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Show R: , ''-V 4- ')) -1 TTOJeoa-TeUaraa raale Wane Thv Pledge Lova Itv to th 'Chief Teaag Democratic national leaders Clyde 1 Mil- i ksr aad Mrs. Vaa U. Hicks, rear, aad Roy O. Baker I aad Mrs. Kay Owsley Glaas at a eoafereace Friday study bids for the site of U group's eeaveatieav Wo Support Tair Deal (Young Democrats Say By Will J arris "Young Democrats era completely com-pletely united behind President Harry 8 Truman's 'fair deal' program," pro-gram," Roy O. Baker, Sherman, Tex., national president Young Democratic Clubs of America, said in Salt Laks City Friday. Mr. Baker headed the delegates who arrived for the two-day regional re-gional conference of Young Democratic Demo-cratic regional directors, executive committee and convention committee, commit-tee, which opened Friday afternoon after-noon in New ho use hotel. Asked If this "unity" Included southern Young Democrats when It came to the president's stand on civil rights. Mr. Baker, who hails from a southern state, said: "Naturally there are some dif ferences In any group, but you will note Texas gave President Truman tha greatest margin of any state m the union In the last election. North Carolina, another southern state, gave the second largest margin. Hs added that throughout the south Young Democrats were solid behind the president ta last year's elect lone. - . There was no split-off Into the Dudecrats from Young Democrat organisations," he said. As for the present 81st congress, which Republicans have decried as the "80-worst" congress, Mr. Baker Ba-ker declared that it was a "good" congress. "It takes some time to straighten out tha mess that tha Republicans got us In with their Taft-Hartley law and other poor legislation," he added. To tha question of whether or not he thought the labor bill re- SeePagea, Column I Young Demos : Launch Meet et"l ta'aseaaaaaai JSaakaaaaai olaaaBB eaasiBaaassesaaB OAaes. aayeBsgajeaaaaj arf-'BBaffBJ rBaraf -aranf eently passed by a Democratic '. annate was sound labor legislation. - the Texas Young Democrat replied: re-plied: , "I'd prefer not to comment on specific legislation." He expressed the belief, hovr-ever, hovr-ever, that organised labor was still strong in Its support of the Demo- . cratlc party. . 7" Complete cooperation, he said. Is hsd between the younger branch ' of the Democrat! party and Its ' senior leaders. Offers Mora Opportunity "The party recognizes the Importance Im-portance of young people In Amer-, Amer-, lean government," he aaid. The ; Democrats have always offered 'more opportunity to the youth of the nation. Criticism was directed at Republican Re-publican "sniping' at the administration's admin-istration's policy In regard to , China. "That la typical of the superficial Republican thinking," he declared. "The only alternative alterna-tive to the present China policy fs .war, which the American people certainly do not want" He emphasised that the differ- , ence between the Young Republicans Republi-cans and the Young Democrats ia that the Republicans discuss thetr 'differences when they get tog the i and the Young Democrata discuss what they have in common. I "Instead of playing up that on ' which we don't agree, he said. we unit behind our common g points and work to put them H - acroaa. That's how we have rolled 1 up victories In the past; that's how .we'll do it la the future." S-eWUag Meet Kit The conference got under way Friday at S p.m. with a meeting of the organisation's convention . committee, headed by Mrs. Van D. Hicks, Oak Ridge, Tenn. Helping her to select a site and data for the Young Democrats national eon vent ton later this year were Paul Barker, Kansas; James H. Meredith. Miasouri. and Clyde L. Miller. Salt Lake City. A barbecue was slated for the officers and delegates Friday evening eve-ning at Maxfields lodge in Big Cottonwood canyon. ' Baturday morning' the regional chairman will hold a meeting. Mr. Miller is chairman of the directors' Sroup, which includes Katherin . Cullinaa, Rhode Island; Michael T. Jaffrin. Ohio: William Byera. West Virginia: Jack Stevens. Arkansas; Ar-kansas; Joseph Z. Marks, Iowa; Vera Taylor, Nebraska, and Dick ; Watson. Nebraska. Mr. Miller said he expects nearly 200 delegates from all over the nation to arrive for a general ses-( ses-( sion Saturday afternoon to discuss ' "anything that needs to be discussed." dis-cussed." ' Final session of the convention Will be a banquet Saturday night, when Mr. Baker will deliver an address. The delegates will be taken on sight-seeing tours of the area around Bait Lake City Sunday. |
