The challenges confronting the next President will be discussed tonight by four young politicians, all concerned with the forthcoming campaign. The forum, sponsored by the Harvard Student Council, will start at 8 p.m. in Burr B.

George Lodge, Assistant Secretary of Labor for International Affairs and son of Henry Cabot Lodge, and Chris Herter Jr., Chairman of the Massachusetts Committee for Nixon, will represent the Republicans. Facing them in debate will be Torbert MacDonald, U.S. representative and former roommate of Senator Kennedy, and Richard Murphy, Executive Director of the Young Democrats of America.

Each speaker will talk for about ten minutes; at the conclusion of the speeches, the meeting will be thrown open for cross-discussion and questions from the floor.

The meeting is free and open to the public.