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A groui of students and recent univer
sity graduates have announced the es
tablishment in Cambridge, Wessachusetts,
of the Independent Service for Informa
tion on the Vienne Youth Festival* The
purpose of the S ,, linrice is to provide
the American stl:ident and yoUth community
. c - 't comprehensive and objective data
: - .clarding the Coalmunist-sponsored Vll
Tol:ld Youth Festival.
Th.a Festival, to be held in Vi.enna next
cvulner, is the lvtest in a series or
I , ss yoyth events organized since World
11 by two leading Communist inter—
ylaional front groupseliorld Federation
o' Democratic Youth and the irternation—
el ion of Students. Next summers
lictng is the first to be held outside
og Soviet orbit.
Spmsors of the Information Service s
mo of whom have experience in domes
tic and international youth end student
afirs s lialieve that many American
young people do not fully realize the
political and propagandistic nature of
such festivals. They point out that
this, in large measure s is due to a
flood of expensive misleading literature
with which the Festival organizers
deluge American college campuses and
youth organizations.
The Information Service, in consultation
with other American youth and student
groups, intends to prepare end distribute
documented studies on the history and
operation of past festivals. Preparations
X'or i,h# Vienna gathering will be con
tinually analyzed end periodically re
ported. In addition, background data
on U,S. end world affairs, indications
on what may be expected in Vienna, end
practical information us to means of
participation in the Festival will be
available to those young Americans who
decide to attend or, who might visit the
Festival briefly while traveling in
Europe.
The organizers of the Informetion Service
support the position of representative
student end youth coups in the U.S. and
Austria, the host country, along with
those in numerous other non-Communist
countries who hove decided to boycott
the Festival und deny it uny official
prestige. At the same time, they do
expect that many intelligent and pet
riotic Americans ill wish to attend
in en individual end non-representative
capacity.
The Information Service believes that
such participation can be valu%ble if
the individuals attending are fully
informed as to the nature and purpose
of such a meeting so as to lessen the
exploitation of their presence for
propaganda purposes* The Service furp
ther thinks that .American participants
should be equipped to effectively pre
sent a democratic viewpoint, dispel
particular misconceptions of American
society, end thus promote understanding
with the young people from many GOMWO
tries who will be present,,
Any person having questions concerning
the Festival or desiring informtion
about it may communicate with the Serer
vice at its office:324 College House
Offices, Harvard Square, Cambridge 38,
Messcchusetts.
Sweet, sweet, sweet as a
breeze of swnmor
The delicate air and soft
Spoken words,
How else can I describe
such a beauty.
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STAFF
T EDITOR.O4I4Otoa F !,Tom Maxwell
A ASSTS EDV:olloaooen,,,Marilyn House;:'
F ASSOT. EDlTOR.o..e..sliancy Bradney
F ART ZrITOR...OO4.6.O"Fune Cappello
SPORTS EDITORoo.OOOOOJim Cataldo
Contributersooo.oooooAl Hinger s John
McCullough, Bobby Pace, Hank Richardp
Prisca Stiles, F.E.Sullivant
ProductionooooeomooPriscilla Niillex
Anitra VonSerg, A 0 Schumacher
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