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Show yrmea ror rreeoom Jff presents an alternative' By T.J. MADDEN Chronicle Staff son we are on this , is to bring the issues ;t.o open and give jtJetstheopportunitytomake .intelligent choice sa.d Jeff i Litis preside"1 of the local ' te,of the Young Americans 'Cedom, (YAF). "We 5 n t an alternative to the filing 'eft'st 'nfluence on -.pus." yAF, founded in 1960 at ,m p. Buckley's estate at on Conn., is mainly cncerned .n Jt,e spread of federal .aucracy and the loss of ltjual freedom. "More im-3t im-3t than democracy is the ,-m of freedom in a coun-Williams coun-Williams said. "The ,wt economic policies that iW is employing limits in-jual in-jual freedom and destroys a mans incentives to work and make. a profit. A laissez faire economy is still the best market system eyer devised. Any attempt to interfere with that system ultimately hurts the en ir nation." YAF is also worreid about the consequences of Nixon's foreign polices. It views is upcoming visit to China, his lowering of trade restrictions with communist countries, and his wind-down of the Vietnam war as major concessions con-cessions to the forces of international in-ternational communism. The YAF is no longer concerned with the activities of organizations like the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) since they are "mostly dead anyway." But they still maintain that any organization that seeks to shut down or destroy the university, thus depriving students of their education should be kicked off campus immediately. Mr. Williams says he came to A d ? 'ittle peace- 1 was he Residential College at the University of Michigan, which was dominated by the New Left and the drug culture. I was the only conservative there. It got to be too big a hassle." Claiming a campus membership of six active and 25 inactive, the YAF is presently manning' an information booth across from the Huddle. They are distributing literature that explains their philosophies and are campaigning cam-paigning for John Ashbrook, Repubhcn congressman from Ohio who is seeking the Republican nomination for President. |