Evening star., 1940-02-12
Youth
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port the efforts of the Washington
Youth Council to get suffrage.
Mrs. Roosevelt paid brief visit
to the assembly meeting this morn
ing, accompanied by her son
Franklin D., jr. Mrs. Roosevelt did
not speak. however, according to an
official of the assembly. There was
to be another session of the as
sembly this afternoon to wind up
proceedings of the congress. Last
nights session was the final general
meeting.
Taking up the invitation extended
by officials of Labor's Non-Partisan
League to affiliate with the league
or cooperate with it, the assembly
adopted resolution agreeing to
cooperate generally with labor,
farm groups, land any other groups
with whom we have a common
program"
This resolution does not mean
aff1liation, spokesman said. A
committee will be set up, however,
to negotiate with all these groups
and bring back concrete proposals
to the cabinet" of the congress.
In this connection it was reported
that the committee may approach
also the American Federation of
Labor. The invitation to join or
cooperate with the Non-Partisan
League had come first from John
L. Lewis, chairman of the league
and head of the C. I. o.
Bill to Be Pressed.
The assembly agreed that activi-
ties of its constituent body would
center on efforts to bring the Amer
lean youth bill to hearing. Petitions
will be circulated on this. A book
will be published by the "jobs COM
mission" of the Youth Congress on
the subject, How to Win Friends
and Influence Congressmen."
1t was decided to ask for cloture
on the anti-lynch bill and for aboli-
ton of poll taxes in Federal elec-
tions.
Local councils were urged to keep
q sharp watch for any evidence of
"anti-Semitism" in any communities,
because of its possibilities as an "en-
tering wedge to the violation of civil
liberties"
The assembly also agreed to keep
q close scrutiny on the Federal Com
munications Act because of the
danger of the Government taking
over radio stations A warning was
also issued against postal regulations
under which, it was explained, Sec
ond-class mailing privileges could be
Cancelled.
The demand for neutrality was
registered vociferously late yester-
day at the congress with cheers,
yells and stomping. AS result, the
assembly Of the organization began
discussing plans to tell the world
that "the yanks are not coming"
again.
They plan to call youth demon
stration April 6 for continued neu-
trality.
Youth Congress Denounced.
Meantime a blast against the
Youth Congress was delivered in
. formal statement today by Alfred
M. Lilienthal, vice chairman of the
Provisional Committee for American
Youth, who asserted that the con-
gress represents "only small hand
ful Of fellow-travelers, pinks and
reds"
Mr.. Lilienthal quit the congress
after his anti Communist resolution
was rejected last July. His PRO
visioaal Committee" is not affiliated
with the congress.
For the President and his
wife to support such an organiza-
ton Gas the congress-" declared
Mr.. Lilienthal, 'is a betrayal of the
millions Of American youth who
are unrepreSented."
Mrs. Roosevelt in her appearance
before the tumultuous crowd last
night answered a number of ques-
tions, but did not retract from the