The period from the 1940 resolution (and the purge of Elizabeth Flynn) to the 1954 resignation of the anti-communist leaders is considered by many to be an era in which the ACLU abandoned its core principles.
从1940年的决议（清除伊丽莎白·弗林），到1954年很多反共领袖辞职这一期间被许多人认为是ACLU放弃其核心原则的一个时代。