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Socialist Party in the Communist weekly, ''[[New Masses]]'', was one of the boarders at the White House during the hearings. Another officer, Abbott Simon, staff member of the [[CPUSA]] publication, ''Champion'', slept for two weeks in Lincoln's bed during the hearings.
Socialist Party in the Communist weekly, ''[[New Masses]]'', was one of the boarders at the White House during the hearings. Another officer, Abbott Simon, staff member of the [[CPUSA]] publication, ''Champion'', slept for two weeks in Lincoln's bed during the hearings.
In the spring of 1941, the youth members of the congress, as guests of Mrs. Roosevelt, attended a picnic on the White House lawn where they were addressed by the [[Franklin D. Roosevelt|President Roosevelt]] from the South Portico. The President admonished them to condemn not merely the Nazi regime but all dictatorships - he was booed by the group. Soon afterwards, many of the same youth picketed the White House as representatives of the [[American Peace Mobilization]]. Among them was [[Joseph Cadden]], one of the overnight guests.
In the spring of 1941, the youth members of the congress, as guests of Mrs. Roosevelt, attended a picnic on the White House lawn where they were addressed by the [[Franklin D. Roosevelt|President Roosevelt]] from the South Portico. The President admonished them to condemn not merely the Nazi regime but all dictatorships - he was booed by the group. Soon afterwards, many of the same youth picketed the White House as representatives of the [[American Peace Mobilization]]. Among them was [[Joseph Cadden]], one of the overnight guests.
In 1940, despite Eleanor Roosevelt's publication of reasons called ''Why I still believe in the Youth Congress,'' the American Youth Congress was disbanded.
In 1940, despite Eleanor Roosevelt's publication of reasons called ''Why I still believe in the Youth Congress,'' the American Youth Congress was disbanded. Mrs. Roosevelt sponsored a new organization called the [[International Students Service]]. Joe Lash returned under her sponsorship as the secretary of that organization at $4200 a year.
==See also==
==See also==