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they could vote intelligently, and
fill public offices adequately.
Throughout it all, the most
earnest striving on the part of
youth seemed to be for an es-
tablished status in the home ard
in the community life. They wait
ed to be counted as worth some
thing, their opinions and their ac-
tions, and they wanted this for all
youth. In their written report
they went on record thus: eve
are united by a basic truth which
is the belief that all men are
created equal" with certain inal-
ienable rights, and that each is
of infinite worth and dignity. All
men must work together to elm
mate the artificial barriers of
race, creed, and nationality which
so often create conflicts"
Along these same lines their
written report includes this COM
mitment: "The youth of today are
growing into world which needs
mutual understanding and cooper
alton of all peoples to survive.
This calls for improved inter-
group relations across social, &C.
onomic, religious, racial and ma
tiona1ity lines. When ALL youth
cannot develop on a free and eq-
ual basis, the nation suffers in its
leadership, development of re-
sources and quality of leader
ship"
Youth set high standards. That
they set down such goals was
proof that adults had not complet-
ely failed. But to achieve such
goals, youth said, they must have
the cooperation of adults.
Between these sessions, for
anyone still on their feet and not
wanting to miss anything, there
were scores of exhibit booths set
up where we could see, for exam
pie, children's encyclopedias, Boy
Scout hobbies, Puerto Rican hand
craft and National Health Coun-
ell literature displayed side by
side. There were movies on health,
mental hygiene, and education
(some world premiers) during the
noon hour, and meetings of var
ious state delegations or profess
sional groups squeezed in between
the rest of the program items.
Getting something to eat at noon
was a major problem since the
food service facilities did not
quite meet the needs of the starv-
ing thousands A sorry-looking
hotdog and Coke, gained after
standing in line, had to suffice
for most of us.
Rush at the End
The last day of the Conference
was set aside for adoption of the
recommendations of the work
groups. Although the list pre-
sented had evolved through
democratic process; that is, from
35 different discussion groups
which included the opinions and
thinking of all the delegates, and
thence through smaller commit
tee that edited and wrote them
in concise form, nonetheless, as
the meeting proceeded, there were
moves for amendment, deletion,
and much discussion. This too
was part of our democratic pro-
cess, but it delayed and prolonged
the business and, consequently,
the last of the program, which
was the summing up of the Con-
ference activities as a whole, had
to be- abandoned. In fact, some
of the delegates had to leave to
catch trains and buses before all
the recommendations had been
considered. Consequently, we left
SOAA4CACAkCC WALAAOOL COII-
plete report of what the final rec
concentrations were and are wait
ing for the Conference Journal be-
fore We will have the final results
of the 2 years and five days of
work. These recommendations will
serve as our guideposts for work
with children and youth for the
ten years until the 1860 White
House Conference on Children and
Youth.
Recommendations
Keeping in mind the focus of
the Conference; FOR EVERY
CHILD A FAIR CHANCE FOR
A HEALTHY PERSONALITY,
here are some Of the recommen-
dations that definitely were adopt
See REPORT. Page Eight