES LEFTIST POLICY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP73-00475R000102140002-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 19, 2013
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: March 3, 1966
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release @ 50-Yr 2013/12/19 : CIA-RDP73-00475R000102140002-8
ALHAMBRA, CALIF.
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C Continues. Leftist Policy'%:-.1
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.., From .the actions taken at a recent ? Yorty, many Democrat legislators and 1
f convention in Bakersfield, it Is appar-. ? constitutional officers. .4
ent that 'the California Democratic ' Their absence was further evidence
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.. colosil,,has chanieritrsidelirtifft of the deep fragmentation and divi-
, - nOt- its philosophy or approach. .,.'sions among the Democrat Party in i
Under the leadership of Simon Cas-:' California. The polarization of Dem-
ady the CDC was an irresponsible, far- ; ocrat philosophy is much more severe -;
. ; left organization. Mr. Casaday simply:. than differences among Republicans. ? )
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`. reflected the views of CDC In his,, The governor's attendance and ac- ;
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spceches, although somewhat intem7' ceptance of CDC support is a strange)
:perately. ,:.'- twist of illogic..'
The new president, Gerald Hill, ac- ' The governor said in Bakersfield :
? ? cording to Gov. Edmund G. Brown, ,that he supports the President's policy '
"may be more liberal, but he will be - ? in Viet Nam ? and was booed as a ;
, more discreet." The CDC was hardly"' result. 'The CDC does not 'support the ;
discreet at Bakersfield. . President. .Yet the governor will ac-
Resolutions passed by the group ask...cept the CDC support although the:,
. for de-escalation of the U.S. commit- group does not represent his philoso- ;
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.ment in Viet Nam, seek U.S. recogni- ? phy or conclusions on Viet Nam.
tion of the Communist Viet Cong and ?,' Equally difficult to understand is the -,
. further appeasement, including cessa- ' governor's failure to censure the CDC:
tion of U.S. search-and-kill operations -delegates who booed the President and:!
and a retreat to coastal enclaves. ? vice president. He would have been. I
;:, ? Other resolutions opposed use of among the first to criticize any Repub- 1
braceros on California farms, asked licans who acted in' a similar distaste-A
for a reduction of foreign military aid, ful manner. _ .1
were against U.S. intervention in 'our, In the sense that victory is the goal ..1
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hemisphere to protect .our interests,? th
fof politics, e governor is playing ac-:,;
and-,urged?ft coll.greUiglial-inquir*...lcording to rules of the game. From-the)
the Central inteiligence,..4gency.
standpqint of forthrightness,. howeVer
. ? '7 nIt-will be recallenliarthe' governor only he can determine if he 'can accept
pressed for the resignation of Mr. :support at: any price.' i.,,:a :.:,i:,;.:' .: !,',,..:::..::,,-../
' '?;- Casady last year for advocating some , . -':,':-.!:?'-.1,..,ilik?.4,..44,,,,c-? ----Aidig,i.azawijo
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: of these same viewpoints about Viet:: ?
; Nam. i
. l? The views are admittedly irresponsi-
ble and leave a bad taste. The distaste
was clearly shown by many, of the ?
state Democrat leaders who avoided!
, (the convention. ? ? % ? ? ??
1: .Among those who pOintiy reftiSeci to :. .,
. I-'attend were. Assembly, "Speaker Jesse;
I Unruh,. :Los, Angeles '*.Mayor Samuel,,, ?
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Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release @ 50-Yr 2013/12/19: CIA-RDP73-00475R000102140002-8