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Ada: Liberal group shaped by leadership and ideas
ADA stands as a liberal independent political organization with about 50,000 members. Founders like Rauh describe its influence as persuasive rather than bloc power, while Republicans label ADA as leftist and potentially socialist. The group traces to 1947, promoting New Deal expansion Civil liberties and strong UN support.
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ADA
Washington
Joseph L. Rauh Jr
Rauh
Republican Senate Policy Committee
Democratic
America
GOP
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Robert Wilson
California
National Republican Congressional Campaign Committee
ACA
CIO
Political Action Committee
White House
New Frontier
Wilson Wyatt
Wyatt
Louisville
Adlai E. Stevenson
Americans For Democratic Action
United States
United Nations
Supreme Court
Schlesinger
Minneapolis
Minn
Hubert H. Humphrey
Humphrey
Barry Goldwater
Arizona Republican
Kennedy
Goldwater
Samuel H. Beer
Beer
Harvard
Bucyrus
Ohio
University of Michigan
Rhodes
New Deal
Democratic National Committee
New York Post
Fortune Magazine
Robert C. Weaver
Housing and Home Finance Agency
Congress
Department of Urban Affairs
Weaver
Jonathan Bingham
United Nations Trusteeship Council
Wilbur C. Cohen
Jack T. Conway
HHFA
Philip Coombs
Charles Donahue
Department of Labor
Thomas K. Finletter
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
James Leeb
Peru
Katie Loncheim
Frank McCulloch
National Labor Relations Board
John Birch Society
Russia
Massachusetts
Atlanta
Violet Gunther
Republican Party
Michigan
Republican State Central Committee
Birch Society
Democrats
Toledo Blade
Barry