Evening star., 1953-10-18
BY Fronces Lide


ion poll, public meetings and
"go-see' tours are being pro-
NOTED by Washington area
members of the League of
Women Voters to focus attention
on the United Nations this week.
ALI are planned as community
activities to further understand
ing of international problems.
And all will center about Satur-
days observance of United Ma
tions day. #
How do their fellow citizens
feel about international Coop
Grafton? And what do they ac-
tually know about the United
Nations?
The League of Women Voters
in Montgomery County proposes
to find out in a week-long.
countrywide public opinion poll
launched yesterday.
Six hundred families will be
interviewed, being selected on
the basis of scientific population
Sampling.
What do you think the United
States Government should do to
avoid another world WARP" is one
of the questions. Where do you
usually get your information
about international problems?"
is another.
The questionnaires were pre-
pared by American University's
Bureau of Social Science Re-
search, which also will tabulate
the results of the poll.
The league will use the in
formation later in its inter-
national relations work.
A "quiz-down" has been ar
ranged Friday by the Arlington
league for history students of
the 9th, 11th and 18th grades.
Patterned after the familiar
"Spell-down," it will be part of
the schools recognition of
U. N. day.
Prizes-one for each grade
will be one-day all-eXpense trips
to, the U. N. headquarters in
New York on November 20. The
winners will join about 80 other
junior and senior high school
students in a chartered bus trip
sponsored by the league.
Similar "go-see" trips are
being arranged by the Mont
gomery County and District of
Columbia Leagues. The Mont
gornery tour is planned for high
school students on November s
and 6. The District League has
scheduled trips on both No
vember 13 and 20 for adults,
plans being made in co-opera-
tion with the Citizens Commit
tee for U. N. Day in the District
Winners of a U. N. essay and
poster contest conducted for
Falls Church students will be
announced at a u. N. birthday
party to be held at 8 pm. Fri
day in the George Mason School
Music and folk-dancing will be
features of the program, to
which the public is invited.
The party was planned by a
citizens committee under the
Craftsmanship of Mrs. Bert Seid-
man, international affairs chair
man of the Falls Church league,
who was named by the Mayor as
chairman of the Citizens Com
mittee for U. N. Day.
Both Alexandria and Fairfax
County have planned public pro-
grams for Wednesday evening.
In Alexandria. Rear Admiral
John c. Daniel, a member of the
Korea Truce negotiation team
will speak on How the U. N
Looks From the Field" at a
meeting in Trinity Methodist
Church, 2911 Cameron Mills
road. City officials and foreign
visitors who have been invited to
be special guests will be enter
tanned by the league at dinner
before the program.
Eighty Fairfax County organi-
cations have been invited to send
representatives to a public forum
arranged by the league on some
of the specialized agencies of
the United Nations. The forum
will take place at 8:15 pm. We'd
nesday at the Dardanelles Res
taurant in Falls Church.
Climaxing the weeks events
will be a mass meeting next
Sunday in which the Prince
Georges County League is COOP
Grating with other county or
ganizations.
1t will be held at 3 pm. in
the Central Auditorium on the
University of Maryland campus.
Gov. McKeldin will be the
speaker.
A highlight will be the presen-
tation to the Governor of a
scroll containing the names of
hundreds of county residents af-
firming confidence in the United
Nations as 'our best hope for
peace"
The nrngram is being nlanned