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==Cuba recognition drive==
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In 1972, a coalition of congressmen, radical activists and some communists  spearheaded a drive to relax relations with Fidel Castro's Cuba.
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Under, the auspices of Sen. [[Ted Kennedy]] (D.- Mass.) and Sen. [[Harold Hughes]] (D.-Iowa), a two day conference of liberal scholars assembled  in April, in the New Senate Office Building to thrash
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out a fresh U.S. policy on Cùba.
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Among congressional sponsors of the seminar were Sen. [[J. William Fulbright]] (D.-Ark.) and Sen. [[Jacob Javits|Jacob K. Javits]] (R.-N.Y.), both influential members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Sen. [[George McGovern]] (D.-S.D.), Rep. [[Bella Abzug]] (D~-N.Y.) and Rep. [[Ron Dellums]] (D.-Calif.).
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Other sponsors included Senators [[Alan Cranston]] (D-CA), [[Mike Gravel]] (D - Alaska), [[Fred Harris]] (D - OK), [[Philip Hart]] (D - MI) and [[Frank Moss]] (D - UT)
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Congressmen [[Joseph Addabo]] (D - NY), [[Herman Badillo]] ( D - NY), [[Alphonzo Bell]] (R -CA), [[Jonathan Bingham]] (D - NY), [[John Brademas]] (D -Indiana), [[Donald Fraser]] (D - Minn.), [[Seymour Halpern]] (R - NY), [[Lee Hamilton]] (D - Ind.), [[Michael J. Harrington]] (D - MA), [[Patsy Mink]] (D -HI), [[Parren Mitchell]] (D - MD), [[Charles Rangel]] (D - NY), [[Thomas Rees]] (D - CA), [[William Fitts Ryan]] (D - NY), [[Ogden Reid]] (D - NY), [[Benjamin Rosenthal]] ( D - NY), [[Morris Udall]] ( D - AZ).
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Secretary of the New York State [[Communist Party USA]], [[Michael Myerson]]  was among the observers.
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One panelist, [[John M. Cates, Jr.]], director of the , Center for Inter-American Relations, matter of factly remarked during the discussions: "So why are we here'? We're here so Sen. Kennedy can have
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a rationale to get our country to recognize Cuba."
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The conference  was financed by a New York-based organization called the [[Fund for the New Priorities in America]], a coalition of groups clearly sympathetic to many pro-Communist causes.
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The Fund was virtually the same group as the [[Committee for Peace and New Priorities]], a pro-Hanoi group  which bought an ad in November 1971 in the New York Times demanding Nixon set a Viet Nam withdrawal
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date. Both the Fund for the New Priorities and the Committee for Peace, were located at the same address in New York.<ref>Human Events, April 29, 1972, page 3</ref>
  
 
==Voted against support for "Contras"==
 
==Voted against support for "Contras"==

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Morris Udall

Cuba recognition drive

In 1972, a coalition of congressmen, radical activists and some communists spearheaded a drive to relax relations with Fidel Castro's Cuba.

Under, the auspices of Sen. Ted Kennedy (D.- Mass.) and Sen. Harold Hughes (D.-Iowa), a two day conference of liberal scholars assembled in April, in the New Senate Office Building to thrash out a fresh U.S. policy on Cùba.

Among congressional sponsors of the seminar were Sen. J. William Fulbright (D.-Ark.) and Sen. Jacob K. Javits (R.-N.Y.), both influential members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Sen. George McGovern (D.-S.D.), Rep. Bella Abzug (D~-N.Y.) and Rep. Ron Dellums (D.-Calif.).

Other sponsors included Senators Alan Cranston (D-CA), Mike Gravel (D - Alaska), Fred Harris (D - OK), Philip Hart (D - MI) and Frank Moss (D - UT)

Congressmen Joseph Addabo (D - NY), Herman Badillo ( D - NY), Alphonzo Bell (R -CA), Jonathan Bingham (D - NY), John Brademas (D -Indiana), Donald Fraser (D - Minn.), Seymour Halpern (R - NY), Lee Hamilton (D - Ind.), Michael J. Harrington (D - MA), Patsy Mink (D -HI), Parren Mitchell (D - MD), Charles Rangel (D - NY), Thomas Rees (D - CA), William Fitts Ryan (D - NY), Ogden Reid (D - NY), Benjamin Rosenthal ( D - NY), Morris Udall ( D - AZ).

Secretary of the New York State Communist Party USA, Michael Myerson was among the observers.

One panelist, John M. Cates, Jr., director of the , Center for Inter-American Relations, matter of factly remarked during the discussions: "So why are we here'? We're here so Sen. Kennedy can have a rationale to get our country to recognize Cuba."

The conference was financed by a New York-based organization called the Fund for the New Priorities in America, a coalition of groups clearly sympathetic to many pro-Communist causes.

The Fund was virtually the same group as the Committee for Peace and New Priorities, a pro-Hanoi group which bought an ad in November 1971 in the New York Times demanding Nixon set a Viet Nam withdrawal date. Both the Fund for the New Priorities and the Committee for Peace, were located at the same address in New York.[1]

Voted against support for "Contras"

The Congressional Record of February 3, 1988 shows that the following leading Democratic Party Congressmen voted against aid to the Nicaraguan Freedom Fighters - the "Contras"- then fighting against the Marxist-Leninist Sandinista government of Nicaragua:

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  1. ↑ Human Events, April 29, 1972, page 3
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