To the Editor of the Crimson:

The undersigned delegates to the American Youth Institute in Washington wish to express their disapproval of your editorial of Tuesday, February 13.

The American Youth Congress holds a yearly meeting in Washington. Young people from all over the country attend to exchange experiences and to bring pressure on the national government to carry out the AYC program. This program is decided at the national convention where representatives of youth organizations agree on a program to fit the needs of youth.

The recent Youth Institute in Washington was attended by over 5000 young people representing many youth organizations of every sort. It discussed and lobbied for jobs, peace, and civil liberties. Jobs, because youth needs an economic status in the community; peace, because young people want no involvements in war; and civil liberties, because only through free discussion can the first two objectives be obtained. It is this representative organization that the Crimson and the Dies Committee call "a minority speaking for a group which it claims to represent."

A small group of not more than ten people tried throughout the session to break up proceedings. Their attempt to introduce a resolution at the Lincoln Memorial meeting, whose prearranged program had as speakers Atty.-Gen. Jackson, Senator Murray of Montana, and James Carey of the CIO, is comparable to the introduction of a resolution at a Harvard Commencement. Their ejection from the meeting had the approval of all present.

In view of these facts, the Crimson editorial of Tuesday last is an unbelievable performance.

Rasil Pollitt '40, Alan Gottieb '41. Laurence B. Grose '41, David Fleischman '41. Laurence Speiber 1L. Walter Rosen '42, Maurice Freedman '43, Richard E. Stern '42.