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Re ne none Med Bre Lr 1 ARSE RT TS eo sub als i Se PR GIG cn a re ee Con ed Saal pid - ue ae Sunday Vorker for December 29, 1940, paze §&: "True dcfense of the nation is defense of the rel- fare or the necple. Trade unionism in Anerica is seriously threatened today as never before in history except for the. first trorld War. The award of defense ccrtracts to Ford and Bethlehem, the use of the antitrust lews to bust unions and encourege oper-shops, fhe anti~labor legisla- ticn is part of the Rooseveit Administretion's drive to take America into the war. To do so it needs to crush the labor movement, and youth must fight every step of the way against ite The attitude of the Communist Party toward the proceedinzs 4s also shown in the following quotation wiich appeared in the ge. 4 "the forced labor canp issue was discussed hotly. > of From the floor many questions were asked about the ee nature of the camps and their possible uses as cheap- wr ge a Mee a, labor reserves ond gars for anti-wer youth. Chairman Ernest (Jernmecs and kobert Lane, ISS secretary, replied with red=baiting and finally shut off discussion," ~. ; Persons teking prominent, part in the conference were: - Quincy fibwe irs, Eleanor Roosevelt. News items covering this conference pointed out that the tng student leaders attending the conference were trying to create a oY nevi American youth organization free from Left-wing dorination. we . The vanguard of this movement, according, to this report, ras ~ sponsore the Inte Sonal Student Service and is dravn from 3 farvard, Madcliffe and fyarthmore. The movement to create an tcaniza§$ion free from Leftewing domination wag headed by Peter ra yur a, treduste of Swarthmore in 1931, ami edfAmes, head of -” the Warvard Student Union. The program, which they sugrested was gs follows: da Ay 4, orn . ow Sood ~, - -" Pa - - eo = . Oe eee = air ait . s aw aa ore . - 3 , Sa ea wal 5. w ait od ww ars baited wo. Rn acral no ad oe “> -_— ~~