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voted against continuance of the
Dies Committee recently, Repre-
sentative Keefe said. Apparently
satisfied that this demonstrated at
least a sympathy for Communism
Mr.. Keefe added:
II regret that the newspapers car
ried the story that the First Lady OF
the Land defends the rights OF
Communists in the American Youth
Congress-"
Pierce Takes Defense.
This aroused Representative
Pierce, Democrat, of Oregon, who
attended the White House meeting
Certainly" he said, Mrs. Roose-
welt appeared to be motivated solely
by a desire to have members OF
Congress express themselves fully
for the benefit of the young people
There was no debate on merits OF
dement's of Communism. That
charge is only a peg on which to
hang unfair attacks"
The meeting of the Youth Con-
gress opens at pm. today in the
Departmental Auditorium and con-
tinues through Sunday, with the
aim of informing "the Nation OF
youths needs and discussing how
the 8,50O,0O0 new voters can best
use their citizenship privileges
List of Speakers.
The scheduled program for to-
night includes speeches by Attorney
General Jackson, Senator Murray
Democrat, of Montana; Jack Nc
Micheal, chairman of the Youth
Congress-; James Carey, president
of the United Electrical, Radio and
Machine Workers of America; Ed
ward Strong, chairman of the
Southern Negro Youth Congress
and Howard Ennes, chairman of the
Washington Youth Council.
Senator Murray is the Youth Con-
gress favorite, because he is the
sponsor in this session of Congress
of the American Youth Act''-au-
thorizing the appropriation of $780,
100000 for vocational training and
job and educational opportunities
for young people.
Plans were being laid today to
throw the meeting tonight into an
uproar. At the Willard Hotel, Muir
ray Plavner, who led a delegation
out of the Youth Congress conven-
ton last July in protest against the
communistic elements in it, said he
was arranging for the presentation
to tonight's sessions of resolutions
calling for the expulsion of all Com
munists associated with it.
Mr.. Plavner identified himself as
one of the founders of the American
Youth Congress, and he distributed
the anti Communist protest in the
name of Mr.. Tunney, Homer l..
Chaillaux, David Hinshaw, Victor
F.. Ridder and John M. Schiff.
A reply to Mr.. Plavner came from
Joseph Cadden, secretary of the
Youth Congress, who denied that
Mr.. Plavner was one of the founders
and who said that parliamentary
procedure would make impossible
the presentation of resolutions to
this convention. Only at the an
nual meeting in July can the Youth
Congress consider resolutions, Mr..
Cadden said.
Mr.. Plavner said he intends to
go ahead with his original plan, no
matter what parliamentary bars
may be raised.
President Roosevelt's address will
be given on the White House lawn
tomorrow. The yung men and wom-
en-, representing 63 organizations
among them the Young Communists
League-will march to the White
House from the Departmental Audi
torium.
John L. Lewis, president of the
c. I. O., will talk to the group Sat-
urday afternoon. Also on the pro-
gram are Mr.. Cadden, Aubrey Will
liams, the National Youth Admin
istrator; Katherine Lenroot, chief Of
the Children's Bureau, Labor De-
partment, and Floyd Reeves, chair
man of the American Youth Com
mission.