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Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/06/19: CIA-RDP80SO154OR002200220016-2 STAT PRESS AND INFORMATION DEPARTMENT INTERNATIONAL UNION OF STUDENTS, VOJT$$SKKA 12, PRAGUE II, CZ ECHOSI.OVAKIA Canton professors and students studying new* specimen of papaya REPRODIW,CTION AUTHORISED Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/06/19: CIA-RDP80SO154OR002200220016-2 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/06/19: CIA-RDP80SO154OR002200220016-2 o. 11 June, 1953 CONTENTS THE-IUS.INVITES YOU TO The IVth World Festival of Youth and Students ......... 2 1............ 4 SOLIDARITY SFUND7..................... 'AROUND THE PtVELD.?....????...?..,???.???????..??.??????????? FROM-THE STUDENT PRESS.....-.o ..............................7 IN THE-1US -DES'ART ENTS .....................................8 SPORT.......:... .............................................9 The Ilird World Student Congress ................... IUS DELEGATIONS Paolo Pescetti, IUS Deputy General Secretary and Konstantin Telalov, Head of the ECTD, represented the IUS at the Exe- cutive Committee Meeting of the World Federation of Democra- tic Youth held in Finland last month. The,meeting dealt with preparations for the IVth World Festival of Youth and Stu- dents and the IIIrd World Youth Congress. Jacques Denis,, Gen- eral Secretary of WFDY devoted his report. to thelatter, sche- duled to open on,July 25th in Bucharest, prior to the Festi- val.-The Congress will emphasise the work of youth organisa- tions to safeguard peace and defend the.rights of the young generation. An IUD delegation, led by Lionel Soto /Cuba/, attended the Women s World Congress in Copenhagen, Denmark, from June 5th to 10th., ORDER YOUR COPY NOWT WSN SPECIAL FESTIVAL NUMBER In honour of the IVth World Festival of Youth and Students for Peace and Friendship,a special number of WORLD STUDENT NEWS is to be published containing 40 pages of student news, articles photos, inter - views, on many varied topics. WSN 7-8,wi1l contain all the usual sections normally to be found in the magazine plus full reports on preparations for the IIIrd World Student Congress and a last minute pre- view of student activity on the eve of the Festi- val. Order your copy of WSN now- distribute your mAga- tine among fellow students - send-all comments and* Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/06/19: CIA-RDP80SO154OR002200220016-2 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/06/19: CIA-RDP80S01540R002200220016-2 THE IUS INVITES YOU TO THE IIIRD WORLD STUDENT CONGRESS From 27th August to 3rd September in WARSAW Statue of N. Copernic at the entrance to the Pol- ish Academy of Sciences.' Commemorations of t h. e 470th anniversary of the death of this great Pol- ish scientist were held in Poland and many other countries of the world last month. Since the special Congress Bulletin contains-all the news of Congress preparations, News Service is carrying just a few of the highlights for your information. The IUS has invited UNEF/French NUS/ to send representatives to Prague to discuss the question of participationinihe Con- gress. The Union 'des Grandes Ecoles has written to the IUS that it will send two representatives to Congress. The letter stresses that-the Union expects Congress to provide the op- portunity for cultural and* technical exchanges and urges that there should be an opportunity for engineering students at Congress to meet and discuss questions that interest them. particularly. The director of the Youth Ballet in Brazil, Mr. S.W. Ribeiro, has thanked the IUS for its invitation to participate in the cultural. programmes at both the Festival and Congress an d promised to do everything possible to bring the company to Europe for these events. The Association of Students from the West Indies and' Guiana studying in France, intends to affiliate to the IUS at the Congress. This is only one of the many decisions taken b y these students at their Congress in Bordeaux, which warmly approved the initiative in calling the Congress and Festival.. The Congress of University Students of Genoa has recommended that UNURI/Italian NUS/ "facilitate-the sending of observers to' Congress" and several student editors from Milan h a v e written requesting that IUS send more material on s t u d.e n t events at the Festival and the Congress programme. WRITE TO THE IUS FOR FREE COPIES OF THE FORTNIGHTLY CONGRESS BULLETIN AND KEEP INFORMED. ON CONGRESS PREPARATIONSI Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/06/19: CIA-RDP80S01540R002200220016-2 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/06/19: CIA-RDP80S01540R002200220016-2 -2- IUS- INVITES YOU to the IVth WORLD FESTIVAL OF YOUTH AND STUDENTS FOR PEACE AND FRIENDSHIP Bucharest, Rumania August 2-16th Convinced that "the gathering in Bucharest can become a step on the road to a lasting peace"", 4 student and youth leaders in Aarhus, DENMARK, have recommended broad participation in the Festival in Bucharest,'The statement issued by the presi- dents of the Conservative Youth, Liberal Students and Left Youth of that city and a member of the editorial board of the "Tidens Tanker"", particularly urged that young people wl?sup- portand believe that the government s policy in th e field of. foreign affairs and defense is designed to ensure peace and freedom, should use this unique opportunity to exchange views with youth of other countries, especially those w h o live under different social systems, "'thereby contributing to-the creation of greater understanding between peoples". To, popularise both the Festival and Student Congress, a Nat- ional Preparatory Committee of BURL has been set up to co- ordinate the work of youth and students organisations in the election of delegations to the Festival and Congress, which are expected to leave Rangoon early in July. The committee has also undertaken the task of preparing the Ilnd National Festival of Youth and Students whose object will be to "'in- culcate the spirit of friendship and unity among young people for peace and a better future". An invitation to spend their summer vacation during festival .time in RUMANIA has been extended to 65 students from eight countries by the UTM, Rumanian youth organisation, through `the IUS. Guests will be invited from France, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Belgium, Italy, England and Germany. The invitation .,,reads: "We are convinced that this visit will constitute a fine occasion to strengthen international student solidarity .in the struggle for peace and a democratic education". Great interest is being shown in the Festival in local unions throughout ENGLAND. In Leeds University, 10 societies have elected three students to represent them at t h e Festival. They include the Student Christian Movement, the Anglican Soc- iety, the Labour Society, Peace Society, and others, M is s Margaret Grey has written to the IUS on behalf of these soc- ieties urging that Leeds representative should be given op- portunities to meet students from other countries and to learn something of the life of the Rumapian people, The IUS has received . a letter from the Vice President of the London School of Economics Union stating that a rowing four from the college is planning to participate in the festival sports events. London dramatic students are planning to present a mime in the traditional English style during the Fe s t iv a 1 cultural programmes. Festival Committees have been established in many English Universities, including Oxford and Manches- ter. The rilm of the last festival has been shown in man any colleges throughout the country. IUS Festival posters have been widely displayed in English colleges and the Festival newspaper distributed. Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/06/19: CIA-RDP80S01540R002200220016-2 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/06/19: CIA-RDP80S01540R002200220016-2 -3- Dancers from Panama Dancers of the tamborito punto, bamboreras and zapateo; per- formers of folk music anc sportsmen, especially swimmers are expected to make up the delegation to the Festival from'PAN- AMA, it was announced by the recently formed Initiating Com- mittee for the Festival, organised.with the active support of the Federation of Students of Panama. Evelyn Townsend. of Saskatchewan University, executive member of four different student o xganisations on that campus, and Eric Balir.of St. Catherine's, Ontario,who has been a member of four.QATI. DIAN championship rowing teams are amongst the Canadian student leaders sponsoring the,.;Festival. In a press release issued by the Canadian Youth Festival. Committee, Eve- lyn Townsend made the following statement on her reasons for supporting the Festival: "Because I feel that world pea c e can only be won by exploring the areas in which wehave agree- ment, I. welcome the chance for young. people to meet at t h e Pith World Youth Festival. I hope that. students A,= all over the world will get to know one another and will leave with many new friends. For this reason I am glad to be one of the students across Canada to wish the Festival every success". FRANCE-The Festival Committee of the Latin Quarter, in Paris, has undertaken the task of stimulating the establishment of local committees in all secondary and r Sher .schools and fac- ulties of Paris to send student representatives to Bucharest. "In order to promote the student movement for the World Fes- tival, the Federation of University Students of ECUADOR has taken the initiative to form a Local Committee':, says a let- ter addressed to the President of the,IUS. Leaders and dele- gates of various youth and student organisations met in Quito and appointed a committee headed by Doctor Antonio Canadas, president of the University Sports League. The letter relates that all the members of the Committee "expressed their that" on being chosen and promised to work hard to make the Festi- val in Bucharest a success, "where young people f r pm the whole world will come together for peace". x X x x X x X X Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/06/19: CIA-RDP80S01540R002200220016-2 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/06/19: CIA-RDP80S01540R002200220016-2 -4... 1N? ?I 1 I I r/ ~ I ! N . / N ? ~/M~~/ r SOLIDARITY FUND The students of Teheran University, IRAN, have issued dona- tion vouchers in several denominations to be sold publicly to raise money for the Festival and Congress this summer. We are reprinting a copy of one of them above, with the follow- The University Preparatory Co; imittee for the Nth 'Vorld Festival of Youth and Students sincerely thanks you for your assistance in helping to celebrate the IInd.National Festival of Youth and Students and sending representatives to t he IIIrd world Student Congress and the IVth World Festival of 'Youth and Students. University Preparatory Commit- tee for the Festival of Youth 8nd Students. The University, Artistic Ensemble, State Prize winners a n d CZECHOSLOVAKIA s cultural ambassadors at the Berlin Festival in 1951, have pledgea to donate one third or their concert earnings to the Solidarity Fund being raised to help young people, especially those from colonial and dependent coun- tries, to attend the Festival.. They have promised to-include newly composed student songs in their.repertolre to publicise: the i esc,ival in their own country. AROUND THE WORLD IUS GREETS CONGRr S OF JAPANESE STUDENTS On the occasion of the 6th Congress of the All Japan Federa:. tion of Student Autonomies, which met in 'Toxyo from 11-19th June, the IuS sent a message expressing its conviction that the Federation would "further unite the students and consoli- date the organisation of Japanese students around its demo- cratic constitution, and evolve a programme.reflecting t h e interests of all students, thus neutralising any tendency working against the unity of the student movement in Japan". The IUS has also sent a 16 mm, film projector to the Japa- nese studentaa Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/06/19: CIA-RDP80S01540R002200220016-2 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/06/19: CIA-RDP80SO154OR002200220016-2 -5- SING WT V The student choir at the 9th-of October Secondary school.i.n Machala, Ecuador.has established a rule that.whenever it ap- pears at any occasion, festive or solemn, its opening sot*---ia the IUS Student Hy=. This precedent, it is expected,.. will continue in the future and be taken up by other choirs a s well. The director of the choir has asked for other'IUS songs to be included in the group s repertoire. ITALIAN STUDENTS WANT STUDY CENTRES, NOT BASES The National Union of Italian Students/UNURI/ at its Council meeting in Rome, from May 10-12, unanimously passed a reso- lution demanding that the estate of Santa Anna, one of the residenCe.a of the former kings,. in Pisa, be turned over to the University of that city to be used as an. experimental centre for agro-biolog?v and the study of nuclear physics. The resolution wasp adopted to prevent the Italian governor of the province from ceding this important locality to the commaer of the North American, military forces in. Italy for the estab- lishment of an air base. 30 00O.MOSCOW-HIGHER SCHOOL STUDENTS GRADUATE THIS SPRING Altogether there will be more than 30,000 students from all the Moscow higher, educational establishments graduating at the end of this semester. More than 2,000 young historians, philologists, philo.sophcrs, jurists, mathematicians and geo- logists of 43 nationalities will finish their studies at the Moscow Lomonosov State University, the largest in the Soviet Union, this spring. ONE SCHOLARSHIP 1251.. ,ONE TEXTBOOK 30L___FOR_TURKISH STUDENTS Despite the high cost of textbooks, 30 liras for a medical and 15 liras for a law book, the Turkish government out scho- larships at universities to 125 liras monthly. Reduced to such conditions in hostels, where 150 students are forced to use one water tap, still there are many students who are.on the verge of being thrown out for non-payment of rent. University fees have been. increased to such an extent that hundreds of students were unable to register and pay the examination fee. In spite of the illiteracy figure of 75.6% in the country graduates are finding difficulty getting jobs. The Istanbu . daily, "Dunya" reports that there are 700 graduates of the' Faculty of Literature who are waiting for teaching posts in elementary and secondary schools. If they succeed in finding a job their maximum salary would be 200 liras a month. GAMBIA STUDENTS FORM UNION The-chairman of the recently formed Gambia Student s Union, Mr.H.L.O.Geo.rge, in announcing the purpose oftbeorganisation stated that "as the number of students coming from Gamb.iaito England! increased, it became more and more necessary to pro- mote the welfare of Gambians in association with other West African students studying abroad". Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/06/19: CIA-RDP80SO154OR002200220016-2 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/06/19: CIA-RDP80SO154OR002200220016-2 -o- RACE BAITING, WAR `tONGERING BLASTED B' FRENCH STUDENTS A communique condemning the resurgence of- racebaiting an d .~ war-nmungering and a reaffirmation of the defense of liberty and human rights, was issued on the 8th Anniversary of V-E Day/Victory in Europe/at Sorbonne University in Paris. The communique was approved by all the organisations present, in- cluding UNEF/French INNS/, Socialist and Communist groups,'the Jewish studentd organisation, the peace .council, M.R.P. rep- resentatives, Young Catholic-Student.s and others. MAINTAIN RELATIONS WITH IUS SAY AUSTRALIAN STUDENTS The Guild Council, official organisation of the students of Perth University has rejected by more than a three to one majority a motion that NUAUS/Au_stralian NUS/ should cease see- ding representativeseto IUS meetings. In the debatet-spealows emphasised the links with other, students, especially in S.W. Asia and colonial countries, which they could m a i n t a i n throu h th i l g e r re ations with IUS. CHICAGO U. HOLDS SIT DOWN STRIKE A one hour sit-down protest was staged.by University of Chi- cago students against ,the proposal to abandon the "Hutchins Plan" under which students have been able to complete t w-o years of secondary school and four years of college in four years.'Student leaders spoke at-the steps of the University Administration Building and handbills were distributed, re- ports the "New York Times". SECONDARY STUDENTS FIRST NATIONAL FESTIVAL 1111 ITALY The First National Festival of Italian Secondary school stu- dents will be organised from July 1st to.5th in. Forte dei Marmi, one of the most attractive resort places in the coun- try. Students will be accommodated in modern, comfortable hot- els and a full programme of cultural,hiking, sports and re- creational events is being planned. ELECTION APPEAL AT BEYROUTH UNIVERSITY 0 In calling for a united front of students of all p o li t is a l opinions, the Arabic students at the American University in Beyrouth, Lebanon, have drawn up an election appealthat con- tains the following points: the right to democratic and poli- tical liberties, the restoration of the Student Council, the struggle. of the Arabic countries-for independence and a true national culture, against the Middle East Command,the demand for a national university, universal free-education a n d strengthening contact with fellow students at both the Stu- dent 'Congress and Youth Festival of Arabic countries. WILL ROT ENGAGE IN AGRESSIVE WAR, JAPANESE STUDENTS Japanese students "will not engage in any aggressive war"but will. "continue to struggle in defense of world and A s i a n peace, national independence, democracy and freedom" says a Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/06/19: CIA-RDP80SO154OR002200220016-2 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/06/19: CIA-RDP80SO154OR002200220016-2 -7- letter sent by the Federatioh of All Japanese Student Auto- nomies to the All China Student Federation. This follows a contribution of 112 million yuan, collected from Chinese students, for the welfare fund of the 1953 Japanese college graudates. In the letter accompanying the donation, the Chi- nese students had expressed their sympathy for the plight of 'their Japanese colleagues, many of whom were facing unemploy-' ment. The Japanese students telegraphed thanks and promised "to intensify our struggle for.peace in answer to your en- couragement". STUDENTS PROTEST Th PENDING ROSENBERG EXECUTION "-we demand that the President of the United Sta es grant clemency to Ethel and Julius Rosenber", states a peti- tion-sent to the US Ambassador in France by. students of the Teachers Training College of Saint Cloud, near Paris. The Committee in Defense of Liberties circulated the petition and of the 109 persons approached only, 4 refused to sign. The petition also points to the new evidence disclosed by the Greenglass manuscript a n d the need for a reconsideration of the sentence on the basis of this and other convincing documents. FROM THE STUDEN.T PRES FIRST BRITISH UI`:IV._ BASKETBALL TEAM IN ITALY The visit of the Leeds University team, the first British Uni- versity team ever to play basketball in Italy, aroused much interest in the local press, says "Union News",, the student newspaper at Leeds. After being roundly defeated in three games, Leeds finally pulled through with a 70 811 against the University of Pisa who had been the Italian Universities Champion,in 1952. The article, in explaining the reason for the team s poor showing complains of their lack ofa regula- tion -size court, competent coaching and a reasonable amount of practice time and adds that given such facilities -t h e team "could undoubtedly defeat any Continental University Club". S. AFRICAN STUDENTS OPPOSE SEGREGATION AT ARTS FESTIVAL The Executive Committee of Arts Festival, annual cultural re- view of '1Witwatersrand University students, has cancelled its plans to hold this event in the Great Hall because of a rul- ing by the University authorities enforcing colour-bar seat- ing for the first time in the history of the university. The University SRC has withdrawn its financial support for the Festival as a result of this measure, Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/06/19: CIA-RDP80SO154OR002200220016-2 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/06/19: CIA-RDP80SO154OR002200220016-2 -8- /See story on, segregation at Arts Fest*tal in South Africa/ A statement of policy issued by Arts Festival Executive de- elares- "We maintain that neither creative enterprise. nor the--appreciation thereof, is confined to members of any ape- cial.race, colour or creed....It would be incompatible with any universal conception of Art to. attempt to represent the culture of a ? country to a limited section at its population". "Wits", the university student newspaper, prominently fea- turesthe entire statement of the A?.s Festival E.C. and in its editorial states: "We congratulate Arts Festiv 1. end the University, for their decisions in support of the S.C. boy- cott of separate seating in the Great Hall, despite the fin- ancial and other inconveniences incurred. ,A fine stand - al.a great principle!" rIN THE IUS DEPARTMENTS Student Needs and-Welfare To provide discussion. material for some of the Commissions at the IIIrd World Student Congress, the SNWD is getting ready issue-No. 1 of a special bulletin of some 40 odd pages with extracts and inrormation.on.student conditions in various parts, of the world. Some of the material contained in this publication, to be sent out shortly, includes: 1.-Introduction to the report of tangevin Wallon,noted French educator,--on educational reform. 2. Manifesto issued,- y engineering students in Brazil on re- form of education.' 3. The fight against illiteracy in Viet Nam. 4. Conditions of Tunisian students. 5. The aernand or the Scottish Union of Students Tor better conditions. Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/06/19: CIA-RDP80SO154OR002200220016-2 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/06/19: CIA-RDP80S01540R002200220016-2 -9- 6. An inquiry into student conditions in 'West Bengal, India. 7. The work of the.student TB sanatorium in Bulgarias d. The budget of, a Soviet student. Ph ipal-Education and Sports The NUS of Finland'/SYL/ and the nationwide student sport c - ganisation SAUL, have indicated great interest in the IUS proposal to organise the World University,S in er Games in their country in'1954. A delegation of representatives from both these organisations is expected in Prague s hortly to meet with members of the IUS Secretariat and the P E S D to discuss this proposal. Press and Information This week PID sent out a leaflet on the' forthcoming IIIrd World Student Congress in English, French and Spanish, a s well as a colour poster on the Friendly sport competitions to be held during Congress. The latter was issued in five languages - English, French, Spanish, Italian and Norwegian. If you haven't received your copies as yet or if you nee d more to hang-up on bulletin and notice boards, in din in g halls, and common rooms, recreation centres and gymnasium locker halls, or wherever else you think it might attract the attention of your fellow students., write to the PID. For all delegates, observers, visitors and guests of t h e .IIIrd World Student Congress, the PID is preparing a special momento folder which will contain all the issues of the Con- gress daily newspaper, to be published during the sessions. At the moment this department is mobilising a staff of ,jour- nalist_e and technical workers to make sure that everyone gets complete coverage and a full day-to--day picture of what s going on, SPORT DUTCH SECONDARY SCHOOL STU- DENTS WIN IUS SPORT BADGES The first volleyball and bas- ?ketball tournament for stu- dents of secondary schools in Holland was organised by the Amsterdam section of the Or- ganisation Van Progressieve Studerende Jeuge/OPSJ/ i n April. 20 schools.with 45 teams competed in this suc- cessful tournament and IUS sport badges were awarded to the winners. Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/06/19: CIA-RDP80S01540R002200220016-2 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/06/19: CIA-RDP80SO154OR002200220016-2 Do you Read World Student Nm's? WORLD STUDENT- NEWS is published monthly by the International Union of Students in Arabic, English, French, German, Italian, -Norwegian, Russian, and Spanish. WORLD STUDENT NEWS works for international student cooperation, national inde- pendence of peoples, democratisation of education, world peace. WORLD STUDENT NEWS publishes articles and information on s+udent life and con- ditions, gives space to science, art, sport, and humour. WORLD STUDENT NEWS discusses the vital problems of students. LISTEN. TO THE VOICE OF THE INTERNATIONAL UNION OF STUDENTS On the need for world student unity, for peace and national independence, for coopers on in cultural and sports activity among students from all parts of the world. The Prague and Sofia short and medium wave radio stations bring you student news, musical interludes, comments about IUS activities, the conditions of life and study the world over. There is an IUS broadcast every Monday in seven languages over Prague radio, and every Tuesday in four over Sofia. LANGUAGE GREENWICH MEAN TIME KII.OCYCLES LENGTH " [Monday, Prague] ENGLISH 19.00-19.15 9,504 kc/s 31.57 in FRENCH 19.00-19.15 1,286 kc/s 233.30 m ITALIAN SERBO-CROAT 22.00-22.15 17.30-17.45 1,232 kc/s 9,504 kc/s 243.5 m 31.57 m GREEK 16.30-16.45 . 9,504 kc/s 31.57 in GERMAN 18.30-18.45 1,286 kc/s 233.30 in SPANISH 23.15-723.30 { 1,097 kc/s 273.50 m 23.15-23.30 . 1,286 kc/s 233.30 m [Tuesday, Sofia] TURKISH 04.00-04.15 593 kc/s 506 in - (Stara Zagora) 1,670 kc/s 1 224 kc/s 39.11 in 245 m Art- - (Stalin) , 1,124 kc/s 267 m 04.15-04.30 593 kc/s 506 m SERBO-CROAT '21.15-21.45 7,670 kc/s 6,070 kc/s 39.11 m ?49.42 m MACEDONIAN 21.15-21.45 7,670 kc/s 39.11 m Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/06/19: CIA-RDP80S01540R002200220016-2