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Show VIP's highlight Youth Voter Conference . ..ronutives Morris K. Udall, parties. Sen. F.,!, "WWIIIV! X I IVV what they want to do with government." What we hope will happen is that the young people can forget their political differences and work together for some of the things we all want to see happen in this country, Mr. Sweeney added. "It's like our slogan 'In 1968 you were outside looking in, where will you be in 72?' We can't afford to let the young voters be left out again. And I think the conference is one way to insure they aren't" he said. The reason we need to hold a conference this early is because of state party district meetings being held in May, he said. "This is the only way to get imput into the conventions both state and national. This is the only way young people can help to formulate formu-late platforms for both parties," he added. Interested people can pre-register pre-register for the convention in the Student Activities Center in the Union. i M0entatives Morns n. uoa i, .-,ona and Beniamin Black-' Black-' Georgia, will be the 5 Jote speakers this Friday and ! :dayatthertic,pat,on72 ; ah Emergency Conference for Voters in the Union ol)( Ball'00"1' k fd Sweeney, chairman of the !! .onference and studentbody i president of Westminster College, j the conference hopes to Jjct close to 1,000 college and ! a school students as well as vourtg people who have already j ; ined the working force. spin-off of the National 1 j Emergency Conference sponsored I ty the associated student P ' governments, the Utah version is ,. ! sponsored by the Utah colleges ; and universities and Participation : n, ", (r. Sweeney said the conference already received the en- J dorsement of Gov. Calvin L. ! Rampton, Sen. George I i McCovern, D-South Dakota, both I ilate Republican and Democratic Parties, Sen. Frank E. Moss, D-Utah, D-Utah, and Sen. Wallace F Bennett, R-Utah. He also said he has received cooperation from he State Board of Education, S,e Utah H,gh School Activities Association, the AFL-CIO and several downtown businessmen "What we're trying to do is present a route for young people aid mT6 35 3 VtinS bli" aid Mr Sweeney. "We're keeping the con erence strictly bi -part" an and well have leaders of both state parties leading workshops-Workshops workshops-Workshops for the conference range from "How to Be a Delegate to State Conventions" to Women in Politics," "Voter Registration Drives" and "Legal Systems for Voters." "The workshops are important perhaps more important than the speakers and the resolutions which may come out of the conference," Mr. Sweeney said "That's where the young people will learn how to become part of the power structure of this coun ty. And if they want t0 ch ateadf Cnference had already received commitments emstTteSt.tthe hi8h Sch0" " manv cnT, W' know hw 'Taged PePlewill be attending," he said Sso'r' n -dswh" most Southern voters would not vte for," Mr. Sweeney said. Rep. Udall is the leader of a movement in the Congress to eliminate the seniority system Rep. Udall should have a good appeal to the young voters who see what's wrong with America and would like to do something about it," he said. Both speakers are young and should appeal to young people he added. "They're both men who have proven to be progressive in |
