V.s.c. to Hold National Youth Solidarity Conference

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from David Robinson

The Vietnam Solidarity Campaign is organising a National Youth Conference on April 22nd to bring together members from all youth organisations in Great Britain who are opposed to the war of aggression and atrocity waged by the United States in Vietnam. A draft resolution is being prepared. by the National Executive and this will be distributed to those taking part in time for them to submit amendments. The resolution will call for co-ordinated action in support of the National Liberation Front and the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in their struggle against American imperialism and its puppet forces, All youth organisations such as the Y.C.L., Young Liberals, Y.C.N.D., L.P.Y.S., University Socialist Societies and youth members of V.5S.C. and B.C.P.V. will be invited to participate. Groups may be represented by delegates or participating observers. Participating observers will be welcome from groups who do not wish to commit themselves in the first instance to sending delegates to a solidarity conference. They will have the right to speak but not to vote. Delegates will be limited to three from each group but anyone is welcome to attend the conference as an observer. The agenda will be:

Saturday, April 22nd. 10am. Presentation of resolution followed by

discussion from the floor--preference will be given to

delegates in the calling of speakers,

1 pm Adjournment for lunch.

2pm Discussion on plans of action and setting up

of Youth sub-committee of the Vietnam Solidarity

Campaign. The aim of the conference is to co-ordinate youth action against the vicious war of genocide being implemented by America against the Vietnamese people. Copies of the draft resolution will be sent to interested organisations as soon as possible. Any group or individual interested in attending this conference should write to National Youth Conference, Vietnam Solidarity Campaign, lla Wormwood Street, London E.C.2. Tele. 588-1924.

N.B. If any reader of The Week can send names and addresses of youth

organisations for the purpose of inviting them to the conference

it will be. nost helpful, - Eric bock Su Free ch C . Support for the Vietnam Free Speech Campaign has now been received from 34 Members of Parliament.Those who have signed during the last few days include: Lewis Carter-Jones, Eric Iubbock and Raphael Tuak. Officers from 27 C.L.P.'s have also signed the petition and this section is expec t— ed to increase considerably within the next week.Arrangements are going: ahead for publicising the petition as widely as possible and gathering support from every section of the public.