George King, Jr., president of the Long Beach Young Republicans, and Ray Drake, corresponding secretary, both of whom were charged with anti-Semitic views and actions, submitted their resignations from the local party organization.
Mr. King and Mr. Drake announced their resignations shortly before a resolution to oust them was adopted unanimously by the Los Angeles County Young Republicans. Mr. Drake was reported to have said that Hitler was a good man and he was also charged with attending American Nazi party meetings and picketing in Nazi uniform. Mr. King said that he was still doing research on Hitler.
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