INTERNATIONAL UNION OF STUDENTS/WORLD FEDERATION OF DEMOCRATIC YOUTH

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Available on loan from the CIA Library are the documents listed below. They
were issued in mimeograph form by the publicity office of the International
Union of Students, Annual Council Meeting, Paris, France, 86,15 Sep 48.
1, Greetings of World Federation of Democratic Youth to the
Annual Council of the International Union of Students, by
Bert Williams.
2. List of Delegates and Observers Accredited by the Credentials
Committee of the IUS.
Final Report of the Credentials Committee of the rus Council
Meeting1,
4. Membership Report to the IUS Council.
5. A Study of Political Activity in IUS by John Ziman, New
Zealand Delegate.
6. Finance Report of the rus.
7. Executive Committee Report of the IUS, Delivered by President
Josef Grohman, Covering the Period June 1947 to June 1948.
7a. Draft Resolution of the Council Meeting of the IUS on the
Executive Committee Report.
8. Report of qua rus Press and Information Department.
9. Report of tka IUS Intellec ual Cooperation Department.
10. Report of the IUS Central Travel and Exchange Department.
U. Recommendations of the rus Intellectual Cooperation Department
Commission,
120 Report of the IUS Intellectual Cooperation Department.
13, Recommendations of the rus BSFAC Commission.
14, Report of the IUS Economic, Social and Health Department.
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150 Publicity Ar rus ? Report by the NUS of England, Wales and
Northern Ireland.
16. Contribution of the Association of Internee and Medical
Students to the Executive Committee Report, by Bernard Lown.
17* Contribution to the Executive Committee Report by the
American Youth for Democracy, by Mr White.
18. Contribution by the West Indian Delegation to the Executive
Committee Report.
19. Statement by the Polish Delegation in Relation to the Executive
Committee Report.
20. The Contribution of the Indian Delegation on the Report of
the Executive Committee of the rus.
21. Contribution of the Australian Delegate to the Executive
Committee Report.
22. Contribution of the Chinese Delegation to the Discussion
on the Activities of the rus in Year 1947-48.
23. Statement by the Polish Delegation in Relation to the
Executive Committee Report.
24. Contribution of the English NUS,Delegation to the Discussion
on the Executive Report.
25. Contribution of the Czechoslovak Delegation to the Executive
Committee Report.
26. Declaration of the French Delegation Concerning the Executive
Committee Report.
270 Report of the Activities of the Union of Democratic Students
of Austria to the IUS Council Meeting.
28. The Report of All.Zurma Students Union to the IUS Council Meeting.
29. Documentary Material for International Student Week.
30. IUS Council Meeting of National Union of Danish Students.
31. Report of Greek Students.
32* Open Letter to the Representatives of the Democratic Students
of the World Meeting in the Council of the International Union
of Students from 'All India Students! Federation?,
33. Report on the Fight of Indian Students in Defence of Educational
Fights Civil Liberties and for Freedom and. Democracy since the
Conference of South East Asian Youth. -
340 Report of the Work of the rus in India by the All Indian Student
Federation,
35. Report of the Indonesian Delegation? by Sugiono.
36. The Work of the Secretariat of the U1E Among the Student
Organizations of Latin America.
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37. The Situation and the Problems of Students in Latin America,
by Arturo A cebez.
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38. National Union of Norwegian Students Report.
39. Present State of the Higher Education in Poland and the Activity
of the Polish Student Organizations.
40.. Contribution of the Soviet Delegate, A Shelepon, to the IUS
Council Meeting.
41. Documentary Material for International Student Week for the
Situation and Needs of Spanish Students in their Struggle
Against the Fascist Rule of Franco.
42. Higher Education in Viet-Nam in War-Time.
43. Documentation - "Sur la Jeunesseitudiante et les Universitel
de la R4ublique Feldrative Populaire de Yougoslaviell.
DOCUMENTS CONCERNING THE OFFICIAL IUS VIEW OF THE CZECHOSLOVAK COUP:
44. Resolution Adopted over the Resignation of the Danish and
Swedish Delegations by Reason of their Disapproval of the
Events in Czechoslovakia.
45. Report to the IUS by the National Union of Danish Students:
The Situation of Czechoslovakia and its Consequences Within
the row.
46. Report by the Norsk Studentsamband on Behalf of the National
Union of Norwegian Students re Czechoslovak Situation.
47. Report of the IUS Secretariat Regarding the Situation in
Czechoslovakia.
48. Statement of the IUS Setting Forth the Official Position of
the Body Regarding the Events of February 1948 in Czechoslovakia.
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OF ITS CONTENTS IN ANY MANNER TO AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS PRO.
HIBITED BY LAW. REPRODUCTION OF THIS FORM IS PROHIBITED.
SOURCE Documentary.
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
Amenable on loan from the CIA Library are the documents listed below. They
were issued in mimeograph form by the publicity office of the International
Union of Students, Annual Council Meeting, Paris, France, 8m15 Sep 48.
10 Greetings of World Federation of Democratic Youth to the
Annual Council of the International Union of Students, by
Bert Williams.
2. List of Delegates and Observers Accredited by the Credentials
Committee of the rus.
3. Final Report of the Credentials Committee of the IUS Council
Meeting.
ote Membership Report to the rus Council.
5. A Study of Political Activity in IUS by John Ziman, New
Zealand Delegate.
6. Finance Report of the rus.
7. Executive Committee Report of the IUS, Delivered by President
Josef Grohman, Covering the Period June 1947 to Jums 1948.
7a. Draft Resolution of the Council Meeting of the rus on the
Executive Committee Report.
8. Report of the IUS Press and Information Department.
II? 9. Report of the IUS Intellectual Cooperation Department.
10. Report of the IUS Central Travel and Exchange Department.
11. Recommendations of the rus Intellectual Cooperation Department
Commission.
.., 12. Report of the rus Intellectual Cooperation Department.
13. Recommendations of the IUS BSFAD Commission.
14. Report of the rus Economic, Social and Health Department.
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15. Publicity for rus ? Report bi the WS of England, Wales and
Northern Ireland,
16* Contribution of the Association of Internee and Medical
Students to the Executive Committee Report, by Bernard Lown.
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17. Contribution to the Executive Committee Report by the
American Youth for Democracy, by Mr White.
18. Contribution by the West Indian Delegation to the Executive
Committee Report.
0 Statement by the Polish Delegation in Relation to the Executive
Committee Report.
20. The Contribution of the Indian Delegation on the Report of
the Executive Committee of the IUS.
21. Contribution of the Australian Delegate to the Executive
Committee Report.
22. Contribution of the Chinese Delegation to the Discussion
on the Activities of the IUS in Year 1947.48.
23. Statement by the Polish Delegation in Relation to the
Executive Committee Report.
24. Contribution of the English MS Delegation to the Discussion
on the Executive Report.
250 Contribution of the Czechoslovak Delegation to the Executive
Committee Report.
26. Declaration of the French Delegation Concerning the Executive
Committee Report.
27. Report of the Activities of the Union of Democratic Students
of Austria to the rus Council Meeting.
28. The Report of All-Burma Students Union to the rus Council Meeting.
29. Documentary Material for International Student Week.
30. IUS Council Meeting of National Union of Danish Students.
no Report of Greek Students.
32* Open Letter to the Representatives of the Democratic Students
of the World Meeting in the Council of the International Union
of Students from *All India Students* Federation*.
33* Report on the Fight of Indian Students in Defence of Educational
Fights Civil Liberties and for Freedom and. Democracy since the
Conference of South East Asian Youth.
34. Report of the Work of the rus in India by the All Indian Student
Federation,
35. Report of the Indonesian Delegation, by Sugiono.
36. The Work of the Secretariat of the U1E Among the Student
Organizations of Latin America*
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37. The Situation and the Problems of Students in Latin America,
by Arturo A cebez.
38. National Union of NorwegianAtudents Report.
39. Present State of the Higher Education in Poland and the Activity
of the Polish Student Organizaiions.
40.. Contribution of the Soviet Delegate, A Shelepon, to the rus
Council Meeting.
41. Documentary Material for International Student Week for the
Situation and Needs of Spanish Students in their Struggle
Against the Fascist Rule of Franco.
42. Higher Education in Viet-Nam in War-Time.
43. Documentation - "Sur la Jeunesseditudiante et les Universitg's
de la R4Publique Fgdarative Populaire de Yougoslavie".
DOCUMENTS CONCERNING THE OFFICIAL IUS VIEW OF THE CZECHOSLOVAK COUP:
44. Resolution Adopted over the Resignation of the Danish and
Swedish Delegations by Reason of their Disapproval of the
Events in Czechoslovakia.
45. Report to the IUS by the National Union of Danish Students:
The Situation of Czechoslovakia and its Consequences Within
46. Report by the Norsk Studentsamband on Behalf of the National
Union of Norwegian Students re Czechoslovak Situation.
47. Report of the IUS Secretariat Regarding the Situation in
Czechoslovakia.
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48. Statement of the IUS Setting Forth the Official Position of
the Body Regarding the Events of February 1948 in Czechoslovakia.
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Up to now the Committee has settled 53 scholarships in Holland.
Fexway has given 10 scholarships.
The Committee received an official offer of 27 scholarahips for
Swi.tzerland.
Pfc:ced are scholarships in France / 40 / and Italy / 40/.
Tho ,1---,,1-.)s-1,:wak student n h'ilre already received 21 Care fcoackase
from sf:,Lden boy-3-oouts from New York,
Also the Dutch sellection mission has brought same food.?stuffs and
- clothing for Czechoslavak students, some food was sent by 'Swisa,,,
From Italy we obtain ries? parcels.
Published in Ludwigsburg September 1948.
Josef Mestenhauser Dr. Jan Tfska
First Secretary m.p. Foreign Secret-
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GREETINGS OF WORLD FEDERATION OF DEMOCRATIC YOUTH TO THE ANNUAL COUNCIL
OF THE INTERNATIONAL UNION OF STUDENTS, CITE UNIVERSITAIRE
PARIS TFIRSDAY SEPTEMBER 9,. 1948
by BEET WILLIAMS
Mr, Representative of the President, Mr. Inspector-General, Dear Friends,
Permit me, in the name of the Executive Committee and over 50,000,000
members Of the World Federation of Democratic Youth, to bring warmest
fraternal greetings and good wihes to the representatives of the demo-
cratic students of the world assembled in Paris for the annual Council
meeting of the International Union of Students, Our Federation is
honoured to participate in your Council meeting, because the ties whidh
connect the democratic youth with the democratic students are the ties
of Common experience of struggle for freedom in the great fight against
fascism - the ideals which bind the democratic youth and the democratic
stUdents are the common ideals for which we fight today for enduring
peace, for greater democracy, for the free and independent development
of peoples and nations) for a better, happier life for youth and students,
against all instigators of war and those who oppress the students and
tae yoUth.
Our Federation, right from the very birth of the IUS; has follbwed with
great attention the growth, development, and activity of the detnecratic
international organization of the students. ' The Members of the Feder-
ation have noted with pride and satisfaction the achievements of the
democratic'stUdents and their organization, the IUS, particularly during
the last year, and we feel sure that the record of achievement of IUS
during the last year will be greeted with the same pride and satisfaction
by your Council meeting. The democratic youth rejoice at the successes
of the IUS because they recognize in them further proofs of the.great
strength and. virility of the democratic movement - further 'proofs that
the common aspirations of the students and the youth \will be fulfilled.
The events of the last year have also proved that continued close co-
operation between the Federation and the IUS is the guarantee of con-
tinued success for both organizations. Let me give some examples.
The South East Asia Conference, organized by .the WFDY and MS in Calcutta
in February, immeasurably strengthened the influence and' prestige of -
both organizations with the youth and students of South East Asia and
all the youth of colonial countries.
The Conference of the Democratic Youth of Latin America, held in Mexico.
in May, similarly strengthened the position of both the Federation and
the IUS in Latin America.
The joint Commission of the WFDY and the IUS Which toured North Africa
and the Middle East resulted in an all-round reinforcement of the position
of the WFDY and the IUS in this part of the world, and the affiliation
of the National Union of Students of Iraq to both WFDY and I'M is a
significant result of this connon action.
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In all these examples the most significant. fact of all is that the common
struggle of the students and the youth for peace was given new impetus.
The joint campaign of IUS and WFDY on behalf of the democratic Spanish
youth and students on the occasion of the 14th of April is a further
illustration.
The great International Conference of Working Youth, organized by the
WFDY in August in Warsaw, was the scene of a. further strengthening of
the ties between the Federation and the IUS .' The working youth of the
world, at that Conference, welcomed more than warmly the valuable parti-
cipation of .the delegation of the IUS.
The participation of the delegates of the TUS in the Council meeting of
the Federation in August was a further link in the chain of friendship
which binds the democratic youth and students together and at the same
.time a further possibility for the IUS to exercise the democratic rights
guaranteed to it under the Constitution of the WFDY righta which allow
the rus its full voice in determining the policy of the' WFDY.
In addition to the examples I have given of the close and friendly re'-
lations Which exist between the IUS and WFDY, I want to mention some of
the activities of the IUS which our Federation Executive considers to
have been particularly outstanding. First, the relief activity of the
IUS, and in particular the Relief Week of Novenber last year; second,
the establishment of the IUS Sanatorium; and thirdly, the organization
of the Medical Faculty Conference in England recently, By all these
activities the IUS has demonstrated its consciousness of the burning
problems of the students and its ability to solve them.
Your Council meeting will hear in much. greater detail reports of the
questions Which I have been only able to mention. briefly. However-, at
the outset of yutn? Council meeting, our Federation has thought it neces-
sary to underline the great achievements of the TUB in the last period,
and particularly to point out that many of those achievements have been
great by reason of the close and friendly co-operation Which existed
between the WFDY and TUS, The democratic youth of the world are very
anxious that the TUS shall continue to go from strength to strength as
the great, democratic, international organisation of the students, and
I feel sure that the Council of the IUS will understand -very well that
this is only possible as long as the IUS 'maintains and further develops
the closest possible links with the World Federation of Democratic Youth.
The best guarantee of the continued growth. and activity of the IUS is
its connection with the WFDY, The coming period offers many occasions
for continued joint action - and we can mention, for example, the Inter-
national Conference ?of-Young.Writers and Journalists, the International
Student Festival, and the World Youth Congress of 1949. We mustensure
that these activities are utilized to strengthen both the IUS and the
WFDY, and particularly we appeal te this Council to ensure the fullest
possible participation of the students in the World Youth Congress of
1949. Also, it is the opinion of the Federation that the question of
the democratization of education inevitably concerns not only students
as such but youth in general and that on this question there must be
much greater and .more serious ? co7o-oexati on in the future.
When we speak of the joint co-operation of the III'S' and WFDY, we can only
be satisfied qatoal-PorjFWiaseVron111424IiznAL-RbP8o,-Q08261A0099MiWn1 the
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gstint a4d youth organizations on a national level. We must pay a
grel t deal more attention to this question in the coming period, and we
a411.1(1 utilize to the very fullest extent the Relief Week of IUS from
No i)mber 10th to November 17th to strengthen these ties - youth and
sti41ents celebrating together November 10, 3rd birthday of the WFDY, and
Novpmber 17th, Ninth Anniversary, of International Students Day.
jYex I have spoken of the work and achievements of the IUS and the WFDY
in he last year and a little about our common tasks in the coming year.
Thej world situation in Which we have to carry out our common tasks is
bes characterized by an extract from the appeal of the recent great
Word Congress of Intellectuals for Peace held in Wroclaw, Poland. It is
a j.tuation in. which we find that "in America and in Europe, against the
des4re and the will of the peoples of the world, a small group of men,
hun4ry for gild, Who have inherited from fascism its theses of racial
suivema9y and the negation of progress, who have takenas their own
.falista s tenaency to resolve all 'problems by force of arms - this group
is 1 &King new attacks against the spiritual patrimony of the peoples".
And further The peoples of the world do not want war and they are
str?ng'enough to protect the peace and civilization against the menace
of i new fascism".
And again: "A great responsibility rests upon us before our peoples,
bef re'hunanity, and before history."
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In he opinion of our Federation, just as great a responsibility rests
upo1
1 you: the young intellectuals, as upon your elders who assembled in
Wroliaw to :rioclaim their common love of peaceand that common willing
nes to fight for it. For the students of the world, this Council meet-
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ing of the IUS is equally important as the Congress of Wroclaw for the
int. alectuals of the world -- and without doubt, the most important
que.ltion which faces the Council meeting is the preservation of unity of
of 4he democratic otudents in order to realize the great tasks of the
futire, This essential unity, our Federation is sure, will be preserved
and.1 strengthened - for the democratic character of the IUS provides the
pos ibility for the fullest freedom for every honest student - and every
honest studert.knows the necessity of unity and continued growth of rus
as Ihe Only thoroughly democratic organization of the students on a
word scale, the best defender of the interests of the students, the best
org nizer of the fight of the students for lasting peace against the -
attmpts to prepare a new war and a new fascism, And a great lesson
whida the WFDY and IUS have learned LI the last year is that unity does
notwcome simply because we wish. it - unity grows and is strengthened in
conqtant-struggle against the enemies of unity and on the basis of the
carting out of the democratic principles of our organization.
In losing then, our Federation, with the voice of millions of young
figters for peace, wishes the utmost success to your efforts and charges
you to guard the unity of the .IUS, to strengthen still further the ties
bet leen the democratic students and the youth.
ong live your Council meeting!
ng live the unbreakable friendship between the WFDY and IUS - best
guarantee of the continued free existence of both!
Jong live the. IUS - organizer and leader of. the students of the
. world along the path of near dh
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COlhAITTEE
The Quorum for the Council is based upon the Constitution clauses
demanding two thirds of the delegates from one half of the countries
thntitled to repesentation? The delegates who make up the totR11
for the quorum are either from otganisations which wers.; represented
at the C?ngress and have Council seats reserved or them at that .
time, or from organisations which affiliatedsince and were rLicog-
nised by the last Council.
, Australia
. Austria_
Britain
China
Czechoslovakia
Denmar
"cuador
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France
.Greecp,
Ipanga3y
IndoneSia
Ijong924a
. Eealand
Pal and.
Scotland
Spain
Sweden
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3 delegates
1 delegate 1J.D.S.
5 delegates
4 delegates,
4 delegates
2 delegates
I delegate?
2 delegates
5 delegates.
1 delegate EPON
3 delegates
1 delegate
A, delegates._
1 (-a:legate,
d4gates.
usia, and Algeria
4 delegates.
3 delegates
4 delegates.
0 delegates
4 delegates,
2 deLegates
5 delegates,
I delegate.
1 delecte,
' delegate
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I delegate.
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In the case of India, there being a direct re presentation of AIS
it is. entitlaed o. he basis of 5C,000 universityistudents to 4 dele-
gates.
In Bulgaria, the student population has been reased to such an ex-
tent that delegation should have 4 places.
given
In both cases, the extra delegates'cards will be/after the membership
diecussion. In the case of Bulgaria, dependent upon arrival of the
delegation.
Reuests to affiliate4
Many organisations which were not represented at Uounil are desi.
rous and mnet be formally4proaChed
L.i.e following delegations are or will le and will receive their votes
aftei the membership diaussion.
North Korea
Irak
Special decisions needed:
The Credentials Committee proposes to accord to the Federation dee
Etudiunts Beiges 3 delegate by a special dPcision of the Council.
The case of the NFCUS has also to be reported to Countil.
eredentials Comiaittee h. to present also certain remarkcsafter,?....
diseussion w tth Spanis- students, repr,sentatives of French ovrtems
possesion, and one Fr(4.noh High school organisation.
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Austria 3
. Belgium 5 tempororaly.
Ching 1 '
Bitain 4
Czechoslovakia 4
Lebanon 2.
Norway.
Poland 1.
houmania 1
Sweden 1st
Denmark
France
Holland
Irak
Isreal
India
2
a.
4
2 temprarily
1
2:
Switzerland 5
Syria
2
Venezuela 2
Viet Nam 2
Canada 2
These are the /limbers who have registered.
WFDY,
There atkppeived Fgagelossefiglinilale: WARP'6WRA. TKVIR
The WFDY has three fratertal delegates and three
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Thus there is a legal quorum of properly accredited delegates from
member organisations which are alread y entitled to representatiun
at MS Council. The full credentials committee report and full
details concernigg the conversations with ifferent delegations
and the proposed decisions will be given t :sether with the member-
ship report. As has been pointed out before, the credentials
km committee, has made sur,; that in every .case where there has been
some problem in deciding whether to accord delegates cards or not,
one or more members of a delegation ha been given observer status
with the right to speak. Thus no-one penalised by the evidently
desirable procedure of making a good cr:Aentials committee report
to the Council in relation to the question to which it is intimately
related- membership.
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M .R OP TH.:, CR.Z7T2NTILS COLLIT=
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1E7i Ma:Oen Chairman
Miss C. Brichman .Secretary ?
Miss V. Bahaya -Inaia
Yr. E. Pesljah. -USSR \
Mr. T Lorincs -Hungary
Mr. L. .ii.cebes
or Fr. L. Lzcarate -Spain
Mr; P. Bouchet -Prance.
/NOT The Cre:entiala Committee ro.90hea all its aecisions una-
nimOusly. It wishes to thanh all aelalgations for mahing
its tash as easy as possible, anafor the frienaly sprit of
cooperation shown in this important wort.
The nev systeL.:1 of aresenting the full ce:entials report
together with the membership -report has prove: to be .very
aToo: an: satisfies the ''eman:s of the last Council meeting
that all new affiliations shoula be Mors closely investigatea
INVI.!ATIONS TO COUNCIL
The follov:ing wore invitca;
1. all member organis3tiops
2. all organisations requesting affilition.
. all organisalions 'Thich in not :et ha a chance to leamm about
? the aorh of the IUS an: consiar. affiliation or tears of co-
operation.
4. representatives of UNESCO, W,TQ-PUN, UUJS
5. -P151.- -three fraternal e?elegates acCor:ing to the 1,q47 agreement
Mopto: by the Last Council.
6. all stigent organiSations *Mich requeste(7 to son: observers we re
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VIOR TII2 CRE7ENTII-,LS.COLLITTa
The tasks of the CC this sessionwere to issue an control .0e1e-
gate, observer an: guest cares, to receive-the cre'entials for rep-
resentatives, to consi:er nea affielitions occorc7ing to the governing
clauses of the Constitution. The CC a1sO-approve0 an: establishe:
the existence of the necessary quonum; it areT up a statute regar:ing
obsevers for the .Stan:ing Or:.ors.
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It :calt rith all :o/gation aisputcs.an'7 requests. It ha: the task
to ensure the representative character of the meeting an,1 to enable
no organisations to approach the IUS more closely.
In pealing with observers, the CC ha" to talm into account the nece-
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impose certain limitations upon the nu,mbers of observ,Jrs. In the
case oi every aelAgation, fel7er observ,3Ts .8.0mittee than'thesnum-
ber of r7o1egates. accreaitea.
the 6111t3 tim; the great numb,r of organisations Pesirous of sen-
in, representatives to our meeting shacTaP clearly the interest -hich
the stuPents have in the ITS an that itis truly the central organ-
islltion of the stuacnts.oftIL worla
PARTICII4TI0N IN COUNCIL
?ZRLNIA Zember organisatLon since Congress,
6,000 stu;lents -
One Pelegatc_anP one .obse,rve.1 saccreeite(7, Unable to
attonA because refuse -'ranch cbtry visa until too late. _
tRGNTINE Univers1t7 feration. Non member.
25,000.stvents .?
Three observers invitea, unable to attena. See-affiliations.
AU7TRI\LIA National' union of .A.ustralian Univarsity Stuaents.
Liber organisation
265Q0.tWants
Three .aelegates acureaitea.
SyPney .Te'chnical Collec
.1*ember organisation
l,j00 stuaents
Not organise t in the NUAUS.
One aelegte accrerlite(7,
Three Rel'Jgates,attena.ea altogether.
.:1-1oci::schuleschait
- NOn memb,r'arganisans
Three- observ_rs accre,litea. ..e fiiliations.
,
Union oI Democr.iltic Stuents
2embe::: organisation
One delegate accreaitea.
Oneaelegatc an,/ three observ rs present.
BELGIUM Ye?cration es z,tuf7iants -De Belg-iquos, signal?th Consti-
tution 3,t, Congress.
19,000 stuaents.
Ply? observers accreitea.
National ]?ePeration bti rchitectural 3tuaents.
,.iember or-i.;anisation.
One aelegate accreaite;'.
observars presc.nt. SeG SIDOCi-7:11 ;2.ccisibn.
BR3f.IL
National Ul
1.6ebber organic tioni
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BRIT_ IN NUS Mambo r Organisation 80,000' students.
-five delegates and four observers accridited.
All '"clogates an." obsrv3rs -)resent.
BULGARIA NUS iember organisation. .
35,000 students
Four gates accrodited
.11 delegates present.
73U:d.DAA1l :Burma Students Union.
Member organisation
One ?elogate and th o observrs accr. dulted
L 11 -orevented from attenPing.
' 70,000 stadents represented including init'dle saho-)1 stuflent
C_A.NADA. National Pe...7a ration of Canadian University Ettu?ents
.14on member' organisation
75,000 stue.'ents
Five observers acCredited.
_Applying for affilition.
111Iva obse rye rs pe sent .
YLON Ceylon iiitudents Congress
Non member or gan a t on
Ono. observer aCcOrdite
nesitous of affiliating.
0HILStu?ent Ar':'e de ration
Non me tabo r -
Observers invite?
MINA National Student Federation.. Liember organisation
500,000 students ?
Four ,"elogates accredited and one .ob.serVor..
'Student Union Liberated Areas -
1vIem-ber organisation -
Two dela gates a acre ite?
Four .dsler,attis ..Ttiarl on.' observe r :present
COLOMBIA Students. -federation
Non member organisation.
Observers invite?.
. CUBA
Students Pe de ratiOn
Zember- a gaWs':ation
16,000 students
Two delegates apoint?s.d and accredite0. :Both unable
to arrive.
Ci-iECHOSLOIT-
V.A.KIA National Union
Lierab. r organis ation
4r 800 students
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DENYARL NUS Meober organisation
, 1.2500 'q;uclents
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To delelgates and two observe-a accreditca.
.?`A:11 present.
ECUADOR Student Fe ("oration
Mu rub organisation
4,000 students
OM. aalaga a accrediteel and present
I .IPT? League of gyptian atur'ents, an TaVitt stuPent organis.-
tion.
Member organisations
Nubian NUS requesting affiliy.Aion?
One d_olegate accrediteel
NUS' Ilember organ 2 at ion'
14,000 student,s
-27o dole lgates and to observers a ccrea it ed. . To dole
.)resent
FRANCZ NU t.' member or ganiCation
75,000. stMents.
Vive (7e1egates an :tour observ is pre ?ant
one elelsJ gate' re p.resentih:. dirootly 1?ra.nce 'out re. mar.
GREECE :(IIDON Idember organ._sation
Om; deleg.-.to ane' observ?_r accredie(7 and imsent.
GUATE1,2;LA Student l'iossiciati on urinbe-r organisation
Contact lost 1t1i previous
Present 3LrIs desirous of. r,--7Aifying. affiliation.
Other stment organisations Rcairibus of affilition..
No member rog nisati on
Four obsarvers accrorlited, an? .present.
T-,;;?o from NUS, tio -from in,"ivir'ual ?Ts nisation.s:
KOFESz member organization.
25,000 students.
Three (lelegates and three observers- accreelitea.
Three delegates and t-,-o observe a f3?resenr.
.11 Ine,12.6tW7ents Ilee'eration.' member organisation
100,000 students, of which there- HIC 50,000 University
students?
Four delegates and one observer accredited
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Democratic 6tudents m mber?zgansationa
deleate accredited. an present..
tfJ,er o gant
stuel.ents
delegate and onc observer. accredited...
HOLLAN7D
-HUNGARY
IRAN
one
INDONESIA NUS
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One
an proseht.
Oriinaide
legate -prevente(" from comin{,_-,; To-2 visa probleus .
One delegate. *present.
.? NUS non member organisation applying to affiliate
10,000 stueents. Two observers qccrVited and present
Av.Tating acceptance of affiliation.
IRMIND Trinity College Dublin Non member organisation
one observer accroCited. but u.nabl?;: to attend?
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Four delegates an one observer accreditod ant' present.
XOREA Student Section, Democraitic Youth League non member
Req.:sting affiliation
ono Observer accredited, but anable to attend through visa
problems.
Two college Unions of midPlc school Aunts assocition
invite to send observers. UnabJ.e to Po so because of
oresnt situatioh
Preparator Committo for National Union, )rcvious co-orPin
ating Committee
Six Poleates and observers .9 pointoe and accredited. Un-
able to arrive.
Nationql Committee. Member organisations '
One delegate accredited ant' appointed but not pont ab-mc
NUS ivicmber organisat,on
8,000-stueunts. Two P.31egt.s ap7ointeg and a0oremited
One delegate present.
MORROCO, TUNISIA, .,I4GERIA
North slfrigan students association in France member
One Pelogate accredit ant' presont
11E5 MALND.University StuEents Association member
10,000 students
Two 'delegates accreditod and present.
NORWAY NUS signed Constituion and Pie' not ratify.
Non affiliation.
Three obserters accroMited ant! present. ,
PAKISTAN AIMSF momber.,unrgoing reoxganisation4 Two
delegates
accredited. Not rosent
East Pakistan Students Federation non member applying -
for affiliation. 20,000 students. Noon? abelto attend
PUJJSTIBM Israel
Gencfal Federation of StuPents member organisation
1000 student approximately -
One representative accroPiteP as observ, r penting arrival o
of cre?entials, already !pounced by toleram from Tal
Aviv.
PANAMA StuPent Federation member
7 000 stMents
One olegate accredited Not able to attend.
0r.(2,:ap National Fceeration
member org:nisation 50,000 students
Four Polegates and one observer accrodit_d an? -)r,scnt.
PURTO RICO
3tu9ent Federation m mber organisation. No response
ROLM.NIA Natioal Union member organ.dat on
F:ur delegates an? to observers accred teP.
Pour delegates ant' one observ,.r prescutt.j
SCOTLAND Member organisDtion Scottish Students nion
cants.
Three delegates accredited and present.
SIAM Non membar. Interested in af.filiation.
Observers invited- unable to come
SPIN UFEH member organization
?clegates accredited. Thro delegates ---,resent anP
one observe .2.
aun.LN STueents Association. member
Unable to send repr sentatives
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MALA:A
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IONGOLIA
20,000 stu
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5,000 stu?onts
Oniaelogate an on obscrw,r accrePitca an appoint,:a but
- unable to tten Council as not re:Cieve their:visas.
of
AFRICA
? NUS member organ sation
. One dologato anr ono obsorvar --aCcr.G?it? aria
AIMS;_AYD member organistionS /cnd
?On delegato dach.'
ABSYC Stuadnt 6ection-. member organisation
640,000 stu?cnts
aelegatos accronitod an? present.
Stuaent organisations coordinating to join
Congroos. Tr:o obserVurs accruaitea ana
General Association MeMbot
2,500 stuacnts
Ono ?cidgatc al/tot from
pToventea from cominG- b7 visa problems
One alternative aelugato.ana two obServOTs
WEW INniEs
Students Union member
Ono aolegato accreacto? ana
YUGOSLAVIA NUS membGr
55,000stuacnts ? .
four ?ciclgates appointed an (ekoradtted.
ThfoG aclegatos, tho fourth bo1n8 ?Utainca by
? icultics. ?
V-3NEULL
VIT NAY
pit sent
.1-nabl; to att.
NS at-next
present.
Viet Nam
prosent?
vi sn aiff
There arc, in aaaition, eight obsurve ?s from the Unitea'States,
from the Nai4 NICC, AIMS, AYD and Unitarian Youth..
.Prom France, students r.;re invited from all the confessional; rel
igious and indbponaont stuaonts nr071moations? on the national Iowa.
Tv o observers: were present from Lebanon aW two from Syria.
Tho Association of Turkish Students in -franca sent ari obsorver.'
The stueent organisation in West Africa .man?aoa. a stuaent obsorverx.
INFUNA
Guests wore prosent from the-WUJS,/Worla Stuaent FeaeralistS, inai
viaual colleges inthe 'United 4tatos, from thG Canailian SCM ana
progrussivG stuaont movements, from the Canaaian ISS, arr thc stuaont
of the it Univorsitairo.
2\ssociations'of?the stuaonts' ofMa?agabcar an ,Guallelup also sant re
prusentativos? :
The WSR sent a staff ropr sentativo.
The 7.1PDY,seflt its Socretary and loading rGprosontativos to all meot- ?
ings.
Tc anister.of National .ji;aucatioiltwas also reprosented
.to:tne:Treneh.Government
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INORL3ES IN DLPriqTATION
In Bulgaria:the namberHf students has increased since last yoar, and
th NUS is the-refore entitled to four delogates from three.
In India, the,Z1ISF is our solo membor organisation and ths systsm of
equal re-)resentation of-theethreo main studcnt organisations no long?.
applies sinco the formation of Pakistan, and 'since the 21i3q- has shown .
tilat it as no intention of joining..AIS.17', must bs accord(A its due
nuner of deloj.gatos according to the erg,.nised number or unive7sity
.students.,
MItDL2, SCHOOL STUDENTS
The IUS Constitution already provides for the pqrticipqtion of these
students IU IUS activities rhenevor they are organised in the samc
body as University 'students. .The SOuth East Conf ersnee has
already Callsd' for their includion in the IUS, a matter of the great
est import nee when it is considored that in many colonial countries
the strongost stVr7cnt movement is that of the middle schools since t00,
there may be few or no. Univerity in the countr7, nn d the 1T:irk df the
middle school students is directly considerably towards tee demand
for thc'establishment ofa university.
In sofaras the IUS exists to increase University educati)n, it clearl
not be content to hay members only in those towns and countries Wacro
Universities alread exist. The Council should j_vs responsible to
thr Ekedutive Committee ',,n0 Secretariat to 7Ori.1. out an pouitablo sys
tem of -ropresentation-fOr joint'organisations anfl arganThations of
middle school stuaents alone.
fl=ELIATION5' 7U2ING.TH:.
In Argentine, ',Guatemala, and Venezuela, n.tiOnal organisations are
desirous of affiliating to the IUS or are forming national moans of
coordination for this pUrpose. Tho IUS rePresentative' to Latin.
..f?ricrica can. covirndn tj organSations to =the Council. .The CC
recommends that the Council givc, t he poBer to thc -Le:ecUtive Committee
to accept the affiliation.of thcs organisations assoon as their ?
national congrosaes have, decided upon them. ,
The Committee rocommends the Eat -2? kidtan 3tudents deration, and
thestuaentSection of the Youth Leau in Y. Lorca. - The National
Union of Nubian stu.cnts.7hich has requested on will co-
ordinating with iur exisitting member organisations. '
In the calse of Uoylon, Siam a.e the. lirotestant UniverSiti,s, it is
r.comm ndcd also that expecte' requests for affiliation b, acce' 'bed,
by the .,1:xecutivs Com ittcc subject ot the ratification of Council.
In the es, of th., National Union of Students of IrM, re rosented
at this m,etin,e, the CC recommends jermei'3ts acceptnacc of aff lia-
tion and that delegates' ca ds bsgr:nted immcaiatoly'xxeb-jtL. ouncil
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tirs7t?jongross where its delegates he4ed to. elaborate tho 'onstitutio
and signed it in expression of their approval at that tune..
year they tool: their thre, plcas on. th Gounol as votiflg. aolegates
f:7,11,1 tromiso ('; to ('o3i(-31 about r,Lf.calon immeaiately after 0ounci.1
-orticularly after the clarification of'.the Constituion haa awoarnatly
satisfica the aelegation.
It as unaerstooa by the CC afte consiacratie aiscussion that the
FEB ha a not..ratifiea its original accision auring th, pas. year partly
on account of internal organisational probl,ms. Note Was also taton
of the fact that many stuaents haa worker insiae the organisation for
the Ius an that in paTticularly, th stua nts. of Brussels ha a main
time? contact 7ith the 3ecr,tariat, an," carriea out activities of im-
port nce to the international stuaent movement Such az the conference
on colonial problems 71111.3 they an other ztuaent organi sati ohs hafl
Oevelopea a gooa programme relating to stuaent economic n'oerls it
was uviaent that the attituae of th _WEB -twaras membership in the IUS
was not clear,
-Ther3fore . the CC aeciaca' to reCommena to the Council a sNoial Mc Oi
sionn this case;,.?
1. Irom, the time -hen th, ouncil agrees- to this reccmmenaation, to
give to the FEB represent tives the _right to occupy the three- places
as aele]gages on Council open to them'since the Congress..
2. To give to the FEB until January 1st; 19/19 to ma -E6 ale; ar its inten
tion 71th regara to membership of the JO'S. ?
3. If by that time,no positive has been receive?, there is no ae
cision to ratify the original si:JT-Ature, it shall be taken Ahat ? tho
T.J3 'moos not affiliate to the IFS0 Thus a negative aecision or absenc
of 2 aecision will act in the sense 'simply of .7, non affiliation.
The CC unanimously recommenas this aecision to the Council and points,
out that Constitut tonally the FEB iE not a ;a imb ,r organisation of the
IFS, nor' shoulP th_Ls recommenaation be taken to suggest that thu opp
?site is the. cue'.
C,50)A Tho OC h'a' two meetin,ss - ith r:;presenttives of tho N7CUS
-.0013 gation. ?
On the 'first occasion, the CC met rith the le slaer of th aelegation
aan attempte.a to clorify rith hi, the attiUtae .of the NPCUS towa?as af
filiation ant', the M6anin.:? of the aecision of the last Conferoee of
VMS on this subject.
Th,-, CC pointe? out that in or ,r to affiliate, sturlont organtations
must be willing to accept ana abiac by the Constitution as is
se cically st-ted in th e uonstitution itself.
The CC drew attention to the fact that the drigin2.1 aeclaration of
the Conferencs, in ?roPosing affilition ?.ipressea roservos with re,ford
to the nim ana thus to the uonstituion of the IFS ??
conaitionl affiliation for C p6:12i0 of tio 7,7a :cs vas properoa subject
to tshe obtatming of certain -.)rinci)1? chcinges in the 105 (luring this
erioa. The CC enaeavoura to establish whether t bL,se were
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Tho CC also pointe e out that ,a stat-ent oi leaPers of the three
French Canaeian Universities ift0icates that their attituee was to
accept the -9rincipla of affilinticn While at the same time; they ex-;
Dressee themselvels as Unwilling to accept the Dit Constitutiot.. .
It was expresseP to th CC by the eaPer of the eelega ion that he hae
the right an authority to sign the Constituin an thus to affiliate
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his organisation to the ID'S. It Was pointe? out that signature of
the Constitution was amerc technicality exCept for those organis.ationEc
at the fiTst Congress 4-ho ha? holTe? to elnbot A the Constitution.
Th CC P:P'not feel ittolf justifieP in accepting that it was correct ?
to consi?er the original motion a:: being request to affiliate without
coneitions,a 1 further bmerge euring the eiseussion that a tiTo thire
vote of university org;piSations was necessary to ratify the'first
Conference eecision. ? Thi s two thires majoiity.tas?later obtainue on
a basis which itselfseemec. to eLstablish further provisos an? limita-
tions. The ?ocument *ich obtaince a two thires majority of stueent
leaeers statee cIearlY?that the the eelegation must obtain a vote
against the Secretariat regareing the February events in Ozechoslov-
ane that at this very Council, certain agreements on principle
regare to points Of the ITJ Constituiot lust be obtain. Other
wise the NFCUS was pleegea to immueiate witherawal from the IUS. Thus?
dn'oertain.circumstances, it was seen that the acceptance of affilia
tion eine ineco?'even the ?emane to affiliate might refer to the perioa
of this Co noil meeting only an? that this proposition hs e Toro the cha
ractor of an ultimatuMrthan of a re-quest to affiliate
iulowlo-03 of the lea.?_hg role o-e. Camei rep esentatiVes in the
calling of the BrussalS?moeting dra reinforce? the opinion'that.th:e
request for affiliatiot carrio? provisos both with rogare to tho Con?
stitution an? to the liorioP of -oarticipation,'that it, the two VOChS
of this Council. ,
In eicussion the CC was unable to ascertain to which clauses of the c
Cohstitution the conaitions referroe or even what it was in the ppi-
nit td -61;16. Constitution that the French Canaeinn stueont loaeors, for
example, refuse ?'to accept
Thus tho CC reachee the following unanimouSly.
Principles: ?
1. TheCC consieors that in 0,16r to affili-te to IDS an? become a
,momber.organisation, a nation 1 union must be willing, anP ?-,ble on
? behalf of the ttu?ents to sign an? accept the Constitution without
:reservations an cOnftitions.
The CC c-)nsiP,rs that 7heroas national eelesations till wturally"
. receive the instruCtions, they shoulP have a certain libert.: concern
ing the Ili?' prograMme ate that they cannot cooperate on the bc?sis
of ultimatums- L ? ?
3. Th, CC consi?ers that an NUS has no right to affiliate its stueent
metbrs if thero;isnct a cleAr intention to lee the stufsents
in activity for, the
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JL15 lona:
Tho CC is.thcrcforc of tz,, opinion thot sinco/
1. Til.D.75 hgv- ho,n scvrql chn,scis Oi ttitu(7c by th, lca?,rs of.NITUS
since t hc original vote; n tr h'vo bct; sev,:rla fliffor,nt intor
prctations of _ts maning,
3. The int?ntion it r ri.1 to --)articipation i lifllltr bI coxtin
provisos to th, imm_A?:0t, porioc of tho Counc.
3. Th, -AMY-3 -9,r,scn.s r^n:-it_ions of Jffilition :n" -"oup,n?sC n3
in th, spirit of thc Constituion
4. o stui of thcir 'slpproach to th, 'US it is claar tit 00-0D6T
ation'ii not a important an vit1 3iT for ccrtain rcpr,ss.nt?-3tivcs
5. Th, basis 0f-4 recim3st for affiliation is on of _Irpocttion 7Ethcr
ti-on of activ, p3rticipation.
It cannot recommon to accept this .7.43 an affiliiltion although th, hcre
of thc ?cl:gation statcs his wi linncss to sic-],n, thc Constituion.
roiorc, thc CC rocommeni.ls to Council, in thc casc of NFCUS:
1. Th,:-It on th, :)rcsont basis, th, r,quest csnnot h, constru-? as a
cicr rcquet for afiiliation.
2. In oril,rtlxat th, rc?r,sont-3tivos of N7CUS may b, abl? to prticiT)ate
frc:;1,2 in Council, foaT obscrver b, immc?iately grantc to th,
?,1o2;ation,
'11-10 CC asks th, P.cicgation to stay at Louncil in th, spirit of co-opor
ation to ta.k t1L,; opportunity to lc?rn thoroughly bout thc york
of trio IUS. invitc it to ,articip9.tc activo17 in all =sessions
an ob'ts r0 r,clucst tho eelcgation to carry back a fair ro-oort to
the stunts of CanaPa an to place th, cAl.:,stion of afflhiati..n boforc
them
thc CC calls upon Crna?ian stuPcnts to con into tla? IU S an? to
?ociPc this finally an? in c1r: tva. :_tccor?in to IUS ConstittAon
at t N-Itional Convention in th, Wint.;r.
Tan CC ?... ]s thyt th.Ls ?ocision is trul,; 'Jsc? upon thc IUS Constituion
an tho CO is not ompowor,? to cons- l,r OT ,liscuss :?,1qt_onshi726 Fich
tho NFCUS (A? Cana(lin stuPcnts o? it ?roa h, qu-stion rolatin to
affiliation. Nov_rtholoss, all t1c74b-rs ar, vary hopoful foa iutu
ro r-lations.
.r thia fi:'st visit thc CC rcocvc? 1)tt_r f707,1 th, of thc
?01,gation ''hich is f-?p,n,1_;f1 as Flocumont NO 1. rishing to givc a
fair consiF!oration to thc th, CC invit?? til -hal_ Canai7n
olration ot furth,r m?tina.
H,r, it vras 0:r,ssefq h5 ?iff,r,nt mc;nbcrs of the ??legation thp.t
1. Th: Pocl:iration of tho.rnch Can74.?i::n Univrsity lea??rs sine, thy
acc,:ptc? tho rinciplc of affiliation an? not rcpu?i:?t,? tan '-on-
stitution.
1. Th, ?cl?gation wa s instl'uct,? to accopt th? CoAstitution apP join
thc 1US. A spoci')1 sowlislion .nurinj; tho tional Conliontion in:l_ormo?
its.)pr?si?ium that tho IUS Constituion vj;iS acc,Ptable.
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"'Clic; .retuxn Tti.ney woul? ?o their utlfost" to put ov..r t-he:
4. Th, NFGUS an? in -,3rticular ct-yrtain re'pres?rfartatives ha..' shown their
goo will to IUS by personally paying all ,e*penCes to cOme to Council
both last year an? this, an.? by sen?Lng 'a rePresentat.ive to the S.-4!.2-.,
Conferonc_ ?..n? thus improvin contact with'IUS. member'. '-
5. ?11 state? th t they ha? ? fun?amontal ?esite-for cdopJration with
stu?3nt representative's of the iqlolo TOrlai this being the.roason.for
their Presence at this _
6. In the n'.me of the NFCUS, the ?eleation ha? fu 1-autho-ity to accept
the Constitution. . ?
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In reply to questions ,: the 1at -_.ora. finally state ? 'unarilmousisly, that
"we an int..rpret an? Clarify th_ basic Pocum:,rit of affiliation ,in the
sense that any con?itions ti:entione? are purely for internal re f..?-rrence
an? in no sunsu con?itions 1 Ji? befor2. ti.e IUS 7..th reg?r to the affi
liation or IGSGTV,3S with re.sar-" to Constitution."
T ,he Pelagation tool: responsibility for the totality of th., rap
A le tter ot, his effeCt: was sin? by the u1u ti on an?. h.an.?e?
Cre?e-ntials Car:T.-Atte? It is appen?e as ?ocument number T. .
The CC was unanimously. agree? that the terms
in any csi.se -03 IC; f3-22..'3P to Cna,i n 7,tutlentS
that they might finally pronounc.. the -,ase Ives
pretatiOn given.
of
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thas letter shoal?
their 'Conference sso: - -
favour of the inter
Conc_ rning th_, question of affili :tion, the CC was not unanimous on
the re co.-men? at i on I:hIch it shou' rriuLc to t e Council vi_th rogar? to ?
consi?e ring this as the basis for ,affiliation o,not . The CC there
fore deci?e? that it shoul? th.? whole 7.-latt?_,T bef6--e the Council
vithout mkini,eithea. positive or a negative recommen?ation..
Th.... group of :,1.:,12?-,ents Tho visite?the ouncil last year
e?
rc.,-oresontltion, ? marls approaches to the CC. Th CC csi
Pere? the ?Geis_ on oi last an foun? that these sta?ents 1.3? ?one .noth
ing to contact the ItS until this meeting anrl ha? not icspon?e? .to any
of the efforts ? to acieive? compl3t botzeen all 7,,nti-fr-_,.,:nqutst. S-tu?ent.$
in France-. After conSi?erable ?iscussion, an? before ? the whole .Cre.
?entials Committee tAu '?,rou.p promise? th t in spite of th... fat that
they ha ? ?one nothins for unity in tho 'last year, they voul? o the :.r
best in future , particularly 3ft,,,,r the, Council. After this first ?is
cussion, :they ?eclaie thernselvess.atisfieP an? maele no/ ot,hc.,r requests
Thuy. rot urne? after 5en?1n2, snow lott,,,r lemaniLn unique reprsent tiOn
in IUS. . .
ift r furth,r lengthy ...?iscusss_ons , th CC reco.:,mmen?6? to them an?. to
all ""\panish st,u?en.s vho love the trailition 'of opublic 3pain:
1. To suck unity -In the 'form that they ill ?cirle amon!::, thems lves ?
3. Yo OSLabLish ct contact with thu IU.S. throughout. the
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tI,Luy Tn.??n ro:.11v rear'y faitfu ly to obsorvo t-ic rinciples an.1
ains Of -IUS partici at in its activity th3n tia. JJS mi:2t noon
siPer ths aucstion an take ;7ocision to accoDt tho Aron') into IU.
On broth occasions, 'after consPer7lblo .Piscussion roprc
-s-enttives...1-17, to admit that th.,7] not by any mc.-iins unIcju org
anisation-in tho int:rior_ as th37- r' at first..
B. 30U2. *Since tin. Cool' in.3t inc,: of th3 ITUZ B-aCquesioh tIi I. ,
tablis 11 for I-al r::,.:.2r,,sontation s.-"ocirl3r, o th? lastCouncil
Tin;., -0C wrot. lett ?y.s to th?. to or:anian ti ?las r ustin. th:. .11 to
&IT-pp oint ? coTimon r,.. pre ntativ, n iri th nti.0 r in t111.3 MG a 31
tin.; r' not issu rig council c:r icr ti? 7)172.0c. for
Basq.u3. st (;nts
OURIA Th_ GC ICI3VJ frora tL ochschuloscaft o r quest for
affiliation on th. conAitl on of as
ional uni pn a3cor!in,7. to t.L, IUS Constitution. Eavinz hearP the
reprscntativos of this organisation anP roctivoP to,virlonce of thc
TUS Commission o Vionna, tho CC r's,ciF3, unanimously :,(1. -2:,:cotani(nP. to
tL3 Council that this con,7ition coul not b3 accoptrl sinco tho Hoch
schu.1,,schqft h(ls not tho chor(7ct_r of nn inP' ,*mP3nt stunt organ
lsation.
VRANCB Tho stu:'ents of crtrischools .n.st orgaaisu n ti. fronch
- NUS..arl;' having a. soction in tho CGT for ufi.liation
to t1i3 'US. 3n it,x ;12.3 cuss ..ons t th3 ronch NUS r.;proscnt3 ti V6 S
w,ro accorq,u;7 3 p1 ?c among th3 NUS obsorvs in," ill
coo-ration in th3 future.
.00.:CLU(3TONS
. Tho CC. r3commen?s the approval of th full of. Polo atos , obscrvcrs a
an ..z.u3ste an of tho rocoileni:ations in the lattor 7.nrt of tho -.cncrt
for ..).Poption by th,: pl,.;nary session of tu IJ S Council.
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001J11011 1948 ,
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Section I. Introduction
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a) Basic principles
The problem of membership is the problem of international stu-
dents unity in the present situation seen :Cron an organisational
point of view. Thus the membership report is not simly a technical
report but one of thc main policy reports to Council. All member
organisations arc'unitcd by thc fact they accept the common
principles established in the Constitutien and a common programme
of activities for the defence of -their mutual intLercsts
? The I'M is the central organisation of the international student
movellent its lieubl'orzanisations axe the co3iponent parts of this
movenent eYistin and advancing its oork on a national level. it is
necessary to stress that in any particutlar .4tuation IUS work for
the students of a certain country can only advance according to.
the rate of pro zees achieved by ..1.1H supporters in that country.
Farther the ploranme of the IUS and its me,lb(-Ts is based upon and
must be directed more and more tords the totality of students in
each country involving then in an activity important for the defense
of their interests and thus brinjing t en close to the democratic
student moveeni of their country aid to the internationaJ deilo-
cratic move!icnt.
We Med ata all times ddvelop the feeling in each student that
he is the constituent of IUS that it is for him that the IUS and
its member organisaions arc working.
There are certain features which dist:incuish- IUS member or-
ganisations from student organisations of all kinds. Ty are pre-
pared to wolh together in a world-wide cooperation on the basis of
the IUS Comvitution and in d spirit of complete equality and sin-
cerity. There is no place in the IUS for organisations which do
not themselves develop a real work fox the students or --Mich play
a lip-service only to the principled of IUS. There is no place, i&J'er
those who wish to control SCOtiODS of the student movement and direct
them to their own ends. There is no place for those who wish to
create a bEteds of opposition within the IUS in order to turn it aSido
from the principle laid down by the most representative international
student meeting Pver'helds the World Student Congress of 1946. Yet
there is alwayu a place in the IUS for all honest opinions and for
criticism i but not for activity of a disruptive or disloyal character.
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Some of those who wish to modify- activities of the IUS may be
sincerely in eezreeelent on all important natters of principle, but are
confused about tbc basis of the IUS programme and the reasons why this
programme exists. Others are directly the enemies of the international
students movement and of the students of their own country. Wherever the
state of developlient of a student organisation is such that some stu?
dents do not immediately understand the full scope of the IUS work
a great effort must be elade to explain the character of the internationai
student ,lovement, its' level of development today and realities of the
situation which it has to face. This is basic to understand the Work
of I'M. It will readily be recognised by all Council representatives
that the IUS does not exist separately and in isolation from the stu?
dent YA0V 011ent of the different parts of the world. On all occasion the
opinions of all members have received a fair hearing and at deliberative
meetings all decisions have been taken by an enormous majority
according tbz the understanding of different problems achieved by the
representatives present. It is this which L; arantees the permanent
character of the IUS and its mins in the student world. It is this
which confirns that the IUS cannot be changed artificially and its
policies set aside. 'This wcuad be to attack the level of Consciousness
of the int ernat ional st ud ent A.ov CP ent its elf which provided a s cur e
foumidation for the creation of IUS and which has continued to develop
as a Nosult of the work of our Union.
Thus there is no place in the IUS for ultimatums of a uniteral
character or for attacks on the unity of students in all parts of the-
world, The IUS is a united organisation based upon a single sot
principles and not a loose coalition of different or opposite points
of view. The IUS iS not an organisation which like the ,charoleon.
takes on-in different situations the colour of its surroundings.
The IUS is not a forum of opinion only but a policy making organisa?
tion. Students should not acme to the IUS simply as a means for hi?
literal contacts and, exchanges between themselves and any other stu?
dent group. The IUS has been and remains an organisation for the
students of the whole world and should be respected as such. It is
at once an expression of their will for cooperation and their leading
organisation, :assisting then by its awareness of conditions of all
parts of the world to advance their common interest and meet all
common threats. This iuplies that the policy of IUS is made in resecct
of all students and all countries.
In relation to all of these points it will be understood that the
aoitivity of member organisations in their own countries is of the
foremost significance to the IUS . In addition to this lb? IDS 7ivea
axot_1portance to the relation of this activity to thc great inter-
1-1c'u1ul1c?a- problems of the present day as' they affect the students
to the independence of the student movcilent concerned from all reac?
tionary external pressures and control and to thc care which the
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organisation gives to the task Of.creating a true student unity
on the national level, :These criteria provide an excellent stan-
dard of judgement of all student organisations in relation to the
Membership report.
b) Progress of the IUS
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The main decisions of the last Council referred to the need fcr
greater activity by the Fmeautive Committee members and me-lber orga-
nisations ; the establishment of better contact between the Secre-
tariat and the member organisations ; the developilent of national
student unity ; and the investigation of the basis of neAersbip
through commissions inquiries etc.
On the part of the 3ecretariat there was an unstfficient activity
in this respect until recent month, particularly with regard to con-
tact and close acquaintance with tl'e situation of student organisa-
tions in different countries. ?
Because of these weaknesses , the last Bxecutive Committee Meeting
decided to establish a Nembership Commission in the Secretariat to
improve this aspect of thc work. Already better contact and a closer
aolNaintance with the membership situation has been achieved a s a
result. -
hany _,,t[ecutive Comnittee meflbers have carried out their duty in
their own country with Groat energy. The IUS Council has to thank
Zeron Wroblewski for his excellent work for the unification .of the
Polish student :movement. His contact with the Secretariat has been
excellent and he has sent frequent reports on the development of his
tasks. We have to thank Gamiz fox his work for the preparation of the
Students Ifadcrs Conference for the unification of the students
movement in his country 'and his constant and close contact with the
Secretariat. We have to thank Gama]. Ghali and Goutham Chattopadhyay
for their work in their own country under terribly difficult condi-
tions. Finally we have to congratuaate John Redrup on the develop-
ment of IUS work in the Pacific and recognize his great contribution
to IUS which resulted in the re-affiliation of the Australian BE3.
Yet the most important work of the 1)xecutive Sommittee and the
aecretariat has been the work to involve umber orcanisations in grea-
ter activity and to bring nonx-members closer tao the IUS'by partici-
pating in practical activity. of this helps to establish a Grea-
ter unity and cohesion of the international student ooverlent.
This second year oi work has seen a greater participation of mem-
bei organisations in the campaigns Lnd activities of the IUB,-Inter-
national Students Tcck: has already been sties ed many ticies ?
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It show ed strength and influence which the IUS already hPs when
its member organisations undertake a common action.
The work of the IUS helped the student organisations. To the
South Aast Asia Conference theyecame an important delegation .of
Chinese students prepared to play an important ,-.nd leading'role
in the international student movements. The blockade between them
and other students was bmmken here and by the visit of Carmel
Brickman to their Universities. Interest in international coopera-
tion has often been an important factor in leading the students
to cooperate closely Val a national level. Thus student unity is
built because students wish to work as a sinA.e, national-group
within the IUS. This is particularly .in Poland.
Even where direct involvement in activity has not yet been
practicable there has been a great impmmvement of contact. Thus in
south Africa oux member organisation has been more closely in touch
with the Secretariat and we have learnt of its important projects
for Brigades against Illiteracy among the non-European population
and Research Brigades sent to the native settlements.' Thus in all
parts of the world students are practically parrying out the prin-
ciples of IUS . A letuer'written before the Council by the South
African NUS stresses the importance of belonging to the IUS even
When an organisation cannot participate in all of its activities.
It states that disruption is a great crime and that the students
concern will reiaain in the IUS and regreat very much their absence
from Council. In Siam the IUS campaign about the Chinese schools
and the visit of our delegate helped to clarifg the student movement
concerning its um tasks and to encourage a more confident activity.
The Students of Iceland , of the Protestant University of 're-
land 1 the Students of the Philippines represented at the South
East Asia Conference, the Students of Colombia Scla Salvador
and San Domingo, non-member organisations attending ;:le Latin .Ame-
rican Conference have shown their desire to develop contacts and
participate in the work of IUS.
In Belgium, the General Association of Students of Brussels held
a 'Conference on Colonial problems and turned to the Colonial Bureau
fbr.their'preparatory ,Iaterial. In Switzerland many students in
Geneva maintained contact and received visits of Sepretariat repre-
sentatives.
In Matin America the visit 6f NX. Acebez,siullarily strengthened
contact and the desire for cooperation. All of the previouS member
organisations are cooperating very closely and re pr esentatives
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from Ecuador and Venezuela have been sent to the Secretariat
Li. South East Asia the same impoovement of contacts as notable and
evidence of this is the arrival of a student direct frdm the war zone
of Viet Nam to work with our staff in Prague.
Representatives are sinilarily bein7 sent from both member organi?
,
sations in China.
In Poland and M'exico the euvelopment of student unity increases under
the stimulus of IUS. In Poland s it 18 expo ?tea that the within the co!.
ming year total unification will be achieved and a National Union of
Students will be established.
It is well to mention the work of some of the smallest member orga?
nisations s he University Federation of Triest madc a relief calaign
and sent 200 'kilogrammes of med coins and antisceptics to --3gypt. I
33ypt itself .s tud ont mci ers Gave great s ervi ce durinG the cholera epi?
d emi c by act bushing medical centers in the villages with the support
of IUS relief. They resisted the anti?semitic propaganda of the Muslim
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Brothers during the war in Palestine. In hOnaco the students had an
gxcellent programme for InternationalS3 tud ants Day. In Austria, the
nion of De ao era t ic Students defended th stndcnts int er cs ts throughout
'he year and dcvelopped a much greater programme of students-activi?
ties and publictillyfor the IUS.
Thus in ever:, part of the world student unity has continued to Grow
around the IUS and the democratic student organisations
When the students in Mexico collectod food for .Spanish refugees,
when the students who were unwitting ly supporting a Conference at '
Lima to divide Latin -American Students "from the international student
movellent followed th.c advice of the IUS Secretariat, withdrew their
participation and supported the IDS Conference in.h.exico wacn the
students of the AISF organised the South Jest Asia Conference and member
organisations supported them with donations noasages and by sending
representatives ;when the students of New Zealand made great efforts
to provide financial support for EIS work, they were dsemonstrating as?
pect of the growing unity of the international student ;IOW-Pent arising
out of the work of IUS.
The experience of the year show that even in countries where the NUS
is officially tot in contact with the IUS, the -averaGe student .can be
greatly int crested in , our work if ho is given the opportunity to .learn
about it.
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Non-member organisations in all parts of the world were invited
to participate in IUS activities ? Students from Switzerland, Holland,
Belgium and Norway were invited to the Clinical Conference in Menden.
All of this was done according to the importance which the Executive
uommittee gave to the needto involve all students in the work of the 4
IDS ? It is clearly a matter of importance to the IUS whenever stu-
dents in any part of the world undertake actions on behalf of IUS
principles and can be 'brought to participate in IUS activitity. Par
this helps the international student moveilent to become more active
more conscious and more united.
) A world organisatiOn
The IDS has always been prepared to worktwith every student or- -
ganisation which came with sincbri** seeking AN world-wide cobperatioq.
1) If this fact could be at all questionned or put in doubt, it
is more than amply justified by the presence at this Council of ob-
servers from many organisations which have never clarified their
intention with regard to the IUS. It can be proved by the constant
efforts of the Congress and the Council to resolve difficult problems
of membership in accordance with the wishes of tbe students of the
countries concerned
The last Council attempted to solve the problem of Austrian member-
ship in a way condunive to the further development of students unity
and of a democratic national student organisation in Austria. The
sakee meeting elaborated a clarification of the Con-
stitution because it was felt that by making clear on certain points
the intention of this document, students in a few countries would be
assisted to join in the activities of our move,nent. At the Congress
every effort was rade to open the possibility of meubeTship to the all
Indian Students Congress on the basis of equal representation. At the
last Council organisations which had not ratified Constitution or p id
their dues were allowed to retain places on the Council and exercise
the right to vote. The IUS always-bought the close ceoperation wi-h
non-member organisations, attempting to bring then into the internatio-
nal student community. Many activities of the IUS have been ()pent to .
them, the games, departmental meetings and faculty conferences. ExcAT-
tions have only been made in the case of studnnt organisations which
have taken positive decisions or actions against the IDS and the intir-
national student movemnnt.
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cy. .111.is has a world?wide application and importance and daily be?
comes mcre claar and EIOX0 mature. The IUS ,is working for the inte?
rests oi students in all ;11rts of?the world, defending them against
all threats and leading then in a sincere cooperation.
r.ChLs the IUS has always been a broad organisation open to
all stu62nts and it will remain so. In this respect we can be 'Beware
of certain weaknesses in the membership of IUS which it is our duty'
to rexedy. The Executive Committee and other governing bodies should
conTliuc to take all necessary steps towards thc development of a
furtLe2 contact with. studcnts ad countries where contacts are still
limit(d. In this sense, our work and representation will continue
to grey it continuity with previous policy.
TLe past year has seen a great growth of the IUS in all spheres
and not least in membership and the consolidation of a true interna?
tional et dent unity. The IUS 'concerned with the total student po?
pulaticn of each country, cannot 116.3.01:Y0 its success in memeership . .
simply on the basis of affiliation and verbal promises of support.
The stren7th and unity of the membership can only be jUdged in re?
lation to the increased maturity of our organisation p its increasing
capacity 'or work in all spheres, and its growing abiliy to resolve
all outet,lhding problems. Nevertheless in all spheres, in auding
that of n(w affiliations the past year has shown a recod o cuccess
justifyin: great confidence in the future.
Siii:arily the past year has shown that in relation to the in?
creasix? 'maces of war there is an ever?stronger attack against .
the unity of democratic organisations suoh as our own and that these
attacks n'est be more strongly repelled. All the enemies of student
unity wo.e'her inside the student movement or outside it oust be ex?
posed, am the IUS must take great care to prevent a partixal success
of these Elements in cases where a spirit of confusion or misunder?
standin 7 Day persist among students because of the difficu3ties of
the IUS at contactingethem directly and making its point of view
known to them. In a oertain sens it is a tribute to the great im?
portance of our organdsation to the cause of world peace and under?
standinc caolX; the nations that ik should be a subject of such attacks.
In he report we are concerned with the problems of student
organisations and with the methods of work which will help us to over?
come all difficulties in regard to the task of building unity iLlad
repelling all attacks against it.
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In this context it must be said immediately that the vast majority
of member organisations have shown a great awareness and apprecittion
of the importance of unity to thcir own interest and have helped to
maintain this unity fox the sake of the international students movement
and the IUS. This has been the best demonstration of the importance of
the IUS to students in all prte of the world and of their great sen pe
of responsibility towards an organisation which has the task of defen-
ding their interest.
Section II; Building student unity
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The strength and influence of a student organisation grows parallel
with the nuaJber of studentsvihoo,ctively support its work. Thc interests
and needs of the-students of country which provide the basis for the
work of their organisations axe always commen to all. Thus student$7, who
realize the importance of unity in defending their own interests do their
utmost for an active unity in their own organisations.
Both the IDS and the national student movement deVdIC-P'together
and assist each other to develop i countries where the member orgarli-
sations,Of the IDS is a strong one the IUS is a significant foroo?
Similarily a member organisation xeceivinc! the support of an international
body with a world-wide membership becomes stronger for this reaSoni
The IDS must help its member organisations to grow. It can assist
and help by ivine: them the bennfit of international experiences or expe-
riences of work in d'uher countries. It can help the students to develop
a Dora significant programme themselves by participating in ID'S programme.
It can help them to develop their contribution to the 'international stu-
dent life. hember organisations must realize the constant and close link
between national and international work . They have the task to promote
student well-being on the national level and their participation in -IDS
activities is in fulfillment of the same task on a world-wide basis.
The IUS must help in the for,lation of active and democratic national
_student organiation and in thi5mist keep in Mind at all times that a real
NtS must be an active living organisation not an administrative bureau
or simply a forum for discussion. It must 126 independent and not simply
'the channel through which a bureaucracy controls the student movement.
It must lead the studcnts to achieve the satisfaction for their needs
and must be prepared to fight for their rights. Fox such an organisation
to be a vital and living one its leaders must be closely in contact with
the mass of the students and willing to lead them in aotivity not simply
. to undertake actions on their behalf. A BUS is not.a good member organi-
ation of IUS if its meAbers only exericse their rights once a year at the
time of election..
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One of the idain tasks of the student organisations is to encourage its
members to participate actively in the life of the organisation..
:This applies just as,dauch to t; eIUS as to the national student
orgad-isations.
.be student organisatio:- shoula be independent of the governing
bodies of the university ; it should cooperate with. them unless they...
at-tack the studnnts . In this ease it must be prepared to fight.The
leaders of the studcnts will gain th.cir support if they depend upon
the democratic will Of the students and reportXtbeir activity, sho-
back
Wing that they /regard t:3emselves as repponsible to the students. .
A IIITS based on these principles will become an active represen-
tative ori3anisation with the support of the "i_iajoriy of students.
This may not necessarily h4ppen rapidly and will not happen autho-
matically and without effort simply by the creation of organisations
which nominally include all students. Every meriber of the IUS must
be aware of the great weaknesses in this respect in tbe student orga-
nisations of most parts of the world.
I should like to mention briefly three examples of different
Ways in Which a greater student unity has be en built , taking
these examples from 3 - countries where the democratic stud ent movement
is working in entirely different conditions..
In China, the fighting student moverdent has continued to grow:
on the basis of a policy which all the students have learnt from 'their
own experience to support. Sin.ce last year, its meabership has in-
creased from 150,000 to 500,000 and its activity has grown corres-
pondingly. 41.1though its leadership must work in conditions of ille-
gality the National Student -oederation has been able to mobilise thou-
sands of students in the Universities against the Civil T7ar, against
the Fascist attacks of the Government and the Support of foreign
imperialism for the war and the rebuilding mgan sevressiVe Japan.
It has been able to conduct Mass relief activities to enable thou-
sands of students to oontinu.e their studies and to produce, a spirit
of heroism in the whole student movement which enables the student to
ignor e the threats of the police and to regard their- university cen-
tres as their own citadel where they are the masters. This could
not have been done without a correct leadership, and a tremendous care ,
for unity on the basis both of a correct policy and a policy, which
all of the students could understand and follow at the different sta-
gs's of development. This means that the student leaders have remained
in close contact with the crowing. 0Q1'001 usness .o e Shines e
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In Poland, an extremely interesting and successful work has been
d ev el op ed for th.e cora.pl et e unifi cation of the stud e,nt mover lent ?At the
end of the war there was a complete lack of homogeneity between a large
number of very diverse organisations none of Which had a representative
or syndical character. A detailed study of the organic approach to the "
bUildin.g of the natiOnal student unity in Poland wth.i2ld well serve and
assist every .member organisation.
In England the NUS has achieved its chief successes directly be?
cause of its programme and the breadth of coverage of important students
questions which has been a chi evod in building this programme. The edu?
cation Bill submitted to the Youth Parliament, the past -work ,for ex?
service .allowances and .on the question:- of grants and fees the Parti?
cipation with r.iJrade Unions and Teachers organisation in the first Natio?
nal Conference on educational needs , growing support for IU$ campaiega
and for the defense of students in ttber countries., the interest, in.
cultural activities such the Dra-,13, Festival ; all testify to the fact
that a serious at t empt is being made to view the students a a complete
persen in, his proper ,social relationship both nationally and internatio?
nally!
A real''Students unitii can only be built eUt of common experiences
and activity in the defense of C011/11011 interest.
S.cctioiII he iraoortance of a.ctivitv.tindependencc and Unity to the
Stud ent Nov ene nt
Having taken :as our criteria these three factors let US apply them
to some of the, student organisations wild. ch. r ema in outside. the IUS and
do not participate in its work in. spite Of the policy of thexecutivc
Comfaittee and Secretariat to encourage the raaximum cooperation and par?
ticipation in activities.
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Switzerland th.c.-X NUS announced throuh the- delegates at its last
Council that it would not affiliate to IUS since conditions relating
to the non?a OP ePtane e of con tain. constitutional clauses and to the
official neutrality of the Swiss State as Eoverning also the students
were not recognized by the Council aS 1DeinP: a justifj.ed request. The
Council expressed the , hope that the kTUS would affiliate on a basis of
equality- with all melabor organisations. By no means all student organi?
sations in Switzerland were in agreement with the NUS and some have ex-
pressed their' disagreement
The way in: which Swiss students were informed of t he work of IUS
by their leaders can be judged ,by reading the official :report of last
year's Council delegation. Here are certain quotations;
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a 1th reference to IUS Games "Trouvat wished the Games to be oh1efy
a political propaganda action". This statellent bears no relation to
toe real interest which the IUS has in the develop,acnt oi =4port and
phys7Lcal education,
b, Uith ref4rence to IUS canpaigns: "The treatment of condit37- 1:11
C-in? Palcstine,,Viet Nam , Indonesia led to world polical 001208
unktn have no relation tostudnnt problem".
1;The'chicf point of this first Council was directed to Conditions
C-Ana, Palestine, Indonesia, India and Viet Nam where stud en pro.
b_cn) were not in the fore:round, but thc situation was juggrged from a
d,cided party political point of view." Ividently thelSwiss delegates
d.A lot understand lbat war influation and oppression are very real
s ad nt problems.
c, .15,6sain, from the International Bulletin of the NUS we find the folio,-
wing commentary on thc Council: "The almost unlimited possibility CTL
, ulbjeot of democratisation wore fully exploited.,, 1 Aa a rcaidt
red university question were either abandoned completely or tread
sl)e-ificially. In short, the anti-fascist Ills presented nearly The
sEecacle we should have expected froci an international university or,
gani; ation under fascism". It is rather strange to hear today thl_tti3
dcloeratisation of eduaation is not a university problem . It is worta
whi.1 to recall that the final resoluIion on this subject was adopted
w_t1 enthusiasm by the whole Council.
rZne delegation complained of the lack of. Practical activity
i:Js report did not devote any attention to the many adtivities
SE Gd
P.,tring the year students in Geneva went on strike for a uni
resturant and organised a very successful protest against the
Pale tine, The NUS did not in the same way doiclo-, activities
s udent living conditions at home or the threat to our student
ii,(thlar countries,
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T..le Swiss NUS in akking the Council to respect the official neatra5i-
t, o_ the country thus agree to exclude the NUS from support of oL-
tL:n principles acccPtcd by all members showed a conplete lack of an
indepence spirit in its work. At the sanc time it is clear that the
real motive for this demand was simply a pretext for doing nothing.
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In this sountry whtre social discrimination in education permits
on]y 55 of studcnto f WOYkija,_: class orijin to attend the university
it 18 interesting to note that some of the student leaders expressed-
ly do not desire a world-wide student cooperation. Tho recent Council
meeting of the NUS on the 10th of June decided on a practical issue
of sending students to work'cs,qd in Cze%choslovahia upon a resolution
excluding all further contact with students of countries -where it
was clailled that there was no frecOom of?science and speech. This
was stated by on representative tosithat the NUS would not even
reply to letters from students it Hungary, Poland, and otkr count-
XiGS, Such an attitude is no basis for international student co-
operation since it is discriminatory and partisan. '
In spite of such facts the IUS enabled Swiss medical students
1/0 participete in the London Clynical Conference .Yet thc leaders
of national organisation= did not in response to this demonstratcd
any 'positive feeling towards the IUS. They attacked our organio,a-
tIon they maligned the basis of our campain. and ndver contacted ,
the Secretariat until they applied to send observers to our CoUncti,-
meeting, Oloarly they did this in the same spirit that motivated
other organisations 'which at thc last ilo.lent decided to attend the
Council being 1101.6 interested in affecting its deliberations
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than in ,entributing anything to the activities of the International
students movement. ,
In Holland the NUS never joinsd the IUS or signed thc Constitu-
tion. Although all students are m, mbbrs of this organisation it is
not a real union with an active programme but'a'loose federation in
which the right of veto of any small section which does not accept
a :eajority proposition iiapcdos al/ practical work for students in-
terests. -
In student life itself there is a great deal of traditionalism
the senior students having . privileges over the younger ones
On colonial issues some students have expressed to 4-US representatives
the opinion that colonisation is a very excellent thing 'or the co-
lonial people and t-eat a continued state of tutelage is essential for
their development. This illustrates thc kind of tcachig which the
students receive. A questionnaire roceved'by the IUS,d-oring thc last
year regardinetbe establishment of a residential studecollege
as3 s. whether there should be different kinds of accommodkflon for the
richer and poorer stufimts.
In Holland, only 6 stUdents in every thousand are of working
class origin. J- this social discrimination the student organi-
sation does nothing.
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R.ogarding the desire of this organisation ,for a world?wide coope?
ration it is interesting to note that it ir,as the very first organi?
sation to propose thc establishnott of a rival international student
organisation in the early part of this year?.
It is interesting to consider another case where the student 'or?
ganisations directly disaffiliated from the IUS. This is the case
of the Irish students Association which disaffiliated in January
. of this year, in spite of unfavourable reports from Congress dole.,
gates the 1947 Council meeting uf this Association overruled its
lead ors and d e cid ed t o stay in IUS, Thus th e s tUd ents d emons trat ed
that they wanted' such an o7,ganisa tion. Their 7-3xecutive however found
a new- method to attack the IUS and simply never put into practice
.the decision of the mecti7:g 2 never Pnbliciscdany IUS activity or
provided participation in any activiy. Thus the Irish stud onts
did not get any conception of the work of IUS from this organisation.
- In Ireland, there is a great discimination in. education. The
vast rajority of students. come only fr on wealthT families. There
is an antiscientific attitude in education . Recently a s cient ific
text?book had to be changed because it showed photographs of 'hie;her
. apes who bore a close- r es emblance to human beings , The teaching
of evolution theories is ctscouraged in catholic schools. In catholic
lqedical schools priests are called in to give lectures against ,
abortion and the use of anest6,tics during child' bixTin. This the
catholic church is largely responsible for an anti?scientific atti?
tude in the schools 0
The students welf,c-xL is very badly nc,zlected. In LUblin this
year sPveral otud ents have died quite alone without enyeiving any .
care: . for auterities
? At; n: 0 beginning of this Academic year,. in each of the 3
catiolic colleges which constitute the majority , all students were
instructed by their moral supe-visors that in the elections for lbe
, local r 0.1rresentative councils they must vo be- only for those who
would oppose affiliation .to the IUB. Thus the affiliation cane about
directly al the behast of the 0:It holi c Ohurch, Very clearly the
stud ents of Ireland did not taken an indopcminAt decision with regard
to IUS. One mightask on whom should the question of' membership of
the IUS depeha? Should it not be in the hands of the students to ,
decide? and Should not the la help students, in such a country to
resist such external pressures and work against the very real threats
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In Austria, relations between the Hochschuletsbhft and the IUS
have not been satisfactory, not because the IUS has been unwilling to
cooperate with every section of Austrian students, but because it is not
a free and independtnt student movement. It is controlled by one poll--
tical group and is subject to the university and educatinal authorities.
In fact the leadership of Hochschulerchaft recently elaborated a new
project for a Constitution in which they specifiolly provided for con?
trol of the student representatives by the authorities.
A study of deplorable conditions of the Austrian students shows
further that this organisation has ignored the need to defend the stu?
dents against the attacks on their living conditions by the Austrian
authorities, prcfcring to act as the screen between thc students and the
people responsible for their difficulties.
In Italy too, some student organisations do not support the IUS.
Among these arc the Goliardic students, a purely traditional organisa.
tion which indulges in ceremonies sometimes of an anti?social and dis?
tIuctive character and which it sometimes directed by fascist students
members of the MSI.'This organisation although it does not have a com?
prehensive activity for all student problems and does not express an or?
ganisedpx?mtstudent point of view is nevertheless one of the three
groups composing the Committee of 21 which is preparing statutes for
a nat,ional union 4.
The next organisation on that Committee is the Catholic student
Federation which has a dominant influence over the whole Committee since
sonc of thcGoliardic student leaders followed its policy.Duxing the
coAxse of the year this group prevented the Committee from adting on '
behalf of the students in relation to the threats to increase the fees.
This was because the minister of education belongs to Christian Democra.
tic Party . All students were in agreement on this question and there
were many university strikes, yet the organisation which is supposed
to defend the students interests failed to do so.
The mentality oi some of the leaders can be judged from the fact
that the newspaper of the Interfaculty Association in Rome while
often attacking the IUS $ also referred to the International Student
Service as "a narxist?dominated organisation", because it gave relief
to colonial students.
Summary
It thould be pointed out that 'in every.one tf the countries con-
ociriehereare, many stUdents actively and sincerely working for IUS
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ber organisations.
From thcscoxamploshowevor we see that in considering cr12nisations
outside the 'US it is luportant to examine the reasons for this very
closely and this will be found to bo in nt: way unfavourable to the
IUS. Several of the organisations referred to have not dcvelopped any
real Activity in favour of their own students with regard to threats
against their living standards. From the example of Ireland and Austria
we can see the great inportanc c of the inddpentnceof the studtnt
moveuent as a factor dote mining its attitude to the IUS. Finally we
can see that those organisations which stay outside the ITS have
often not a proper care for developing student unity on a national level.
In Austriax for example the his of elections is such as to divide
the students not to brinr them touethcr for common aims. In Holland
a forual unity is built which has no reality for the students since no
action is taken on important problems where a single member is in dis?
agreement.
thc countries the IUS has important noi:r..
Organisations with real activity on a rational level in the interest
- of their own students and with a sincere desire for a world?wido inter?
national cooperation have always come to the IUS and will continue , to
? do so.
Thus, in order to grow are win the support of the students a national
organisation must be characterised by .a real activity a brue inde?
pendence and a carc'forunitY. In order to belong to the IUS it must
desire world?wide non?discriminatory cooperation. ? . -
In spits or the existence ee such organisations it must be pointed
out that thc vast majority of .me-,sbers of IUS have laid stress on the
' above?mentioned principles are have participated more and more actively
since the last Council. An additional, proof of this IA this very
meeting was the discussion on the :A report and the sub?r'Oports which
'demonstrated the increased participation in IUS activities.
SZICTION rv. Work: to strengthen Jaembership of IUS
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In certain countries and in certain parts of the world the IUS has
,to extend and to develop its work nuch more in the future.
In the continent of Africa despite the work of member organisations
in Egypt and SouthAfxica very much remains to be done. The students
of British and French Colonial posession must bc brought closerto the
IUS our organisation must onntact through all channels the students of
all these countries whether studying in their wwn schools or abmoad.
We must help them, to develop a real student life to croate democratic
orcanisations and to further demandes for a democratic educational sys?
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in Latin Laer lea. and particularly in the countries
of the south of Latin A- le rica the TUS mu.st work very strongly for
benta et and7 activ cooperation- with t 13-e stud ent organiaiiorV ?
- ?In Italyi- the anti-q'; tUd cut. chara etdr..'of: the -load ershiP of a duo
orgatiSations has been d emons t rat id .already.
? The t? whb rG edy nrs1:o'IUSconsist ? Of 'abut
1/3 t has f.D r,-(3.1# CE C.r.:;It . the CorAyait tee 21 and. is they who,
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' ti6Ve diarine the year taken up all of the .m.aj or. issues when a.t 'exits
int crests war c at ta eked . In thco mat t ors - they Wer 9 followed by all
stud onto who icnered - the policies of the other groups..
Howevcri the CoOrd inating ComMit GOO haS exist cd too much simply
: on a- national level in relation to the -_curpos eq. 01' ncrnationl r c-
prosenation in the Dip a repr es crita ti on -; oi'th00studcrts, who al
heady a etiv ely subpart: the principles of ,suyri. an oraflisation aa ours
The : student Memb rt.-. . Commi,t t co t,ius t find, :a b-e tt or bas'Is
t lleir work aoflL the s o.1) s tud exits both on the 'lrocal?Ui
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vers it y level anf- in all. s tud.ent organisations: ThoSr must orgap.is e? in
such a way tha.t. :ci;for.ts for t b:e stud ell S....are continualna not
related only .46 specific issues arising frou time to tip.:e- such...as, the
questions prov ?king, the s tud'ents st? ikeS ? ,They ups t pro&uoc_ an ever-
growing movey,ient aiabris th Italian stild onto .in the d ef-he c of.' their
own' interests and as a constituent part of the internat onal d,e1.::locratic
student .
? Thus they mus. t develop a pr ograMme of students demands: and s t
further o? s tud ent aotivitics which- t hey'.wil1eonstant1yipress'
and` keep before uhe tidews, oi.tha country.- Cobra inat ion at the top
of the eis ting .natidnal orc,fanisatiorsrmust be replaced by work at the
base among too .-ilass of the s tud ct s ? This laus t - be done. .through lo-
cal university COE13-1;Lt tO(i.; which will, act ? as - cent cis- of publicity ? for
the pr ograLb z,:ind 'cat crs for .d.cf ens e of th crests Of the
, . ? .
students ?And.: 'of' the -ci...ltural ?her itago of 'GIs : 'country: Which is 'so
eyer ely' ? attacked' by the. prevailing .---cond-iti ohs
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In the Un.it ed States, certain s tud c-iat leaders and . notably.. t?Ele_.
: leaders of the Catholic student Organisations have attacked the EIS
since its creation, particularly -with the publication ,of the v4tious
and lying "liberation Univ ers y " . The chief author of: this document
was 'even chosen to visit Council :a. S. a I-:iember of 'roc original
neotiatang can whereas as a former Council member of IUS W. ,Wallace
was r ej ot ed on the gr ounds that he 11.a0 too tany. friends in TUT.
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In the News Metter of one Catholic student organisation it was fup.
ther demanded that every meuber of the nei2ot1ating team conforn abso-
lutely to the conditions proposed a straIr7c conception of the task
of a group sent to negotiate.,
Ciiccles outside the student wordd have attc-;nted to bring pressure
on student leaders with regard to re:Y.tionships to IUS. The Detroit
economic club has attecapted to doter NSA from fulfilling its own,
prograilue in relation to students rints. College authorities who avi-
, dcntly have no conception of academic freedom have urged the student
delegates to oppose affiliation with thc IUS.
Thus those who from the beginning have acted in bad fudth towards
the international students community or who bavc exerted Pressure frou
outside have been partly succe:sful in making their point of view heard
by the stud dis in the IUS whereas Congress and Council representatives
who were in a majority greatly in favour of the IUS have, concentrated
on thc task of building a dc,tocratic student organisation without suffi-
ciently resisting these pressures and attacks which have weakened the
growink, organisation itself. Nevertheless when the students have been
able to be consulted by such representatives they have favoured co-
operation with the IUS.
The N SA was created with the -constitution impelling it to fight
on the question of student riEhts. Despite the increasing threat to.
civil liberties which is demonstrated in the ITaccutive and other reports
this Constitution has in the largest measure not been put into practice
on these issues. The students have joined the oranisation believing
that it will defend their interests sr d its inactivity in this respect
must be a cause of confusion arlon:: niem.
Neverhteless work for the principles of the IUS is become more *clear
and evident. Last year Council representatives from the USA promised
that they would take up the problefAs of Chinese students and,pledgoathem
selves to the support of the iain roseluions on such proble-ls'as this
and the main problem of peace. In spite of the fact that representative
organisations have not taken up tdesc issues many students themselves
have joined the Committees for a democratic far-eastern policy aid the
students clubs for -Wallace:
Student supporters of the IUS have established the Committee for
International student cooperation as a publicity ceiber for -11]c IUS
CUx member organisations and particularly the .AIPB have worked /ory
hard for the, IUS throughout this year.
The great contribution of the representative mtatisation of
Medical students has been of the utmost significance. It has faithfully
supported our organisation at all tinw ,it has developped a Programme
specifically related to the IUS programme for the democratisation of edu-
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crimination ? It has prepared an cxcellent participation fox IDS
meetings such as the Clinical Conferenc has developed its own acti?
vity'611re-ugh participation in thc aCtivity of the IUS and has alwa5s
responded to IUS requests for relief as well 2xxx as for other acti
vitics in support of students facing oppression.. '
Thc Council can be very thankful for this support which ,
helps to :lake the work of IUS bettor known. IA the same tlie wc realize
that the existence of the 0I30 does not Nina in itself provide the IUS
with a ,Iass ,lembership and does not replace the need -to contact wider
groups of students and to interest the mass of American students in
our work.
At this me etinE we Lae( t the prescne of ?lany American stud- 'Gs
observers and hope that the Council will result in the -stud 'T.-nts of
USA obtoinin,-: a gr Gat cr understanding of the policy and significance of
our oycanisation.
? In India the IUS left open places on its Council for the All
India Students Congress and at the last Council meeting called for uni?
ty studLnts in support of the IUS. The terroristic
attaclz ,bY,thc loaders of tl'is organisatior upon the South 'Past Asia
Conference and th:ir attenpts to form a recional block of students
can only have the effect of exposing their reactionary purposes to
the studet members of this organisatibn.
It is important to extend the work of IDS among t,c student
and we should therefore call upon the AISF to continue to develop
its Work for students unity not on the basis of organisational unity
at the top but by work anon the nass of students in all student or?
penisations.
? It is also important for the IUS to develop its work further
among the studcnts of Scandinavia... extending to them those facilitics
in which they are particularly interested and entering into direct
contact with them in order to assist all who are working for the IDS
in thhir task.
SECTION V -membership problcms
.... ... Vemmilmtimposmem,
It is now ny duty to introduce those nellbership problems which
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must be discussed at this Council Fiectin-. In doing so it is necessary
to point out that these are not purely orcanigaticnal problems but
are conneotcd intilzately with policy with allactivities and practical
work. Practically, thc problems arc eoncexn-d with actions of certain
member organisations who have diafilliated, or suspended ;Ialbership
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and with new affiliations or requests to affiliate..
In relation to this discussion wc Dust against stress in this
connection the increasedl.ctivity of those who try to dividc the stu-
dent movement and point out that this is a world-wide problem arising
not out of problems of undxstanding between democratic student re-
presentatives but much norc as the direct result of tha role of those
who do not desire a'world-widc cooperation and employ any pretext to
render it impossible,
The renaindex of tho report deals with certain indications
for future work in relation to thc further improvellat of the PC tcr-
ship situation,
A) Suspensions and disaffiliations.
The disaffiliation in January of the Irish Student
Agdociation clearly cannot be acceptable to the members of this
Council as a floc, expression of the opinion or interests of students
in Ireland when the circumstances of this decision are considered.
The IDS should neverhteless realise that the present lea-
dership of this organisation cannot in this sens be said to beres,.
sponsiblc to students only and we should therefon.scek'other means,
to interest the students of Ireland in the work of IUS.
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sations interested
NUS in ..'ngland and
foster the work of
activity should be
'rating.
be done by direct contact with all existing organ!-
in cooperation and in particular by requesting the
the SUS to give attention to this problem and to
IUS among these students. Participation in IUS
extended to all student groups desirous of coopc-
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The NUS in lanemark has suspended its membership up to the
time of Council and tbc Swedish NUS disaffiliated under the terms of
the Constitution by which it remains a member organisat on for X2
months.
These :organisations declare the bases of this.actionto be
related to the February events in Czechoslovakia and the actions of
the Secretariat at that time.
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Histbrically the basis of these decisions is different in
oho s ens C. - The Swedish organisation declares its elf to have d is-
affiliat ed because '4.e Secretariat gave recog,-,ition to the Action
Committees. Thia arose because the Secretariat zeplied to a letter
of the 4ction Commiftees and til,nked them for their statement that
there would ,be continuity in the -existence and basis of the -e-
prcsontaiivcs tud ent organisat ions . Tic Danish NUS de cla T es that it
cannot take co-responsibility for the inattion of the Secretariat in
failing to cond Gran Lamed iat ely the ' proposition to exclude s tud ents
from acme of the faculties and organisations. Thee s.eenS. to be
no Common ground as to the way in which the Secretariat is supposed
to have -erred at this time.
In February of this year during and after the period of the
governii-iental crisis there were changes in th.e leadership of sections
of the Czechoslovak NUS necessitated by the undepoCratic role of
certain student leaders.
So far as the IUS was concerned there arose on the occasion
of the student demonstration and on certain other issues .a. Propo-
sition for immediate protest against all of these c vents and chan-
ges the j8 'Deputy Vice-president being responsible for ' these
propositions_. The attitude of the Secretariat was that a thorough.
and earefU'l investigation 1,112,0t. be .flade and :that there was in any
case- no basis for the suggestion of protst without such an investi-
gation. This ,investigation has now been, completed and the 'Secre-
tariat i6 .of the opinion that on all iree issues examined there exists
no basis for IUS protest.
The 2xecut iv e Coramit t ee already point ed out in late January
of this year -that there was a defiance of IUS principle by bone of .
the leaders of -the Czechoslovak MS. This related to the exbiugion
of foreign. students "from the university organisations, the only
example of its kind in the membership of 'US, dis cr imina t ion in
es id ent ial host els ? atteiipts to divide the students from the youth.
and the .failure to develop a real prograTale for the ? students of the
country in regard to their economic .o.nd other problel-as and ;to the
4raocratisation of education. HC_CC I failure to observe the 'prin-
ciples or IU5 due to 'title role Of Certain student IeaderS brought
the risk of a national problem cf stud-es' disunity.
At the salie time the changes which terminated these condi-
tion's were a part of changes _in the country as a whole relatid to
the development within he govern:Jaen* itself and in different cercles
of s;oc iety/towards the post-war progral-ame of develop ients approved
by the whole people and having a validity for all parties and social
organisations. /of an opposition/
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For those who never supported thc IUS or attacked frori the beginning
the February events in Czechoslovakia seers to be a goldern opportunity
to strike a blow at student unity and weaken the IUS. Nevertheless
the existence of the IUS wa.s the basis for a great success in refuting
their propositions and Aaintaing the cooperation of students in all
Parts of the world. Despite the fact that sltone students who had never
defended 'the-rights of their colleagues suddenly became alight to
a supposed threat of political persecution, despite the fact that sec?
tions of the press r:ro sax misinforAed and conffused some students
many organisations Stresseo the importance of IUS as the leans of
world wide student cooperation. The total effect of this has been to
bring all IUS supporters to the- present meeting, more resolved than
even to solve all problells and further unity and cooperation.
At the same time, student organisations notably ignore and
rejected the hysterigl appeals of the US vice?president to create ?
a rival organisation on a principle of division and discrimination.
In :3ngland the NUS stressed the role of unity in international
cooperation and expressed confidence in the Council and governing
bodies as capable resolving all probleils. In France the National
Union pointed out the need for IUS work and that disagreements or
misunderstandings should be brow :ht b cf or 0 the deliberative organs
or our Union.
In Scotland the SUS whose H'ixe cut iv e Committ ce d c cid ed to dis?
affiliate' was re-affiliated by the vote of the' altional Council.
Only in Dancmark and Sweden were decisions taken bearing partial
risks for future cooperation.
In all parts of the world, in South 7Pst Asia in Australia,
in Latin America students supported the IUS Many organisations declared
their confidence in the Secretariat directly . In USA, the AaR
and individual colleges expressed the opinion that the reaction of
Aperican representatives and- NSA- officcerhad been hasty and illadviscd.
Thus it can be said that the IUS has already experienced
direct difficulties and that the neither organisations have refused to
be led away frcm cooperation and have thus already helped to achieve
a further consolidation of thc TUB and a great consciousness of unity.
/that/ It is clear that in relation to all the important common tasks
which the IUS is undertaking and to the great threats against the-
students must -be rejected in common in all parts of the world, it
would indk;ed be ,dishonest to suggest that such an issue is capable
of dividing the student World It would be criminal not to realize
that this question has , is and may continue to be exploited by
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? those who Wish to divide thc studcnts. Yet the pretext is
? by no means sufficient to achieve 9113rthine in this direction,
In regard to tbc special ?Problem _of the Danish and Swedish
?organisations, we can say that we are confident of? their desire
to support the IUS and not to cause tbc slightest division in the
ranks of the students and we can ask then to resist all tendencies
to consider the matter in this way. Stuffent organisations must
not unwittingly become the instru cnts of those who profit by
sewing fear and misunderstanding by spreading confusion among the
young and distracting their attention fral their own real and
common probleos.
W Developments in membership, affiliations.
One of the Mbst significant developn(nts is the .
tion of the National Union in Australia which has sent a permanent
representative to Prague. Cooperation is developing very rapidly
and IDS work is becoming better known in this country. Togotber
with the atueents of New Zealand is planning exchanges 1 cultural
projects and regional activities under thc .lspices of IUS.
This case present no membership problem since the organisations
re-affiliated within the constitutional Period of 12 months during
which it remains a member.
In Venezuela, thd. students organisatiom arc at this moment
? coordinating their work in order to affiliate to the IUS as a natio-
nal group.
? In Guatemala the students section of the dcnocratic youth and
the University Students Association are desirous of cooperation
leading to affiliation.
In Argentina affiliation to IUS has been recommended by the
Rational Federation ane is a point on the agenda of the Annual
National Congress,
? In South East Asia, the Students Union of Ceylon expressed
the desire to affiliate at the South East Asia Conference.
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Since all of these are democratic representative organisations
? or groups intending to coordinate fox affiliation , we can recommend
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to the Executive Comittee to accept evidence of affiliation and
to iniiiato full practical cooperation with those organisations sub-
ject? to ratification by the next Council.
The Mtional Union of Nubian Students has requested affiliation
and joined our ,lcubcr organisations in ,Egypt in their activities.
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The Students of the whole of North Korea. have expressed their
desire to affiliate-a/A would have been represented at 'this' TAeeting
but for visa difficulties- .
The Nov rational Union of Students of Irak has reqUestod affi-
liation and isH.roPresentod at this neeting.
' The Student Federation of tstPakistan. has .requestod affilii
tion.
- In all of t hes c - cas cs we can re comnend the imAcd iat e adoption
of t hes e organisations as members of the IUS
Canada
The history of the final request for affiliation, is set
out in thc Credential's Commit t GC report.
At the beginning of the year the rational Conference of
]PUS proposed affiliation upon a basis which seemed to imply dis-
aussion of possible conditions of neAborship and '12.e- scnding of a ne-
R"otiating 'team to Council in the sane way as was proposed by the NSA.
This decision althouch not clear to us had been awaited with Auch in-
terested by IUS members and 'aveL evidence of the sincere desire of the
Canadian students to play a full part in the international st dents
community . At the same the leZ-dership of this organisation proposed
that if certain conditions of affiliation were not achieved within
two years , the NFCUS should 'commit itself not only to disaffiliate but
ft actively to promote the for lation of an Ilternative world student
union". Thus fro,' the beginning there were those who approached the
IUS on the basis of an uitinatyll. ?
Catholic student leaders of the French Central Region stated
specifically that " by accepting the principle of affiliation, they do
not in any foi,, orfashion accept tbc IUS Constitution in as much as
this Constitution may presently indicate an anti-Christian state of
Aind".? Apart from tho strenuous objection which one may make to the
s ent iuent expressed it is difficult to undcrs tand how these loaders
could both accept ?and reject at the same timo the necessary basis of
affiliation.
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After February the NFCUS leaders seemed to hesitate in carry-
ing out the Conference decisions and only more recently clarified
the intention to affiliate . At he same- time it was 'lade clear
that having affiliated and enjoyed the privileges of DCrbership du-
ring Council an iMmcdiatc disaffiliation might follow if certain
conditions were not attained.
SOMO of the students clained that the policies of IUS do not
p.erve the interests 'of students and that thc thfcrisc of the rirls
of students had bccn a Llattcr of Partisan interest . It is interes-
ting to note therefore that 'much of their activity in relation to the
IUS and to the preparation for this Council has. been itself a purely
political activity.
It livas leaders of the NPCUS who proposed the Brussels neeting
preparatory to this Council in order to elabOrate the tactics of an
opposition 'here in Paris . Suall wonder' if it seemed that the dee-
cation would come only with the intent ion to disrupt the unity of
our Fie et ing
it has been pointed out, even the liXst of countries
invited uo this meeting was based upon a discriminatory principle
Here qrc some quotations from the preparatory material for the
Brussels meetings
1) Therefore we are joining the IUS hoping to have it 'lake
a clear-cut and binding decision this year that it is
a student and not a political institution and prepared if
it does not so decide to withdraw and join an alternative
which will be constituted.
2) The maximum possible support must be mastered to gain a
majority decision ...if a Taajority vote against exolu-
ding politics from IUS , then the strongest possible num.@
bcr withdraw and form an alternative organisation.
3) The most important need is that of making t',--318 a key issue
of the Conference.
4) Referring to the fact that the Belgian Student Federation
still has on its letter head the name of the International Confedera-
tion of Students : It would certainly be nuch easier to reju-
venate this organi6 a t ion which at least on a basis of seniority
is much more entitled to oux support than is IUS.
5) Such. a Conference is the only way, to include the
experience assistance and wcightf the Swin, Dutch, US , Danish
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from the? IUS.
A olacr impression of the kind of unity which Inch a meeting implies
can be achieved hy reading the points above . Some loaders were even
prepared to revive the CIE which was never a world-wide organisation,
which had never a pmogramme of students rights and needs and which for
a certain time was a scene of activity of the fascist student organisa-
tions ofGcr 'any and in Italy. 7.;vidently thcy did not realiz o that
this organisation is a dead letter to the students of the wold, and it
exists simply and only as a title on thE note paper of the Belgian Stu-
dent Federation.
The IUS is ready to cooperate with all students, but to not accept
ultimatums. The IUS expects student organisations desirous- of affilia-
4inglo show sone sincerity tomards the purposes of our organisation.
Nevtrthelose We can he happy thatwe no longer have to listen to such
propositions and can say that wc desire a sincere cooperation with all
Canadian students and especially with the Npous. To hope that thc Annual
Conference will ratify the spirit of the letters of its delegation presen-
ted with the Credential's report.
Concerning the question of affiliation, we consider th,-.t.;it is up
to the Council to decide upon this, in a just and friendly manner taking
into account the principles of our Constitution.
C) Reorganisation
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In India our member organisation the 141sliM Student Federation.
is undergoing 'structural changes as, a result of the establishnnnt-oftht
state of Pakistan . The exact future form of this'organisation'cannot
be precisely stated ?
In Norway, the NUS which never ratified its signature of the Consti,-
tuion has cooperated clo8e1y on different aspects of IUSAAmrk. At Iht
mment it is'undergiing a structUai reorganisatiOn and its fUture form'
is not yet at all clear.
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SECTION VI Propositions to Council for future work.
All of these. propositions' represent .
building student unity, and conselidating the IUS
and must
exposing
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The IUS must pay a e3reat attention to
'clarify them to the students , eplainil
the causes and those responsible
important means of
in the futUre.
' of
all/thesc attacks
ag their dangers and
In order to combat these attacks we must be careful te buDid
unity oursqlves in, an positive and active way. All the means set
out in the following sections represent important aspects of this
However, wherever there are attempts to split student movement we muet
do our utmost to prevent any ,profit on the part of those iosponsible
due io confusion amonc the students concerning our organisation and
acTivities . Such confusion can only arise wherc the work .of the FR
is cithor badly known Or badly explained,. To combat thts partievlally
in such countries as the USA, we MU3t improve our direct contacts with
the students , our information and publicity services so that all ha\c
ti - opportunity to learn for themselves .
We must increase activities for unity and unity through
comon activity. This implies carefuly consideration of programme, '
an,' the propositions for nexb year including the Festival , the Needs
Conference , the Wrtiers Conference and Faculty Conference Show that
this has already become clear to those who lead the work of the IDS:
2L1U3 campaigns. These arc of the greatest importanceto
the building.of 71477777EITF since students particip-2te in common
activities with the common aim. All students must be mobilised as
a ,leans of improvinc the organisation and work of the IDS and its
members.
In organising these activities in the past the Socretaria
aae, not always taken sufficient note of the fact that such campaigns
are important for the students who are carryine! them out as well as f, T
these to whom they are dedicated. ParticiTiation in the activities helps
nae student moveimt to grow and toi-oore conscious td itS, tasks.
? DC conc
In order to achieve a greatffobilisation and bettor orgapl?
nation of each campaign, we-suggest that it is necessary to concentraGe
upon a limited number of well?prepared activ4etieS thus achieving a gr a?
teea rationalisation f313 work and a more total response in all parts of the
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All of these must be under the supervision of the '...;xecutive Comnitt
ee and the Sb.crotariat which arc responsible to the Council for the
agenda and representative eliractor of the meetings.
It is necessary to suPorvise more closely the mobilisation. of
students before such meetings and the' development of work when eon.
pleted. In this context, wc may mention the importance of Regional
Conferences of Student Leaders with IUS re!)res.entatives. Often stu?
dents today cannot always at t en.d Annual Int ernational 11.o ings
In Departmental Conferences there ,iust be similarily better pre?
paration,' publicity and participation: Delegation must achieve a
really useful exchange of practical experiences and working ricthodp,
thus learning bout each others problems and inn/ovine their titth work.
4 Couaissions and De ceata.ons
Investigation not only helped to solve and call attention to special
problems but. teach us the way in which the WS can help th stuorits
more. The EIS isidir ectly closer to the students.
/brought/
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In certain countries i the authorities attempt to weaken the unity
of students by denying the ? possibility of contact with their co] leag-u.cs
abroad. This is so in ECY.Ipt I in China whore the IUS and the NS FC
are botli illegal or ganisationS, in. India where stuff cnts" wer e arrested
for contact with the IUS and in Indonesia blockaded by the Dutch Go?
vernmcnt.
It is the duty of the nembor organisations as well as. the MS ;
centrally to overcome this block ,td by entering .into a direct contact
with the students concern d.
6) Distant countries
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For Australia New Zcalandp South Africa and Latin America ,we
must divisc practical means of overcoming the problems of distance
separating them from students in the other countries.
The dispatch of films, exhibitions, and delegates would be very
useful in this respect. For these countries and for the countries
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where the student organisations are suppressed or extremely Toor .
we must estlish financial means to assist them to attend our neetings
u5. a guarail, e of the permanently world-wide character of our organisa-
tion.
.7) IU mcct-.;igs
In the past year, the Executive Committee meetings were holr?in
Prague and 3ucarest and other were planned for Rome and 1101aillki*
This should he continued. A direct contact with students of different
countries ial.ps to popularise the IUS directly and helps the leading
organS of. 173 to become better acquainted with the student movements of
different ciantries.
8) External zelations of thc stud,nt uoveilent
When the student movement establishob correct rclationships?with
different s.otions of society, it; worl; develops better.
By suTcorting the working youth the student'uoveilent.receivos their
support in Ieturn . By helping the school youth, the student move-got
has a firmer basis and helps to prepre the future university genera-
tion. By its contacts with the loading intellectuals,,thc student mo-
vement can Lain both inspiration and support. Sinilarily the IUS must
give more a'tention to its relations with working youthochool youth
and organisations of intellectuals.
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The activities and organisational* methods of other studei mo-
vements cal, help every organisation to improve its reern work. .The stur.
dents in Ga ecc and China having considerable experiences. themselves
wkere neve/hteless the first to ask IUS for such information from other
countrie9p Tom which they might learn.
The rzoposition in the 3xecutive report for ,lumer schools for
student leLders is of the utmost importance for this work.
10) Undeveloped student organisations
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The TuS and its members must help thc weaker student organisations
to grow. This may be achieved by direct support, by showing them
the experiences of other countries and by enabling them to participate
in IUS thus increasing the soope of their own programme.
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For example the "Needs donference of the IU", will occasion many pr
tiara t 'Eat ional e no es.. and I any. p? gan 180 i..ons nay, thus; d. c vie 1 op
work in this sphere ,for 'idle 'first. timo -La a PrO-:_ourld pannor ?
BY all these -methods I the work of the IU S can become a means of builc,
ding- an in casing student: unity at, all Levels. -
The IUS 'Cotnoil shoun give authOrity to, the Itceoutive Comnit tee to
brgailis C. visito .of individ'Uals and d eld;gat ions to os e count/ les; \Idler c
th.exc'iS a flccdO study' the situation and to in.orCase. the basis Of
IllS Work.
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All -of 'the possible cases conoorncd aro sct ,-in.,the report and
-should: be 'dealt ,,with o the pri.ority of inportance and the' pasaibilitd.es
'which aris c. / according to/
Are should pent ortz particularly_ the great d cs irabili:ty :of 's ending
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a friendly delPcPation :to 'the Scandinavian cruntrics to Aust-ia and
t 'he , alto" tango of s end ind a replies cntrc to tho United Stat cb? 'and
.Canada.
CONCLUSION
The IUS is c:rowinc continously as the only international organi-
sation which oan defend the crcsts of all students,. It m.ust be, our
task to build the IDS and to build this unity even further in the' Yu-
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t ur o
In this context, wc raust repeat- that the TVS has a great and sin-
cere des.ir c to co oporat,e frankly with all student' .organisations
-13US't remember also 'that real Unity can, only be built on the -baSith 'of a
thingio Pri*ram-10 of action, dedicated ;to th.e defense of stud ents in all
parts of the -world.
This report demonstrates- that th.o, IUS i trying to learn from its .
member organisations and to: find a . way to achieve a- real oonSalidation
of the international.- student.: MOV ?en crt The once of the -014nOs 0
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student. movomiat ab.bWe that a student 6/'=:7tanise...ti ion can fight and
a correct load erShp, -and a.t.: the :sarao time rendin ,a.:'.1rer:i.d.:erganisat ion
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open .t o ,all of the students ',-':unders t by, : theM and .Cabi c of donan-
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Again unity is built by activity. 11re need a greater mobilisation of
studc,Lts in favour of the IUS programme and we must therefore achieve
better organisation and planning of work. We must chose our activi?
ties :.:, carefully, sparing our for ccs and giving time to all member
organisations to prepare then. We must ask all member organisations
to participate in all activities, both in the campaign and in the cul?
tural ileetings, faculty and departmental conferences sports etc.
Some organisations ha'vc neglected very much to Support this aspect
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of 1-ITS work- and weakened the IUS as a result since our wortd.wido:.:
character was not immediately apparent when -;;he events took place.
In relation to Polley, we' must consta:_ily attempt. to find new
methods of interesting the stud :nts and leading tho13.- in the d.efence
of their interests. In the past we neglected a little to deVolop
an activity in the cultural sphere and for t he a cad epic probleMs
,thc students. The Faculty Conferences, the Fest ival : the Young
Writers Conference show the moa m to remedy this in the coming year. 7e
have done insufficient for the deciocratisation of education in the
defence of tile student in 1Q1atiOn to his material needs. The pro?
Posed programme for next year /also corrects these faults.
mustWe rennbcr that many problems, have already been overcome by
IM in past years. With good will all problc Ts can 1;0 vesolved ?
A. sign of the oonditant development of the IUS is the fact that tilerc.
has been one important re?affiliation 1.1.nfc are four countries
where students organisations arc. vory soon decidingupon this -question;
t 'pore are four countries where affiliations arc already recommended
and others where applioations for affiliation have been placed before
thc Council.
The IUS rcprecntcd s-`61.1.donts of 38- countries immediately after
the Congress. After t, e last Couenil thcre waro affiliates in 51
countries and over 21 million students were directly represented.
After this Council there will be at least studnnt organisations
from 54 countries affiliated and others proposing aff liation.
of this is evidence of thc gxwing strength of the IUS. Our strength
continues to grow with our influence and matuiliy.
The IUS invites all student organisations not still members to par?
ticipate in the activities of the coming 'year and to support Ill pro?
Ots and campaigns. . 4
Provided that we m.aintain in the IUS and- ?very member organisation
senso.):f the importance of student unity, reaa.iing that it is essen?
tial to the advancaient of our com;ion interest, we shall be able to
achieve this unity in an active ad living way.
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This is thE meaninc of thc eneral title of this rcpert on ncuberships
democratic unity , hc growinL; str. nc-th of stuOcnts. This is thE nca?
nin8' of our sloean: Students, _UBITD, for peace $ national indepcndonce
and us lonocratic education.
Unity is the first am of the student Illovc-22? in its owl, dcf-noc.
The love of d enocra cy .is t hc not t inp or tant adrigl bond which cs
the students in the defense cf peace.
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Tinder the section requests for affiliation
Tho Hochschulerschaft has requested affiliation az a Natlonal-
union of Students . The Credentials CormdttoI and IDS Commission
"have already :lade an rcaommondation on this subject and there is
an important documentation available as well. The fact that
cannot recognize tho claims of this organisation to be a flat!
upjon or an independent studorit uTzanization nevertheless does. not
'lean that 'wc should neglect to develop cooperation by all moans with
the mass of students in Austria. The visit of an IUS Commission to
claTify to thc students our point of view concerning this orgarriza.
tion p to interest them in the IUS and to show thou bow they should
buid,d an independent,-de.locratic oTganization would be nost impor?
tant and Will be the most positive undertaking which we can suegcst.
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CONTRIBUTION OF THE SOVIET DELEGATES A. SHELEPON, TO THE IUS COUNCIL
25X1A
MEETING ?
Let me, first of all, transfer to you, members of the IUS Council, the
fighting greetings of the Soviet stulents. In the name of the Soviet
delegation,. I apress our thanks to the National Union of Students of
2rance old to Mr. Trouvat for their hospitality and the organizational
and technical work they have done preparing for this Council.
During the last year the International Union of Students together with
the World Federation of Democratic Youth and national organioations of
students accomplished considerable work for the fuither strengthening
of the IUS, for uniting.the progressive students in the countries in the
struggle for lasting peace, against reaction, for the satisfaction of
the urgent needs and demands of the students
DuriaLi the last year such great even.;$ as the International Students
Day,. World -.Zouth Week, the Conference of the Youth of South Est Asia,
the campaign of help to the fighting students of Republican ain, and
others were organized. Mr. Grohman 3poke about these in detail in his
report and I shall not return to them.
These activities contributed to the further strengthening of the unity
lf the democratic students of the wo'cld, to the growth of the forces of
the international democratic movemenHL of students. -
The international democratic youth t)vement is a part of the general
front of the democratic forces 1 and the further growth and strengthen-
ing of it reinforces the camp of democracy, which is waging now a sharp
strugLle for lasting peace, against. itveria14.3t expansion; .for national
:1:,ndependence-of,theTeoples; against the Warmongers, for .democracy,
against reaction..
he c:isting international situation is characterized, by the sharpening
' strUle of the democratic Cc cc against imperialism, against
al 'id. economic expansion OT hc., American monopolies and their:
-ngio-Frenchallies, is characterizt JDy the growth and further strength,
of the democratic forces. Some,deleL;ates raised such a question: Will
the Marshall Plan influence the life and situation of students? And
they criticized that part of the rep.:)rt of the Executive Comittee'deal-
ing with this subject. However, th') speeches of a nuMber_of:deiegates
gave a full_answer:to_thi6Auestion and brought out the missingfacts.
the report. These speeches demonstrated that the Marshall Plan,
couches the vital interests and need .3 of Students.
I do not intend to speak further on the Marshall Plan, on te fact that
Yt has a strategical and political character. As it is known now to the
Whole world, the military and,pOliti4 block of th.p Western cuntries,
under the leadership ofthe'll,BA.' and. directed against the peoples of
711rope, was created on the basis of. this plan.
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Vie are of the opinion that every national organization shauld'have every
possibility to a free expression of whether it is for or against ..this
plan, Let those who want to believe in the fay-Curable results,Of,the-
Aarshall Plan do that is their right. So far as the Soviet
stu-
dents are concerned, they do not share these illusions and therefore
the Soviet delegation considerS that it should be noted in the resolution
that the Marshall Plan is a plan of aggression, a plan of the enslave-
aent of the peoples of Europe by American imperialism; that it is dir-
,cted to unErMine the economy of the European countries, and as 'a re-
ult of. whfdh.the'thaterial conditions of the workers and'stUdents are
etting worse "
Anglo,i.American, anti-democratic circles striving for new occupations and
or the unleashing of 'a new war, restore German militarism, create Tri-
,?.one as a bridgehead for a new war. This is confirmed by the fact -that
be democratic organizations are being prohibited in the Western zones
of GerManYL-that.the Potsdam anA. Yalta decisions were violated; that a
separate finance reform took place in the Western -zones, that a "govern-
lent" Was created in Frankfort on the Nein, -that monopolies are being
re-established, that notorious fascists are pardoned, that One-sided
control over the Ruhr was established, that former fascist organizations
re being:re established, etc,
It is necessary that :lhe EUS support the progressive German students in
their struggle for a united democratic Germany. Imperialists render their'
lvupport to the fascist government of ''Spain, equip with mate-2ials and. -
=aments the KUemintang, government of China, sharpening and stimulating
11, this way the. civil war. American and English armaments are used for
aging aswar'in Indonesia, Viet Nam, Burma, and Malaya. Imperialism is
leading -a fierce attack against progressive organizations, and, amongst
them, student organizations.
..erroristsi'base people, do not stop before the mean attempt on the lives
'and assassination of the leaders of the working class and, the people
Tog1iatti in Italy, Tokua in Japan, Radmoneski in ITpin. Democrats are
aso being persecuted in other countries as/Cnili and India:
3ut all these measures indicate, not the strength, but the weakness of
the imperialist camp, its fear before thegrowth and consolidation of
the camp of democracy, with the Soviet Union at the head, Struggling .for
i_asting peace, honour; and freedom ,of the peoples. True to its traditions;
Soviet Union, its youth and students wage a consistent struggle for
Thsting Peace; freedom, and national independence of large and small
_ations.
The Soviet people took upon its shoulders a major burden of the struggle
against Hitlerite Germany; it paid for the victory with the blood of
;.even millions of its best sons and daughters; it -saved the peoples of
'Europe and the world civilization from fascist,enSlavement -- and there-
fore it is vitally interested in a stable peace, in evading the repeti-
-t- Lon of a new bloody war in the future.
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It is for this very reaeon that the ioviet youth takes the most active
part in the work of the rIPDY and the MS+
The aspirations of the students of, t:
and spiritual developirent of the you
for the sati&action of their immedi
the Soviet Students have the possibi:
their friends abroad with that of th
ihanges'whichhave taken ,place in ti
of the soviet power.
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le world, striving for tne cultural
;hof 'their countries, their struggle
its needs, are clear to us, because
.ity of comparing the position of
Soviet students, with the great
Soviet high Schools in the years
Care for youth is one DP the first ard most urgent tasks of the Soviet
state, the government, zid of the whcle. Soviet people; Since the begin-
ning of th!: second worLd war, the nu ber of students in the Soviet Union
was approximately 565,000. We alrec..,y had then 782 -universities and
institutes: The numbc.! of institutins of higher education in the USSR
was times more than in the pre-volution Russia, and the,number of
students was times nore than bef(re the great October Revolution.
The children of labburers study at tl
cadres of truly people s intellisont,
the years of the Soviet power, t'lerc_
institutes in ally the Soviet re,e:Od.
there were eeo universities at all IDQ,
are 23. There is not any discrimina
in the Soviet high school.
e universities and institutes. The
Aa areprepared at them. -During-
la.vo'been created universities, and.
Fpr.o:,..c.ample, in Azerbaidjan
)re the Revolution, and now there
ion on racial or any other grounds
Immediately after the C,erman invaders were swept out of our. coUntry, the
planned and persistent work of the rE.storation and a further development
of the network of the 'elr-iet universitieS and institutes were started.
Already in the 3947-48 school year, we had 802 universities and institutes
with 670,000 students. On the 1st of September of this year, more than
a million students in institutes and universities, including technical
schools and evening an correspondenc-) institutes; started their studies.
All students in the USSR receive stipmds through the whole period of
studies, including the Eumer .months. Tho Ctovernment allocates very
high sums on students, hostel's; libraries,4Jporting grounds, clubs, etc.
The Government Also takes care ef the rest of the students. Only this
summer, about 100,000 Etudents rested in reports, sanatoriums, rest-
homes. More than 10,000 students were in tourist camps.
Special and great:attention is'geiven
veterans of the: war, former Soldiers_
After the termination ef the warabe
studies from the Army!- All students
difficulties in entering the universi-
front,
our country to the student-,
Lnd officers of the Soviet Army.
it 100,000 students returned to their
iemobilized from the,axmy-haVe no
des,. which the Y had left for the
The hinistry of Higher Education orga:)ized at the universities special
courses for demobilized students. Th, planned national economy, the
abolition of exploitation, and the absence of the possibilities of:an
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economic crisis and 11 4ployment, ecoate a wide, field of activity for
students graduating feem the univeietties and institutes. They can
apply all their talents and capacities.
By the end of this Five-Year'Plan,
190,000 195,000 students annually,
the permanent growth of higher educa
and from year-to-gear .ncreasing
the development of,unii-ersities and
system opened for the youth the way
the students is, a resileec of the very
state order,
Quite a different picticee is in the
for instance, England The Governm,
small sums to the univeesities. Mee,
of the King, Church, epitalist true
the information of the ''Committee f.
now only 17.570 of the .students get ,---
e shall admit to the universities
.The most important condition for
:.;ion in the USSR is that the ;great
ecations from the State budget fpr
institutes are given. The Soviet
to science. This great eare'for
substance of the Soviet social and
eapitalist countries. Let us take,
.t of this country allocates very
e universities exist due to the help
ts, and private help.. According to
. the Subvention of the Universities",
rdpends.
Humanitarian sciences D1:0 not respected in these countries. The aims-
Whidh-are pursued by tle capitalist monopolies in higher education were
very well formulated t Lord Walton.: who, speaking at the celebration
of the anniversary offoundatiol of Nnnchester Universtbr, said,that
"the manufacturers of lanoastor wil: undoubtedly ask Manchester Univer-
sityewhat it can do in order to mak p its contribution to the struggle
forethe.winning of wor'.u. trade supe:.ority in Britain. The enere7 and
education ot certain elenufacturers d. tradesmen, more than the efforts
of the government, will play a decif-re'role in the outcome of the
struggle for winning back the initie ive, which, under the circumstance,
had be6n taken from England by the I A."
Very convincing examp:ees
eLowne.e In France the.
are being systematioall:
16%: of the -State budget,
were given
locations of
cut off. I
in 1946 thc,
tae -other day in the spe9ch of Mr.
the State to the people, s eeucation
[, in 1895 these allocations made up
were only 7.5%, and in 1947 - 6%.
Even more difficult is ne situatior
pendent countries, whe:, capitalist
Thea students there, as e rule, have
native languages and fa )..e extremely
gloomy picture once,agae-a underlines
struggle for the satisf 'tion of stu,
youth and'stud6nts. ; struggle c'
the closest unity of a_ progressive
clear that it is necese,ry to strong
IUS. It 'is clear that :It is very jzt
strengthening of the influende, of th:
masses Of _students, for 'the'intensif:
in the struggle of the.. : tu.dts for
of the rights and node ef tho Young
quite correct when thee eriticized 0
of students in colonial and de-
-)pression is more rude and unmasked.
d possibilities of studying in their
Lfficult material conditions. This
the 7ita1 importance of further
ints needs, led by the. democratic
be successful only j: the case of
etudents. And therefore it is
,len the organizational work of the
)artant to struggle for a further
IUS among as wide as possible
e)atiOn of the leadership of the ICS
) ace, democracy, the satisfaetion
eeneration. The delegates were
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Exec-tive Committee, did not agree with some figures and facts,
crit. cized the activities of the rus departments. This is qi..ite
clea:', because it is impossible to work well without criticism. This
ciit_cism will lead, to the improvement 'of the work of the IUS, We
agre( with the criticism of a number of delegates and, among :Jaem,
with some critical remarks made by Mr.-Trouvat. We agree also with
many of the proposals made here.
But .ore is Criticism of -a different character, We think that -the
crit.cism which has been brolight out it the speebh of Mr. Trouvat
will not be useful for the IUS: We were amazed at his speech s There
is may one thing whichis not .clear -- why hadn't Mrs_TrouvatICTO-
ppse( to reject the report of the Executive"Oommittee as unacceptable
at tIc beeting'of. the Executive Committee?
That mUst not be, In out opinion, the state of affairs is this:
Mr; 'r.couvat has tried to blacken the activities of the IUS and in doing
so, Le tried to stir up trouble - buthe did not succeed.... Almost all -
the nterventions at this Council bear witness to this. The Soviet
deletion, like the others, accepts and approves the report of the-
Exect.tiveCommittee.
As for the proposal-of Mr. Trouvat to reject the letter of th.,Bucharest
E.c-t.,tive Committee meeting to the students of France, we carnot agree
with this because this letter.throwS no discredit upon French students
and.tbeir leaders.. In this letter some friendly advice was given and
some inadequacies 'in the work of the French'NUS.were pointed cut. One
woAders and may ask why it should be necessary-to- cancel,this letter.
W17 Enould'one be afraid of friendly criticism? Ldo not,believe,that
all the students of France agree with Mr. Trouvat on this 'Aunt.
What are the main weaknesses in the work of the IUS? The SovJet dele-
gal4c.n thinks that the main weakness was the inadequate work* :7.f the. IUS
Exective Committee in. strengthening Connections withLnational member
orgarizations: This has given certain reactionaries the possibility of
se:Lzi.ag the direction of student .national organizations and misinforming
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the tank-and.-file members of.those organizations'as to the aiiis and
problaMs of the rus. This has given .to Mr. Ellis ad his -substitute,
-Mr. 'S-Alth-0. who misinformed the rank-and-file members of their' organi-
za:4cL, the possibility of developing an action of dissidence -and cal:-
umlly and trying.to use the IUS-Secretariat for their anti,-de:cratic
aims, and when they-proved a failure - to desert-shamefully'tb_eir posts.
The.t.-Kledutive Committee has not straggled actively enough to apply the
resolations of the Congress andof the Council, especially concerning
the e0mocratization of higher eduCation,,?
The E-Kecutive.Committee has net fought enough to improve the tuation.
an1 t.) satisfy the needs of students.
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Our duty is to correct these Shortcomings in the near future. The
'only way to do this is to request all the 'national-organizations to.
take a concrete and active part in the work. of 'the' IUS. .It J.Z neces-
sary to work incessantly to strengthen the IUS and to, gait to its ranks
all progressive student organizations and separate groups of democratic
students, !without ?discriMinationof race, political vie*, or religion!,
adhering-to the democraticidealand:struggling for lasting peace'
against reaction. One of the.,00St important ,tasks is:to struggle
continuously against those .who Wish.to divide us. As we know, the
reactionary -Catholic leader of Cuba -Wishes' to organize at Lima a Con-
ferenae of Latin :American students,. which-aims to undermine the co-
operation-of the Latin American student organization with the rus. The
IUS must explain to the students the reactionary anti-democratic
character of this organization.-
In the resolution of the Executive Committee report, dt-iS necessary to
?stress'that students of every country in the world must wage a decisive
battle for diearmament, against the use of atomic energy for the pur-
.poses of War, and that the students must succeed in bringing about
that scientists work for the development of science and for the well-
being, of the peopaes and not for-War and for the invention of new --
weapons aiming at the destruction of the peoples. This resplution
must draw up concrete, practical proposals which answer student needs.
Besides this, we must inscribe in the resolution the necessity of work-
ing at the elaboration of the sports program of the future Festival,
and the preparing and organizing the giving of prizes to .the-winner of
the University Games, and of giving more information about the .!ituation
of university sports to tember'organizations.
Measures must be taken for immediate publication of "World. Student News."
The future. EXecutive Committee must 'find the necessary funds -for the
publication. Of this magazine. Material concerning the btruggle of
member organizations for democratization of education must be made
,known and published. The Soviet delegation makes this proposal to the
Executive Committee:
To Study the questiOn of deciding to organize an annual competition
for the best Student s work in science, art, literature, publicity.
We propose, likewise, that in the immediate future there should be .
prepared a photographic, exhibition and.a pamphlet about the activities
of the IUS, The Secretariat and-Executive Committee of the IUS must
study in more detail the situation of students in each country and
inform member organizations of their activities.
It must be understood that the commissions which are working at this
Council will elaborate a vast and concrete program for the activities of
all the IUS. It is indispehsible to stress the vital importance of a
future strengthening Of the collaboration between the IUS and WFDY,
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POLITIOJA 4t1LTIVITY IN I.U,S
by John Zimenfl.Z. Dclng,te.
Tu ?pr,:sou situ,tion of IUS_is not n-rticul-rly ho-Pful.
Wo -11 know th-t mLnbership pod suort tr.vr, incrcrls-,d sinco 1,-st
ycmr, nd th-t ,7-nknosses visible thon have wid'3nod into sc.rious g-ps,
ospcciplly -,fter ta events ill CzochoslovPkia eobrulry. &cessions or
fniluros to r,iffililt.) 11:.vo throatoryid the int-rn9tional bPsis of 'US in
rostra ;iluropo -nd tri rIcu d wo subjoct to fPr more criticisn
cud ,-)tt:Ick thin 31/.1,r in th 71 et. No omount of uninimous voting qt this
Council will sivo thc situPtion, if wo donot look quito deeply into its
c!nd sook son, r",medios.
The essanti-1 nrobLm, obvious to us ill, is th-,t of pol1tion1
,ctivity. Wo hPvJ been bosat by this orobloT boforl, but WR h,vo not
sJ1v-Jd it, Pnd we must continuo to f,co it ultil wo hivo solvod it. In P
r'cont co-inunic tion, th, ScrotIri-t h-va strongly -ttncked tho sunnortr'rs
of " sorvico" OT,?; nistion, ,nd 1-1-.vo reaffirmed thlir bellof thpt
politics cinnot be ignor,A by IU. In the present raprot, it as proposed to
r5stito this ergumont in somowhat?liffor-nt trrns, to show th t all
? norml stud3nt org nisations inovitnbly involvod in politios to '4(5M,
extant. But tho orgurnts agoinst .ction nro not nonseusicql
If int2rproted as symptonJtic of the difficulty of obtnining agraemont
? about the corroat politics, Pond of tho errors of:IU 3 in trying to imrose
h-sty, ill?considered 1)olicils wh-,ro to students :r.) not pr:p-red for
then. T:: -nIlysis concludes with sono pronosPle for nininising
ond overcoming these d'ifficuLtios.
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Ifitit is IUS ?
I123 is n or-nis,tion cf nd for young Tqn lnd womon in ti i blzhnst
st goe of their for7,1 oduc.tion. TL a distinguishing char-Jcteristic of this
uaion is th t its n-mbers lre stud3nts ; not m:)nu-1 workers, nor univarsity
prof ?ssorts, nor socill docrAs, nor Christians, nor negroesr por vrllthy,
nor poor. Individuplly -1,mbrr of IUS n'y bo ny or -11 of th,se thins
? t 300') but cooloctivlly th.ls char ctorietics pro irrolov-ct, 90 W5
must ad;it him quite indenendntly of tho7, if II v:lly is matudont
Pud rnp,-r,0 to abido by our ruIos. It is not (3.1sy to'neko a nositivo
dofinitiou of stwlmt, but it.soome to r-for to -In group, to r, dogroo
of concontr-rtion on learning th-n rroducting, nd to D type of
institution which c mba collod quite gnor-lly a collogo. M.ny str,nge
creatures come under this torm,:ind tharo is as much room for the titled
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Oxford Undergraduate as for the Indonesian youth studying to teadh
peasants to read.
Some people say that: only J.,AeMocratc", students should belong to 'IUS.
This adjective has been so'bandieeWiltthgt-it is uncertain What it
means in this context, in any tabeit cannot refer to a person, only
to a type 'of organitatiOn. The PeOple who use it glibly usually mean
Socialist;-or.Anti-Communist0.or proletarian,:or Christian, or Liberal-
minded; or someth'ng like that; which"all-members of IDS manifeely
:are not.-The:word-is redundant if We allow any student to enter .
BIS and give him:full:rights regard4ese of2any'other attributes we
are beinga democratic organisation 4 if he is prepared to accept our
rules and treat othersas equal wit4a.himself,,he is democratsb far
asweare concerned. Whatever opinion We have about the political
activities of.IUS,we shall be prejudging the issue and clbeinga
vicious cilcle if we make 4 political test the initial Condition of
membership.
WkaI_ie....the_purpose of ITTS?'
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';Does. the IUS exist just for the ake of exieting?Thivwddld
sound. nonsensical if some people-didn t half believe it. There.'
ie-a-mystiOe'about big ,organisations that is attractive,. the feelingof solidarity, it a cold.lenely world. We need not be ,concerned with
this, since it iS scarcely a rational justification fOrfthe.expenditure
of our time, :.1.1oney; and effort. .
Does dt exist-to. further a political doetrine?' Emphatically'.i-tdoes
not, This is a Perfectly legitimate activity of churches, political
parties, and their off-shoots. The: S.G.Mi, Pax' RoMana,.Studeai Labour
Federation-, Student Federalists, Oto., do this job, anclve.need notem-
ulate them. We may at tithes act to support .one or other of' thee creeds,
but we do not exist fer that purpose; such aCtivity-danonly be justi-
fied on tactical grounds, and we cannot be committed to any consistent
line.
The only, purpose that is fundamental to the existence of IUS-iethe-:.
benefit of its' members. This may saund narrow, selfish, and parochial,
but it iethe'only'Criterien for the ,existence of a frankly sectional .
organisation. It does not exist for the :benefit of the community as a
whole,,eXpept-in so.faras the welfare of students is bound .up with the
welfare of the :community. It is.,tota:dharitable aid society like the
'Bed Cross; though it may :perform such functions among-ite:oft members.
We area body-of personsof roughly:similar interests and needs., 4.an74 we
have banded together primarilY tb furtherthose intereste.,It ietrue
that we.seek.to bring all'students into the oneorganisation, that is,
to benefit morethan'thUse:Who are members initially, but this canbe
lustified1n-termsof the added strength and voice Which.it,giyee us;
in any case; humanitarian motives are .n.ot,denied, although they are not
primary.
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How:should this purpose be achieved?
Having decided our purpose /and the foregoing. remarks would be redun-
dant if they were not so often obscured by a smokescreen of emotive
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nonsense/, we must seek its fulfillment. Or rather, we consider in turn
the typical activities of student unions, on the local, national and
international scale, and show how they are related to this purpose, in
theory and in practice.
It is possible to distinguish at least 8 methods of achieving benefits
fox nenbera, oach with aprropmiate exaelples. These ca tegoriea are not
clained to be discrete, logically defined or conplete in coverage, but
they seen Iro inoludennost forms of student union activities, which
fall natur ally into the appropriate departnents. These 8 categories
appear to fa 11 .into two subgroups, related in nuch the sane way
as the internal and external affairs of a country. :Tact] type of activity
seens per featly norml and litinate, and there is no special value
attached to any one; the lor:ic of the situation imot decide the appro-
priate et hod.
Here we consider, the acti vities of the 1U3 and its eeber orcani-
zations and ueebers pure ly eeionee tlrenelve , providing by corporate
strength the foilitiel; and help that indiyid a is alone cannot support.
hierarchy of .officials is set up on a college bxxXx-nOionalppir)lq?0-
national basis and these adninister sws_47.1oniey 'Collett-ea wfiThin the
organisation and use etherJfbr 'beflefit of the asuhers. These cate-
gories are as follows.
Cultural (10.P?fr.0.?0?1. This refers to the ?Aultitude of activities
undertaken chiefly to foster the spr cad of ideas and infornation be-
tween students, to 3C-1:e then aware of each other, b personal contact,
or by written and radioed words. THo ICD, the PLO, Congresses, canps,
suener schools, student newspapers, etc. all provide the neans of
breaking dowyi barriers of prejudice and ignorance. The benefit to
the individual is direct, as b.c is given' the opportunity of insight
into the workings of other peoleis ninds and institutions.
2Vet,e;eip,l,T3gp.eXitp. This includes the Ilny cooperative ventures
financed by et u dent unions, such as canteens, hostels, travel bur-
eaus, sanatorias. The union has set out as a consunerts cooperative,
to provide facilities and capital for a service which then nust
largely run itself, partly or wholly independent of subsidy fron Union
fu#ds. The advantage to the student is a cheaper service, subservient
to his needs, naking no profit and under direct consuller control.
The Union as a whole nay benefit indirtotly, by the stability and
strength which successful ventures of this sort ty lend to the organ-.
isation.
Chari Ay. This word is used to describe the ,ror]: of the various
relief ordahisations administee: d by student unions. Their nain purpose
of co-urs is to collect funds fron t'ose students who can contribute
or fron the general public and r -.allocate the to descrying and needy
ases. ;3.1though such work has oftenbe(endone outside the fornal fraPe-
work of representative student bodies, by 183 and the religious groups,
it is obviously a proper aotivity for IDS to collect and aduinister such
funds, (though it nay be wise to hairs the energy of voluntary WorkereJ
and group s.)
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7:-Lhout7.711- the ? above activities involve variouS transactiens with
the "outside " world, these are ha inly a purely dormer cial anture,
hiring workers, bUyitre' coeds eleployine, pr int ers etc. We raUst now
consider the IUS as a corporate body, acting. upon and ? influencing
other ,non-student organisa ?t lens .
Bew ggsiqt qf Quden.t.Oinion. s an organisation. of all or
most_ of the students in a recion, ITT3 or its cons titut:ot bod.ies.
is able to canalise and exp ross their united opinion on various
raatt ere ? For Governments 2 rall,:eay companies, University authorities ,
etc., it is the normal body to 'be consulted .stud en opinion is
consider ed at alit) to find out what the students think about ,pro-
posals that may concern then. As the strength of the organise:Lon
grows,- these consultative functions. becom.e 1.10/ C important, and the
Union gains s.tatius and prestige and can do more - for its members.
In many c aces represen-'6atiVes have been appointed to Ihiver,sity
Senates a .nd Government Commissions, where t h. ? ey nay directly saf e-
g uard student rights and gain benefits for then.
Stud e2at_yeLrk...Sdhelles.: B es id es their c onsulata t lye funct ions
many unions -organise 'large scale schemes. of. voluntary work; such as
national reconstruction; harvesting, hospital work.; etc..2thereby:
performing. a task of general Social .beriefit; beyond tb direbt? needs
of Students ther.- elves ariS en from the desire of
students themselves .t o contribute, using the existing organisations.
?Unions have no. "duty." to. perform in assisting the national effort,
except as -they r epresent and canalise the individual duties of
their members.
of_ Tp.j...up.ti.oe.. To safeguard the rights of its r.i.e eters,
. student unions and the IUS Dust o ften champinn the . cause of stu-
dents who are suffering injustices. It is the first duty of. citi-
zens Njau of a de-Dadra-Ad state to bring to the ? notice. of the autho-
ities any breach of the law- or its misapplication., and by . shouting
?Iiiith one voice an organisation may cone ti;.::es penetrate the deaf
ears of the cover nments We can all recall such cases, on the
local, national and. international levels, and it is. obvious that
such. action, in support of its .1ke-rabers, is a very important func-
tion of the IUS.
Li; AiLb ed. Campaigns. Injustice in the previous paragraph. is intended
? ?:n4,,te...e.
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CODS11.*U,cee-; Report)
to r ef er p-ux clJ to Cases wlie
properly a d1iniSt6rec.
o_up8 of stud ax c uncl
to law i_ts cif nood_s o bc
d ir cat a ct i on. by acitali ion,
to obtain for their LC Th r5
organisatioins OT aut hor it i.cs
cpx es on tion on coy ..rnirie.,
moval of racial barriers
activities .
the '53x6 Cut iv e
:d...2.Fis;tinE law15 4ot b eing
e,nci' 41,- X. alc .,cas cs virh c
(XpY iV?..i.-.1.ece.d or oppcscd, aiiert';
itdcitUnions; :oft oil,' c?,
jdr opQtzalad a :9 'S trik.cS hoyoots, eta.
pax tic:61.1,dr benc ?r01 other
. : CaYipaiglas iiorascs' of: t.,;ran.i-,
"o ad ies Cs._ of sjilbvs,
c nor nal and ac.-coniz ed union,
cX. This r cfcrs to ct ion
aimed at -chanL;in the whle basis of society -( or kit. ;aintain-
in?t in its ipr_c, carii Zorm) In liny cases student condition s
ar c so bad that it is ii'pOSFibl to env isaLfo any Lipr ov ement-
wit I] out a wholesale dslocation of the framewor of s obit, t y
and its r cplEi.ecLicnt by a new Piece', ical action ',All- not
suffice On t c o , hand stUd oat cond it i ons ay bc juac ed
E;ood 'that a a 1 c-ct at teilpt is '1 o by the stuCi Grit unions
to opposed s dal clis.nce..
er.1ist 9 "
have _seen that all theso types . of IUS activities are -
related to tho, purpos of the 'Onion Ebac that each' ipc has it8
cXaMplcs -ion ccr Of ali ?colours arid shades of. opinion.
Yet th c lDs thr cc types_ at least ColJe under . the headin.:;. of .
"polilicaltcy arc Concerned with influcnbita ;:covernilents
and University pundits, they invoiV c d c cisions .c bodied in
laws and statuId6 and Teulations ; they concern 'Chi: co3T:TunitY:'
iarLd so cicty.' 'Yet the opponents of "politicaln activitY Would
recocnizc. the greatcr p ar i; of thep as quite noral.c74nd,,leizi-
tina_:tc, indulcd in by th*-: ilos t "resccotable" unions. 7.17cn thO:
last catcory is not ruled out.- Conoid the attitudc to the:.
struzle_against Hitler by snail organis :ions of students .
in the Ge:r.,-lan.Univeisiti;s, or the Various, reactions to thcno
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cent events in .Pracuc. ilost stcli- critics: no It:n.,:er rqDait ncu?
tral w hen it suits thc to take a side... :It is eVidont that
the distinctipn bstwen!'politioaI",aliaunonpolitioal!' is
hardly valid -.as 4 or it c:::.rion of what.:abtiVity )_Ely Or ay not
be undertaken by IUs.
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The above discussion hase,been given at some length in
the particular form which is,Iiiatended to appeal directly to the
exponents of the "service" ors5nisation. That is, it is based
on "Western" "liberal" philoSqphical principles. The li;x,feutive
has put the case somewhat nO7Wbluntly in what may be called
semi?Marxian terms. But the Oritiss are not Marxists, and this
would scarcely convince.themi they could simply dismiss the
Executive, Ease by refusing to adelit its assumptions. It is
necessary to refute themdirectly'from their own philosophical
standpoint, not merely to show that they could not have reached
their conclusions if they had had a differeht philosophy.
If this were all that could be said on the questions,
the exponents of the "service" organisation would appear monstrous
villains and fools. Such is, it seems, the opinion of the author
of the Executives pronounce7lonts; this attitude is somewhat
unconstructive, since it must inevitably result in antagoni?
sing the majority of students in Mestern countries. It seams
also rather unlikely, since many of these critics have worked
successfully and loyally for IUS, and can point with pride to
active and progressive,sutdent movements for which they are,
responsible.
It is much more likely that they have been seriously.
misunderstood. de have not had a direct exposition of their
point of view ,within IUS, but it is probable that it is not,
based on any theoretical objection to politics as such. It
represents, rather, the practical attitude which questions
whether it is wise for IUS to eelbark upon political sahemes.
They are concerned with two particular aspects, the problem of
agreeing on which political activites IUS should_undertakei
and-the way in which I'M, political methods have weakened its,
support in destern Countries during the year? They are against
political action, dot for its own sake, but because they feel
IUS to be too weak to embark upon policies which so strain
the bonds between its members.
The Problem of 4reement.
In Western countries, although the student has been
1:rgely' a privileged citizen, there is a long tradition of
free speech arid free thinking within the student eommunity. He
may have been under constant influehce by the Press, Professors
and P?ronts, which allowed him little range in which to really
exercise his will, but he considered himself perfectly free to
state, publish, proclaim, and hold whatever political views he
pleased; this was in fact one of the privileges he was _allowed
In later life he conserved the doctrine better by a belief that he
had come to it freely (a psychologicel fact long recognised by
the Catholic Church). Students are thus the most individualistio
and heterogeneous group in the coumunity when it comes to politics,
end' they will have no compromise on their doctrines, so that it
Is impossible to teach any agreement on a-matter of definite party
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For this reason, student orgcnisations have had to be
extremely cautious in their activities. In any situation where it
can be said that the Executive is beating the drum of one particu-
lar party, it is easy to find enough dissidents- to Overthrow it
and even destroy the whole organisation. L.I.ny, Unions have written
political neutrality into their constittitions, chiefly to prevent
:.;.ny One :political group from ;thus -disrupting the body. ,,gain, though
the 'Politics of a. candidate dre usually relevant, and his nomin-
ation may be by party 'organilaintions, officials of the unions are
elected for their ,practicai ability and day to day service to
the 'student movement. In return, they are expected not to' commit
the union to an overt party policy (an agreetent reinforced by the
sanction of reelc.:ction),Iu practive, these leaders, being abler
and -keener than the majority, arc more progressive than the tress Of'
students, and will have politic:1l views to the le ft of the average.
But so long as they do not show this openly, they- stay in- office
bec,use. of the energy, keeness and self-sacrifice with which they
work, and they learn to b...11ance their own views fagot list those . of
their electors, keeping just within the bounds that would arouse
? active antagonism.
Such 1.aders have been very enthusiastic in building up
IUS, with whose principles they have been much in sympathy. But
he rank and file of students in their unions have been very
suspicious, entrenched in a narrow nationalism, and not u4destand
ing a program.me and constitution frlsed for world wide apix,al.
It has been very difficult to awaken interest in foreign countries
and impress the importance of international student co-operation
upon an inactive, individualist majority. It has been necessary
to emphasise: tje non-politiel aspects, the practical benefits of
travel, exch-Ingc,. correspondence, etc. to. show, the, rela tively
privilthged students of these countries that they gain re rsair-Illy. I
by participition. It, waa, hoped that time ,would show a strengthening
of this Work, the building up of services and org-Ilisation that
wthuld bind TVS, together and give it inertia, to, withstand political
shocks. .;
It 110 IU dopts a definite, political line,, readilY.
identifia.ble With a di stifact, political :grouping, a -heavy strain is
put on these leaders, and prg:nieationa. However much they, msay, be
in sympathy themselves, ; it is,.pe rfectly obvious that they cannot
convinee a Majority of their' union membership. No british student
leader. can hope to persuade all ar most British students that.
British Ilperi4ism is a threat to Tiorld; Peace...- It may be true;
mpny people An .England 'believe so, to use; the. Student unions as a,
means of, expressing. this opinions is courting. idiaaster.Much can be.
achieved' by the gradual sprel,d of opinion, and. information, .but, the
complete- and immediate' acceptance or, .such a HID bellodn' idea is not
to .be thoug4t call: for a. service organisation comas from
these leaders, not, because they wish deliberately to obstruct
politic -,l. progress, but because only by slowness and -moderation
oan they, maintain agreement 41ithin their unions - or indeed ,.keep
them ,in ?any interna tional; body. ?
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Tho pr-Oblems . of, -j,lethods
-The -other prong .of the, attack. is .criticism .0f- the ,me thods
'etploye& by IUS in tisipOlitie-al activities. :: That. is, it is.. rego-
r:gnieed that politicallacaph is 46Ceis,s-arY in .certnin, cesesi but
there has been greys disipipprov.11 ,Of the cLetura. procedure.'?
There is a feling thnt-IUS4.,11.a:4.boen, po?riSsfently we ;lining itself
-- by foolish . tactical., blunders QJhiCh hwe lost, it ri.greet deal *of
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goodi1l in the Jest, ihout ny-,correspondi.ng- strengthening; ,elce-
frihere. The blunder have been most, obvious in the _...politica.V.field
ahd this ht:16 been. attacked as .suCkil rther than. analysed, :ank.Correct
.ed.-The _baby: h`aSibeen'thiewn?.oUt with the,b,f,-,,th water ;,.it.::Vos
difficult :to See it in such 'dirty v11te,1. rIna 'eaiEr to tips over tbe
?vhole.tub. ..? ? -
'The gist orthO, ,Critism;fs.tha't frorl;insuf-ficient evidence
'..IUS'lraicsutwy'arranted 'co ticliisl:Onsrand ?then only .suoeseds .in :making
rtide-r. noide:;, If the- -informatiOn.r:g. de available to national: unions
is 1l tkiat is requic1 for the tjcecti..tiVe -and.,,ecretoriat ...to take
their decisions, it is.- not .enOugh.- How can the IUS. take c tion, such
os protesting to a 'government; on the basis - of a single 'le tter or
newsinper- report? Yet this 4as happense.d ?Several timee. Can the -
? assertion that British: agents ..4.e.re responsible .for the Partition
riots in Bengal, be backed ,by substantial facts? On 1.4ny such issues
the evidence has been scanty and' uncorreberated, no more in fact
than -bailable to the ,ihtelligent-.44.01,qpt T.osf.-finglAsph:: or::::ilihier4 con
nepaer,d:. Tith ewceXcep,tions. :( bar awls. Bick rjCen. Tollhurst )
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repOlq-s C?61iAleid.
bias' that no neutral obServer*witlf o. critic4l. mind, could accePt them
.A.Zire., We to. assume that the: Secretariat halt much more detailed know-
dge fit its finger tips, to guide Its decisions. In that . case,.
?....National Unions sh-;?ld have, ?this information, to be quite certain
ishatthe deeision:,ere Correct. There Aas sharp criticism of certain
? countries, for their precipitate :action Over Czechoslovakia., before
full inforMation w s aiaiibleTho ExecutiVe And Secretariat of IUS
must make,lt clear thrt. they never F.Act ,on heareatry, on emotional::
- bi.os, on one sid ed evidense . The *decision to 'send co mmiS clone to
various regions to :investigate . and report is a itep in the right
direction, but ,Where these .cont'ri,i,ssions are looking or pr,ever4ed
there is no reason why IUS member 'orgenisatione on the sport ?should
not provide the detailed accurate veri fiable .inf orrnat ion which
can, properly support a 'case? This coU14; easily be .achieved if the
Secretnrint insisted on proppr, doeumentatiOn before it under-took a
'?A %perious psychbiogictai blunder 16 th6de in literature. aimed
at western students ati.-political. prepagande. The tone is --far too
agitated and-full.'of,z,exhartation; It is ,n,P,:t:14A,c1Pr'atoo. 141"-.3; students
in these, countries are exposed-tO-a'great many Co.mpeting sources of
? inforrrn tion, and are much;..-more: impressed by restratned argurrent and
? bold fact than, by wild, unsupported' assertiOns ..To convince a person '
of a very ?different 'point of vie requires great tact and patience.
' The 1947. Council of IUS endOrded the Redrup, that
na de it incumbent upon -IUS to take political action when the inter-
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nJ..iola every and any.ljblitical -charge to hag on an
instance .of politicainrepreSsAbP.IUS has extrc-ated.to'en
ordinary degree :in itS:interpretationdnof.P.41tical events, Repres-
sion in:S.E-..4ia'is.ns well attested fact totlink this with ixneri-,
Can Imparialism goes:fartbeyond. the realwith-which we are competent
to deal. Such an anclysie maked asdumptionstabout international
politics that are certainly not.uniformiy agrBed by all the students
of the world, and.on:WhichIUSsaaysnOt.p2edume-tetjudge.,:The causal
relations may seeM,perfectly clear tb thaSe.who believe certain
political theories t they are not clear,, alidMay,-be strenuously
denied by the supporters of othertheories.Until'all Or a great
majority of the world student population agrees an *Ich analyses,
they ere a serious focus of contention, and by inter*eting events
exclusively in terms of one theory, IUS Must' inevitably create
sharp division within.itselfhatever the Exetutives'Of,IUS may
feel, however they themselves interpret such-situations in their
own minds, they thust learn to keep their formal decisionaxithin the
region where IUS is agreed, and competent to decide; and not try
to impose upon students a unity of opinion which does not.in fact
exist.'This:tendency is probably. laraely nncsnSbious on the part
.of Executives; betauSe the country opinion is not stressed enough
for ther. to realise its existenes. The solution to this problem
may be -found in the chOice. of ExecutiVe and Secretqriot members of
a wide range of opinions and politicol.philosphies and closer
contact between the international:staff nnd the.indi'vidual students
sftertsome hurried, 'Controversial decision :hos been tken2
what happens? The students of the -world are called upon te raise
,their united voices against the governilent of out.wih
'half o dozen siailar appeals, to the -student orgonisatiEtl'of Y
throws it into the wastepaper basket, because it:,--csjinot'pOssibly
organise .its annual Cdhgress. ILternationl'Studentday,3 work
ScheMes,.and,6 Political Protests at ance,:Jo'nothine:nrre.comos of
It, and IUS influence is Weakened, because its saggestiotns are
ignored. In other words; it is foolish to .sit at theeentre and
send but indiscriminnte propagnnde appeals in 2,7171 d1rettionS2withutt:
emphasis or priority JUS then beCoMOS r-i a paSt-bffi'Ck2-u
clearing-house for complaints from .national uniOns cgot. 'their
governments.? Of aours,- it is difficalt to refuse the? 2e4Uest of '
numerous member organisations clamouring for assistance i. their
struggles: It is difficult to decide who is the most derlerving 6
help when all are in trouble. But with only limited reoer. of
organisation nnd goodwill it is 3 mistaketO. Ecitdet't!Xn4a1,3
critinatelyjover the'whole-words.maing'liearekinttrtls
for each of fifty a)untrie, and'kho7ing that by cryinl'tl.fn,so,
often you have conditioned your audience :to 7.1indifferenteh 13
no need to neglect the reminder in Our inforatiotntSees,.
but if we are going to have campaigns, Jet them be.u04#4,6hd
organised to achieve a single,' simple aim,t8uehna:campspittif
successful, would bring much credit and cot fi,de.doe:t6
Or perhaps the action consists of as telegim.ent to t:ho, Oover
nment of X, peremptorily ordering them to.ceasetrOm wrong-doing
What sort of nction is this? -17n the fistpiae. it is inoyfective
The Governments of which :WS di sa.ppr O'V =.6 bi-;
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They are scarcely likely to take notice of an opinion by a body
they do not like, and IUS is not in a position to implement its
illwill by force. 'hat fear has a Protestant king of a TI:),)al
Bull? Socendly, it makes enemies, because no government likes
people that make rude noises at it. Such enmity may hampBr and
weaken the work of IUS, :Ind may be reflected in farther repression
It sounds a bit old-fashioned to advocate courtesy and diplomacy
but in negotiating with someone who can use force against you,
these are your only weapons. The polite enquiry may be far more
potent than the lie direct (as illustrated by the PJrliamentary
custom of question-time) since it prcmokes some sort of reaction
from ones opponent. Finally, when the charge is unjustified, and
based on inaccurate information, it can lead to nothing but harm
since it leaves no lo phole for a withdrawal.
0-)nclusions
It is clear that this criticism has a)nsiderable-substance
and points to problems that may seriously threaten the future of
IUS. Ho 'v -re they to be overcome? That is the problem of this
Celli-loll, and cannot be decided without full discussion. The
following proposals are made tentatively, as a basis for debate
1.IUS must constitute and create a vested interest in
its continued existence for students in Western Countries
by building strong and active "service" organisations.
2.e must recognise that political action, though ieces-
sary, is difficult, and a danger to our unity.
3,We should be much more ready to consider negotiation
and co-operation as mans to our ends.
4.Any action taken must be based on very complet ! infor-
mation.
5.Controvers1al'action should be delayed until it
has been discussed and decided at the individual level.
6.Interpretations of events must stick close to the
ascertainable facts. -
7.The Secretariat must contain a much wider variety of
political creeds in 'its members.
8.Information and propaganda for students in Western
countries should be much more soberly written.
9. Campaigns should be planned singly.
10.Much more diplomacy should be shown in dealings with
other organisations and governments..,
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'The filltnce report'of:the Execittive,Committee which have been asked
to present, can not be. restricted to the mere explanation of thedocuments
annexed to the report, but must first of all give an account of past
activitiep and present suggestions for the future balance.
1. Balance 1947-48
In the preparation of this balance we have born in mind the request of the
last Council, that the IUS Balance should be presented in a clear
fashion) comprehenoible to all delegate, Which certa-Inly could not be
said of the -194641 balance. This was ,facilitated by the fusion of the
"Student World" balarce with the general budget of the IUS, following
the suspensi41 in publication of this review, and by the practical
surges tions made by the Council with regard to this point. As you can
see by the balance, the total expenditure for 1947-48 was 4,362,489.80 kcs.
and the expenditure for 1946-47 was -(not including reserves)
3,289,382,90 crowns, inc1uing the expenses -r .171'ie World Student News,
(2,)332843790 crowns): even though the balance of 1946,-47 covers
tan. and a half months of work, whereas the present balance covers a period
of thirteen months, it net be realised that the -eXpenses of the
Secretariat have increased considerably from 1,155.038,W) crowns to
.3o9109294 crowns (excluding World Students News) that o day, from
110,051 crowns monthly to 300,791. This fact may be easily understood
in .considering the great developments which took place within the IUS
during the year, to the efficiency of most of tne departments, and to the
closeradontact between the IUS and the member organisations. Even in
considering this imIrevement however, we can say that we are dissatisfied
with?the developments of the IUS finances forthe folloWing reasons:
1.-The expenditure, thoUgh much higher than that of 1941, did not reach
half the amount expected In the budget approuved by the Council last year.
-A good organisation does not consist of a reduction of expenses if at.the
same time there is a reduction in the activities of. the organisa tions,
but rather'of a development of activities in finding the money necessary
to carry ,them out. Those who have followed the work of the IUS closely,
'can realise that a.great majority of the decisions taken at the 1947'
Council were not carried out for financial reasons, though they were
in the interests of the students. This is due to the fact that the
income was less than that expected in-the-budget: we shall return to this
point later.
2. The Executive Committee .was forced to take the decision to suspend
the publication of the World.Student.News in order to be able to carry
on the other activities of the IUS, but this was a very seious question
for the IUS. While our activities .developed so much during the year,
.the.Serretariat was without a newspaper or journal to publicise our
chievements and to serve at the same time as a guide for the students
of the world in their struggle for their future. It is a sad fact that
the fundamental cause for the suppression of the review was the lack
of sense of res ponsibility on the part of the madority.of the member
organisa tions. Although the Council agreed unanimously to Continue
the publication of the WSN and though the organisations belonging to the
IUS seemed-Very enthusiastic .and agreed to distribute and to pay the
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costs Of tilte tkoket promisesiv ore sayer kept. Benevert wilakit
tion tai?tolItiiing national mita5 vtbich rtolm neat ottorta to
bustaln tte publieatjOn of-tht magaAAie: Menmark;-ureat Britain, l'oland,
Rumania, '-'weden, Norway,, Yugoslavia and Albania.
3. In spite of the decisions of the 00711-04.1 Allah fixed the salaries
vfor the -personnel Of the Secretariat t7om 4,500 to 7,000 crowns per month,
the salaries a ctually paid to the mem:sera of the Secretariat were.
froffl 3,000 crowns per month, which is hardly sufficient to pat, sleep,
and to take the tram from the hostel t) the IUS headquarters.. One can
understand that these are not the best conditions for the smooth running
of the Secretariat. I think that the (ouncil should express its gratitude.
to those Who have been Working for the IUS, for a salary Which does not
allow them to live comfortably, far frsm their studies and their homes
for Many months or years.
4. Although there is in the rus accoun-; 490,151, 40 crowns, the IUS
went through a very serious financial srisis during the Months of November,
December 1947 and Jarual"y 1946. The ascou:s.'; was ptactieally closed and
the salaries were in mrry cases paid et(ring the eburse of the month,
the p ublication of the Magazine' was suspended,.'and many'aotiVities almost
realised had to be abandoned, The ,firms to which we owed money '(printers
etc,) Urged us for the payment of our debts, and from the legal point
f view, since our debts were much hiseher than our credits, the IUS
could be consideredas having been in L state of bankruptcy. I recall
that at a mneting of the Finance Commitee in November, there was even
a suggestion that all activities shoulsd be suspended in order to pay the
mos t urgent'debts. It was also suggested that the Executive Committee
which was going to mectin January, to LiscUss the problems of he life
of the struggles of the students, should also discuss the financial ,
situation as the first point on the agenda. In spite of the gravity of the
s ituation:which can be illustrated by the following figures:
sum to be paid immediately
, money to our account
deficit
the Secretariat was confident of the 'ST
and many of our member.organisationS r(
to our appeal for immediate financial
to face the serious crisis. I should
of the National Union of Norway which
not yet ratified its membership of the
as part of the -.Peq to be 'aid in the (
of the crisis of the TUS, must make mei;
not only must they fulfill their dutie
debts and WSN) but also. that they must
for e xample, in 1946747, 99% of the Lc
and in 1947-489 79% were paid after the
improvement in this case, from 1% to 21
which is not sufieient to Tlure the r
ariat of the IUS, which is. indiapensabl
before it by. the Counail and the Execut
900,000 kcs.
295,000 kos,
605,000 keso
ppert of the world a tUdents
plied immediately in the affirmative
Id, so enabling the Secretariat
Ike to mention.here the example
n spite of the fact that it had
IUS, 'sent and account of 15,500 kcs.
ase of affiliation. The seriouness
ber organisations realise that
towards the IUS (fees, different
do it regularly and in time:
es ,re---,e-paid after the 15th March
rc?-me date,: There was a slight
70 paid before the 15th March,
egular functioning of the Secret-
e to accomplish the.tasks.set.
iVe.Cbtmittee.
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un TAcition to thz contributions receive o in the yeg. 1972L-8
it is necessary it thei-_Lrst place to remark that of the 2.E60.785,2.0
Krs received in-the year-1946/47 by 11 organizations, in 1947/48.
we have obtaine-a-( including inthis the sums which .0eithin.member
organizations .have promise to pay in the next 2 months) 1:65
3.916.480,50 b7 20 o:2:7..:ard:ations; this isproof that it is not an
empty sentenee to say that the confidenoe of the students of the
woilt 111'IUS7is Inc-leasing from aay to day that this confidence
is translate a into an increase in:finpncial support. MA; nvertheless
one must also remark that of : the. uces. of 6 millionsThcs
which were-e:floected_ in the buaget approved by the-.Co!incil al:JO *hich
represented already a minimum for tht. v;rantet pf realisatlon of.
.the plan Of work of theCouncil, only two thirds, have arrived.
This must make.us consider that what has been said in the-Report -
of:tha,gxecutive Committee to the Council, is absolutely justified,
that IS to baTthat the irresporisible attitude of certain of our
member oranizations must la:1 seriously cri1tcize4,.We shuuld? ten.tiofl.
as examples to follow that of-the National Union Of hiongOlian St
den-4s_Which.has.:paid all its debts to the 1U8, that of New Zealand
whic'4.has,infOrtiled Us that it.. has collected..a-large part of the
sumaue-for the ucesi:pf1947/48,-and.'whIch;- the,TollthWing
Tar, will pay all its duces; Australia'can'also be mentionned as
14, has spent in OnleT to send delegate to the 22t,:git Council of the
IUS, a Sum. corresponding to half of thetotal budget tf-the orani-
zation. The -2eeration of Iindus students has also aided. in a decisive
manner _theTConftrence of South. East Asia and the Nation &l Union of
2rench Students which although in our opinion might have 'one some-
thing more to -collect directly from the stuaents the duces '.,'?the
IUS, has helped us greatly in organizing University Games oi
the Sport Conference of Lyons and the present Congress,.
must also thank all, the other organizations which have carried
out completely or partially tlieir financial obligations. We must
in the same-time:criticize/ the other organizations which have not
paid their 1uce4: what are the reasons for which this paiement has
not been made?
It is evident that the student organizations which work secretly
or ttgktchxxxrag fight with weapons to conquek their liberty ,
cannot pay their auce on the contrary, there exist in our Consti-
tution (Section IV - G) a clause accoraing to which we must :Arian-
cially aia these -organisations and we ffiust here eThasise that if
we had not OarTied out this duty toward our comrades who fight
in such 'difficult conditions, this is above all due to the fact that
the organizations in a bettr:-r pozition have not been willing to ,
carry out their obligationF. Some people think that.. the dace ae... ?
to high, but we have not thdti authoritY tt modify a decision taken
by the Congress in spite of the re commanaations of the Council,
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cr=-, c'h Were tina.b?le to pay
ma-ta a,j . of ficia 1 (9 emand of re (9..u.c ti ?on
No (.7 e man ha s bac a 1-2.6 a Wh.".1.. 0 S 'as think t 1Tat it is not
tha siount Which !la,c pi.1 ea rtaj 6.11-g ani Eat i 011E1 from pa y-13-:. . but that
it is on the c ont -far: of wi liagne s. ? can say
the same thing in. ? re ati o3o. o the. ; ifers Of 111011-Gy. Ex; rie nee ha s
shovn us that ? -rfne y* can be -? ti-11??_7?, de wh@n. y ars C6S..TCl The re re
WO think tl'at "fran.kl-,y tateu cat; in the gr -6 at ..79.:j otity
of oases the ?.s .f ? 1d1CPLfltof ilva-t2Ersoes are cause, ?I :by ? a vie a k
support on the tart.- of the .1 ad a r,S.Cf b1ie .111r- mbe-r ? organizations ? ? or
thL ICtivitie 6-f the ? I ITO? t.c.;.?.. a ":.:Wer0,11: 0.,7",,T11.0 he SS of the uties
ihichtLe IllS n ? relati.-61A .117; s t ud ants
. T .
If the ?TU.S. on" ,1I:nue ? (le7.7:e,..t70, .1ts le s in the jcittast:=:t ?
int ,s re's t of ents , the i.eade o organiz at i onS s houl r7 118 V no
61.ff1 that ie cLcc ing the s tuF, ants. the. ,1ina.acl.a1"-
bt...1.'t on. ? t c . the 'Int e onal. 0 rgana. z er? Manjug&stions', Lave. ?
,a1a7e y "b'o pre S6 nte 6., to ??? ? O-1-: .1e."..st ,c a1 ont he? ??le? th od
of c ccti .ng tt.0 0.. Cin t. al.' .V6 (1Q not think, it no c ssary ? .
to a r any m () G 1.1t n.0 3 rt2..31:.1:-..Y..(1:S' S: 'C-T0 think ?it. wor12.?,7. be .-uso;-.Zu1
if mombo.r '3 r.E,.;..M0... 011E. t 71.0.71. 27. - .fe .71Q1.1.1!*-! t U cJ t1i1T.
...s11)0 ncei. s j ' iIcIc:.-.!13.72 50 u'-cft VjCC3' .tO those" '
1.7:a (1. in ? '?ilf S. .?,
. ?
?? ? ? ? I . . .
nseful to ..-.73i,-;31).:r!e, that . r)ilr Coctiution
ige at:J. on. 'V ut . ?reia111(1 e::OL'lslon of. thes?e ? '?
;',..."gati z,at?i. ono vi7:1i ch., :v.rf. thou c:".en:14??? ?lsono o not -taLr.'
fees1 3 i o tLis clause ?ha S- not -becn. ? , . .
s'sIoceairy but, -.711; is obvi ai ?a s it hus t bs appi lie
in ? the ? f 11:!. ,0';an i at s c ont.inDe? ? t 6 show their comp t
?
a5's1-,L.1760 re S t oTJ n tot. -1)i,j-j,2.:Lg. their fees He re " we -must
mention. the. re ap oLIS ibuIt-,y? of -i7,71 Coutcil 11.T17,6TF., in thi6 ,matote r, -
? ,
u.s now: Cone? tl balance' :
'
1) Pelation between the anaounts - -
In the i94/4'7H b a.-ic c On.si der in.g he zech. ovrn nt s
libvent i on. andi J reviel,1) the receipts -.ffcr ees tot2,11:ed. -??'? ? ?
2,160-,785,920 CO i1S nd other '..?e.e.eip-k-,o oTil3/.:15-9709- crowns? ?
(wi:la a relationship abort 1)5 to 1) in. ftc 9.47/48 balance
Juh rceios :ler fees totalled *,90L6 z?0 950 eyjowns ? and. -oth er
recL.1,.pts (exc.11-din.g the an.d the relisf
aniP Cr, Shi'Q .bein 3 o It is.
obvious. that ."..:;houpfch ..the're ?is some. im-prevement, the C ounCi... decisions
concerning some of "i-rf...e ? deP.s.1_ i.;iner.f3 sports,travel
c e-operaticci-1)? Vlei(e? earr.-Lad ?out because. diffelce-nt .r.e4sonsi
thiS problem will be ,"dic airifwit:-to_ ?he 194-7, -4.9 'ID adg9t
2) Generalo-.scper Ser.. ? ? . . ?
The po,3-tag,e.. e7i,e-bes..e.-re very high .39608,.50 crowns.
Ii. fact,. if the) t .. more 0 ,?..r 3 the exp.ense ?
0,-7).L.I. be ? cut u1 ca-ase for this experidi.-bure is
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the fact that often we have to: send several letters and telegrammes
- before Obtaining a reply frm organisations, and that frequently we
send the same: questionnaire three or forir.times without receiving
any reply. We think that our expenses- could be reduced if member organ-
isations would increase their expenditure slightly by replying regularly
to the requests of the rus.?',
3) Travel xpenses.
Thebe expenses areialse Very high and total 556,734,50 crowns we we think
that these expense s are very justified as their In-,rease indicates
that the.IITS leaders are es tablishing further contacts with leaders.
of organiSations andwith the mass of students and it is obvious that
such an organisatiOn as the IUS cannot be run by remaihinE permanently
in. Pragae. On the other hand, it was decided at the Committeeof Finance
held in November, -that the Secretariat members must trael 3rd class,
wnen it existsr and. if visa difficulty or case of special, urgency
dpsnot.make itneceSsary to traVel by planet this decision was taken
and carried,out in most cases.
4) we :think thA t sometimes the. Secretariat and 'the variousdepartments
shoulVeconomise- in time and money by working ir a simpler and lees
bureaucratic ma nner. In any case, we must c rtulate the organisers
of the'teChnical -side of the 1US who do every tFing possible to over-
come the great material difficulties whichexist in such a n organisation
ours.
5) We do not think- it neeessary to examine in detail the balance of the
different departments, although it iS.of great interest as this question
aifita;Ye wl44 beG'' r8;t8arg4 h gna;i6EigRirRI4g4R8mCaullincial
. . or ?s-y -
and we think that it is in this connection that 'a deeper study should
be made.
Bfore. concluding, I should like ,t mention the following points:
1,T The work of the rUs in connect5. 4; with financial problems is
helped tremendously by the hospilality offered to us by Czechoslovakia
I should like to'Mentian:for exaMf. the goternMent subvention which
is now granted onTa perm6nent basis, and scholarships for foreign
delegates, the support for the santtorium-and new headquarters of the
IUS which obtained through the intervention of the Czech govern-
ment.. We must metiOn'also the,mterial and moal.sUPport given to the
tY4h8fmaEO;PortaeSeffF,IaaPIVW6I14@eRuiii8Esga M0;1954iglal1sed
since the February events. '
2- The relief campaign held about the time of 17th NoveMber, was a great
success for the IUS. 'From the financial -point of Vriew.;it must be noted
that the target was 2,000,000.kcs, and :that the 'total realised .was _
15,223,994 1;.cs,. to which must bea-dded 3O10,092,50 kcs.. for the
e.natorium (sum total: 18,234,086 kc, . 50. The administration .foes
for the collection of fuEds amounted to19085,45Q,50 kcs., thatit to
sy, 5.5% roughly of the total snii,ya pereentage,vcry much emallcr than
that of all other organiza .tions of'uni7.prstties which arc concerned
with relief. But only L, small part Of the15,223,994 Xds. reached
the IUS saccount, and that is the negative side of the. question.
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-J) In 'f'hiS balance I have omitte,
lUf NOtth had autonomous or semi-
World.fOniversity Games in Paris,
Latin, 6perican conf erenc.,f,(in co-
congifs in London etc.. 'his' is,
etrai's have not yet reached us,'
willWe to complete the'bLlance
fulletails, so that all aetivi
year ..947/48 within the 1US will
TT Br.aret 1948/49-
some.very important activitieof the
autonomous-organisa tion, such,as the
the South East Asiaa conferenc, the
opertion with the WYDY) and thernical
dueo the fact that the' definite .
and one of Our futue'tasks therefore
f
the IUS as early-as. possible with
:Les that have takeh place during the
be included in the completed baianeT,
r2hs 1.1?1get -.7hichAve preseLlt is tLe result ofdidcuseions held be-tmeen
the heads of the departmets and the Secretariat; th,e extenditurc:
and t.hs receipts which fillire in ale report ha vs bean calculOsc..
on' tY3 basis of activitieF propo-ad to the Council in the report of the
Exaelive Committee and r,).-r the d:fferont departments.. In ths Ta"7, .
saaa Trogress has been m:,.de over: the last yuar,Hwhan the. budge: aa
accr at ted in his r,.por,t t the Council, WaSresented
into acco4nt the icessit7as and the plans Of werk,in.the lel..aAm-
eaT,s. In any case, we ca_not prose the forMal ado-Aion of th.UOLEct:
-CE et duxing meetings :.f .the (ouncil and.ofYthe OmMiSsiams:i,
f.nd projects were a:T.Trouve which were not. me4ticned:in t;'Is reorts
of..,51.2 Secretariat, and m.,dificaions were Made of o,ther,.activit.ies-
E1 proposed. Thus, o menton only .a few examples, the.Spprs
tor,d.wdondecided to ask : (r an allowance of 49,000 crewnsmore [A:an .
-tIy ,eL1: mentioned in the*.xdget,. buy sport equipent for meamI. -orgy
.anasa -Aons-which.h,Ve.no the:pssibility of organising sport-t,etivities
f*nancial reasons.: tit(' Press.and Information Cc5 mission: deo.Lcled
.to the EDM in a dfferen:. form from the one proposedin
. repert: the plena-y seSson decided t? unite the ESHD ani. the
It is obvious that ::hese d(Asions involve cha:Iges in the
- 13%4 (lc not nevertheless bdically change the receipta and the o:,nsed.-
sggestion is this therefore, that the Council ,,,;cept the bu),;et
E3 a -1;,,Aele,. and ask. the -xecutit Committee to.todi:-.4-:it in de 1
aocor(,:ng to the decisionc of the.:00Uneil itself or. ';shefut?re acA.Vty
of th,2.IUS.
Taokfneral budget.: The e
7nSulLtlo 8,715,610 kcs.
of the year' 1947/48 which
beea necessary for th,c.
wlder'skings and ,to enabl
in the estimated expenditG
coliparison .with
re2,sons:
.1-- a(ftiv2';es of:Lhe IS
iLc.Jje.ese-in he e?cpnOes of he IUS?
?
ttma teI expenbes for the year 1948/49-vth-
that ic to say, nearly doilble the expo:13es
amounte:, to 4,36a,1469,80 ked, :This 13;:-pas.e
develcmont of the-IUS, its great
it toHieet its responsibcJi4ies: the _-crse
and; ihe ;other changes :A.. the 1948/49
.the1947-49 balance -are due to
which necessitate .the
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It is fo: this reason that the _7en,ra1 expenses have risen frou
1.189.306,10 Crown to 1.310.800. Those of the Scorc:tariat fro,:
863,846,90 Crowns 1,242.000 crowns. And thc expenses of the- different
departnents have increased in thc same proportion. 7e can assure you
thus taking into account thc c?reat activities which the Departments
of the I-0-3 must organise in the futilre to carry out the decisions of ,
the Counoil, the c:7pcnses which we present arc r:i'uced to thc minimum.
2) In particular the increase of the expenses for propaganda which do
not include only the expenses PID which have risen from 813.755.0 ?or
crowns 1,254.800 crowns, but also the publications included in the
budget of other Ocoart,c,_ts W think that this increase is indispen?
sable, because o f the insufficient ,propaganda during last year for
our campaigns and this was juged by the Council as being one of the
grcatesu force of the IUS. This fault must be corrected. Moreover,
we must make a purely financial re,lar. ; it is obvious that our member
organisations will succeed in collecting the fees (which constitute
2/3 of oui. receipts) as soon as students understand the necessity of
helping an organisation which can satisfy their demands and which
fights for their interests, that is to say as soon as the activity
of thc IU3 is acampaniod by suitable propaganda
3) Establishing of all the departments of IUS; in 1945 ?47 only :Corr
dcps.rimcnts funniionned more or less regularly, in 197 ?48 all the
departments had some activity ; in any case some- of them in particular
thesports, the- intellectual cooperation departient (7.,xo1uding the
Faculty Bureau) and the ISHD functionned absolutely irregularly. But
on the other hand if the IU 3 must be thc organisation' which is to
popularis& and solve all the proble,,s.concerning the life of'-the stu?
dents all its departments must be in a suitable state to meet all
these necessities and therefore the IT.T.3 must assure financial help for
their dov,loP, (Int.
4) The tri.vcis of the mclbers of the Secretariat ,and of thc departments
and also of the special IUS Commissions must be inoreased for the
obvious nason illustrated by the examples given in the membership re?
port presented to thc Coundil; The 2,110111V of 516.000 crowns estimated
in the buPcet compared with thc 556.724.50 crowns spent duxinr. the
1947-48 ard ?to,theneces_4?our work in certain parts of the:world
such az Suuth 2iast Asia, hortb America an: Africa; this is obviously
insuffici nt and must be increased in the final publication of thc
budget.
(-1L? sity of developing)
5) Among the cmpcnditurc are 810.510 crowns for unexpected expenses;
this number as is usual in the presentation of budgets of organisations
which like the 15.3 cannot forcssc definitely all expenses is esti.:.mted
at 105 of 6ha total expenditure; but this ?figure can be revieed so
that new suggestions, from the Council can be included in the budget
without chL,-;in the general balance of the budget.
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:6? 11'1- 1D.1aiJCEi t116 ' salaries, (-4: ..an4 of
e- Ch. ni colas tit ut ed 3bf th? oncJ ce-,.nd it ur e
La 1948-49he., 6-F3 6.. -'6:0 33 Whi oh ? g hews- I slaht inef eas e of
rcrecatacc ..: it 1UEJt b c not ed that 194-7/48i alti.-1.6iigh. ? in:. th ucte?
p:r.ove,c..1; by t 'he Council . of 1.947 C SC1 1r ice of t 12.f s tb_O exit 1 cad s
wc r c. the So.; ie. as in the 3. they oflJ COOiVGCi1 air cra,ze
salary ? of 3000 th.owrIs a aon.th..? V,717j, holut ely ins.nffioi 'mt.; Al-
. .
ough at the b ?sinning 'Of financial yc.ar. . it.will be d if fi cUrt to,
pay the salaries est t ed . in the b-u_dgf..t e cauS e 'of t uff cinnt
? auount i.lonoy t hat in OUT: LI- 06 crillr0 2 W.c. think t -1y0 1 ;tit dcoide on
-anija,jcdiate increase of least IMO oi;cwris, a lon.t h - for t s Car;LT CS
aid up t o num ::.1.nd we :u ,it try when financial end it fors will al ow to
pay salaries which enable the. staff to..1 e conf or t ab bi- and which will
-lead t o a. b@ttcr ut put of work T.11 is will also an OW i;'11C*-1 SC C.1: t Ti a t
't 0 Gra care-fully t he i orant question of th.. Lidicncy
of the- teOhniccl'persounoll al.10 alt-hol,.'J the offi
-01 cney? -is ? al T021 quit hizh we oust all t he necessary ,lur es to
impr ove. it: stilJ fur thcrco h -few pCIQ ennol ic can n
activities. c:ind so the poSsibilitics of thc .work of the
ship- in avoiding all waste- of energy.
Re eip I; of the ITJS
. -.Theo e aTadunt to ti t 0 . 493 (not including the. .-balance
whic'Abr ought f,?ory,,-_--.121(.-:!._ the 6:17?Or e 9 subvention ? -Ind, -t Govern-
? men* scholarships ) -6 uilhipn ar s supplied by fees- and eE-30&O0
-b the rCCC7Lpt fr 031 t hc. d iffer ont d ePar tlerits ? ? ,
. ,
Wit ho .1er7ard -to thes e .:.:1..cma.!-e21;,. it is: neoeSSaT:c/- t b-riakb ? s overfll I(
1) The figur c of 6 Dillibns -f:?1 to uhL yea 1, 'was- es to.blis-
. lied' ? on tb b cie of , the or caS ?: of r6dc1pts...for .1946-4'? and ? 194-48
(for about 2 uc 4 ulj. n) and orthe- incicas e of thc -support e;iverl.
o. the IU S - by the stud ents of , he ; we iiaua aTS 0 taken into
? account - the increase: of of our Ii2Criber -organisations aao
the nu. Ibex of stud c-rtts o.city cu. .4 hes c -oxganisations ..
have :ifixed a nunoer which. is the abs o7!_ut fox the acceaplish
ijent of the gr eat tasks raanned by t11: Cour ii and which eally can
bc at and and ey.en EMT :pas scd o a nutuil ,ff ci of oyr?
nis a t i ons
2) Tac relation betwcon thc Lees and.,ot .Cr-reo.8ipts, does'. not correspond
ii thc rebon.lendations .3-..lade lastc i by. the ( a?ild whiol arc
still valid). and according to? which the 'Teo ?ints of deart7tonts
should ..constitutc a- n.c.zic' ,t '.ung of re-
ceipts. One, must no 'ice partiovillarly tht Jurin 7f7ars the
frol-;1 thc. fqcs cid. ric. a 12,f fi ce, to ensure . a nor iaj. aonning
of the :1US and that .to- 7_k ',;ndertake great activities, it is
necoSeary .tO 'foundat-ion: which can he kept alive only by
foes'. One DUB t LAS 0.ccnidc t c ? tact.. that it is necessary to have
zood experience of ora.:-T,:ati0H-Aticia:.Quliclot The attained without a long
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u-OuJi 1JL u,1 urine in ny profit at the very first.
In any case 1 we think that certain deprt-,Icnts should be much 1.10X0
to include in their programme activities which will raise money or
which,will,at least cost anythinE an0 that the success of these as
of, other enterprises depends on the way in which they correspond to
the needs and interests of the students and on the support civen by
member orEanisations. We must still develop the direct collection oi
money by all possible means which have already-been suEgested in the
report frail last year and which have hardly over boon Poplicd; cer-
tain of them have been shown to be especially useful in ,hc exPericnce
of thc WPDY.
It is obvious that in the future the foes must represent less
important percentage of the total number of receipts 2 corsidcrinE
that the fees must ' arrive at. a certain limit , end therefore can
only increase in a limited manner whilst our activities must increase
trceiondouly if wc wailt fulfill our responsibility toward the stud ent
world . It is absolutely necessary that all the activities and ini-
tiatives which can rise none must be increased .
Other activities It is now necessary to recall that the budcet which
we are presenting constitutes only one part of the activities of the
10 in the year to cone. Thcre are other activities, of a, 8 CI' cratead -
Llinistration and of great Lip or tance (but which depend nover-ht ole8s
on the 'financial .dPiParticnt of the rub) which aAnnet ho incliS0cd in '
the. budget,. ',41.nd in any case froD the fipancial:point of view there
ar c;includ ed , in the outline of th ' Iu8 and will ho_ includ ed in the
balanoe. :which will be pros cat cd to the next Council.
ITheOe arc in particular;
World Students JeStival, a fundancntal activity of the IUS te
he held next year which must he financial self-supporting and if
possible profitable concern. '
2) Tho World Uhiv(.rsity Wint cr .and Sunct Ganes will be of necessity
Zinahcial loss to the IUS; thcir deficit will in any case, be iladc'
up truinE to the help of the Czech and- liunar ian Govern lents .
the Conference of Young 7,fritCXe and Journalists, the .CT31..1116p
f er once, the International BriCad GS to Vict'N and 120.6H-'st-i'
the 'AIM "Confer moo, for tbc A x chit ctual Conference, tbe f .
which corr6siDonds to the estil-cit ed dificit is includ:04-!Pil, .2cHbuc
It is obvious however that the total halarcc of- thoS c a ctiviti?s will
be much elrecl.ucr? than this fiLsato. ,
,
4)- The IDS Sclaoriva will bve froli, now on a clf-supportinc; admi-
nis tra t i on which is not included in. this bud E t
5) Thc' relief caPclin and ',al relief Ca peii in Ecneral arc not
included in the uudget . We cannot yet Eive any approxinate fiuro
as those fi:-12res depend on the arranEe.aents nado by the different
national' oranisations. TM can nov crht olles Dako two rccunnandations:
that the sum collected last year should be Greatly surpassed and, that
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.e. majorioy o this money and of -ft: gifts received should be
jven directly to the IUS Which will distribute then according to the
the decision of the `"ouncil.
In regard to oktu_ljtaApents. It is not necessary to con-
sider every part of the budget 1 but it is neceesary nevertheless to
consider tb budget of certain dceartmenta
1) ICM - a sufficiently high amount was 'ranted to this department, the
highest (considering the difference between the expenses and the credits)
after the anounts granted to the PID and-this is en tirely justified ,con-
sidering the importance of its work? In any case, the figure estimated
Lor the cultural activities which include exchange of theatre roups
vocal'':, dance groups , art exhThition, meetings , litterary activities
etc. is obviously too low (c:;.penses: 50.000 crowns credits 60.000 crowns)
It is necessary for the ICD to develop this activity accordinc to the
decisions of the' Council Atthout changing the general balance of the bud-
vet of its own department.
2) Pali- Its budget is the lowest (after that of the finance deT)artment)
amongst all departments because next year its principle activity would
be the University Gales which a$ has been said already will have a spe
cial bud6'et. In the year 1949-50 in which the GalrIGS will rlet take place
the PSD will have a more stable budget which will allow it u carry out
the plans already decided by the Council Commission.
3) PI-di- the budget of this department must be modified completely to
correspond to the decisions of the Council in order to be able to re-
publish the World Student Now. This decision and that of,editing
other publications presents 411 extremely serious problem to all our
organisations. If during the course of the first year of our activity,
there was a deficit of 2.million OTOWUB p this was duo .to a large part
of the member organistions which did not distribute the prints'; it
for the sane reason that the unhappy decision had to betaken to sus-
pend the publication of the WSN in January 1948. The decision to publish
a series of MaLazines of which WSN must be the most important, must ferce
all our organisations to take the responsibility for the distribution,
if, all our publications remain in the offices of the national unions ftxid
do not reach the mass of the students, it will be completely useless to
attempt to organise 8 and there will be a financial crisis within the
IUS instead of consolidation. 7c have complete confidence in the support
of all the students of the IUS and cif the WSN Magazine which is our offi-
cial publication, and we are sure thet all our organisations will do every
thing possible to ensure that the Voice of the IUS reaches the students
and tnat all our publications are distributed and paid for regularly.
That is an essential factor in the development of our organisation.
CONCLUSION
The finance department appeals to all the organisations because
it seriously thinks that the financial problan is of vital importance for
the future of IUS. One responsibility in Darticular rests cm the members
of the Council and on the leaders of national unions. The pi_ iciple tasks
,
you must fulfill to show you/ supeort Sp8 Idaluectia8M0162ii, etU
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L,re the following:
I)pay-Licnt of focq ; it is necessary the naxim,Tharlount as soon as possi-
ble.
2) To raise noney to support our relief carapaign
3) to distribute rapidly and to ? obtain imediate paynent for the
7314:znd 'of other publicatiens
-In conclusion, I should like ,to tMnk the Finance uaalitee for
the' constructive 'help which it has t.iven to the solution .of 01,1r C 00-
no,A. 0 Pr or 1 ic, and Ishouad to Erect and to thank in our na c
and in the naLle of the entire Council, Josoph Roer, President of the
Finance Counit tee who has now fi nisticd his stud les a rd who will t her e-
l:sore abEmdon this heavy Tio:;er has contributed grcatly to thc
crcation . of hc International Union and to its work frou 1945 up
to this day. That which he and others have ,ireated and which all o-
ther students of thc world sustain by difficult strut zle and by
all thei'z wish Laus t bccono increas-,nzly greet ,and strong.. Financial
consolidation -11,1st be one of the principle objectives connon to all
for without this all our work would be built on sand.
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INDEX
Finance eport
General IUS B-lancs
IUS Bulance ( 15/7/1947 - 15/8/1948)
Annexes to IUS Balance :
Debtors
Creditors
Affiliation fees
Incomes and expenditures
Sumary IUS BA_ance (divided into the main headitgs)
Balance IUS Sanatorium
Rclief Cmpaign
IUS Budget (15/8/1948 - 15/8/1949)
Annexes to IUS Budget :
Incomes and expenditures
Summary IUS Budget (devided into the main headings)
0 0
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TO Balance ( pace 2)
6.092.463.50
IU3 2anatoxilza (Pae 12)
3.010.092.50
Relief Garlpaicn- (PaL;e 13)
15.223.994. -
747ffe.-06.:-
A-:Mir:MR.1s
4,362.48-9.130
1.083.450.90
15.223.994.
20.671.934,70
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Cash and banks
490.151,40
Fixed capital
(furniture c)
124.345,60
Sock of paper
97.373.50
Deb t ows (A.11 Lit A)
1,951.170.70
emaswook-a?
g, 663,041,20
INCONES
Affiliation fees 3
Departuent aotivitic
Czech Govcinuent sub-,
v ent i on and s cholar-
b.idV Cko, r IEA-60F4-rx
siat5CFP to io
Sundries ')
I T I 13S
Credit ors (Ann.B) 933.047.50
Profit 1729.993.70
1.1?11?111101.
2:663,041,20
C CO UNT OF LOS S:_ I)R TA_CA NITA .9.)
1916,480,50
787,758,80
993,825.50,
394,1 O.? u
6,092,483,50
INC01vi)SI 6,092,483,50
51X2EhDliURES 4,362,489,80
PROFIT 1,729.993,70
EXPENDITURES
General OXID ons os
or e tar ia t
Finance Dept.
PI3ST
RSPAC
211)
CrED
IJ
RAD
HD
1.189.296.10
963.846.90
136.005.-
103.284.-
151.219.-
812.755.80.
559.311 :90
243.177.20
89.518.-
114.075.90
4.362.489.80
(1) 379.802,80 out of the 394,418,30 Kos is derived from the debt of
IUS to the International Preparatory Couuit tee , and which, by decision
of the 1:bce cut ive Coi?.imittce in Bucar est and in acTeenent with the pre
sent ne,ab ors of the IPC has been definitely rctdin.ed by IUS
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I.Y.L.13YORS
,
Certain d cht 01'3 :
Various d eh o zE3:
Cze ch Ckri er nm en I;
So cial insurance
:1ent
Czech. firms for advanced
ucn or IUS
Cze oh finis :or advanced
nent for World St News
37)oors-,11,5; in Bank
ME for loan io I. Gavin
Czech Youth NU for St, Identity
Card .
for scholarships 6234O
for advanced pay-
25 ? 607,60
pay-
pay
la crib or or ga,nis a ons )
Alba-1.ia- -Co:: D. orlb ors hip 2e es
Bulgaria for 1":1E3i:110E,'I..71.1:1.p r?oos
for ff ?
for ilioroCcope glass cs
Hunga72 y f o C -ID :(co
for 1?I
roa',--ALZU con.
for cduct ion ca-:?Cls
Poland Z05: or fc ec:.;
.,Rucida for 'e::Thership fees
S R r cijijorobjo Le ce
102
YuL:021aVia! for foes
-k-1.
New12:10a1;?-?12,C.! f ;,?-.; roes
(:ca ?i; lo4i to 7000
Irrii em. .St -ad ? .td Gni; y
2,036.90
,207 .20
o,000 .-
575
4.500.-
1707 . -2-6767:75*
? 1 ?301...--
162 ;250 ,--
19.5300-
1..100
190.000
3,500 ?
e J.,808)
1.200
380
152.. 000
368.56? .-
833.013
24 320.-
28.657
50.000.-
-500.-
500 .
1.843,364
) br Bulgaria,Hungary, Ria iia, the figur es hero Dent ioned do
not comroorid u: octly to ? tboeo ;;vho are in t hr. col omn It ill he Daid
of the annexe eaoeroiri3 ? a1 ioe Fanis t ionS ; .. this is h e CallS t1?1';(7/'
'ar .0 in Ca. -ad cc./ a:7:j 0 debts that ogaruisations have for for .17 53107 badcos
not incluJ cd kirc b eaus e tIiOT arc in heading debt c115 of Sanat 0.ri11311 ? ?
anc 3'hcrt
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"Credit ors"
boa
Students property A drain. for
Titova Folej (Council 1947)
Italian Cooxdinatin,z Caallittee
(rencontre)
All Indian Students Federation (con-
tribution to S.:J..t1. Conference)
Ibncolian EIS
Czech NUS
Trieste St. Fed.
Printers: Ziermcr for Handbook
Orbis for 7T9N
3voboda for WSN
Oblcations for WSN
in Czechoslovakia
Colonial Fund ( for uoncy sent by
Polish Fed)
Personnel Fund (i)
Hospitality Yund (I)
vr-xious little creditors
subscriptions
(IT) As Mr. Grohuan
lary of about Kos
thexe was a credit
156.546,60
128.928.70
10.865.60
45.900.-
31.400.
1.360.-
300.-
77.153.90
33.476.30
22.328.-
69.770.-
227.762.-
84.050.-
1.462.40
933.047.50
and the other foreiLm delecates have received a sa-
3000 per nenth instead of that in the budget,
to which they have renourted in favour of thas fund.
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?4ffiliation fees
YAffilietion fees 1:)47/4b peid
Sabanie
51,709,=
BUiEPriP
15b)035,=
Czecosiovachie
249.275,=
Dpnmerk
37.384,=
England
204:598,20
Hungary
4b.2661.
Mono1 ?c
80.000,=
Norway
10.000,=
ROMY:LiP
Sc,ttiand
6,057,80
Sweden
27.7381=
Polend
Ic3.1-00,=
USASli
12.462,50
6CO3=
Ji IMS
13.207,=
USSR
624.574,,
Tiiet
i.00c,=
juoslairie
146,0'9T.,=
Itp137
Chine 1
I1,500,=
ilustraTie
5000,=
Lffilieion fc=c-F 11;r7
th.,9t will be 'paid
(see pnnex )
2.13 ? .589,50
I.785.791,=
3,916.480,50
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EXPETiS'233 INC01,1in
nAIj
Upkeeping of bureaux
anc furniture 52.580.40
Office liaterial 96.565.20
Re )alrc of typewriters 17.750.80
Postage 292.729.50
Telegraph 101.879.-
Telophone 66.608.-
Running cost of car 69.654.40
Bank charges for change etc 3.515.10
himiograpb exp.(minutos etc) 105.421.70
Renting of bureaux (Vojteska) 30.000.-
Personoel and hospitality funds
II) 299.982.-
Sundries 53.010.-
1.189.296.10
auxatajziat
1.189 ,
President of the ruS
47.950.-
General Socreta/y
46.700.-
Members of C ? with.
special functions
58.450.-
Salaries of employees
in the Secretariat
132.265.10
Salaries of foreign corresp.
168.820.--
Salaries of translators
25.925.--
Salaries of auxilary employees
534662.50
OilertLAo
354298.60
Social insurance
23.646.-.-
Travel expenses
335.017.70
Garden Party (it rained)
55.700.--
27.350.-
'Sundries expenses of the
Secretariat
1.550.--
0412"
963.846.90
27.600
936.246.90
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Head of the dept 11900
Organiser of the dept 7.500
Accountant ? 37.430
Cash-clerk and Czech corresp A9.725
OvertiBa 10.547
Social insurance 7.903
Travel exp ens es 11.000
Central Travel and -.3xcli
Read of the d epar lent
Travel or3anise:r
Assistant Travel Organi
Secretaries
Social insurance
Travel expens es
Guild/ i es
Publications
Balkan Tour
International Br igad es
'Excursion (organisation
l946/47)
International Stud ent
Qat ity Cards
..... Li= ft= omm Imf V.V eirk SWO Immi IMO
136.005
an-e Dcjartuent
se/.
of
lc_911-2-11_.P.0.arLe22:.t.LIDE.110
Head of the Depart Dent
2 heads of bureaux
Secretary
Social assurance
Travel expenses
Confer ences
Ooirespondencc Bureau
42 .000
22.000
.5.000
2 .991 .50
7302.-
23 .973 .70
315
1 .193 .70
266 .457 .10
78.535 .90
25 .189.80
353.n20.
359.311 .90
42 .000.-
45 .000.-
36.947 .50
5 .694 .-
29.794 .30
70.000 .--
13 .741 .40
Ii;f0311.11PJ.3
136 .005
-*MO.
238 .850.50
94 .215.-
90.000 .-
26.650.-
. _
449 . 715.50 109.396.40
243 .177.20?
Reltif and Assistance Departraent
.+??????? ? w .????? -?? yr, .1. ?...sce
Head of the Departilent
Seer etary
insurance
Travel expenses
33.500
16.50c
20.597 .
1.710..-
1.710
241.467.20 _
89 .518
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Education. and S:-)ort Donartnent
Sport Experts Confer macs (2.rague)
Sport Conference (Lyon)
Travel Expenses
1J1xpenses Incomes
11.593.20
16.830 .-
740.830.80
103.284
Bureau of Student Fiaht
Salaries for 2 representativeS
ocial insuranoc
47.000..---
6.996,20
:articipation to SEL Conference
92.222.80
-1)Gss and Infornation DuflAllont
151.219.-
150.219
Head of the DepartDent
7)3.500
07rganiscr of tit Lepdaltuent
. 61,550 .-
. Ccrrespond ent
26.945 .-
laries for enployees
45.000
Sciai insurance
11.538 .-
Subscription for rJagazine
1.230.90
FilDs
28.763.60
I-Indbooks (Por Youth Festival)
146.766.50
97.722.50
UAN
452.195.80
154.165.80
Travel Expenses
5.266
812.755.80
251,888,30
560.867.50
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Head of the. Department
22.840.-
Secretary
7.000.-
Social Insurance
1.391.-
Travel e-xpenses
55.315.-
Student rest home
(Marianske Irazne)
25.029.90
55.845.-
First expenses for preparation
2.500.-
Nov. 17th
114.075.90
55.845.-
56.230.90
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I -1- 1-
1 3-dories Press &;
;foreign' tec%),.. laform.1
Ideleg. 1 pers.: Iiateria.11
4- 4 4
----I-
Confe7-1
rences
& lieet.I
....-.-I.
1
1
1
97.222
70.000
28423.
4.
1
1
1556.72411557.226
1
t
Travels
'"-
'
'..4
Sundri
p Total
Incomes
27.600
251.888
449.715
1.000
55.845
1.710
_.-
.6 092 488
i
4
Secret.
Fin.dep
P.I.D
CTED
BSFAC
ESHD
HAD
ICD
PESD
G n.exp
&.inc.
133.100
11.900
33.500_115.03
.42,000
47.000
22.840
50.500
87.000
437.5q9
113.1%
117.2W
u.9?
8.391
18.421
42.e1
.1
- A
628.1'56
1.193
i.t13.421
4.
1
A
735.5721195646
-,
I
335.917
11.000
5.266
.23.973
55.315
20.597
29.794
74.860
1.083.874
_4
I
-1
1
I
57.230
374.851
27.529
13.741
963.846
136.005
. 812.755
559.311
151,219
114.075
89.518
243.177
103.284
14189.296,5.304.724
I
t 4.362.489.
..., i--
Total . 427.840
q-
889.4b0
For technical reasons, cents have been withdrawn.
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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14r`
i:AlAtfiDPI8S-qpgatatei002t0,0125
Assets
Cash and banks
1.799.625,5(
Investments
45.5964(
Dcbtors
79.419,7(
1.924.641,6(
ACCOUNT
......???????????-*
OB INCOUEq
INC0MES
C011ection of money in
Czechoslovakia, dancing
evenings, etc..... .....
1.894.984,30
Selling of badges
azar in Prague .....
158.576,--
896.092,20
Money collected abroad
for sanatorium
46.460,--
Sundries
13.280,--
3.010.092,50
, AND EXPENDITURES
EXPENDITURES
Expenses for collection
off money in Czeco., dan-
cing evenings, etc... 93.408,60
Expences for badges 115.968,--
Expences for bazar .5 506.452,10
Slaries for sanato-
rium personnel 115.184,80
Rewards for work of
brigadiers 192.319,10
Post and telegraph 5.057,70
dministration eRpences
material, sundries 32.606,60
Expenses for transports
and cars 24.454,--
INCOMES
3.0]0.092,50
EXPENDITURES ..
1.0E5.450,90
PROFIT
1.91.641,60
1.095.450,90
Note : It is not included in this 'law? the equipment material
given for-the S.natorium by the Czechoslovak Gouernnent.
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Collected in :
00?00
? 0 ? ? 00 ..
J..720.000.-
Poland .? 00?00
., 00Je ?
0
?.800.000,--
Romania . C 0 0 ? ?
000000 0
i
666.666,-
Bulgaria '.....
..... .
,
327.865,--
Yugoslavia ...
...... .
.
115.000,--
China .......
.
.
100,0009-f
Nirway 0000
0000010 .
.
70.210,--
India 000000000 06000 00
48,000,--
Gret Britain ?00???.,
France (Lyons only) ..
15.553,--
Monaco,. .,...... 0
14.630,--
Italy. 90,000e
? S 0^
20670,--
?223.994,--
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have been, put among the incomes in S'nai-,primi Balance : also the
expenditures for the campaign c'caCges, postoi-s, ute,.) that have
been paid wf_th money collected iT liechoF,to-Taki, have 'n cons.-
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EXPAHCAS
Profit from proceeding year
1.729.993.70
general expences
1.310.800.
,Secrelariat
1.242.000
FD
237.200
PID
1.254.800
205.500
MED
,797.400
631.500
481.000
ASHD
352.800
35.000
BAB
857.300
678.500
IUD
757.000
88.000
TESD
294.800
Council 1948
220.000
Council 1949.
300.000
Czech Government aUbvtintion
900:000
Czech Government scholarships
400.000
Yembership fees
6.000.000
Reserve for unestimated
expenditures
?11.1??????????????????...
8.015.610
10.668.493.70
Esiinated incoues
Estivatcd expens,:s
Astivated profit
.10.668.493.70
Ett-W010_.=-
1.752.883.70
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Upiceeping of bureau 5,000
Lighting and heatinc 1.500
Office aatcrial 10.000
Rcpaxis of typewriters 1,500
Postaeo 30.000
TelcGraph 10,000
Telephone 6.000
Running costs of cars 4.000
Bank ch0.rges for chance ctc 400
Miueoraph expenses (ninutes15,000
Sundxios 5,000
Alteration and eguipuent
1-11xcoutive Col-mit-bee mk:ctings
(3)
Flecretariat
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13-resident of thc IUS
C;tri?Eral Secretary
One neither of EC
One organising Secretary
Assistant OPG. Secretary
Sc(Iretc.ry to the President
Czech correspondent
Secreary for filing
and (9eposit
Two for cin correspondent
Your translators
Responsible for
Onc staff for niueograph
OVC21)GiDo
Social inSUlanCC
g.avel expenses
Ourjrics
7.000
. 6.000
5,000
6.000
4,500
4.500
4.(;00
3,500
5;000
8.000
3;000
2.500
3,000
2.500
24.000
1.000
21flans3P
Hoad of the DepartDert 5.000
Accountant 4-500,
0,111 clork and Czech. corr. 4.000
lartimc forciE;n col 2,000
OVC-I'421-00
000La_f_ 111311rance bOO
Travel expenses
Finance Cor,mit tee Mccting(2) 20,000
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18.000
120,000
18,000
360.000
120.000
72,000
48,000
4.800
180.000
60.000
100,000
150 )?000
1,310.800
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84.000
72,000
60:000
72000
54.000
54.000
48;000
42,000
36000
96.000
1.P;000
36.000.
30.000
36,000
30.000
288;0,1)0
12.000
1 .247, db-Ci
60;000
54.000
48.000
iNPQ
12.000
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He4a of the dep.
(editor in one language/
5.000
.60.000
Three editors for other languages
13.500
162.000
T4eLpep;A4aries for 4 languages
8.000
96.000
Technical ed.,arganiser
/publicity/
4.000
48.000
.Artist
4.000
48.000
Insurance
900
10.800
Monthly bulletin
6.000
72.000
Propaganda material
5.000
60.000
Recordings
50.000
Five special publications
250.000
62.500
Quarterly paper/4 d.for the dif-
ferent languages, 4.000 copies
each. languages/
196.000
98.000
Wall newspaper/ionthly in 4 languages
5.000 copies in total/for 9 loaths
1/3 of expence paid by NUSS/
135.000
45.000
Conference of young journalists and
writttrs
Travel expenoes
Subvention to New-Zeeland for IUS
publicity
Central Travel Travel and Exchange Department
25.000
,I.:(0)0))
7.500
700
30.000
12.000
1.254.800 205.500
48..000
90.000
465.000 481.500
8.400
36.000
50.000
, 150.000
40.000
Head of the department60.000
Travel organiser
Trio secretaries
B ric3ades,travels/speoial trains
and busses/
Insurance .
Travel expences
Annual conference
International Students Identity
card/selling of 3.000/
Publicity
Bureau of Students Fighting against Colonialism
797.400 631.500
Head of the department
5.000
60.000
Two other colonial representatives.
9.000
108.000
Secretary
4.000
48.000
Insurance
500
6.000
Monthly bulletin
5.000
60.000
Publications
75.000
IUS subvention to medical and working
brigades to Indonesia and Viet-Nam
100.000
Travel expences
2.000
24.000
481.000
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Head of the Departnent
-5000
60.000
Secretary
4.000
48.000
Special worker /medical
students
4.000
48.000
Insurance
Monthly Bulletin ?
400
3.000
388
Special publications
100.000
25.000
Conference
. 20.000
Travel Expenses
36.000
Incomes from Marianske Lazne
10.1000,
352.800
35.000
Relief and Assistance Department
_
Head of the Dept.
5.000
60.000
Secretary
4.000
48.000
Special worker /relief ad/2..500
30000
irnsuranc e
- 400
4:800
.
Travel expenses
36.0G ..
International Students Day
Caupai pri
678.500,,
(378.500
857.300
678.500
Int all ctual Cooperation Dopar tnent
He ad of the Depart- aent
5:000
60.000
An ithcr ne; ler of EC
5000
60,000
Central Secretary
4.000
48.000
Heads of Bur caux /12B,AFB
EPB, Ar. -KB/
18.000
216.000
Two secretaries for all
bureaux
6.000
72.000
International Corresp. Bureau:
..
lalary per assir3tant
2.000
24.000
Ot er expenses ;
64000
10.000
Insurance
1.000
12.000
Cultural activities
50.000
60.000
4 Quarterly bulleting
80.000
Special publications '
75.000
18.000
One faculty Conference
18.000
Travel exnens es
36..000
757.000
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Physic al 'clucai.Ln and Spert Depart:lent
.40.?
Head of t he Depart:lent
5.000
60.000
Or[saniSing Soc ct a ry
4.000
48.000
1-Ja'nEs1ish?Fr eneh Secretory
4.000
48:000
Ins uranc c
400
4.800
hbnthly Bulletin
4.000
48.000
Throe Conferences
50.000
Travel Expenses
36.000
294.000
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relief
/2/ By winter and suimer caAcs there will be probably a profit but it
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S1L14JARY OF BUDGET CONSIDERING THE PR1ECIPAL HE DLC
S:Jcret.
Fin.depp
Saaries
foreign'
d61g.
216.000
60.000
techn.
' pers.
726.000
145.200
P.I.D. 222.000
202.800
CTED
60.000
146.400
BSFAC
168.000
51.000
ESHD
60.000
1QW800
RAD
60.000
82.800
ICD
336.000
156.000
PESD
60.000
100.800
Gun.xp.
& inc. (1)
Council
reserv.
E.C.&
unestil.
? 1
!Press & C-mfer.
linforu. &
aterial
788.000
40.000
135.000
136.000
155.000
48.000
180.000
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Total 11.242.000 1714800 1482000 8
1
20.000
30.000
50.000
20.000
18.000
50.000
150.000
520.000
4
Travois
288.000
12.000
12.000
36.000
24.000
36.000
36.000
36.000
36.000
;urdties
Total 1 Incomes
465.0P0
10(1.00C
678.50,
56.000,
9P0.80 1
.242.000
237.200
.251.800
777300
1J1.000
352.800
857.300
757.000
'394.800
.310.800
81J.510 1.o30.510
205.500
631.500
35.000
678.500
88.000
9.029.994
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CONSEIL DE L'U. I. E. - PARIS 1948
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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEEeREP.04T
We have met to examine the work of the IUS during the past year. This
i work was by no means easy, Letters, events, and peculi,,ar meetings in-
dicate also our work here may not be too easy and that elements which
place their own interests above those of the united international stu-
dent movement will make themselves felt here,. The more we come into
contact, the more we get to know each other. and find that sincere-young
people with united interests are assembled here: the stronger grows '
my feeling that my greeting: "Be blessed everyone who comes with good
intentions", applies to everyone of yod.
In weighing up our work, I hope that I need not stress that the main
function of the International Union of StUdents is, has been, and will
be the fight for the creative development of the young intelligentsia.
At the same time, we must realize that the term "student" as applied
to each of us is only a temporary one, All the activity and striving
of each student is concentrated on his career and his future place in
society; consequently, the national unions and the International Union
of Students would betray their functions if they did not accept this
?fact. It must be clear that the sto.dents of today cannot form a privi-
leged group with special rights: but that they have responsibilities
and duties towards society as a whole, In fulfilling these tasks, they
are inevitably confronted with the economic, social and political situ-
ation of the world.
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STUDENTS IN TEE PRESENT WORLD SITUATION
For Us as young people who have experienced this past war: it is Clear
that the prime factor governing further development of young intelli
i,gentsia is the maintenance of a real and just peace, We are still far
from this ideali, In many parts of the world war is still raging. The
'outstanding example how studcnIts have met their :.nesponsibilities is
-tlaR united protest of the Chinese student movement, which to a Man
stood up against the continuance of the outrageous war in China. The
Kuomintang Government has attempted to destroy this movement by striking
at its base and attempting at each university to prevent local student
elections from taking place, by intimidating the students, by arresting
the democratic candidates, or by re7olacing the elected student councils
with Kuomintang appointees, At .the same time, this Government attempts
to discredit the student movement. The Ministry of Education and the
university authorities try to denounce the organization as a political
party movement, Yet in spite of this, the mass of students support the
organization and continue to elect their own candidates in the univer-
sity election, not questioning their political or religious affiliations
and maintaining a wonderful spirit of unity, We Should note, in pass-
ing, that the National Student Federation of China, although declared
illegal, has organized a total of 500,000 students, or 80% of the
students in Kuomintang China.
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It must clearly be understood that the student movement in China is
the victim of this fierce suppression because the students in mass are
claiming that the Government and the Civil War cease using fascist
methods of oppression and establish peace and democracy in their country.
These students are well aware that their poVerty, their educational
problems, their inability to reconstruct their devastated country, arise
from the continuance of the civil war policy of the Kuomintang. They.
also denounce the avowed financial and military assistance to Chiang Kai
Shek, a policy of intervention which they recognize as the chief factor
permitting the prolongation of the civil War, Which the Chinese students,
together with the rest of their people, oppose. Intimidation and bru- ?
talities hang directly over the bead of each individual Chinese student.
For the crime of visiting their fellow students in a nearby college,
and on the suspicion that their friendly intercourse might be politically
dangerous, a group of students were waylaid by Kuomintang police late
on the evening of May 4th this year. They were bashed with clubs and
three students seriously injured. Their bloodstained clothing, handed
to, the rUS'representative Carmel Brickman in Shanghai three days later,
is in evidence in our exhibition at this Council.
Here we are led to think of the national budgets of the government Which
enable the continuance of this war. In Kuomintang China; 80% of the ?
national budget is devoted to the armed forces and 3% only to education.
Chinese students do not only face threats and repression ;rom:their own
government. Recently when they protested against America p rebuilding
Japan at the expense of other Far Eastern nations, U.S. Ambassador
Stuart stated publicly that students opposing American policies "must
be prepared to face the consequences of their actions". Next day, 44
students were arrested and police action against students intensified.
In the liberated areas of China, many thousands of students have assem-
bled to rebuild their university life and to work in reconstruction and
the struggle for democracy. By their work against illiteracy and their
will to build the prosperity of their people and make a full contribu-
bution to their national culture, they are fulfilling their duties
towards society.
A similar situation exists in all colonial, semi-colonial and dependent
countries where students, together with the rest of the population, are,
arms in hand, fighting for their national independence or ridding them-
selves of the remnants of foreign domination. Let us see What influ-
ence these forces have on the intellectual life of the countries con-
cerned. Imperialist authorities are not interested in giving cultural
opportunities to youth. Therefore the whole educational system is
completely inadequate, the main aim being to train administrative of-
ficers to carry out orders of administrators. For instance, in Burma ?
there is only one medical school for a population of 17,000,000 people,
In Indonesia, there is only one doctor for every 100,000 people. As
far as illiteracy is concerned, the situation in these countries is
indescribable. At the time of the formal end of the British rule in
India, 80% of the population were. illiterates.. In contrast to this, in
the very short time of its independence, from 1944 to 1947, Viet Nam
reduced its percentage of illiterates from 85% to 40%, a special organi-
zation being formed for elimination of adult illiteracy. In the New
Republic s past year, 60,000 anti-illiteracy classes were organized, in
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which 50,000 teachers taught reading and writing to two and .a half
million people: Vietnamese students played a leading part in the drive
against famine; they cleared out the. university gardens, replacing .
flower beds with crops of potatoes and maize. Working together, the
students and the youth with their people increased the entire food out-
put. Rice production alone increased by 150%, and the republic emerged
triumphant over starvation.
Great developments have taken place in Burma and. Malaya during the last
few months. In Burma, as a result of suppression of liberties; several
Student and youth leaders were arrested; four important members of the
All Burma Students Union have been put behind bars:
In Malaya, a full-scale colonial war started some months ago. The
British army has been stationed all over the country; the colonial
authorities have outlawed all democratic organizations, including the
Malayan New Democratic Youth League,. with a membership of 25,000:. A
reward of 15;000 has been offered for the heads of the leaders of this
movement, one of whom, Lee Soong, was present last year at the LUS
Council meeting.
In Kuala Lampur, 45 students and teachers were arrested. 30 students
of Ping Lang University were also arrested.
In Egypt, the democratic students are constantly persecuted: Our Council
member, Miss Inji Efflatoumn, was recently arrested on charge of main-
taining contact with IUS.
According to the latest news received by the ICS, one third of the stu-
dents of the Jerusalem University have been killed in the war in Pales-
tine:
In giving examples, I need not even go so far afield: Here in Europe
the creative development of the young intelligentsia is being, in many
places, hindered by war or by. preparations for war. In Greece, the
material conditions of students have further deteriorated as the result
of the continuance of civil war and constant inflation, Which have
further extended the severe damage and disorganization widespread at
the end of the German occupation. The Greek students, who formed the
central nucleus of the democratic youth organization, EPON, are threat-
ened by the present situation both with regard to their studies and to
their civil rights. Scientis and professors who were leaders of the
anti-Nazi resistance and 14.ho/n.e known democratic opinions have been
dismissed from their posts. It is some time now since the Medical
Faculty of the Athens University was closed. The official reason given
was lack of funds; evidently the Greek government is able to find more
and more money for war but not for essential education.
The reservation of students during their courses has been cancelled so
that they are now forced to enroll in the army before their courses are
finished. Students suspected of holding other opinions are arrested;
more than 50 students being arrested on Christmas eve,- 1947, and de-
ported to Ikrria. Council members of the student societies have been
arrested on the university premises and tortured in order to force
them to sign denunciations of the organizations to which they are sup-
posed to belong.
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The leaders of the student section of EPON are working underground and
facing constant danger, The basis of the educational system is attacked
by the application of a system of political certification, demanded of
all families before a young person is permitted to take State examin-
ations. Thus, the features of the situation are indicated by the sup-
pression of the student movement arising out of its stand for the
freedom of education and its participation in the struggle of the Greek
people for freedom, independence from foreign. influence, and democracy.
In Spain, we find an equally unhappy position. It has been estimated
that 500,000 people have ,paid with their lives for their political
convictions under Frando s rule. Today, over 120,000 persons are de-
tained for political reasons, in 28 prisons and 103 concentration camps
in Franco Spain. Students do not escape the effects of this situation:
The former student leader, Julio Navas, for whom the IUS and its member
organizations tried so hard to get a fair trial, was garrotted in mcst
unseemly haste. Fourteen students were arrested in Madrid last Decem-
ber for attempting to work on behalf of the Republican students organi-
zation UFKR and condemned to severe terms of imprisonment, 'although
their activity was completely peaceful. The distinguished professor,
Zoroal an whose behalf many international organizations protested,: was
? executed after a trial in which defence counsel had only four minutes
to plead his case His body was thrown on a refuse dump, his relatives
not being permitted to collect it and give balm a decent burial.
Leaving Spain and crossing Europe, we find a Very much different picture.
In many European countries, students are facing very difficult con-
ditions, In England, student voices of protest are being heard more
and more. In the University College Newspaper, we find that at Reading
,University, 85% of the students cannot get through the year on their
grants and nearly all of them have to work during vacations. As a
result of the inflation, the fees were raised as well as the rents and
general living costs. These expenses went up in 25 English universities
and colleges, for example at Cambridge, where they went up by 30,40 and
Durham, where they increased by 20%. Students therefore are appealing
to the Government to increase the grants and lower student expenses,
under the leadership of the British National Union of Students. ?
Also the French students are facing similar difficult conditions, and
the French NUS has during this last year organized a series of cam-
paigns for their betterment, even intervening in Parliament.
In Italy, the situation is no better, In addition to the high prices
brought about by inflation, the student is weighed down by enormous
taxes, and the doors of learning and culture are thus closed to the
great majority of the youth of Italy, In the universities, the' staffs
are underpaid. There are insufficient allowances for equipment. There
is a'great problem of unemployment for young intellectuals at the end
of their studies, Unemployment in Italy has increased in. the last four
months from 1,900,000 to 2,360,000. It is not hard to understand how
this will affect the future of Italian students.
The housing problem is almost completely neglected - for instance, in
Rome, only one student hostel exists, with 175 places, and the number
of students is 40,000.
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The students have reacted with energy to such a situation, and in most
of the universities have condUcted strikes, asking above all for a re-
duction of the recently-increased fees; this movement was directed by
our member organizations in Italy.
Moving to Austria, we find a series of Curious paradoxes Students are
being semi-officially encouraged to emigrate, yet there is a proposal
to giVe 600,000 displaced persons Austrian citizenship. On bookstalls
can be found quantities of film magazines, cheap romances, and imported .
pornography. Text books for students, however, are in very short supply.
Distinguished Professor Ebert, at the end of last term, told his stu-
dents that the Science Faculty in Vienna might have to close dawn for
lack of funds. He asked for student support for efforts to. keep the
Faculty open, The leaders of the students faculty organization did
nothing however,
Turning to Germany, we see that students in Western Germany have suffered
great losses by the monetary reform. Even before, the situation was bad
enough, In June, 1,300 students demonstrated against starvation in
Munich. In Hanover and Braunschweig, 2,000 technical and veterinary
students gathered in front of their provincial parliament of lower
Saxony and demanded financial aid. This was the only possibility for
them to carry' on with their studies. They were given a single grant of
35 Deutsche marks, which could not change their difficult positions In
the meantime, it has become clear that those few students who come from
=king class families will not be able to .proceed with their studies,
and official estimates state that about 30,"', of all students will have
to leave the universities.
Those are a few facts abovt the conditions in which the students are
living in a part of today s Europe. In speaking with our colleagues
coming from the countries mentioned above, Tye find that the end of the
war, from which all of th9m expected a fair solution of their economic
and social problems, hasn t brought them any betterment of their Con-
ditions.
The MS has got facts at hand indicating that in some countries the
conditions are even' worse than before the war. Those conditions are a
real danger for the creative development of young intellectuals, which
means that the future intellectual life of the countries concerned is
in danger. Especially because of the fact that for those coming from
the lower income groups, it is practically prohibitive to get a higher
education -- in other words, a severe social selection.
It is interesting to note that practically in all those countries
have mentioned, there is an economic plan, bearing the name of one of
the foreign ministers, in operation. This plan was conceived and -
brought into effect outside the framework of UNO. If its aims are en-
tirely peaceful and idealistic, it would seem proper for this plan to
operate within UNO. The student section of W.F.U.N.A- has drawn at-
tention to this since, as we saw in the examples I quoted, our students
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necessary, because I hope that the different delegations* will tell us
' about their experiences on this subject.
In other European countries, the student has found his opportunity in
_the work of reconstruction and is fulfilling the tasks allotted to him
in the planned economies of the countries concerned. He studies and
works, realizing that after his studies his active place in society is
well assured and he need not be afraid of unemployment. The number of
those who are-igetting access to higher education is growing from year
to year. As forinstance, in the USSR, in the framework of the five
year .plan, there is a provision that this autumn the number of students
will be increased up to the number of 720,000. What is even more im-
portant is the fact that all this access is open to all the mosaic of
different nations living in the USSR, and it proves quite clearly
that all those nations are able to contribute in their own languages
to the wealth of world culture,
Similar student conditions begin to be found in the Countries of the
new democracies. So, for instance, in Poland the relative .e'.XPenditure
for education and army is 108 to 100; in Czechoslovakia - 110 to 100.
An example of how the access to higher education for students coming .
from the peasant and workers families was encouraged is Roumania. The
Government offerred a number of scholarships, which, incomparison with
the year 1937-38, is 13 times higher.
The existing situation from the intellectual point of view in Latin
America is already very serious. Out of each 100 inhabitants, there are
80 illiterates in Bolivia, 75 in Guatemala, 75 in Haiti, 73 in Ecuador,
70 in Peru, 70 in Nicaragua, 70 in Brazil, 68 in Venezuela, 69 in the
Republic of Dominica, 60 in Cuba, 55 in San Salvador, 50 in Colombia,
- and 45 in Mexico. I feel that I need make no further comment on these
_figures, and I leave everyone to imagine the conditions under which
democratic students, confronted by'this situation, are working in this
part of the world.
-In the U.S.A._ during the last 18 months, tuition fees rose sharply. As
a result of this, according to General Bradley, Chief of the Veterans .
Administration, over 300,000 veterans were forced to leave school. Their
grant of 75 dollars a month is completely insufficient for the main-
tenance of a normal living standard.
The above examples have shown clearly that the interests of students
are the same all over the world -- in China, U.S.A., Indonesia, as well
as in Honduras or in Italy.
I leave it to you_to judge objectively and in search of the truth
recognize who are the true friends of our interests and who the, enemies.
The result of your Conclusion must be the guiding motive to our further
work and fight for the improvement of the condition of studying youth
in the world. The main objective in this struggle must be the main-
tenance of a just peace and the fight against all elements who either'
lead war or prepare for war.
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The progressive tradition of the fight for national independence and
peace is not a new tradition for youth in general and especially for
students. Thus, for example, in the year 1$48 in the whole of Europe
students formed the vanguard which, at that time, played the main part '
in the fight for progress and independence. Let us quote as one example
of this the participation of Hungarian students in the revolution. Here
one of the leaders of the revolution was the student Vasvary Pal,, who
gathered around himself all progressive elements and achieved the uniting
of these forces with those of Roumania in the common struggle against
Hapsburg* intrigues.
Just 100 years later, the forces of democracy in the youth and student
movements are growing stronger day by day. This'growth cannot be stop-
ped.or slowed down by all the political, social, and economic difficul-
tieS mentioned above. The South East Asia Youth and Student Conference
clearly' showed the unbelieveable increase of the democratic movement in
this area, The Conference message to the youth of the world states,
"We realize and recognize that the menace and danger of imperialism is
not only directed against our countries, but threatens all who stand
for democracy and freedom." Even the short time during which I was
given the opportunity to spend amongst our colleagues fighting for
their national independence gave me personally a concrete feeling of the
legality and justice of their fight. For those of us Who are members
of the so-called small nations, the question of independence of colonial,
semi-colonial; and dependent nations and their rights to an individual
culture, civilization and science never formed a problem. Already quite
instinctively and practically we know that there do not exist in culture
and science nations large or.small, and we are therefore justly proud
of our musicians, poets and scientists who on this field have found
world fame. Therefore, also,- the students of colonial, semi-colonial,
or dependent countries, however small or forcibly kept backward, have
a full right to national independence and-full development. I feel it
to be my duty,-in the name of all democratic students, to congratulate
students of the above countries on the enormous progress they have made
in strengthening their movements during this past year. Looking at the
Middle East, .I want to make special reference to Iraq. Here, the
National Union, which is a newly formed organization, clearly grasped
'4Am fimctions and duties toward the Iraq peoples. Quoting from the
Constitution of the organization, we find its aims include:
"The ;struggle against illiteracy, which affects 940 of the
whole population;, the up-lifting of the sanitary and cultural
conditions; the struggle against all racial and religious -
prejudices; \denouncing imperialists and their agents and the.
struggle against the imperialist literature, slogans, and
. watch-words."
The National Union does not only stop at words. Their action during
the January disturbances adhieved many results which strengthened the
fight for the independence of Iraq.
Also in Latin America, with the difficult conditions which I have
already mentioned, the forces of democracy in the student movement are
ever grOwing. Also here the student youth forms the vanguard of the
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democratic forces. The active participation of the-,students in liberat-
ing their countries from the dictatorship of Machado in Cuba, Gomey in
Venezuela, Ubico in Guatemala, and Villaoel in Bolivia is clear proof
of this fight. In Guatemala and Mexico, the students are organized in
field missions and brigades against illiteracy. In Puerto Rico, the
expulsion of 19 leading students for having opposed the dismissal of
the Rector, who opposed the president of the National Party, brought
=about the changi4g of the university into ba2racks and the arrival. of
President Truman s personal envoy, Admiral Leahy, to restore order.
In Argentina, the National Federation of Students, which unites 25,000
students and which is the only existing student organization, is act-
ively fighting against the terror of Peron, especially against his law
concerned with higher education, against which also many professors
protested 1,200 of them being dismissed from the universities for
this action. ,
In a similar programme, Brazilian students have placed emphasis on the
importance of preserving world peace on democratic rights, and that
article of the Constitution which says:. "Everyone has a right to edu-
cation and this should be given at school. It should be inspired in
the prindiples of liberties and human solidarity." Similarly, the
democratic youth and student movements all over the world have been
growing. Unfortunately, I cannot in the limited time mention all of
them in my report.
DEMOCRATIZATION OF EDUCATION AND SOME WEAKNESbES IN auR WORK
In the work during the past year, there are a number of sectors with
which we cannot be satisfied. One of the most important and yet most
-neglected sectors is the democratization of high schools. This is a
_great pity, since the decisions of the Congress as well as the Council
of last year are quite clear in this respect. Permit me to quote the
- words of the American delegate, Douglas Cater, who said, "Unless we can
continually press forward the democratization of the universities,
where we live and work, then what chance is there for 112 to build last-
ing democracy in other sections of our nations?" Really it is necessary
to confess that in these directions we have not been active enough nor
progressive enough. And looking around, we see that there still remains
so much to deal with.
Thus, for example, the question of discrimination. I take be liberty
of bringing to your notice a number of cases from Mr, Cater s .)wn
country.
The rus member organizations in the USA have for many years been cam-
paigning to eliminate discrimination in the educational system of
America. Both the Association of Internes and Medical Students and the
_American Youth for Democracy have organized activities involving.stu-
dent and community groups, in an effort to have laws passed outlawing
such practice.
In December 1947, the Commission on Higher Education, established by
President Truman, published two volumes of a six volume series on the
status of Higher Education in America today. These volumes are suf-
ficiently indicative of the deplorable situation existing, and little
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need be done here but to quote some of their findings:
1. "The outstanding example of these barriers to equal opportunityv-of.
course, is the disadvantages suffered by our Negro citizens. The
lower educational attainments of Negro adults reflect the cumulative
effect of a long period of unequal opportunity. In 1940 the school-
ing of the Negro was significantly below that of whites at every
level from the first grade through college, and almost 5% have
finished four years, whereas for the non-whites /over 95% of 'whom
are Negroes/, only a little more than 3% had completed at least
,one year of college and less than 1 1/2 % had completed a full
course." /Vol. I, page 32/.
2. "In higher education, only 1.3% of the Negroes in contrast to the
5.4% of the native whites...completed a four year course."
/Vol. II, page 30/.
3. "Jewish students, however, do not have equal opportunity with non-
Jewish students in the choice of institutions and in certain
fields of advanced study. This situation has been aggravated in
recent years. The obstacles created by private institutions of.
higher education are manifested in tacit or overt quota systems."
/Vol. II, page 37/.
4. "The extent of discrimination /against Negroes/ in professional
education is further illustrated by the situation in medical
schools. There are 77 medical schools in the country, which
graduated an average of 5,000 doctors a year between 1930 and
1939., Because of increased enrollment in medical schools during
the war, 5,826 physicians were graduated in 1946. Of these, only
154 were Negroes, and all but 20 of these were graduated from the
two Negro schools, Howard University and Meharry Medical College."
/Vol. II, page 33/.
Distinguished scholars like Dr. 'Howard Shapley have been persecuted
by the Un-American Activities Committee, whilst Professor Lyman Bradley
was not only persecuted but removed from his post. The "crime" of the
former was that he ran in an election against Haase Speaker Joseph W.
Martin, the latter because he worked on the Board of the Joint Anti-
fascist Refugee Comnittee to provide relief and medical care to
Spanish refugees.
Attacks directly on students have usually begun with a broadside at
American Youth for Democracy. 411eged by the U.S. Attorney General,
Tom Clark, to be one of America s 78 subversive organizations, AID
has been banned at Colorado, San Francisco State College, Temple,.
Michigan, Queens College, and elsewhere. It is clear, however, that
these attacks are not aimed. just at AYD, but at any student organization
which concerns itself with basic social and political problems affect-
ing students. A chapter of the American Veterans Committee has been
banned at George Washington University.
We cannot, in this connection, pass over recent events presented by
Hubert P. Beck on the control of U.S. universities. In a study of 734
individual trustees, he finds that 66% held one or more offices or
directorships in on or morn business enterprises, 51% held such
position in two or more business firms, 40% in three or more. The
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that U.S. universities are becoming places where the rie.lts of business
men receive doctrinal support is clearly very strong.
It is thus clearly established that the students in the United States ,
have a great task on their hands, and they will need the support of the
IUS in their efforts to democratize education there,
In 1947 there were student parades and demonstrations to various State
capitals, and in the months to come it can be expected that these
efforts will be greatly re-inforced.
This is not just an internal problem for the U.S.,Veterans' allowances
under the Bill of Rights are with-held from American students who wish
to study at Charles University in Czechoslovakia /the State Department
says there is no academic freedom there/ yet the Beirut University
? remains open to American students, despite the exclusion from this in-
stitution of higher learning of all Jewish students and professors.
These breath-taking examples show what a really serious situation
exists in the question of discrimination of democratic rights. This
question is only one part of the program which we have already, as an
international union, accepted.at the Congress and Council. .Even if we
:complete the whole program, which, of course, applies also to the ex-
pulsion of all fascist and pro-fascist elements from the high schools
as well as all literature of this kind, there remains to be discussed
and solved the question of social discrimination.
But not even there the student movement can stop. It must go further;
it must attempt to mobilize the participation of students directly in
the democratic creating and life of their oountries. We need more -
youth and student members of parliaments, participants in the press and
journalism, in diplomacy and in all those places where the future of
young people is being decided.
The Congress recommended that member organizations should try to include
in their delegations for UNESCO student delegates, but up to now, as
far as I know, this has only been successful in Hungary, National Unions
should also seek representation on National United Nations Committees
and put the students view points.. This representation has been given
to the NSA in the U.S. and, the N.U. in Australia. In this direction
the International Union of Students and the National Unions of Students
must in the future strain all forces so that they are represented
everywhere Where their future is being decided. Also, as far as co-
operation between the studying and working youth is Concerned, much can
be criticized in our work. The regrettable experience of deliberately
opposing one group of youth against another, and especially the segre-
gation of the studying youth from the working youth, was evident be-
fore World War II.
The same attempts are being made in many countries today. But opposed
to this can be seen the positive results of their unity in the struggle
against Fascism, as well as for improvement in the living conditions
of the Whole of youth, which has resulted in united interests amongst
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the youth weaken the intensity of this struggle and retard the progresd
of building a better life for all, thus going against their own in-
terests. They are, therefore, the enemies of democracy and progress.
I should al's-Pi- like to stress that the EUS must realise that this
programme cannot be solved without also solving the other problems
facing youth. The IUS and its member organizations, therefore, will
always be on the same side as the working youth, and it will, therefore,
oppose very strongly those who would like to weaken this unity and
build an isolated student movement, not having the support of millions
of young people and of society, who would like to build up a movement
of the elite concerning itself with student affairs only.
A further big shortcoming, that during the whole of the past year we
were practically unable to improve, or only partially improve, contact
with student organizations and through them with the general public.
We must do everything to correct this state of affairs so that tvery
single student should feel that on his work, his activity, and his ?
successes depend the work, the activity, and the successes of the IUS.
Also, the headquarters must, in the future, have much more initiative'
than in the past, when it tended to be often only a technical office
which produced circulars and letters. This must be changed, and the
Secretariat and the individual departments must in the future truly
lead the international student movement.
TEE UNITY OF STUDENTS
The question that is most basic for all of us is that of unity, the
unity of the local and national student movements, and the unity of
the international student movement.. We must always clearly realize
that this is not a, mechanical conception which can be deserted -- our
unity has a purpose. Let us remember under what difficult conditions
the unity of the student movement grew up before it became a ,reality.
Let us remember the thousands of young people Who perished on the
battlefields, in the concentration camps, and in the Fascist places
of execution in the last terrible war. Their sacrifices have put
obligations upon us, more so today when we can once more hear the
rattling of swords. It is quite true that some elements are mainly
interested in dividing in order to facilitate the pursuit of their
dubious aims. This is the old method of "divide et impera"; it is
naturally much easier to oppose a disunited movement than a united one.
1:fc must, all of 112 who think, who do not artificially hide from reality
or do not purposely avoid reality, see quite clearly that our interests
as students are common to all of us and that we can only reach them by
unity of purpose and of action. As proof of this are the IUS cam-
paigns which we organized and won, all of us together. As an example
of one of our last successful campaigns, a member of our member org-
anization, the All India Students Federation, Gita Mukerji,, was arrested
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and held in prison without a regular legal trial, only because She.
propagated the ideas of the IUS. This was one of .our best protest
actions, in which almost all of our member organizations participated..
-Similarly, in several cases When ve all of Us supported persecuted
Spanish colleagues against Franco s Fascist terror, we were subtessful
even if we could do comparatively little. The cases of.William:Bathlet
- and N. Mestres were taken up by the British NUS with their Foreign
Ministry, It may seem that our protest was fruitless, as we later
learned that Bathlet had lost his mental faculties, due to his treat-
ment in the Franco prison. However, the fact that protest was made was
given wide publicity in the Spanish resistance press, and the resist-
anee thereby greatly encouraged. And we could mention many such ex-
amples where international student solidarity helped our colleagues in
individual countries in their fight for betterment of their conditions.
Even if this support was often only a moral one, do you feeltthe
Strength within a united international movement? Can you clearly see
the danger in the actions of all those Who wish to divide, trying to
make 11B believe this or that? What are they trying to do? It is very
interesting to see how they do it. On the one hand, theytry to throw
mud at the IUS by saying that it has a one-sided policy and that it
subjugates everything to this aim... .We in the IUS have been always,
are now,. and shall always be willing to sit dawn with anybody and dis-
cuss any problem 'which might come up; then to put it to the consider-
ation of our deliberative elected bodies for decision, and after that
keep to this decision. That is how we in the IUS conceive the unity of
the international student movement. But those who are trying to divide
us do just that of which they accuse us. It is an old trick, for it is
they themselves who subordinate the unity of the student movement to ?
their political interests, to the disruptive interests Whom they serve.
- It is they who try to put an ultimatum before a movement of almost
three million members in a childish manner: "either things will be done
or way, or we will go and play on another heap of sand." Should anyone
- wonder about whom we are talking, here is an extract from a letter dis-
tributed by the National Federation of Canadian University Students,
signed by Mr. Grant Livingstone:
"We seek to persuade the Council to repudiate the Executive instead,
and hope to clear the IUS as a whole both of the stigma of uphold-
ing tyranny, and of the partisan controlling clique which gave it
that stigma.
"Towards this end we have asked all non-Communist national unions
to meet with us in Brussels to plan a common stand for the reform
of IUS, based on this test case, and to agree to a united with-
drawal and the constitution of an alternative organization if re-
form of IUS should fail."
The door of IUS is widely open to all students, but the? IUS has to re-
ject all attempts to organize any sort of a block or presentation of
ultimatums. And the Council should appeal to the students of Canada
to ask them to explain to their leaders that their behavior is incor-
rect, and to explain to them that wherever students have sincerely sup-
ported the principles of the IUS, they have been able to maintain unity
both nationally and internationally. Conversely, wherever there has
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developed. It is important to realize that the same problems exist in
all parts of the world, and it is a foremost task of the democratic
students to overcome these threats..
It is essential today to call on all member organizations to defend the,
IUS-as the representative organization of all students working for a
united world. A campaign of misrepresentation is being made against the
IUS in certain conntries concerning its world-wide representative
character, its democratic procedures, its leadership, and various as-
pects of policy. At the s9.me time, the IUS is attacked for its activi-
ties on behalf of students rights and is accused of doing nothing
practical on behalf of the students. The support of the IUS and its
member organizations for the oppressed students is maligned as being
partisan in origin and purpose.
We must be clear that many of the aims of the IUS can only be realized
by campaigns and actions, an activity to improve, the conditions and
the interests of the students in his society. The needs and interests
of the students are common and are not a matter of partisan interest.
Still, too many students in a small number of countries Consider inter-
national co-Operation as the co-operation of the more privileged stu-
dents of a minority of countries rather than co-operation on: the basis
of a realistic programme for the students of the whole world. It should
not be surprising if these students stay outside the IUS.
Attempts to destroy our unity are not of recent origin. After the 1946
Congress, a so-called International Correspondence Union was establish-
ed by individual students from Switzerland together with American.Cath-
olic students and others who were not willing to admit that in a work-
ing, policy-making organization, majority decision should be respected
by all. Hence the attack in certain countries against the so-called
"political activity of the IUS" and its Constitution. For the IUS and
its aupl',orters, there has never been any division between the different
activities undertaken. . Whether to provide services to the students or
to fight for their most fundamental needs, all policies have been seen
as part 9f the total programme directed towards the improvement of the
students life and the defense of their interests.
The existence of a desire to create opposition within the IUS and turn
it from its fundamental tasks has been quite clear in certain countries.
Although, for example, the students of the N.S.A. in the United States
were quite clearly in the majority in wishing to join the rus in sincere
co-operation, the possibility of an NSA affiliation was looked upon by
other organizations as a means of achieving important changes. Thus the
newspaper of the Inter-Faculty Association of Rome reported that Amer-
jean students were entering the rus to change it completely And that
Italian students would do well to await the outcome of this attempt.
Similar rumours could be noticed in the Swiss student papers.
That the problem of student unity is common to all parts of the world
is illustrated by the experience of the South East Asian Youth Confer-
ence, where the Bose group of Students Congress led a walk-out of a
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responsible ior terrorist attacks on the on'erence an tne murder of
two cultural workers, . Since then, the Students Congress is-attempting
to organize a separate regional block of students outside the world
student movement, It may .be said, also, that the attempts of this.
organization to call together an Asian Youth Festival have been qUite
unsuccessful, a further proof of the unity of the students in this area
of the world movement,
Similarly, in Latin America, at the time of the Youth Conference in
Me:7.ico and the TUS Student Leaders Conference, an attempt was made to
organize a Ec7%:.?ate Conference in Lima, 7hen the IUS Secretariat ex-
posed this move to ttA: student organizations, the Conference collapsed,
organizations withdrew their participation, and even those Who agreed to
organize it wrote stating that they would await the results-of the IUS
meeting and follow its decisions-.
Wherever the member organizations have follow.ed the Principles of the-
IUS, they have made a significant contribution to unity. Not only has
the TUS grown to achieve a world-wide character in its representation
such as mover beforehas been realized in the history of the student
movement, but in tik2 east year the work of the .IUS and its member org-
anizations has grown and become more clear,
Celebrations of the International Students Day and the IUS Relief Week.
were better prepared than in any wevious year, and in many countries
were celebrated for the first time. More- member organizations than
over before were able to -popularize the I,S,D., and a new enthusiasm
was thereby developed, Tni Helier Campaign became directly an activ-
ity among the masses of the students in many countries which participated
actively for the first time in TUS work, The South East Asian Youth
Conference received a very great su,e)ort from member organizations
which sent messages and sent money to make it possible to run the Con-
forence .As a result, a comprehensive programme for the students of
this area was deTeloped,
The Spanish campaign was similarly a great success, and in many.other
spheres, faculties, representation at important meetings, commissions
and achievements sun- as the establishment of the Sanatorium, the rus
work was able to grow.
In many cou.r.trics, students are carrying out the principles of the rus
in a very fine manner, and this is in itself a support for unity. In
England, the NUS joined with the Trade unions and teachers in a Con-
ference of Eihor Educational Needs, In Hungary and Poland, the students
Were to remedy the social diserj7Lination of education in the past, ath.
rapidly brought youth from the factories and farms to University level.
In France the students demanded and obtained the same rights and Social
Security as the workers, In many countries, students participated in
reconstruction work In Denmark, the National Union was the first
organization to agree to participate in the special Reconstruction
team to Indonesia and Viet Nam, In Norway, a big student relief action
was undertaen
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One of the most effective ways of building stUdent unity is by
giving direct material help to each other. The IUS ConstitUtipnal
Congress considered that responsibility towards relief is one, of the
great tasks of our organization. During the past year, important
progress has been made in the sphere of activity by setting up aur
own relief machinery, but our relief work is as yet far from satis-
factory. We have not done enough for our colleagues who face tre-
mendous needs in different parts of the world. The South East Asian
Youth Conference showed us how much these students expect from us,
how strong is their confidence that the IUS will be able to help
them. We have to overcome ouD.; weakness; we have to develop our
relief activities more and more, aiming to assist students in needy
countries to establish and strengthen self-help activities, IUS
relief must aim to help our organizations to solve their economic
problems permanently so that they do not remain always in need of
relief. An organization as mpresentative as the rus is particu-
lariy able to achieve this task by the confidence of students in the
relief policy of a body they .are able to control, and by its tremendous force, to mobilize the students. In this way it Merges
with self-help, the effect of which is thus considerably increased.
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OUR CONTACT WITH STUDI.AITS-.
I have said that one of the greatest weaknesses of the IUS
headquarters was the question of weak contact with the student
population of the different countiies. ,This of course was not
only the fault of the few of LIB who wor* in the Prague Seoretariat.
In our work, we have often felt that theAeadership of some natio.
nal organisations is either dIrectly or indirectly forming a wall
between LIB and the students, and that they have not advanced ideas
about the IUS, or that they have performed the task of a sort of
filter through which they will allow only those ideas and that
information pass which they think will be useful. I would divide
such leadership into two categories.
The first are those who do this unintentionally, underesti.
mating the great importance of an international student movement.
As an exemple, I would quote the United States National Student
Association which as I have said abovef has taken into Its hands the
work of eliminating all evils which ap.st in opposition t.6/the
Ulu? interests of the stents, The Ng" -programme calls for deter-
mined action to abolish all these evils. But up to this date it
has done little or nothing. With moral and active assistance of
brother student unions in other countries which are facing the
similar problems it Gould do much more. Thus the NSA is forgling
the trust of American students by not fighting on their behalf,? and
by not working together with the other student unions in the ITS
to solve their common problems. Of course, so far, as this organi.
sation is concer ned, we must take into consideration that it is
a ver young organisation with no tradition which is furthermore
.being forced to work under extremely difficult conditions and is
unaer pressure from all sides.
Here also we must mention the attitude of the leadership
a acme Scandinavian member organisations/after the February events
in Czechoslovakia suspended their Membership. /who/
The B.C. meeting in May endorsed the attitude of the Secretariat
and expressed the opinion that the only place to express the criti..
0i0Dos about the work of any ITIO orgsn is in its deliberative bodies.
The. Executive Committee, welcomed therefore the common appeal for
unity issued by the BNIS and FNUS on this question. The same con-
cerns our former vice-president W.S. Ellis, who became one of the
greatest enemies of the IUS, a disruptive factor in the interna-
tional student movement and is acting in this way as the elected
vice-president against theinterests of those who elected him to
the position at the Congress of 1946, and the Council of 1947
and mainly also against the interests of the American students who
gave him their confidence. To read his letter of resignation and
some of his recent articles, which by the way to be his own, is
almost physically repulsive because they are in the same vein as
the destorted reactionary press. I am positive that the Couninbl
will take the right attitude and let 1113 leave it to him.
The second category is the leadership of organisations which
create this barrier intentionally, and I would quote as an example
of this the Hochschulershcaft whose leader, Mr. Bauer, declared to
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the Ills' ,repr es ent at iv es di 14-rring r e c Ent stay in Vienna that, in -
Ins opinion, it is not he as of .'Ghe ITTL'. to interest itself in the
fact ha the s tud ents in. China are prat es ting against the rale ing
of University, and eYr..amitiati on fees:, This opinion is reflected in
the.. daily life of:J.-hist-own national organ.isat t he fact t-b.at
Mr. Bauer and hisfriend.,,..- ',ter e not prepared to protest e'en against
the ra is ing of University anci examination fees in Austria,' until they
were forced to do so by their own members and by the protests from
the IUS member organisations :, he Union of Democratic Stud silts
*OM +bid we can see how t hes e people are against the interests 61
students who they ?la. im to be rcesciTirg
some raay ask) falorl v?tere oeiF.; the TITS get the right to critiaa
cize the national ornsatjor The 1.1.12 has not only the right
but the duty to crit cis e u ecE.?ived this fight fron the stu6
d elite who elected and we tvould be lacking in the fulfiIraent of
oUr duty if we did not do sof especially if by our criticidm we widh
to help oUr member organisations to fulfill their ole in the interim
national and national s tu.1 &,,nt :r_ovoment n This is.therefore. a con-
structiVe crit m ur
s. Of cosc:? it ma inl3r epends on whether and
how an organisation accepts ois;:: wail meant criticism whether it
agrees with it and is 7zoady o 1?-?5,t it into practia_e; bedatise not One
of 1m have ever wan*:-; not will ever want to minimise the right
of our member organisations to au?.;-2 ?moray,
The second great weakness in our work is that .insllf.fi:dient
o the liraguc head quart ors In spite of the faci
that this Question 7,TaEc. oeo-c by th.e :as meeting of the Council
metber organisatiOnS have not given it enough attention e 1'04 was
firstly etefaz az general contact was concenfted both peson4liy
and through car res-o One. 31'1( e 1a a at ual fact ;, we have not heard
anything at all froM s on: e O s tIIOIC organ s t ions who have
shown no great Signs of life cac of t hot... for example the Na-,
tional Fed erati on of Canadian U-liv ers it y S tud ents did . not start
to oontaat the 1U5 actively untf.l a few weeks before. the meeting
of the Council. Such a si'Frc,at ion Cannot cent int). o Por the fixture
we need hitch closer contact with. our members organisation -We need
detailed and regular reports of ':;heir work and diffiaultis, news
about the way in which the': CII:3 ? ',: the decisionS of the leaii
ding bodies Of the 1-02 into practice. If we SUcced in improving
ihe existing state of m:7?'ars. we sh51. be helping both the It4
and the member organisa.Z_onz,
Az far as the enection is concerned, the atti tude of
some of our members 'bard G222: almoo onirr es pens ibility. . The Council
decides upon activity which corresponds to the of a whole Govern.'t
mental Ministry for a year. "fet -few people bother about how we will ?
be able to realise all thesed c cis on5_,1 from the economic point of.
view. The people who are worir.'inc: in T.'rague are insufficiently paid
for the work .and only their ant ousiasm kes them where they are.
As a result of. the had financial situation it is impossible ,to.
have an adequate technical staff to cope with the dities which we
took upon ourselves at th.o last meeting of the Council, As you .
know, we were forced o ?,:7.ie cc the publication of our. Magazine
for financial reason:: .- ilast but not :Least the publication was
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suspended because the national organisations did not take into hand
it regular distribution nor did they pay for the numbers which they
ordered at the last Council meeting, We ha/e just heard complaints
that some of our letters arrive late, I should just like to say
that we have to tilt= over every single crown before eending a letter
or telegram, that we have been forced to establish a system whereby
ldtters to one organisation are knDt until t ere are several to be
dispatched together, in order to economise on postage. In general
our financial situation has improved, Mast year, only four coun.
tires paid their subscription in full; this year the number is
19, partly or in full. We must aim at the maximum payment by every
member in the coming year,
I hope that the representatives of the differeni Member organi.
sations at this Council will think this matter over and will do
all that is necessary to meet their responsibilitieb whioh is a
collective responsibility of
A further weakness was the fact that the member organisations ,
did not send their representatives to the Secretariat. I am sorry
to state that even organisations which are the strongest supporters
of the IUS on many other fields are underestimating the importance
of this question.
For instance, the Secretariat lacked a representative of the
student section of the Anti-Fascist committee of Soviet Youth. I
hope that the representatives of the organtation will take this
request back and assure that the soviet stUdents will take up this
question with all the importance it merits,
It is important mainly for this reason. The contact with the
member organisations whose representatives are in Prague is a much
more lively one and many misunderstandings could h4ve been avoided
if the representatives of this Or that organisation had been in ?
Prgue.We virtually need.?a representative from Latin America, Soan.
dinavia and Middle East,
A further question which nust be considered by the Couneilt-is
that of our Cuban Executive Committee nember, Angel Vasquez, E?.
Vasquez was entrusted by the Executive Committee, at its first
meeting after the last Council? with the task of carrying out va.
rious activities for the IUS in contacting the student organisations
in Latin America. At that time we mainly thought of the prepara.
tion of the Conference held together with the WFDY which took place
as planned successfully in Mexico, Since Mr, Vasquez departure from
SUrope, we have heard practically nothing from him and it is only
through the reports of our member organisations that we know that
a member of the EC of the IU S has neglected entirely the work he
undertook. For six months he has been out of contact with his own
national organisation and has never once written to the IUS. He
acted not only against the interests of the IUS but also of the
students he claimed to represent? This is proven by the fact that
the Cuban NUS has excluded him from their ranks and he is now touring
around Latin America as the manager of a group of dancing girls. I
think that it is not necessary to make any further comments on this
case.
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WORKIN( AIM STUDENT YOUTH WORK _TOG-4TIER
As far as the specific questions which the E.C, was to have
censidred according to the decisions of the Congress and the last
Council are concerned, I should in particular like to mention our
co-operation with the World Federation of Democratic Youth. In
this direction I can, wite a clear conscience say that we did all
that the last Council asked us to do, and actually our relations
with the WFDY especially as far as practical and concrete schemes
we concerned, has improved greatly. At the Rome Executive Commi-
ttee of the WFDY a working plan for practical cooperation between
the WFDY and the IUS was agreed upon by the WFDY Executive and by
the IUS Executive representative. This plan was later endorsed
fully by the IUS Executive, The plan sets out in detail means af
cooperation between the two Secretariats through correspondence per-
sonal contact and full exchange of information, Full participation
in each other activities was agreed, For example, the IUS was re-
presented at the Working Youth Conference and it is proposed that
the WFDY will send delegates to the Students Needs Conference next
January. Special attention was given to cooperation and publicity
on commissions, and between the Colonial and Relief Bureau of the
two organisations. An example of this, is the successful conference
undertaken by the students and working youth of South '7'ast Asia
which strenthened the position of the IUS in this region. We must
emphasise that in South East Asia, it is impossible in any way to
separate youth and students problems, t ese must always be con-
sidered together. Another such example was the Conference Ithich took
place in Mexico, which was convened by both organisations and which
I have already mentioned. Without the great help and in particular
the financial assistance of the WFDY, we would not practically have
been able to send our representative to this Conference, In the same
fuay our work was facilitated as far as the Commission which were
sent out by both our organisations to the Middle '22ast and Scandina_
via are concerned, The participation of the IUS at the meetings'
of the EC the Council and at the greatest undertaking of its kind,
the Working Youth Conference, clearly shows uA that not only has our
autonomy been carefully respected and guarded by the Federatien, but
that we have also got full understanding and direct aid in our work,
and in the solution of our problems from it. The Working Youth
Conference incidentally is a blear example of how students can help
peasant and working youth, The IUS delegation to this Conference
was carefully made up so as to include academic experts from fields
of enginemring, medecine, architecture, industrial problems and um-
employmnnt, by their specialist knowledge they were able to help
the Conference in its deliberations. At the same time, thu IUS
first suggested and later made the valuable contribution to the
Commission on Educational Opportunities, Nevertheless, we must stren-
gthen this co-operation on the international and particularly on the
national level. The latter can still be criticsed on many points,
because some of our member organisations do not yet fully understand
the meaning of cooperation between the student and working youth
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N8'1144i4t, IOURNATIONSL,bROA4IVIVONS
I a n prZSTed to a nnounce jus t before the Council meeting the
rus was given Consulta tive_Status Witnthe United Nations Educatiortl,
Social and CulturelTargenisation. We now'haVe he xlight-d8 an
intetna tiOnal organisatian-To-negotiate special agreements on student
ma tters. Zuting_the._year_w.e,?were,....eiVen direct representation an
thp UNESCO work Camps Committee, and UN1SC0-1ater donated a library
to Prie?dr-afit-CatiPS..-Apart-ltom these changes, our contact with
UNESCO lea yes much to be desired. It has been really difficult
to keep up a daily contact with this organisation, as up till now
there ha s been no central department taking care of student questions
As a warning a nd a s an example, I am forced .kr. mention the
celebration of last years Internationa 1 Students Day. I spent almost
a whole week a mbulating from one, department of UNESCE to another.
Everywhere I met the assuran ce that ISD is a scheme in which UNESCO
is interested and that we would definitely get its sponsorship for
thhs eventt But it was necessary to negotiate the whole thing with
the Secretariat of UN_ SCO. A further bad experience wys the question
of the Clinical Conference which according to our iudgetent, came
within the framework of UNESCO and which. took Place successfully
st sumrer. Also here we negotiated, and We were,pregiibed help
right from. the year 1945, but without results. Just before this
Counkil, our representatives visited .the representatives of the'Direc-
tor General, and put some construdtive criticisms before UNSCO. Besides
the above mentitned point, two main.questiens were discussed. Firstly,
the fact that UNESCO has in his last yeab tried to call together '
an advisory umbrella organisatiOn whhch would bring together all inter-
flationalorganieations which concern themselves more or less with :;,tu-
dents, Dr. Beeby admitted the arguments of our representatives that
the IUS is not a sectional organigatian like the others, that it is cap-
a ble of solving its own problems and, when it considers it appropEi-
ate or necessary, e.g0 in the question of relief, it can meet other or-
ganiza tions to .solve concrete problems, e.g. in the WSR. Dr. Beeby
thought that UNESCO ,would nyturally not wixh to establish any unnecess-
a ry form of organisation.
Jaevertheless we, can presume that the :relations 1?etween the UNBBCO and
;1the IUS will improve in the flea r future, particularly because of the
HIact that _a person has been Chosen to take care of direct contact with
uS. We were asked to work out forms of co-opetation with UNESCO: on in,
dividuarl schemes, that might be of interest to both organisations imm-
mediatel* after the meeting. o? the Council. The.Le might freceive finan-
cial support On the basis of spe.egic contracts. Nevertheless it is
neces sat* that mention be madeltteb the wohole of our discussions
it is clear that the lea ding bodies do not give enough importance to
stUdent q uestions although the staff consider this important. Be-
cause of this, the Executive bodies, i.e.the Paris headquearters do
not have an adequate basis to meet our requests. I would once more like
to ask *au, referring to one of the old decisions of the Council, to
see to it that your organisations be represented On the na tional
Governmental delegations to UNESCO Conferences. ,Only in this way will
it be possible to guarantee permanently a good cc-operation between our
organisa tions, in other words, that more attention will be give to
our questions.
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teveral Oliftn'"?hraetaill of the cri icism and o rela io Swith
the WSR will be -ad elsewhere. Nevertheless, I think that the
need for student reliaf in the world is so great, thatihe IUS
should continue further co-operation with tis body, naturally on
the basis of the conditions la j.' lown by 1.7,,e Congress of 1946, and
repeated by the last Council. It would be fitting on this occasion
to welcome the decision of the Congress of the World Union of. ?
Jewish Students, which has at its A nnual Conference very -positively
Eff-Iii-a-Very friendly way, decided to ask for closer co-operation
with the IUS. It is clea r that the interests of our two organ-
isations are airilar to those of the WUJS.. I am sure that the
Council will take the most fa vourable attitude to this questien,
a nd Fill recommend that the?E.C. negotiates in the most concrete
way for the close co-opera tion on the international as well as en
the na tional scale of individual national organisations. At this
point, I should like to thank the student section of the World
Federation of United Nations Association for their very friendly
a ttitude and their pleast co-operation with us during the last
year. In pa rtioular, at the. UNESCO Universities Conference held
recently at Utrecht, we received strong dupport fromthis section
in putting foiLwa rd our policy in the interest of students.
I a in extremely sorry that I cannot say the same of the ISS for it
seems that the relations between our two organisations in recent
months ha ve become considerably worse. During another part of the
a gends, you will hear a dettliaed report .11. our relations. I should
like to tell you that unfortunately the last ISS Assembly did not
keep rnr agreement about the election of four IUS representattves
in personal Ca pacity to this Assembly. That is rather serious
as it repreeemts the breaking of the agreement and the Council
must .take 'up an attitude to this question.
rus WORK FOR THE STUDENT INTERESTS.
As far as the individual campaigns which we,tor.k on your behalf
during the last year, I should particularly like to mention the
following. During the year, the IUS continued to sponsor the campaigns
on a variety of issues related to the defence of the students from
a tttelfs upon their rights and the general mobilisation of student
members of important question. Imternational Students Day and thefirst
IUS :Relief Week were prepared well in advance by the Secretariat
which supported the campaign with posters, badges and articles
for student newspapers. The plan was on the whole well carried>out
and provif'ed the first example ofa mass activity.of students ,
&iiica-issnsF4]rel Niet'inigt.112A,H(2119M WadsNonf,
the IUS sanatorium. In the future we must take more care to ensure
'tha t 4i the funds raised, a greater proportion comes directly
to the IUS for relief work among students. Nevertheless, certain,
-important objectives were realis0 and the relief campaign was in,
many countries the basis for important measures of self help.
At the same time, the IUS was widely popularised and only can appreciate
the pa rticipation of a great number of member organisations in a
single activity as a means of building unity.
Pebrua ry 21st was'celetrsted.for the first time as a day Of pr-test
a ga inst the evils of ctionisation and in support of the demon&
of students in colonial countries. The proposition to celebrate
this day was made very late by the South East Asian Conference
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April 14th was etlebra ted as a claret samoort for the republic=
students ot Spain. Advanced preparations were good, The Secf
issued cn*1 .ortant documenta tion including evidence submitted by
Spanish intellectuals exiled in Latin America . Several member
arganisations collected large relief sums and, in Mexico the students
collected considerable quantities of food.
The IUS a iso took up many individual ca sea of persecuted students
? including BA TTLE AND MESTRES imprisoned in Spain. 'Nearly every
member oraaiisa tion joined the protest or IUS -against the ba n
of the A nnual Conference of the AIF and the physical attacks of
- the Conference by the police.
Regrettably, the IUS and its member organisations failed to bring
a n affective help to the students of China, and were unable to
organise a ged campaign among themselves during the course of
the ye.P.:r.
It is important to mention the fol3cwirg point in connection with the
work of the IUS. When. Miss Carmel Brickman me in Siam, she WaS able
to document herself very well on the closing of Chinese schools
by the Siamese authorities ii this country. As a result of he
campaign of the IUS onttis subject and directly on the basis of
IUS documentation of the case, the Human Rights Commission of the
United Nations agreed to interest itself in andto study this problem,
As far a s the activity of our dc-pa rtments is concerned, our main
attention must be turned towards the Relief and Assistance Department
a nd the Ectnamic, Socia 1 and Health Department. I do not think
it is necessary to repeat why. E4a mples which I have already .
mentioned spealr for themselves. We will see from the detailed..reports
of each of the departments that our first experiment of a Relief
drive last year was more than successful. Also the fact that we
? were capable of building up our own international sanatorium for
tubermilar students during the last year, which we shall open on
November 11th, speaks for itself. It was considered extremely
doubtful by the Council of 1941 whether we could establish a sanatorium
this year. However the E.C. and the Secretariat pressed on with-the
proposa 1 so that it is ilLw an accomplished fact. Nevertheless, the
duties that face these two departments are unlimited and important
and deserve our greatest attention. It is necessary to build up our
own relief machinery especially because WSR finishes in 1950. It .
is necessary to assure the sanatorium, our first project, financially
a nd to start building others. For that we need the help of all of
you. -Further, the prepa ra tion of the Students Needs Confdrence
which will be one of the gr,_atest events in this direction since
the last war, will nee cl a 11 your streggth. On the national level, the
students 'Needs:Conference should be ca lied tc consider problems
a nd proposa is for the IUS Conference. Inthis way, the delegations
will some fully prepared and the success of our Conference will be
aassui'ed. This is lOgica 1 and it would facilitate our work in ths
next period.
As fa r as the work of the ICD is concerned, this department has
not fulfilled the demands that have been put to it, i.e. the work
for the democratisation of the Universities as I have already mentioned
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On the ques tion of the Faculty Bureaus, it has werked In a more
active manner. The C1inica.1 Conference held in -Jondon a few weeks
ago and which was led by the Medical Facutly Bureau, was most
successful.. In the immediate future, we have the A rchitectural
Conference scheduled for December andthe development of the
A gricultural Facutly Bureau of our Model Farm in Czechoslovakia.
The la nd for our farm has already been granted erd the work on it
will be soon begun. One ofits first jobs. will be to provide the
IUS sana torium with 'ood. In the future it will be necessaryto stren-
gthen this departz;nt rere so than in the past, especially as it
will have to te'(e ease of the intellectual side of the greftest event
which ha s ever taken place in the history of student movements, an
event which will surely be a milestone in the activities of the IUS -
the International Student Festival.
One of the first conditions for the work of this department is to
find materia 1, material and even more material abouth all the spheres
of its work. Only under theseeconditions will this department become
a useful instrument of the IPS. Itmust in future interest itself
more in the co-opera tion with the other departments of the IUS,
a nd at the same time, together with them prepare scveral serflinars.
forthe lea ding offices of he member orgenisations about the
IUS and its work, about the study reform in individual eountries etc..
.As far s ths CTED is concerned, even this department in spite
of all the work done and all the difficulties which it has to face,
in the complicated world of today, must see k for newer and newer
ways of work. It must cease the organisation of tours for
millionaires and devote its time to he organis.tion of practical
work exchanges and generally w ork in co-operation with the other
departments of the rus Tvhich een be of the greatest utility to the
participatns. lt must alsc press more and more the use of the
international student identit7 card which incidentally is net rest-
ricted only to IUS members Itut is available with its advantages
to all Students.
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Our Sports Department which after the conclusion of last Summers
Students Olympique Games and two Sport Conferences mut now start
preparing the 'inter Games at the beginning of the next year, and
the Sumer Games in a years time. It has in front of it a great ar,'
responsible duty, that is to build up a truly democratic a nd progressive
tradition of aca demic sporte. .
Also, our Buicau of Students Fighting against Colonialism, which
in the time of it comparatively short existence has bee n very
a;:ctive a nd noted seveeal successes, must realiss that its duty
is not only to be in contact with, and lead the fight of stederts
of colonial, semi,colcnial and dependent countries, but also -
to publicise the ideas of the IUS in these countries and particularly
to explain their fight to students in eller countries.
Our PID ha s for a long time not been on as high a level, and this
must be ac.mitted objectively-,as we would like to see ti. We must give ..
to the IUS a more elastic and quicker publicity service than it has
had up till now and I am sure that this Council will be aIle to
improve the situation in an appropriate manner.
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It must be stated that it has been a pleasure to see how the
IUS ha s become stronger and stronger , to see our successes,
and the many successes of our edember organisations during the
year.
And even if sometimes we were overworked and tired, this feeling
that the forces of peace are really .:rowing every day and that on the
students field it is in some part at least.due to the work of the
IUS a nd its members a lways gavd us new "chut"do praceU..
It is indispensabTh that the millions of young workers and
intellectuals together with their peoples are against the war.
It is 14:1) to us. to show how strongly we are able to express
our op-position to war, And I am quite confident that we will succeed.
SOME PROPC&iLS TO STRENGTHEN oua FUTUZE WORK
For the purpose of s'rrnthon.ini. further the IUS, the only
representativv student or,ganisatien if the world, I would like to
propose the follw, 7 to the Council for consideration:
1. to recommend to the -.!4_;.C, and to the Secreetaria t the elimination
in their practical a ctivtics of all the short-comings noted
in the current report.
2. to increase their efforts in strengthening and extending the conn-
ections with all student orimisations,tho are devoted to the cause
of democracy and who are fighting for a lasting peace, to draw
them into the paricipatien in tie activities of the IUS and
achieve th ir enrolment in the ranks of the IUS.
3. to ask the Secretairat, the E,C, and all Council members, to
develop an extensive action towards the fulfilment of the
decisions adopted previously at the Congress andthe Council, esp-
,
ecia ily with regard to the democratisation of higher education.
4. to strengthen the co-operation with 7/I2Y and with youth
movements on P. national level.
5. to ask members of the Executive Committee and Council to travel
more in orc-r to render practical aid to national studeircs
organism tions, and to organise 'US seminars for leading officers
of member organisations,
6. to tole-urgent ratasurcs in order -to resume as quickly.a s possible
the publication "WORLD.ST5DENT NEWS" in any appropriate from.
7, to intensify the IUS pblicity in fields such as ?films, exhibit-
ions -- and to study other modern means of r;.7:slicity..
8. to ensure In the future more a ctive practical work of all the
departments of the IUS, increasing their daily contact with
natiLnal students orgnis?tions.
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'RESOLUTION OF-THE:COVNOILEETING 06 THE IUS ON THE REPORT 'OF
T727VORK,OF1H2 Elsolitirodowalva.oF TES INTSR-0 .41.1 :UNION 11-
-Mr?.;3-71T?D S
-HavinG heard and disnuased'the report 'presuated by IOSEPH
CROHILZ the prasident..of :the Interruitional_Unionot Stu!!
dents, On the work ?of'the.I'Jtdeutiv.o,COmaOtee.durine,the
past year and on the'immadiate tasks of the Xntern..ltional
Union t this council atsteELth6?4e $stWOric. of the ..11.7S,
which stren6thened the-interric.tionpl'demoCraticstudpn.
nove1en13, a-period. whentherc were major
threats to world peacd:, when there was.-a Teaurgence..of .the
demands of colonial peopleafor nctioal independeneefrom
expansion,?.when rn ny attacks were made on the unity
. Of the IUS. Wo arrproUd:that in this period of intense con-
flict forces of pace natien:11 1.ndePendenoevand the., i.ner-
national unity of democratiz studentSs.nOt, only with the. .
.::attaqks and propaaanda,which coUld-le*toa hew- war, but in
ft,et ,,increcaSed-intrenCth:ahd are,grOWint:m6rpoWerful..
The Cunoi1 notes with pleasutethat dOiag the past year the
--:Intermr4onal Union ofStud04*, tPgPther.With:the
Y:.)!itiand-the:national student.
rganisatiOns,'hascarried out cansiderable.WOrk towards the
urther,-;consolidation Of the Uniont'-toW;Ltds the .solidorityof
,yworld--:atUdnta.for'a stabl6 Pez:cel.,and'tow.,%rd6.eatisfyinG.the
?ecs aid requirements Of students:-
,InternaAonal Students' Day, World Youth Week, ,the Conference
Y..)uth of ,the Cointries of South East .1sia, the Conference of
the ,campaign in aid of the Alitant students of
Republi.:an Spaih, and other similar activities were suceessfull
orgrInised. The joint Commissions of the IUS and WFDI. which
visted the Middle E4:.st, North 1,frica and Latin ...leri3On.drew
man7 mo :'e thous:alds of youth and students into the internatio-
,
nal 1.1..ovement and strengthened the work of the 'IUS.
Wnile noting the.satisfaibtory work carried out by the Executive
. Committee and the SecretaricA of the IUS during the last year
the 0 ,uncil pointz out that the Executive Committee did not
do enough to increase its connections with national students or
ganf.satLons, particularly in the U.S/L. and Scandinavia.
Fur -hr the Executive Committee did not wirk hard enough to
carry out some of themost important decisions of the Congress
and'Cc,uncil, especially with regard to thede:1)cratisQtion of
higher education; in the dampaigA to open the universities
and collages to all sections of the people, in the campaicn
to 1-emdi;:e from use those text-books containing fascist ideolo-
gyor propaEanda for war; and in the campaign to improve the
material and fcademic needs of the students, by means of its
own publications and through the natina1 student and youth
preEls of the aim and tasks of the IUS and of its achievements
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.The weak cont.poof the:,t;D. and thd depQrtmenta of the ITS w4t.
with the-local-6tv.dent'atgani'satiOn'$-save the opportunity to ee
-certain organisations of U.S., Cuba and other.ciuntriet06),;
misUad rank-and file members of these organisatidits-about:the
'aims and tasks of the IUS-and to slander its activities.
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The Council condemns those who try to destroyunitsf the
Anternattonal'democratic stUdent doyement4?-andregretsthat'ihe
rormer'V1ee13.residentof. the Itip,_ar EllisliahdliipAtepirey4 Mr
,Smith; should have chosen to:1-Oint:Lthilr_ranks4- The.:020011-
is confident that stUdeilts:_pf,tEeg;S:,i,:? Scandinavia and
Is.;Ain:.4:..lerica:Vill'1,eottithUoi:Ac'etrenOlten their oo-operatia'n!-
and unity 4th.-all',detocratia students of the world -through?
theirfuture.in the IUS
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, The 0?4'411 declares that the zein: tasks of democratisation
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students in every oountryare;
to work for a'stablerand letting peace, ?, and against reaotiohj
,to continue their etCaite,for 'the. Aetooratisatian of higher
- edupetion, ;'1;!" In
to campaign-tor tfienatiatal independence of all peoples,
especially Opse_of dolonialsemi7colonialand dependent ooun
tries;
to strengthen the unity of the tn*national democratic) stu4e
dent.lavement in itslitruggle"forthe'-palitical and economic
_ rightS'of'Working and student youth everywhere; rot the
satisfaetion off their most urgent needafjand to resist all '
the attacks which will be made On,therri.
Tho Council, together with'all.peacelovitig.studuits, plus
intellectuals, condemns misuse.pf resources, scientific '
-personal and reseaoh, facilities for the manufacture of atomic
weapons of destruction and-baoteriaIogical agents of war.
It loos withdiequiet at thegrowing,reermam ent drives,
war mongerinUproPagaada. 13,4d the
Many delegations ptinted especially to those already formed
in Wastern.44r0P. 1,314 4tlierion, 444 South East Aildwas cons..
,titutlng a *serious danger to World Peace.
...Peace is notanly.threatened,everywhere, but actual warfare is
raging in many parts of the world.
- In China a civil war is being waged by the reactionary fordes
of Chiang Kai Shek.- 500.000students whoAlave expressed oppOta-
tionta this war are being oppressed by the Kuomingtang,their.?
leaders arrested and their national- orEanis'ation' forced under-
ground.
Ta V.ietaa4-IndenOtivi Burmat-Mslayg.rand Bluarapc; India
atudants and youth have. been forced to take up arms in defence
of their national indePendenee.,. aya the British Govern
:merit have placed a price on the, head or Lee Sboagi'a Council. .
member Of the IUS and MY.. The Council calls upon member
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organ sations to take action against all such :firms of:eolonial
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- In Palestine one third of the students of Jerusalem Uni-
versity are dead in a war provoked by tested interests, par-
ticularly those connected with.o11,-..tgaist the expressed decision of the UNO. for the'cretion of two independent
states An P!.ilestine.
- In Greece., faculties are bin'. Closed and.studrnts herded
against their will into the armf_es nf the Monarcho-fascist
'government for a traticidal-war, aided by forign intervention.
- In Spain, whase falangist.governmeht was crestd by Mas
fascism end constitutes a danger to peace, the democratic peapl
and students-are subjected to the most brutal and devestating t
terror. Students are beinr. impkisonned, :tortured and executed..
The effect of war in these areas is the direct concern to
students and affects. their conditions of life, not only in
countries where there is vLar, but in all parts of the world.. T
The Council thereforel.calle upon all students to Oppose the
investigations of war and J.ve full supprt fighting against
fascisl and aggression.
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Muc'htevidence has been quoted that Nazism is, far from dal in Western
G-:rmihy, This, combined with the rebuilding of Germany s military poten-
ial and the present form of division of Germany, represents a major threat
to world peace. The Council calls upon all member organisations actively
to support those German?studenta striving to Creat a united. democratic
German state. The Council stresses once again the urgent need to send a
Commission to all four zones of German' ' investigate student conditions
and their organisations.
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The Council draws the attention of students to the attempts to develop
Japan into a .potential war base in Asia,- and calls upon all democratic
youth and students,. especially those of China -and Japan; to intensify
their fight against these attempts.
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Further, the Council conSiders it necessary to draw the attention of the
national student organisations and all students to-the:effects of the
"Marshall Plan" on the life and conditions. f student
The "Marshall' Plan" has been sharpl 'Or ?Ise& by', many delegations in the
Council meeting, which have asserte that 4this Plan aims, under the cover
of giving economic aid,-to*gain poli cal nd economic domination of the
countries .it affects, Evidence was given by Some delegations that.there
has been a? deterioration in the living condition's Of-theoworking,people
and students-in certain countries affected by the ? "Marshall Plan -Cri-
ticism has also been levelled against this Plan as not being the type of
ecenomic aid to the European countries which is.organised-on the principles
of the U.N.0,'
Having listened, to these criticisms, the Council asks the national organi-
sations:of students to study the effects of the qiarShall Plan" in their
countries on youth and students, to determine their attitude to that Plan,..
and if necessary take appropriate action.
The Council authorises the TUS Executive to help and co-ordinate the act-.
ivities of national .student organisations in this work, by circulating
the material it receives concerning the effects of the "Marshall Plai". on
the material, political, and academic conditions of students.
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The Council notes the particularly diffic'llt circumstances Of the youth,
including students, in the colonial,semi-ColOnial and dependent countries.
In these countries slave labour .still exists, and child labour is widely
used. Students, as a rule, have no possibility of studying in their
native tongue and live under extremely severe Material conditions. In
most cases, the peoples of these countries do not enjoy even elementary
democratic rights, such as the right to universal suffrage. All these
problems are linked with the general problem of colonial domination and
cannot be solved without the struggle to put an. end to this imperialist
enslavement of oppressed. peoples. -
Having approved the decisions taken by th Conferenees of South East Asia
and Latin America, the Council callsupon a5 democratic students of the
world actively to support the strugglt of e Peoples; of the youth and
stUdents in the colonial and dependent countries, for their freedom,
national_independence, democracy,'and,full educational rights.
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'i5iu Council C.ra\._ tttion to tl_Le -%ii.J:111-en.i. ,A4-,crimination against and. . 4_
segregation of Negro students in the U.S.A.' eIt points to the intercon-
nection between "racial theories" and theories of "national superiority";1
which serves as an essential basis in prepa young people for war. Ti''
Council calls uyon all democratic students and people to fight to end all
barriers in all universities and colleges in .the U.S-.A..which prevent
egroes from obtaining education in the schooIs-of their choice on the
asis of full equality. . . .
In order to strengthen further. the International Union of Students as the
only representative, democratic organisation of the students?of.the world,
and to enhance the role of the International Union .in.guiding.the struggle
of students in all countries for peace, democracy, and?the.fulfillment of
the just demands of the younger generation, the-Councilcharges'the Exec-
utive Committee, and all the members of the Council: .
1. To work in every way to strengthen and widen its.iies with all democra-
. . tic student organisations and individual groups .df. students, irrespect-
ive of race, creed, sex, Or. political adherence, who are devoted to the .
cause of democracy and are working .for a stable peace against war mongers
and reaction; to draw them into theactivites_conducted by the IUS, and
win them for:the principles of the IUS. '
2. To publish and circulate to all national -student organisations a-report
on the activities of-the IUS, based on that presented to the Council and
the discussions which followed it; to prepare eXhibitiens displaying the'
work of the IUS and its member organisations, and.circulate.these around
national organisations; to compile and publish pamphlets on the IUS, its
aims, -tasks, and practical activity.
3. To organise regular visits of members of- the 'Executive Committee and the
Council to various countries, in order to collect information and 'to
render practical assistance on the spot to,national Student'organisations;
and 'in the near future, 'to send representatives of the IUS to the' United
States, Cuba, Canada, Belgium, and the Scandinavian countries,
4. To check previously' accepted_ decisions of the Congress and Council and
ensure that they are carried out as speedily and effectively as pos-
sible; and in particular those concerning the democratisation of higher'
education,. that is, the development of universities and.colleges.open. to
all sections of the people and in the service of-society. and the cat.-
paign te remove from use all text book S containing fascist ideology. ?
pseudo-scientific theories of racial superiority,:or?war propaganda and.
expose all fascist professors and teachers. To instruct the Ekecutive
Committee to discuss how 'far this work has progressed in. each of the.
member countries.
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inorea.,e the uontacts in pratical work between the EC, Secretariat, and
departments of the IUS and. WFDY in view of the vital importance ad necessity
of further strengthening the.00llabora tion between .these two international
representing working. and studying youth, and to obtain the act&
ive pa rtieipation, of the national .studant?organisations in the campaigns
conducted by the national m6mber organisations of the WFDY, In particulat
to support end popularise among all sections of s tUdents the decisions of t
the 'Conference of Working Youth'organised by the WFDY.and to mobilise supp-
'ort for the "World Youth Congress proposed for1949.
6. To resist all attempts to slander. IUS, to disrupt its ranks Or to under-
mine?the,influence of the IUS among the deMocratic students of the orld,
. .
7.To call Upon national student organis ation$,to oppose the creatidin of a
Confederation Of students of Latin A metca intended to undermine the co-op-
'era tion of L.A Merican studaats.organisation$ with the'IUS. In pF..rtier,-?
la r, the Council Calls upon students and student organisations td LA,
countries to. boycott any student Conference in LA,whidikis designed to dis-
rupt tile, inornAtiCaal democratic movement of stUdents.: The -Council app-'
?eels to. all Student and students organisation in IA to partidipate actively
in the work of the IUS where their interests Can best be served and their
demands realised. ?
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8. To give particular attention to proble,s.of students- in higher educational
establishements other.than.Universitiesi in particular, to help student or- ?
ganisd tions and work in. technical and similar colleges, Where in many pa rts
of the world, e,g, Australia, student organisationis weak.. To help stu-
dent unity to be established between University. and other tertiary students.
Where dividipn exists especially where this'has a clear.organisational
expression ?
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9. To point out to the national organisationathe necessity for their.accep.
ting in full their financial responsibilities to the IUS especially in the
ma tter of affiliation fees and past debts.
10..To ensure that more active pnactical projects are organised by all the
departments of the IUS so increasing their daily contact with national atud-
ent organisations and fulfilling their responsibility in carrying out the
practical schemes launched by the IUS and:implementingthe policies formu-
la ted by its governing bodies, It recommends that the EC secure propper
coordination of the activities of the departments arid strive for the mos t
effective implementation Of their programmes.',
11.- To prepa 2e for the ?widest observance by member organisations of th,z
International Students Day, World Youth Week,.. International Day of Solidrity
with Colonial Y outh on. February 21st, and the- campaign for Spanish students
on April 14th. The ECxaftecretariat and departments of the IUS to prepare
these campaigns in close coperation with the 'WFDY.
12. To improve the organisation work of the .E01 and particularly of -uh.c:
Secretaria t and to strengthen the ledderhhip:of the departments by inviting
lea ders ofthe national student organisations who. have proved tl.er worth
practise, to take part in the work of the departments.
13. To organise.contests in the spheres of science literature art and
journalism, in order to develop a healthy spirit of-cempetitian and Jmula-
tion among student ,population. ?
14. To instruct the EC to take all necessary measures to renew the publica-
tion of World Student News as s con as possible; and regula rly to send out
information to the national organisations -and p tudent and youth press.
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CONCLUSION In conclusion sails upn member organisations to review their
activities zikk 'in the.IUS in thelight of .this resolution
in order to increase their ppvticipation in its work and to strengthen
thAir ties with' all members of the IUS. The Council calls upon students
of the .world to close their ranks in thoix. IUS in the struggle for peace,
national independence .and the democratisation of education. '
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should have deserted his past md chosen to adopt a- cuurse of under?
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The main task o thePresS.and InformatiOn'bepartment is to inform the
students of the world.of the,aims and?activities'of the IUS,.:.tpunite
them on, the basis of its.policiW-and to mobilise the for their reali-
sation. Thedepartment_must dance' the campaigns of the IUS for unity
of the international student movement_for peace, national independence
and democratisation of education.
The main respansibility of the department',-therefore, uncler.the,gu-41ance
Of the .Executive Committee and the Seeretariat., is to use.every.aIdilable
means of publicity to make widely known to the, students', youth .8,1,1a people
of the how ate striving for-the extension of-twithary'... igpf
secondary. and higher education to all-8ections of youth a.*or the d
opment of science and teadhing.,:free from falsificationt-ayA fascist,
? ideOlogy., It muut show ho the students and people of coloaLraid::depen-
dent countries and those-in countriesLstilI oppressed bYlnasqi:,4t,govern-
ments are-struggling for freedom,andriational.indepenAence, emu for the
development of free universal educatibnbased upon their national Culture.
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and, tr%aitionBo.Itit give full-atten.tion to devOopinz unity between '
the studentsand youth in. all countriesiparticularlylih the jaint.act-
? ivities of the IUS and. WFDY. It must assist,the work df the 'ICD in deve17-'
cping cultural activity, -contact and eXChanges, providing information to ?
Member organisations on the cultural achievements, pfoblems,,methods, and
activities of the 8.-.;udents-in each country-. .Above all, the. PID Must try
:to give the maximum of facts and documentation on Stu,dentigesds,..colidi:t4:6?,
.of study, and mat'erial welfare. ? -
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The best. publicity for IUS?will always.be the-activities ahd campaigns
2 which it carries out, involving individUal students., and ..educhg then.:
in the policies on which the activities, are based. Thus the .problem
publicity forIUS is Primarily the responsibility of the 'governing_ bO es
of the IUS, in choosing and carrying out the' activities and, campaign
necessary to give expression to its-policies.. From these eneral consid-,
eratiOns, it follows that:
-1.- the PID has the three following tasks, viz? 4
a/ to -educate students in the ais a..c.d polities :Of the In.
-bito mobilise students into activity in IUS campaigns.
c/ to co-ordinate., their activities on the international plane.)-
. the PID should provide factual information'-the following subjects: .
a/ IUS policies and campaigns..
b/ IUS relations with international organisations such as WFDY,
UNESCO etc.
c/ the work of IUS conferences,. commissions, and 1..-teaux'it an4
of joint IUS-WFDY conferences, etc. -
d/ aotivity by. national UnionS in support of IUS poli'AeS,.and
campaigns.
efgeneral activities of'Member Organisations and students in
relation to their own conditions and needa;
the publicity of the PIT) fthould be directed at four levels toward
a/ national and other student organisations.-
b/ other international organisations. .
c/ the individual students. in each Country.
d/ the general public in each country, .
Section II Critigue of the work of the PID-
The commission has examined how far in the, past yearthe
the general tasks and specific programme laid down by the_1947 COuntil,
Certain valuable work was clone in connection with International?Sttdents
Day, the South East Asia Youth Conference, and popularisation
Besides publishing a sMail,nuMber of leaflets and pamphlets, the PIA7:
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student editors.
4owever, there are many serious criticisms to be made.
-Firstly, with regard to the Department, -its work suffered from lack of
MITIEuity of personnel, lack oftechnical experience, lack of financial
support, and lack of supervision by. the Secretariat.
Secondly, --the pUblicity work of IUS was Seriously hampered by lack of co-
ordination between the, separate departMents of the IUS, some of which
put -out their own independent bulletins, etc.
Thirdly, Many national unions did not respond to their responibilities
TO.Frai'ds the Department in relation to staff, support for publications,
and.provision"ofinformation. They failed also to fulfill their obli-
gation to secure_full and wide-spread publicity in their own countries
.for the'aims, policies, and activities of the IUS.
Section III. Principles of Work for the Next Year
The activities and campaign projected by the IUS for the coming year
afford greatopportunities for involving tens of thousands' ofstudents
in direct participation in its-work. The PID cerries -a great responsi-
bility in ensuring that these campaigns are widely'known and bring the
students in each country into active contact with IUS. To achieve this,
the following principles must be observed by the Department:
a/ it must control all the central publicity of the IUS under super-
* vision-of the Executive Committee and the Secretariat.
b/ it must improve the quality of IUS publicity-material, by reducing
the word output in favour of conciseness, and by constantly Con-
sidering the effect of its material on the people, it is aimed to
influence; and, in particular, it must pay close attention. to
national idiom in language, composition, and pictorial presentation.
c/ it must give a balanced presentation of all trends and activities
within the IUS; e.g., it must show the positive achievements as
well as the difficulties of students in each country.
d/ it must ensure that it.gives full attention to such topics -as are
listed below:
i. the international democratic movement of young workers and
students,
ii. the experience of national student organisati, ?
iii. student scientific, technical, cultural and rpc:c ational
? societies, olubs, and activities.
iv. student sport.
v. literature and art.
vi. student humour:
vii. leisure activities, such as crossword puzzles, chess
problems, .etc.
National organisations. also have a responsibility for publicity for ru8,
and the Commission calls upon them to keep the department well -supplied
with material and information, and when requested, to send someone to
help in its work-. 'It points out that they have the task of ensuring
effective publicity for IUS within their own countries.
Section IV Programme 'for the PID ?
On the basis of the foregoing considerations, the -Commission charges the
PID to carry Out the following -programme in the ensuring year:
1. to publish a general month]"; bulletin of information and documentation,
in faux languages of the IUS, adjusting the number of copies in each.
to the demand from national organisations, and ensuring that the content
serves to inform students, mobilise them, and organise their efforts for
the work and aims of the IUS. c-,-;,!Ala- have priority over
all departmental bulletism.
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to publish pamphlets on the work of the IUS and its Counce2,1, on the
efforts of students for peace, on the struggle of colonial Audents
for national independence and their national culture, on the fight of
Spanish and Greek students for democracy in their countries, on tb.e
rights and needs of Students /i.e. a summing up of the results of the
Conference on Student Needs/, and on the problems of students in Latin
America-.
3. to issue a monthly walle-newspaper, in the.. four languages of IUS, ut
ilising all tbe technical possibilities of pictorial treatment of
the campaigns, p cies and activities of IUS, which a format of up to
100 x 3,50 would allow. This should be paid for bynational organisatione
at a price based on the cost of production, and should be distributed
through the.central,offices of the national organisatians.-
4, to publish a weekly news bulletin for use by the general press, j.n
international:news. agencies, and national student and youth press.
5... to organise publicity for every practical activity of the IUS, such
as the Winter .and Summer q-a_noo, the Student, Festival, the Needs of
Students-Conference, etc.
6, to organise radio broadcasts by the IUS, to give wide publicity to the
times and wave lengths of these broadcasts, and to any, radio trans-
missions organised by membere-organisationS.
7. to send to member organisations suitable articles for publication in
their,student press on problems of university teaching, student life,
students needs, and student achievements in each country.
'8, to organise, in collaboratien with FD1, an internationel .conference
of editors and staffs of student and youth journals, and cf young
writers, to study the special problems of the student and yout, press,
the role of this press in the struggle for the rights of youth ad students,
for freedom and national independence, for peace 'and democracy.
9. to develop the exchange of student journals between the national org-
anisations, and universities of each country.
10. to organise exhibitions -en the work and campaigns of the IUS. .
11. to organise exhibitions of student art to tour member countries under
arrangements made with national organisations.
12. to investigate the possibilities of developing photographic and
block service for the world student press.
13. to investigate the possibilities of producing recorded discussions
by students on suitable subjectse_and recordings. of-student choral
musical performances, for distribution in.member organisations.
This Colmalissien discussed at-some length-the need to publiSh.a new form
of WORLD STUDENT NEWS, and the problems involved in this. The following
points must be made clear; 1/ there is an urgent need to renew publication
of World Student News as quickly as possible, as the,main-tritUne of the
rus. This Commission considers that the price must be low enough to make
it available to students. 2/ There are serious technical problems to be
done over in order to achieve success for this publication, namely, the. .
high cost of produCtion, the difficulty of distribution and the need to
get guaranteed orders and payments from member organisations.
WeBEFORE --- a/ the Commission charges the E.C. to find the way to
overcome these difficulties and to resume publication of MN asesoon as
possible, and to discuss this question in close liaison with-the Finance
Committee. 'b/ the Commission,appeals to all member ceeanisations to'
aport the publication :1)y assisting in thee8olutian, of distiebution pro-
and by guaranteeing orders and payment for WORLD STUDENTWS.
c/ the Commission instructsthe Executive Committee to
appoint a.competent editorial board for the magazine, inoluding..at least
a general editor, a business manager, and assistant editors for each of
the different editions. In.cenclusion, it stresses that these problems
of finance and distribution muet be solved in order to?ensuresuccessful
publication of.WORLD STUDENT NEWS/
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One of our Lcin preoccupations was to establish contacts with the biggest
posible ru2ber of student papers in the world. 17e thought and we were
right to think so that the student press would be a precious source of
information on the character of the activities and on the problems of
students communities in every country. On the other hand, we were con-
fident that such contacts would facilitate the distribution of inform-
ation on the IUS. For the moment, we receive more than 200 publicati'ons
from National organisations, faculties, universities, study groups, etc.
Most of them are from Great Britain, U.S.A., U.S.S.R., Latin America,
Poland,' and Hungary. Our contacts hot only permitted 112 to improve the
information service for our member organisations, but helped us princi-
pally in the -Case of Latin America to develop our influence among the '
masses or democratic students, to strengthen unity and activities, to
create an atmosphere of sympathy and adhesion to the principles of our
organis,-ltion which we could check up in the numerous letters, student
pa per s, resolutions, decisions sent to our department, as well as in
the work of the National Congresses in this continent.
OUR PRESS ,=LROPIIT3
In the last months, our department started to set up archives for the
press, the documentation and the photographs collected by our department.
This considerable work was not yet finished and we are not yet able to
answer to all wishes of member organisations. However, we can already
use certain documentation to prov id c our member organisation' with, but
we could not always repxod uce photocraphio documents in order to dis-
tribute them abroad. This will be on,: of our future tasks. There is no
doubt that the work of maintaining archives is of great importanae to the
P.D. and someone must work permanently on this work as soon as possible.
OTHER ,-,m2iyi= PID
The PID had the idea to use the cinema as a means of publicity and propa-
ganda of the I'M and the life of its organisations. First we thought to
use a film on the Congress of the IDS, but we, were prevented to do so
because of financial difficulties. Then we had the idea to make a certain
number of short films .on student activities in certain countries,making
a complete film of these which was supposed to be used by the NUS. But
we did not tr y to get into touch with the competent authorities of.
certain countries, whore certainly exist films which concern university
life, s']udieev training or practioe done by the students in their fac-
'ulties, which would have given to our disposal films which could be used
as information.
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After the Apticipation of the IDS in the international exhibition oran-
ised by the 71i'DY during the World Youth Festival, which was held in Prague
in 1947, the PID has tried to organise a flying exhibition of art works
done by students and young artists, which was to go to different European
countries and maybe also to other continents. The Kinistry of Information
of the Czech Goyer nment promised to give 25,000 crowns fox the exhibition
in Czechoslovakia under the condition that we? would ensure the organisation
of exhibitions o Czech student art abroad. The exhibition did not take
place because of the la ck of collaboration from the part of the HUs. It
will be organisid later because we think it worthwhile to present every-
where the w orkg. of the young student artists.
t'
On the field ofrthe same activities, we only are able to quote as a pos-
,,
itive result the%participation of the IDS in the exhibition of wor ks of
anti-fra nquisttudents in Spain, organised in Paris by DPEH under the
auspices of the IDS.
polimpAToNs ON IL -70R.K.,pd\rzli DIFy.;ar.43._cg .pq?; PID
We have made here a description of the aost important activities of the
PID during the past year. It is possible to conclude that the PID with
the help of the Secretariat and the '':1xecutive Committee developed its
work according to the recommendations and resolutions of the Council 1947.
If we could not accomplish certain tasks, so was this for lack of fin-
ancial faciliti es, for the lack of paying debts for VN on the part of
the member organisations. Everybody here knows that the publication of
VN needed all the funds for information and even the IDS is still in-
debted with certain printer s.
The lack of efficiency, however, is not only the result of financial
diZficulties; it was too a result of certain weaknesses in our work and
lack of attention of the Executive Secretariat to the organisation of the
department. It is true to say that in the last months of the last year,
our friend Ivanov, head of the department and Russian Editor, had to
leave his position. because of a deep illness. The French editor had left
in September already. However, the remaining personnel in the PID did not
take all op-eportunities to fulfill its tasks up to the end. On the other
side, the deficiencies in quality as well as in quantity of material sent
abroad r esulted from a lack of more intense co-operation of the NM*, and
on the other hand, from the lack of co-operation of the Executive Secre-
tariat in the publications of the department. We realised a Treat number
of imprbvements during the last fcw months, as an example, we already
quoted the betterment in the presentation and contents of our bulletin.
The Summer publication, the pamphlet on the Sanatorium, and the Sport
leaflet now in print, are a proof of a better co-ordination in the dis-
cussion and preparation of all our publications, which means for the PID
a work corresponding much more to the needs of the IUS and the students
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in general. The past expeicnoes and the necessiy to improve the infor?
mation and publicity of the ID'S among the student population-lead,us to
present the following suggestions to the present Council.
DPT pROGRAI.dif2 OF. TIE: PID FOR
The work done by the PID durinr, tbc last year, as we already described, did
not answer in the best way the necessities for unity and struEgle of the
democratic forces for peaoe and demo0:!acy in the world; it did not ?answer
the necessary solidarity for the strengthening of the liberties, of the
independence and dcuocratisation of universities, and of thetL-tost elemen?
tary democratic rights which big masses of students are defending with
their own b2ood against the imperialist aggressors, against reaction and
fascism in Europe, Asia, .,,.perica and-Africa; it did net answer the nec?
essity to strengthen and develop udent unity on the national and inter?
national field, the unity of youth and students, the publicity of their
struggles and their needs, the oricntation of the IUS and its tasks among
the students and leaders of its member organisations, and among the news
student masses in .iiMeTiOa and 2.sia, which every day come nearer to the
international organisation which, is defending their interests; finally,
the PID did not satioy ne necessity to reveal to the democratic students
of the world the true aspect of the enet:JAes of their unity, interests and
struggles, the enemies of the ITT7J2 of democracy and'pc ace.
We believe it to be nccesp,ary to correct these nistcafes for the beenefit
of the IU, of the democratic students all over the world, and for the
benefit of the aspiration for'peace and democracy of each of us. We
propose that:
considering the ecoriomic
help tbe work of nie PT-1);
isations, We believe that
possibiliti.co, the Council will decide to
4y4 -(7aiin,for. the help. of the member organ?
the work of information and publicity of the
the .IS has tO donservE a inass ?oha-,_7acter. which shall, bring Voice of'?
our'orgaisation,. of itf) orin.tati.on and a.otivitieS??to all; student
organisations in every' coqiitr.y; to' the students in every 'university and
no this end, we propo 'ti following taslro for the PID: ?
la To recommend to the :xecutive 51eoretariat to PrLICC everything possible
to publish a ncv WS.17, every Miro Donh in 4 languages as before. ie
must lower the price, eliminate the use of too expensive papcx, avoid
--4.-ra-Tdoio luxury and thc special foryla and to ma] :e* the 7SR a pr.per of
orientation, education ay:d lar,T;(2 infolf,ation: unity and strugle of all
students in the world. It has to be the tribune of thr ID'S and the HUs,
of all students lo1.-ing peace and The new forLiat must be ap?
PioxiliatelY 325, and have 4 paL?r-7,, AccoIrJinz to the requests of the
nrs, the administration shall k.,,Pnd the ?ape' according to the orders of
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p 16 Ojai: 6144 f "Of -6t lid 6,06 40;0 idrli-Otdar4:Se-
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0149*
;ang .146 dcds of each eouflr afd 004'4. rit:
orit6 ?ai4 146 -pT,66 entatI,O# arid -1,16,j,n, ? tt,.. 46 a bettct T,16ars: o?
0.4.4,I 4;01 -#.-Co.T. j4.1.40.t#a'g 470.4 QX1*organ?aioPAO,.sQ4a cqn1ttri
pf.:6414-.6nt6 .Thc".1$0...11 be 0, -41042* o OV,A.64.),01,t, 4.?oxi: ? ornitn
4
and 'a .,)thea.iii ?151-2sti,ing-fai*kx.4 a?44, ati
a* of all ucents
6
To r:ealisej1 40,00P. c4. th,C 0614141 19474 to P111:14i,s14 he prpie:.
ITYS. c4t441,64Pli 16?7-46:f490:Ta.:44:6..AVd:Oit0, of tiw wP4414 V4A 01-,14q0
t? '10-x, a 'ci;q0.44,a-4-1;0, 1)044c ents' 0,01 a
counties,depcndcnt strugg3o Of irO-Uth and stv4pnts a,4744.,rist
egi,ra6 ?d &tip ratiO its Aar ri eda Of 0.t 14.6n-tie,
4 The montay edition of a wall newspaper in V,ivalsh gias
,
and Sp anish, including directives of the .4.1.xedi,it 4.ve S6OT otaqat,
inforiaiiori On, activities of each departmcnt, i,nferrtiatitpil 4134. U.1:*tr8,...r
tOn on itiwOT tant- questions of stud Orit lii. We 'Pr_apO:se th format
90.:1104 i?Tirfed. IU V?Oce3 - and that nationa-1 or?garAs.a,Aoris take the
_ .
041j,01,01414 o pJ.aoe. it in ev cu. etuont -121414,4rie '-wptAd be
'put we would
fl.nari444, actions every- 'e eraes t: 7,Te ni-Ot 5i37164 P. t,esi. 11?e 1.41if,iptyrel, of tke
a'd-d7r 6Eie 66 of all colleges and fat:ilia:ties to T/zhich Suoti*tei41...al must be
5. t.1.11,-4.1?oation of a we, okay, 1rif Or Da ti,plq btalckin. q. b Sent to the.
,
res in
?
g eiao?al and to tpforfaatibil
Bi719xy te1?r w ark o t1.3.s 1W bap to. holp mo1ly, for ita-
tou qc publicity tp b.0.1P students to -
of Its- tt-ot.Av...*A4.00,
17,!, pul.ioity of any of the departments of the IUB tb thp
al,bia.ity of the
8 To improve the regil.r raip emissions of the ITJawith. the.
tho, NI)0, and oizaniple 8peOlal om.ssionior students in nee4, o;
ate for he independence and liberty of their
R?,.. T?.er.).0,. to the WS and the student. eenes :tgri )34,9,it:pr1al.
problema of tuuvczQity teaching, e(1140Tb life iti201.6 deura-
qies,
'31Z4 and evcryhr e vier e sud'etit no'p,d6: are ipufieetly s'
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debts towar ds the printer's and to pay other services in relation
.o tArSN and the majority of PDs not paying their debts, these are the
reasons why we cannot present the Council the second number of WSN and
why we-are asking the Council to take all decisions needed to solve this
problem -which is of a great importance for the life and the activities of
the IDS, of its member organisations, and of the students all over the
werld.
121tE MONTHLY BULLETIN OF TI-1:! IDS
As WSN did not apPear, our department made its. utmost to fill the empti-
ness caused by this fact in improving the contents and multiplying the
number of copieS of* our Information Monthly Bulletin. We especially in-
ceased the number of copies in 3Panish to have a closer contact with
Ia'Jin American students. We included as welltin-addition to the normal
info mations of the Secretariat on the work of the IDS, the most import-
a_at international university problems and in reL;ard to the work of the
different departments special articles and statements with regard to the
life and activiti es of students in differe nt countries. Our bulletin
was well appreciated by all organisations, faculties, and student centres.
However, 300 Ignglish copies, 200 French and 80 Spanish were insufficient
to bring information everywhere. -According to the general demand, we in-
creased the edition twice as much. Nevertheless, the monthly bulletin
is not more than an internal publication for member organisations, as it
cannot deal with su?ficient emphasis with verz important problems and can-
not brig material of orientation, education, documentation as our ITTSN
was doing.
,p-p,c."0:444:2kL404
In order to correc'b as ciuch as possible the deficiences of our information
service, the PID started in Zhe last 5 months to publish a series of sup-
plementary documentation for the use of the NUs and the student papers and
student s in general. ,For example, we sent material on the student move-
ment in USSR, peoples' democracies, Iatin America, U.S., Asia, Spain,
and so on, dealing at the saLle time with the question of higher, education.
We sent as well collections of student newspapers to. several ITUs in order
to help them in the understanding of the problems of teaching, of social
a nd university life in the respective country. In the same field we
must remember our efforts to establish contacts between the NUs and the
student press of different. countries, sending lists of addresses of stu-
dent papers received by our department. Finally, we must bear in mind
that a number of press bullctins were sent to the NUS, the student papers
a rid the information agencies in order to bring up-to-date material on
the activities and most important problems concerning the student com-
munity in the wor ld. '7e, intended to publish these bulletins each week,
but we did not succeed in-doing so for technical reasons. If the PID has
fulfilled in a good way its task of information on student life through
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* tnese CiiZerent means, it however under-estimated the task to help the
Secretariat and the departments of the IUS morally in bringing the realisa-
tions, the prc7Jcnt and future activities, the results, the aims (Their...)
to the kno wledee of the students and of the people in general.
USU OF RADI0 AS A 1,:_-_,41-NS OF IUS INPORMION
The PID assures an emission of students news in 16 languages on the short
waves of Prague Radio every week. 1.1ch Wednesday, as well, we broadcast a
radio bulletin in Spanish for students of Latin America and Spain from
the same station. Letters from Latin American countr ies have given the
proof of the usefulnese of these emissions, and the success they have among
the students. As a matter of fact, we did not receive anz confirmation
from certain BUS that they ar e listening and if they are satisfied with
our work an this field. However, we have to underline a defect which we
shall be able to correct w ith the help of the NUS only: That is, the fact
that most of thc news presented in the emissions are not up-to-date and
often without connection with the needs for information on the activities
of the IUS and its departments. We always underlined the necessity to
develop this means of infor mation in all the countries where students have
the facilities to use in oad cast. Up to now, we only could listen to such
emissions from US3R and other people's democracies, although we are sure
that other NUS have the similar opportunities.
PROBLEMS_ CONC:lqQI.N..q p,u)31);.raL(2.T.pp. Ji:1C011:311.8D BY Ti-r; COUNCIL
OF 3p4-7
Among the publications recommended by the Council of 1947 as mentioned at
the beginning of this report, we only published the following: ISD Nov-
ember .17th; Pamphlet on Students Fighting Asainst Colonialism and Imperialism
in colonial, semi-colonial and dependent countries on the occasion of the
Calcutta Conference; a nice pamphlet on the universitz sports and the
Summer Publication dealing with the needs of students Ln general - dealing
with the role of IUS among the students in the fight for peace, democrati-
sation of education and better nveter ial conditions; we prepared as well,
not yet printed, the pamphlet on the International Sanatorium in Czecho-
slovakia, Poster s were printed for November 17th, 1947, and others are in
print for the Sanatorium of the ITS and November 17th, 1948. Al]. this im-
plied great expenses.
We multiplied documents on student co-operatives in Rumania, scientific
societies of students in USSR, universities incorporated in USA, uni ver-
city and culture under Ftanco-fascist regime, reform of higher education
in Poland, etc., etc..
NS must bear in mind the offers of certain member organisationstamong them
the people's demo= acies orgnaisations, to publish in their own countries
the pamphlet on colonial countries.
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10. National..organisations should be requested to reserve in their
journals aApermanent place for IUS news,
11. To recommend to the Executive Secretariat, the organisation in
collaboration. with 11FDY, of an International Conference of Young
Journalists of touth and Student Papers to studz the role of the press
in the struggle for the rights of youth and students, liberty and
national independence, peace and democracy.
12. To develop the archives of the PID in order to have a service for
. the benefit of'the NUS and to develop the exchange of student papers
throughout the world.
13. To set up the ciroular exhibition of student art sponsored by the
IUS with the.rosponsibility of national organisations..
14.. Groups of students in one country to record discussions and ptints
of interest (and languages understandable) to students in other
.0ountries. These recordings could be made on a topic of nutual interest
to students in two particular countries and an-arohange?made. At the
same time, the discs could include recordings of student choral and
musics. 1 performances.
3.50 The Council has-to recommend to the NU of France and Great Britain
to send to Prague students ;competent for the work in the DID.
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The Council of tb9, TUS consi ers that the de ocratisation
of higher education and the implemntation B-Y measures to malce
higher education accessible to the broad masses of working, peasant
and other poor youth fi.s a task of vital importance to the students
and the democratic youth of the wor,J. . In many countl'es however,
the realisat_on of this ta??k neots With opposition on the part of
anti-democratic forces and hs not yet brought substantial results".
With these words? :he Council in 1947 reviewed and under-
lined the funamertal task before the IUS, a task which was made in
it concrete fulfilment the responsf_bility of the Intellectual
Cooperation Departien 12he ial) was estblishod at the Congress
in 1946, wherc stildcns met to ci've continued life to the wide-spread
desire in a brter wo7-1d which had flourished so strongly during
the common otrule ag:rt fsoisi 't the end of the war many
problen had to Eolr3d. Tne great problem facing students
v-as'the rcorzea':icil of a h3anhy dmocratic educational and stu-
dent life, In ,-1:.M0E- 011 student life and organisation had
been titbe:, dsolganised; in some there were
oth-sr sDocf-Fli ..7)21ob7.r'::, I, tL,c fp.scdst an( faocist-offupied
countries V2 nr,ed 7rom the educational system t ose
livho had aotiv=ay -r4c)gii:ed :fascism aid collaborated with the enem3r.
The false of disc7-irtion, racial superiority, chauvi-
nis, and p-r-versioici uf .1_enoc, b.ad to bc removed from text-bona
and d7=o:Ic--. ond de'ondent countries national
indepezidonc2'1,,az' a c21.1-Thion for 112 incluJing students, and they
were faced iith tb,c. gigantio 11-: of constructing an adequate edu-
cational systm Jecord 7;itU lhemew spirit of freedom and to
Lice-6 new as-pLy'atino-1 LTC-/Ja Out of thevar. Other important
tasks dcman-t;in Ifol.:onstruction of buildings ard
equipDcnt 711;uar hd the rebuilding of extensive
contaots 'octl7con pgople2 particularly
mt elle oti is and
In order to cc-ive these urgeli'i problei:Is the 1947 Council make
many .concrete p cCitio.TU We roaud you that ? these were largely
a r e-iteratior of the Ceoi:Jion71 of t e 1946 World Student Congress,
but we feel it ilecesary Loin to dr-d. attention of Council to them
since they .have rothg iDportance or urgency, and too'
little ha71 been acompi in th:-:11 fuaiiimolit during the last year.
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Othuncil he
and in ordo
tion,
rc:Jo7.,utn,, are quxed at length to impress on this
tEks-yhieb be been.:et before for this department,
to rl4Ce ),:b.E.E2C horc tbi:-,5 Council .again for considera7
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"In order to solve these urgent problems, the Counsel& of the 'US
urges:
1) The elimination of all forms of discrimination in admission and
scholarship to higher schools, the reduction of tuition fees,
the abolition of feeu for examinations wherever such are charged,
- the creation of a system of state stipends (primarily for students
with families and those demobilised from the army and resistance
detachments) free use of textbooks, study aids and laboratories;
the reduction of dormitory fees; free medical service for
students; and the establishment of peoples/ universities.
2) That the democratic student organisations belonging to the IDS
should conduct national campaigns, enlisting the.support of other
national educational, professorial, politica and civic organi-
sations., to discuss measures ensuring the proper integration of
student conditions, as well as making hlger education accessible
to the broad sections of yout . The proposals resulting from these
discussions should be submitted to the governments of the respec-
tive. countries for their consideration.
3) The immedeate elimination from curricula and textbooks of pseudo-
scientific theories of race, chauvinism and imperialist propaganda
and the expulsion of students and teachers who actively collabo-
rated with the 'fascistsc It is particularly recommended that de-
mocratic students organisations of former hthstile states launch
campaigns to accomplish this takk in their countries.
4) The establishment of democratic administrative and governing
bodies of universities,-especially in colonial, semi-colonial
and dependent countries.
Por.this purpose:
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a) The departments of the ne should invite well-known democra-
tic professors to write criticisms of -textbooks and books of pseudo
scientific or anti-democratic content to be published in. IBS publi-
cations.
b) The member organisations of the 1118 should bring such text-
books to the attention of students and endeavour to secure their
removal from the curricula
5) That democratic student organisations actively support and wide-
ly popularise in their countries the truly democratic men of sitence
and technics and help the in their activity to achieve the demo-
cratisation of big er education.
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(3) It is recouidended t at national 'unions of students study means
of reforming higher education so that it will adequately prepare the
student to face-the problems of his own country and take his place
in his national society,
7) since a democratic university is n6t realisable without the de-
mocratisation of elementary and secondary education, national unions
of students should study means of reforming them.'
8) National unions should fight to have their representatives oonp.
suited on all questions which concern student life and the fun-
ctions of the universities
9) It is recommended to nationals tudent organisations that they ex-
tend their contact withdemocratic movements in their countries so
as to ensure a more active participation of students in the whole
life of the country.
10) The IUS, together with member national stud61=ii organisations, can
render great et:LC, in the democratisation of education through aid-
ing the creation of mighty national student organisations,demooratic
and fully representative in character.
11) The IDS should approach the WFDY, UVO and TEZICO regarding the
extension of, high schhol and middle school education so that this
question, on which the extension of university eduoation depends,
can be taken up in the broadest possible fashion.
a2) it is recomuended that all actions taken by member national
student organisations be reported back to the 'us.
In the sphere of cultural exchange the same Council recommended:
1) Correspondence Bureau.
? The Correspondence Bureau of the "LUS should not attempt to
compete with national correspondence bureaux where these exist,
but should attempt to stimulate thei/ formation in countries whcre
they do not exist. For mass exchanLse2 decentralisation through
correspondence in member countries is more efficient than a o en-
tral agency.
2) For exchange of books and periodicals the ICD should act as
a clearing house for such exchanges. In oases where a member
organisation ff one country wishes to purchase certain books in
other countries, the IUD should endeavour to promote such puxohases.
Exchange of periodicals is better accomplished direct from national
organisations, but the ICD should stimulate and coordinate such
exchanges.
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3). Film exchange .and library .
The ID should compile 'a list of suitable films which are available
in the various national organisations as a basis.for?the formation
of as film library. In addition the ICD should assist member organi
sations in obtaining films from other countries. It should discuss
with. UNMTO the problems of custom's and censorship which at present
complicate exchange,
4) The ICD shall endeavour to assist member organisations in ob-
taining such information as they may desire from other countries
for example the colonial countries should be helped to obtain all
information on relief and reconstruction. The member organisations
must cooperate by responding promptly to requests for -information
both from the IDS and from other member organisations.
.6) The commission proposes the further extension of student exchanges
for purposes of study, and calls on the ICD-to promote and -coordi-
nate the international adoption of colleges and the formation of
*brother" colleges. The exchange of professors and lecutres should
be part of this programme.
In the sphere of intellectual relief we recommends
1) A priority systen should be established by ICD:for intellectual.
relief needs.
2) The ICD should urge member organisations to collect books and
other forms of intellectual relief and should servo as a tlearing
house for ,the distribution of this relief'aocerding to the in-
ternational plan of World StudonA Rel ieXe V V-
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3) The IUD should attempt to organise teams of technicians and
professors who would be sent to aid the intellectual reconstruction'
of war-devastated and economically backward countries. 0
4) The ICD should appeal to governments and ministries to reserve
places and offer scholarships, for students from needy countries
and particularly colonial, semi-colonial and dependent countries
and all those fighting for liberation, who have appealed to the IDS
5) The Council declares itself against all policies forbidding cer-
tain peoples to have cultural con acts with others ( This propo-
sition arose out of the statement of the North African delegate
on Arab cultural contacts between Worth Africa and Middle East)
In the sphere of education and information, we recommends
. 1) The ICD with the help of member organisations should set up a
university documentation bureau to collect all information r cIating
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2) The ICT should concentrate on the preparation of three new
faculty bureaux during the next year. It should consider the
possibility of faculties of Ajriculture, Education, 3ngineering
and Economics, and the tentative suggestions from the delegates
of India, West Indies, Scotland, Sweden and Denmark that certain
of these conferences might be organised in their countries.
3) The policy of the ICD should be to coordinate the work of the
member organisations through the central bureau in the IUS.
Headquarters and to p romotc-spccific projects with the assis-
tance of the different member organisations"
Both the Congress and the 1947 Council have iricidacted
clearly their understanding of the importance o2 the ICD'and
its tasks; these were important tasks in 1946 and in 1947, and
from the Executive Report it should be clear that they have-
increased rather than less in the past year.
The ICD has not in the past measured up in its work to
the ideals expressed by our deliberative bodies. It has not
been able to realise in practice the activities planned or
enisaged for it. To understand why and in order to make practi-
cal plans for the future, we L1USt examinC, frankly the cause of
failure in the past.
The ICT has fallen short of its objectives for three mean
reasons!
l)The programme laid down for the ICI) has been too vague,
too sweeping and not bion clearly and properly directed. This
has inhibited effective planning within the department . it
should have concentrated more on two or three basic key tasks,
from which to.-oroceed to the fuller implementation of its
programme.
2) The fullest cooperation of all member organisations is
necessary for the SUCCe9S of the I. This applies. particularly
to thc supply of information, facts and data from which the
ICD must proceed in its *or. The response of our member ogan
nisationsto questionaires etc, has been disgraceul. It is
important that if our requests for information arc unrealistic
or the infor.mation is not available as is sometimes asserted,
we should be told. One of the most important jobs of the lap
the collection of information-about the status of education and
educational opportunities in various countries, as a basis for
campaigning for better conditions - has scarcely been begun
although the department is two years old. This is largely the
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supplied us with sound information e It is impossible to organi-
Se effective work in the depart-tent without a proper staff,
and again we find our member organisations falling down. Yu
goslavia and Italy each made themselves responsible for pro-
viding a full-time member of the department, but neither country
has fully mot its responsibility
3) The personnel of the department suffered an abnormal number
of chagcs and was generally very unstable, resulting in a lack
of continuity in the work of department. Fthr a large part of the
year there has been no head 01 the ICD, and when this has been
dmax one his time has been taken up by an. abnormal amount of
travelling.
It is necessary to stress the long-term character of
the work of the I. The work to make education available to all
without discrimination, to ensure the naterial and social con-
ditiors for freedom to study, freedon-to organise and speak and
ifidced our whole programme of intellectual advancement and
cooperation must continue and develop over the years as a con-
tinuous process. This fi-ld will grow with the IUS, with the
accumulation of more and more data, with our own and our de-
partments concrete achievements and experience. At the same
time we must never lose sight short-range objectives, of
our concrete day to day activitic, specific campaigns and the
positive expressions of "democratisation of education" during
the academic year? ,
Some share of the responsibility fox the weakness of the
work of- the ICD must be borne by the Dxecitive Committee and
the Sec retariat. In january the LCc heard a long and tho-
rough report on the department, ut has not taken sufficiently*
vigorous action to have the fine plans for the TCD implemented.
The Secretariat too has tended to neglect the ICD and could lave
done more to cheek up the progress of its work.
All these wcaknessed do not mean that the ICD has done
nothing or that nothing has been done in the IUS to achieve
its dirs. The problems of democraticaioll of education and
intellectual cooperation are not the monopoly of this one section
of the IUS, but aro thc responsibility of all its sections, and
the sum total of IUS activities during the past year has .
contributed a great deal to the solution of t'ese problems.'
ItIch.has also been done by nany of our member organisations.
The best lines on which to work axe becoming clearer to our
students, and despite attacks on some democratic students
novehents and detcrioratinE conditions in many areas, educatio
nal opportunities and intellectual cooperation arc improving.
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? The fight and work for better educational opportunities for
youth of the poorer classes, from among the workers and peasants
has grown in many parts of the world. In England the National
Youth Parliament, _including youth organisations with over a
million members, pr esented the major problems of young people
in Britain to the entire nation. The NUS played a leading
part, presenting a draft ILducation Bill, and the students and
youth together drew up legislation which would extend the possi-
b....Mies for education at all levels to all sections of British
Youth, The task now is to organise the youth and students to de-
nand its implementation.
The British NUS has also drawn up and campaigned for four-
point programme which asks for
1) Abblition of fees,
2) Free maintenance grants for all students, covering 52
weeks of the year
3) Basic co-ordinated votes for these grants, a ssessed
,according to students, costs of living, plus tuition costs
4) A minimum entrance standard for all colleges and uni-
versities.
In tho tally different condit ons, the students and youth
of India fe campaigning to extend educational opportunities
to all young people. in India. In a campaignagainst increased led
by fees the All India Stud cnt Federation, they are trying to
reduce the cost of education today, so eliminating thc major
means by which economic discrimination works against the poorer
studetts and youth in their country. They have organised a
mass campaign of dezionsttations petitions and meetings, and have
called upon IUS member organisations for support in their
struggles.
By these means, under their different conditions, t e stu-
dents of India and Britain are developing their work for a fully
democratic eeducational system. The ICD must draw on the expo-
ricnc c of campaigns like these together all the documentation
and material uncarther during these activities and make known
? to member organisations the facts and the lcassons learnt, so
as to help thou in similar activities..
The magnificent work of the students in Viet Nam for the
elimination of illiteracy has been referred to in the %11xecutive
report, similar work is being done in Indonesia where there was
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over 90% illiteracy when the Republic was born. Illiteracy is a huge
problem which the IUS must take up more vigorously. Hundreds af
millions of people in the world cannot yet read nor write, and
students can make a very great contribution,to the elimination of
this evil.
The IUS has directly interested in the preervation of national
matures, ,a4d in protecting ?the cultural and educational rights of
national minorities. The IUS took up particularly the case of the
closure of the Chinese schools in Sian by the Siamese governhont by
- imposition of conditions making their continuance impossible.
Lest you doubt that the IUS can do something in cases like this,
we should tell you that the General Secretary ofUN. 3C0 told the
Acting Head of the ICD at a Press Conference in Prag e that he had
heard nothing cit or official or unofficial about this matter. he
added that in any case UN:3SC0 can only take up such questions when
they are raised by a golfer pent which belongs to UN3SCO. The 11)5
the passed information on this and p otosted to the United Nations
Human Rights Commission, which has told UB that they are taking
up this important natter.
We urge our member organisations to press strongly still
for scholarships for students from colonial and semi-colonial coun-
tries. Already there has been a response to our previous requests,
S cholars hi ns being grant cd by Hungary, Poland Bulgaria and Rumania
Here is a meallS of intelle ctual relief which we believe can
be greatly extended by more work by our member organisations.
In the United States it has been necessary for many students
to campaign for the preservation of t dr academic freedom, by means
of meetings, petition and student parades, A tremendous amount of
material has been received by the 11)5 indicating serious attacks
in the US on the right of students to study freely, to have access to
important publications, to organis c and so on. Some of this has been
published by the IUS in bulletins etc but much documentation re:la/us
still to be distributed. A noticeable feature of the US situation
is the persecution of the new Wallace hbvement on the campus,
and increasing attacks on our member organisation Anc?ica n Youth
for Democracy. The stud cnt reaction has been sharp and has been
often supported by the leading intellectuals labour leaders and
prominent progressive citizens . That is always important to anildt
the support of democratic community, labour and youth organisations
and leaders is borne out by the experience of our member organisations,
but the IUS must obtain all material and make fact and experience
known to all students. id es pread support . from all sections of the
community did much to ensure thc withdrawal of the Ilinist ex of :Iduca-
tion from his original dogmatic position recently when he banned ,films
of origin other than the British Empire fron Educational c6tablishments
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in Victoria, Australia. A protest Connittee formed by the students
of the Lelbourne University played a leading part in campaigning for
withdmawal of the ban. The IUS sent a cable of protest in their
support.
In the Peoples Democracies in '-astern Europe, recent years have
been narked by increased student self-help riovencnts, inc luding
cooperative centures in toxt-book publishing. In these countries,
tool the work for democratisation of ?ducat on has grown apace;
they have been actively engaged in ridding their educational systems
of the remnants of fascist thoughtand practice. Pro#agonists of
discrimination and collaborators have boon removed fron the schools
whilst new possibilities are now open to students from peasant '
and working class fanilies
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ULJJ-iia LU a0bIOn to implement resolutions of the
Council on the deeilocratisation of education has included great and
positive contribution to the Conferences in South :,Dast Asia and
Latin America and the IFDY Working Youth Conference. This. will
all be dealt with in seDarate reports to this Council. It is suffi-
cient to say here that th Charters of the Working Youth and Students
especially in South 1.3ast Lsia and Latin America are blue prints
for aidoc-6nt and adequate educational system in these parts of the
world.
The ICD must play a leading part in transforming these blue-
pmirts into reality. During the past year its Bureaux have con-
ducted many excellent activities., but these have not been coordinated
in a single integrated plan, and have therefore not contributed fully
to the fulfiLiient of Is tasks, Having no proper over-all plan
the Bureau have tended to develop in isolation from the I. Our
future plan of work must insure that the ICD bureaux become the
key means by which the ;c ICD tasks are properly carried out and taken
down to each individual student
There are 5 separate Bureaux within the ICD. These are : the
International Correspondence Bureau and Four Faculty Bureaux inclu-
ding the Architecutal Faculty Bureau, the Medical Faculty Bureau,
the Agricultural Forrestry and Veterenary Faculty Bureau and
Engineering Faculy Bureau Dcpite the fluctuation of personnel
in the ?deeartnent , already referred to, the various sections of
ICD have aeveloped their activities along the specific lines laid
down for Bureau by the last Council. Much has been accomplished
and we can say that the faculty Bureau in particular have become
an important part of the well,: of the- IIJZ
On a national level, :90rhans the most significant development
of IUS Faculty Bureau work has been in Australia, The National
'Onion of Auetraian University Etudents established at its last
ouncil Meeting lilaenit:y Bureau in B faculties in all the Australian
universities. This was a direct result of contact with the IUD
and already significant advances have been made. 2he Australian plan
-is dealt with in some detail in the IUS Information Bulletin which
will appear during This Council,
Thib iroortant Cevelonnent , thee reeeption of the Clinical Congress
among Medical students of many co-entrieq and the support given to the
IUS by Architectnal students (Which woe clearly shown recently by
Sweden and Switzerland),denonstrate that when the IUS has a concrete
meaning for students they will supports its programme. It is one
of the main tasks ot the COT to nakShis11Call1ng Clear to the
students in different oeunrieel and there is no more effective way
of doing this than through the ICD Buneaux.
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The Engineering Faaulty Bureau
.This Bureau was started under the leadership of a part?
time Volunteer, and successfully established extensive contacts
among students and professional engineering associations . It
published a bulletin which was well received 2 and has been planning
a Conference of Engineering Students be held some time during 1948
49 academic year. However, it appears that at present this Bureau
will have to develop more and ba more firay established before
suoh,a-Conference would be justified.
Architectual Faculty Bureau.
? Through this Bureau direct contact has been made with
the Architectual students of 25 countries bringing incidentally
the ITS to students to whom it was previously unknolm ARising
directly from the work and suggestions of this Bureaet, several
national organisations of Architectual students have been formed.
A Committee has been set up by the British Architeetual
Students Association to work on the International News Letter,
If all member organisations cooperate fully this News Letter can
,suocessfully provide a channel for the ex,hange of news and inAier?
mation between Architectual students fro,a all parts of the world.
A survey has been made of t'ec World's architectuals
journals and publications 7 and the demand for these in different
countries. Several jorxnals have been made available to students
at redua0d cost.
The most important work of the An has been the preparation
of Architecttal Students Congress) to be held in London. Originally
scheduled for 1948 sumer it had to be postponed through lack
of personnel in the bureau, 14 will now take place from December
30th 1948 to J,Inuary. 8th 1949
? The Congress will be :30P,s0, on the theme that Architecttal
students must be united nationally and internationally to improve
architectual education, thc profession and industry through dis?
cussions and understanding of mutual problems. Such a unity is
necessary if architectual students and their profession are to make
the maximum contribution to peace and reconstruction.
There will be lectures and discussions on technical and
professional subjects and visits to factories , reaseamch-
stations and housing projects in different parts of 1-3ngland. There
will be opportunities for discussion on mutual problem with young
building operatives and apprentices and there will be exhibitions
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sohoOls.
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die
each. delegation and fron irepresentatiVe'British
cussion progranne will be centered around
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of the Architect and/Students in society, and the
reconstruction and peace.
The role
need for
The nature of architectual education and the reforms necessary
to produce architects as responsible and active nelbers of
society,
3) The organisation necessary to bring about the standards
decided ufon and the aims of Aational organisations and 'the
IUS.
An appendix to this report sets up in considerable detail plans
for this Conference. We hope that fro(' this meeting will
future programme of the liFB Already it is planned that
lame will include an international competition of student
to be held in Conjunction with the 1949 IUS Festival. It
emerge the
this progra-
projects
will umr-
doubtedly include also student and travel exchanges., film exchanges
the .circulation of technical books and journals, and student summer
schools ?and congresses in the future.
These plans cannot be implemented until staff has been found
for the bureau. This is an immediate need , not only for the general
Bureau work but or nleConcross itself, Between April and leptenber
of this year, there was noone working in AFB and by the end of this
month ( September)it will be necessary to find a full-time, worker
for the Bureau . This Council must give iinmediate attention to this
problem,
The Agricultural , -2orrestry and Veterinary Bureau
........
This is a newest edition to the IUS Faculty Bureau, and ptotnnt-
ially it ts one of the most important Bureaus. Staff at present
by Czec oslovak volunteer students, it plans to establish a model
farm in Czechosloiakia, Land has already been granted for this
farm which it is hoped to convert into an extensive experimental
project where students can work on the latest methods of
agrenomy, veterinary problems and forrestry. It will be unique
as a place where technical information and recent advances can be
exchanged between the students of many countries. When the farm
is operating properly it is plannsd that it should directly supply
,the IU0 Sanitoriuca with food.
This particular project should be extended to colonial and semi-
colonial countries. This Co'ineil should explore the possibility
of est O'c diAll*P82em4at000rb1nto2jit could
make'very great co-ltribuion to railing the technical level of
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We suggest that
iS this is done it be a joint project of the IUS and the WFDY.
In order to forgo a sound programme and extend and popularise
the work of this Bureau, ar International Conference is necessary.
Students of agriculture in countries like Canada, where the? faculties
are very advanced can do a tremen.dous amount to help students
where- techniques are I elatively backward ? Direct personal contact
and work at an International Conference of Agricultural-students
is clearly a necessary sop in order to start this work.
Plans for the Bureau ? includ e not only fa ? experimental fartas
but also experimental foxrests to which students from all parts' of
the world ctn. be invited to work,,
Nedical Faculty Bureau-
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the
This Bureau has carried out most .ConSiStent and extensive ?
activity of any section of the. ND, -It has been fortunate to have
a permanent head for some ? time pasts it has been fortunate-too _
in having t a ?c_rtive assistance of such IUS member organisation
as the Am ex lean icociation of Internee and lied ical Students,
During the last . IL-Twelve tion,h5 the LIM. with the Central Travel
and Exchange Department organised .two tours of Amerffican Medical
student groups to Europe and assisted in placing foreign students
in internee-ships over the simmer. months in Great Britain. Last .
summer a tour was organised aoudd the International Physiological
OongrGss and this summer another tour around the Cljnioal Congress.
European students have yet to be integratedproperly int c ? 'this
programme and the Bureau will have-to make arrangements with
national Union Travel which are at present. handling most
.s.'Jtudent travel in many countries
In the field of re7i..ief and exchange the Bureau has collect ed and ?
distributed t oxtbook, Yiliercs.ocme slid es ? medical journals
During the cholera opid -in .]Ly.pt r, the Bur eau forward ed ind
pendently over 1 million -i-otts of anti- choa.era vaccine ., and obtained
additional contribution member organisat. ons in' the United -
States Great Britain .Lia-.1.1andc and Czechos/ovakia - of milk
prepgations for the Lreek children in Czechoslovakia, We have just
received 15 million units o-2 cneil1it. thich 'will be distributed
Soon; we have also -100 grr:ras of r opt onycin and a store of over ?
ten thousand 'med i cal t ext.-3 and o-ornals in the Unit ed S tgt es awaiting
distributione; This aspect - work mu,s in. future be very clOsely .
coordinated with the of and Assistance DeT)artment
The high-light of .1\1:5-B ao-k.ivity during 1947-48 was the first.
International aljnicai. Uose, This was one of the most successful
activities over Oendl,..0 international student organisat ton,.,
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and established the IU S firmly among a large number of students
who have never before been directly reached by any IDS activity.
For the first time in student history a group fron 1 study disci?
pline, drann from 25 countries scattered over 5 continents -1ct to?
gether to discuss their ficla of study and its relations to the
world around then. The results of this Conference which are indi?
cated in detail in an appendix to this report, show the real signi?
ficance to thc ordinary student of an organisation like the IUS.
This Council must study the results of this Congrrss and lay the
groundwork for their full integration with thc future activities ce
the 1US,
The International Correspondence Bureau.
The immediate response to thc establibdancnt of ICB was very
haortening. However, noonc has worked rcguarly and consistently ,
in ft for months, wit] the result that it is slowly dying. This
Blireau has a tremendous potential value to students and its problems
axe not difficult to solve. One person working part?tine- could
handle the work of this bureau quite easily. I regreat that
not more can be said aiDout thc activities of this section of I.
If the IOB is to continue and carry out the task originally allotted
to it the Council must address itself to two questions .
1 The allotment of staff for the work of the Bureau
? heans of securing much greater cooperation and assistance
from our member organisations.
Conclusions and thc -future work of the ICD
11?1?100.4.10. 0.10.11 ..
This summary of thc past work of the ICD should indicate the
importance of its activities to the IU, and to the students. Po?
tentially the work of thc ICD is among the richest ficdls of the
IDS work. The work it has to do is most vital and important for
students all over the world and for the furtherance of international
understanding.
To overcome past weaknesses in tho department the Council must
assume three responsibilities:
1) It must provide thc necessary capable personnel to staff
the department and its Bureaux
2) It must reaffirm the responsibilities of IUS member organi?
sations for the work of thc department. 'Without their consistent
and active cooperation, the most elementary and the most urgent
task cannot be completed.
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3) It must overcome the general lack of realism in planning the
work of the department.
-These three immediate problems can be taokled within the frame
work of the excellent resolutions already passed in previous years.
? The wealth of experience of each member organisation must becone
the property of the ICD and through it, the property of all member
organisations. The immediate task of the ICD, then is to assnmble
during the weeks immediately following the Council facts, do?
cumnntation arl ,naterial accuMulated by all member organisations
in their manA::loLd activities. On the basis of this material 'which
must be continaally built up from day to day and year to year,
the ICD can begin to give that leadership to the movement for the
democratisation of education which has been lacking for so long
? On the basis of the material from a specific region, the depart
?
Dent Can organise for a period of one or two weeks., regional
campaigns involving" groups of countries . Such campaigns would
air d at solving certain specific) problems especially?urgent in '
certain regions and relating to the democratisation of-education.
These campaigns can be for increased scholarship funds, with a
student voice in the administration; They can be for a reduction
of fres, similar to that waged by the AIM" in India; they can
be campaigns against economic and racial discrimination in higher
education. These problems affect certain regions specially ,
and while it would be difficult and not always realistic to organise
an international campaign around one of those problems, regional
oampaigns arc certainly possible.
In assuming the responsibility of giving leadership to the
students, the 1CD should organise a one week seminar on the qunstion
of student government, a matter of great importance to all member
organisations, and one in which the exchange of experiences and
ideas can be of great mutual bennfit.
In developing intellectual cooperation, the ICD Dust pay atten?
tion to the work of the World Conference of Ittelleotuals whioh
has recently taken place in. 'Wroclaw . The ?oonclusions of this
Conference should be made known to every student and its parti?
cipants must be supported in their activities for peace by the
students of all countries.
. In accordance with the .proposals of the Festival Commission,
the ICP must.also-be prepared to. make an excellent contribution
to the Student Festival of 1949 .
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In all of its work during the coming yoar, the ICD must try
to sefure the support and cooperation of all international bodied
whose activities cover or correspond to any part of the department's
work. This applies particularly to UNTSCO and to professional
educational and cultural international orkanisations. For example
the ICD should immediately establish a working relationship with the
recently formed International Theatre Guild. Relations with UN 9C0
were dealt with in the :ixecutive report and there is every indication
of a great improvement in thc nearest future in our work and coopera
?
tion with this important body.
In conolusi9nI would like to make tree specific proposals in
addition to those already made in the body of thAsreport.
? 1) That the ICD publish a series of bulletins ons academic
freedom, students self?governuent and racial economic
and political discrimination.
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2) That the ICD vigorously proceed with abhemes n2 exchanges
Of cultural material , establishment of a film library
and other tasks which have been plaeed before and never
fully implemented.
3) That the Council give a particular attention to breaking
down the general plan for the ICD into specific proposals,
and relating these directly to the resources which can be
allotted to the department
The wfty in which the programme of the ICD is carried out in
the future will depend very largely on the guarantees made here by
the-Council fox the personnel necessary, and on the active 000peration
and_work of our mel:br organisations. If both these questions are
tackled seriously and realistically the work bd both ICD and the IUS
will be immeasurably strengthened.
We are oonfident that this Council can solve the problem of
intellectual cooperation , and that the next year we will see the
organisation and the growth of the ICD into the key department, of
the IUS that it should already have been
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APPENDIX I
?STUDENTS INTERNATIONA L CLINICAL CONGRESS
TheStudents Intarna-tionaI Clinical Cengress which met in England
in July 1948, was an eventof great -importance. for ..the IUS., It
resulted in greatly -strengthening the FUS and in increasing its
meaning ,and-influence-among a large section of .students.
P44'. ma ng of the 103 students' from 24 countries present there, it
was the -i)irst time that they had heard of the IUS. For all Of them
it was Ia first time that they had-participated actively in a
specifice activity organised by the IUS-en their behal..% ThealUS
was thus_ made a.real tangible thing for these students and it is
this fact which is most ir.:portant "it was On the basis-of- this
last fact that the enemies- of the TUS were soundly beaten in their
last attempt to split off a section of students from the IUS and the
rest of-the student community. Realising that this was the first
vfarhat we hope will be many more faculty conference, the signific-
ance of this Clinics. 1 Conference becomes even greater. Many short:-
comings and mistakes can be listed,and these will ,be analysed more
thoroughly, The genera 1 conclusion to be reached however, is that
the IUS has been greatly strengthened, has aquired more meaning.
and a great or flc-ld of action among a mass of students who until
now.had ioeen involved to only a very slight extent in the work of
he IUS.
A study of the attacheddecisions-will give an immediate picture
of the positive results of the Conlerence and of the discussion groups.
The presence of 103 delegates, some official .and representing their
medical student bodies: delegates from Chile; South -Africa, Brazil,
Poland?Qah, Hungary: othersapresent as individuals only: English.
Amdrican, Dutch, Swedish: presented the conferencd with many problems. .
Nevertheless, on almost every point under discussion, save for the
Structure of the Modica 1 Faculity Bureau, near or absolute unanimity.
wa s obtained. The role of medicine teday,is clearly defined: the
res ponsibility of the physician an i
d Ledical student nthis respect
is c]Farly shown: the progressive role of science is established and
its perversion to purposes of war is condemned. These' were the best
possible conclusions to be reached by the groups present and discuss-
ing the problems.
The various -aspects of medical education were discussed, and a positive
programme leading to the democratisation of medical educatien was
laid down. There were many lengthy discussions about discrimina'tion
and other barriers to a good medical education available to all
qualified students, and in each case, differences of opinion were
resolved in a unanimous decision to Improve and democratise medical
training.
The fa ct that the students attending - were not all mandated delegates,
and that most were there in an individual capacity, meant that the
conclusions of the Congress had a special character. They represent
the decision agreed. to by the delegates there, and they are presented
to boththe IUS Council, and tO the rest of the medical students
of the world for their consideration and approval.
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programme adopted,and increase international co?operation, so amply
exemplified in this Congress.
tRINCIELICS AND FACILiTIES OF MEDICA L EDUCATION
In these discussion grea t differences wele revealed in the practice
and problems of medica I education among the Countries represented.
These differences are related to the prevailing social and economic
stucture of each society. So numerous and complex are these problems that
it is neither desirable nor practical to recommend at bresent a unifcm
system of medical education for the entire world. It is believed
that a system of medical education is the most. efficientwhen adapted
to the structure and requirements of a particular country. There
a re however, definite cotmen ideals and beliefs along certain broad
educational lines which are held in common.
AIMS OF MEDICAL EDUCATION
As previously defined in the preamble, the goal of medical aducation
must be to train the student to discharge adequately his future resp?
onsibilities in the medical, social, economic, political and spiritual
life of his community. ?
With due recognition of the diverse roles played by the doctor in society,
it is felt that there should be one type of. basic training. On completion
of such a basic training, uho young doctor should spend a varying amount
of time to bebome proficient in. any one chosen branch of medicine.
General. practice is regarded as one of those branches. The following
deficiencies, noted in the basic training stages should be remedied.
a. The failu re to integrate theoretica 1, clinical and technical
,work. Laboratory procedure and clinics. 1 observation and judge?
ment are not sopa rate entities but'should be used conjointly
in the proper management of the patient. One sheu1A not be Used
to the exclusion of the others.
b. A lack of understanding of the functionine? of the human mind
of its common disorders, of the relations _p of mind to bidily .
disease, and of the influence of society U)on it.
c. A failure to understand society and its problems whether general
or applied specifically to modecine. The lack of an adequate
approach to the social and economic astects of medicine was
pa rticularly emphasised.
d. Absence of instruction in the scientific method with particular
reference to the principles of logic, the use of language
and statistical analysis of data.
MEANS OF ACHIEVING AIMS
1. Academic Means.
1. The medical course Should be arranged sb that maximui inter?
gration of the pro...clinical theoretical sciences clinical
medicine and the ,s cial approach to medicine may be affected.
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This entails the simultaneous presentation of these subjects throughout
medics. 1 tra ining. It was further agreed that the principles of sociol-
ogy and economics should be included in the medical course. .The training
in these subjects should not so much am n at the attainment of a specialist
status as to enable the doctor to utilise them in his practice and be
able to co-operate with specialist in these fields. -
2. To facilita te training in the early diagnosis bf.diseaseS, consid-
eratiOn.should nbe given to the methods by which students can be
shown cases prior to hospitalisation. One important -way of adhieling
this is the students attendance at health centres.
3. The time taken to complete such a medical education would :vary
from country tocountry, depending upon the type of preliminary...
education, the facilities for past-graduate education and the deVelop
ment and structure of the particular society. On .general principles,
it, was suggested that at least three. years_ should ae spent on clinical
training,- integrated with pharmacology and pathology. It was further
recommended that an interne year be compulbirybeftte a licence to practice
is &anted.: Opinion was divided about the adviseability for making the
interne year before qualification for the degree compulsory. ? '
4. Students should have the widest possible freed In their mode of
studying. -Opinion was divided about the adviseability of allowing
the student to sit for examinations whenever he &loses.. It was agreed that
a ttendance a tlectures should be voluntary, and attendance at practical
work compulsory.
5. Officially recognised staff-student curriculum conmittees should
be established and, when necessary, students should have full voting
powers on these comMitteess.
6. Refresher course of some kind were felt te be necessary. In large
centres, courses of lectures and demonstra tions extending over
several weeks could, be organised with profit. It was agreed that
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refresher courses should be made available to graduate physicians and.
that. funds be provided to enable them to spend 4.to 8 weeks every few
y ears at a medical faculty or teabnx, hospital refresher courses.--
Itwa 6- also recommended th.,..t grants should.be provided for such post-
graduate education. .
II. MATIMIAL IVMANS
Selection of Students.
1. In order to provide sufficient doctors for the pecTio, each country
must formulate a plan based solely on the needs of that country
in order to provide the optimum doctor-patient ratio. Where :the existing
facilities are Inadequate, they must be improved by the combined efl:'rts of
students, schools and governments.
2. Students must be elected from the population so as to-producect(rs
of a high standard, and to reduce wastage. in training. At present -
no completely satisfactory method exists of. predicting the value of
matriculant to the medical profession, and it is recommended that research
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-into this, problem be, extended as much as'possible.and be given full
student support.
3.in-the -selection of students, any discrimination of- students of
- the basis of race, religion, colour, creed,, political opinion.
or sex was strongly condemned and all students and governments arcstrongly urged to undertake fullest activity in removing such discrim-
ination where it exists,
4o Oesta-ef medical education are prohibitve in many countries: +hey
thus provide- a"basis for discrimination on economic grounds.- There-
fore, equal :educational opportunities must be provided-for the entire
population ofra society, While the ultimate goal shall be free educ-
aticn- provided by the state, the initial stops may well. be'graduated
system of fees according to the students income.
The number and-value of scholarships should be inereas01 and Pft.7-the
studentn first - year is complete, the stuent'S organisations sh041011
have the opportunity to' assist in the selection of candidateb 401.-
scholarships, Apart from financial needs, the only.gualification for
such aid shall be the academic standards of the institution involved.
5.. Wheras the state' should ultimately provide all necessary funde
Tfor medical o_ducation, it should not ha ve di root financial
control- of the medical schools.
6. Since the student has no real earning 6apaci;ty, he should be aided
ir'providing the. costs of living. Ultimately the4rovision of
frPe board, nd lodging should be obtained. In the interim,- much can be
and has been' accomplished, by. certain student org nisatiens in running
their own co-operatives, non-profit making restaurants,and residences..
7. Facilities for exchange of graduates shall be encouraged. Scholar,
ships for graduates should be alloted by. agreement between the
granting authorites, the uniVersity authorities, and under-gradUate
organisa tions. These scholarships should be so conditioned.that students
availing themselves- of facilities in ether countries hmve thmit term of
work,recognsed in then, own countries so that the time spent studyingay
away form home in not lost. a ?
8. Internes should be paid a living wage. All hospitals offering
interneeships should previdelUrary'and teaching facilities
and time to take advantages of them. he existing discrimination against
newly qualified doctors on lines similar to those outlined for under-. ?
graduate students, should.be established.,
EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES
9. Laboratcr- facilities and clinical equipment are greatly insuff-
icient "-i. any ocuntrtes, and should-be remedied by:
1. government funds.
2. medical schools extended to embrace non-teaching hospitals.
3. mutual assistance among countries to advance development of
these facilities.
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10. Librar y facilities and text-books are inadequate in many
countries ?Specially in devastated a reas That this ttate of
of affairs may be corrected: ? .
1. by student buying co-operatives.
2- by publications on student presses
3. by a system of international collection and distribution
of medlical books which should be org4nised by thelin,
11. In order to remedy shortages of teaching staff:, .
1. Full time oppertunities for junior teacheBs should be
made by adequte living waEos.
2. Wherever possible, senior, students, supplementing
staff as demonstrators with c(mpensation.
3. Intinmate personal contact between teachers and students
,should be worker for.
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STUDENT WELPE
12. The University authorities should partkake in the responsibility for
.student housing, food, and the students should be represented on
any committee set up for this purpose.
13. Student .HealthhClinics and sanartoria should be established.
Alongside the serviees at such clinics, a regular month hygiene
should be provided. Studnnt participation in the organisation
of these clinics is recommended. In areas where complete care
for students is not free, a low-cost comprehensive students in-
surance plan should be compulsory.
14. Every student should r eceive a complete health examination:annu7
ally and chest X-rays should betaken twice a year.
STUDENT ORGANISATIONS
? 15. Since medical students have the above problems in common, it
is important that they should actively participate. in their
respeative medical student-organisations. In many countries,
medical student organisations have already been able to solve
these, problems to some extent. In order to be effective, medi-
cal students organisationsshould unite students regardless of
their race, colour., creed or political belief on both a local and
national level. They' shouldco-oPerate with other student organ-
isations in their county on common student problems. The develop-
ment of full international co-operation should be an important.
aim Of the national medical student organisations and its active
participation in the M.P.B. will help further this aim.
Fina11y5 two general conditions are stressed, the fulfillment of
which is-a?.prerequisite to the recommendations here proposed;
a) The must be adequate financial resources to provide allnece-
ssary medical facilities. - ?
b) Every form of medical care should be available to every member
Of the population without any economic limitations.
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MEDICAL FACULTY BUREAU 'OP THE INTRNATIQNAL UNION OF STUDENTS
PREAMBLE The Medical, Faculty Bureau of the IUS will be the co-ordina-
ting center of the medical students of the world. .
AIMS 1. To carryfoUt'the recommendations of the 'Students Internation--
al Clinical Congress and to make known to' allmedical stud-
dents the. work of the MFB. ?
- 2. To act as an international co-ordinating center for the organ-
isation of relief for needy medical students and faculties.
The needs of medical students in colonial and -fOrmer.tolonial-counti?eS'
should be.given,speciaI consideration With regard to priority _of:dip_
tributian.-
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3 To'present the needs Of Medical.students toTinternational
'agencies which Can be of assistance in Carrying out the 'work
Of the MFB,
4. To facilitate etensive travel and exchange among dibdial: -
students. _
5. To provide information of :general and cientific interost to
medical students.
6. To integrate the VI activities Of medi6a- siudents with those -'
of other faculties.. '
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7. To work for an international standard of medical education.
8.. To organise International students Clinical Copgresbes at
? least biannually. -
.To organibe other conferences as desired.
10. To encourage and support the [activities of all national Medi-
Cal :Students Assooistions provided that their 'program-does
not run contrary to- that of the' B.
PROGRAM
1,' The MFB Will publish a bulletin, at the end of the Congress,
containing a-repOrt of the'Congress, and its 'discussions and the.
recommendation's arising therfrom. This will be widely distributed
among medical students and will- also be rep resented to "UNESCO and WHO.
. 2. The MFB will work with the relief th.fpartment Of the IUS to
facilitate the contribution by medidal studerts tO studcrtri in need.
The MFB- will publish as soon as possible a 1.f.st of thu requirements'
of 'medical students in various parts., of world tO guide medical
students'organisations in the collection of such materials. The MB
will organise ln connection- with .'the generi:C. --elief_compaign.held
every November 17th, international Students Day, ,a specialcontribtion
from.medical students of text-books, instruments, drugs, etc.
3.- The-MFB will organise Support among the medical student ork-
anisations for all student sanatoria.
4. To increase student exchanges, the. NIS will periodically
issue a questionnaire inquiring into the following:
1. f:acilities for and costs of 'housing y7iSitors.
ii. expenses of travel. -
iii. amount and type of medical work available including.
specialists opportunities.'
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iv. possibilities of founding scholarships for foreign students.
5. To issue IUS Travel BlICAU identity cards to facilitate inexpen-
sive travel for medical atudonts.-.
.6. To publish a spEcial travel bulletianot later than Februai.y
-1949 containing all information of medical student exchanges and details
of of arrengements for generalstudents travel.
. 7. The 111FB will study the possibiliti, of group exchange
to increase the scope of student exchange.
_ t8.?The.V.DI will issue a quarterly press letter which will. include
X'.q1,9,rts.on acti.vities of local student organisations, articles, .and
drawings from.Student journals, original student contributions, reviews
of colinicow pathological conferences, new books, journals, etc.. as well
as a:ddresse8 of students Wishing to correstond with colleagues abroad.
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9. The MIT will obtain copies of orirAnal.student work for
circulation to medical student organisations.
10..The NEB will eollect and facilitate the ek6ange of medical
students journals and papers.
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11. The MIT will establish .a':-'crentifilm -librzzy a:Vailable to
medica.I student organisations and faculties,. and facilitate the circulation
of these films.by publishing a full description of them.. This bulletin
will also contain lists of medical films generally.avaiiable in different
countries.
STRUCTUR
1.* THE MFB of the IUS will work within the framework of the IUS
a nd follow the democratic principals alredy laid down by the 1U8
Constitution.
2. The MFB will be chosen at every Students International Clinical
Congress which will be held at least biannually, all delegates present
toji.ave full voting poWers /including non-IUS members/ for electing
MFB Board:.
. 3.. The MFB. Board will consist of all coUntries which are IUS
members, cchosencen the .basis ofgeoLraphical distribution andHdegrees,of
activit*; plus 2 observers from non-IUS countries The latter to have
the full right of participation'en the MFI3 Board discussions bUt not
to vote on the Bonrd.
4. For the next two years, representatiVes will be caosen from
the following count?ies:
France, 'Great Britain, .tF.1.y, India, Toland,aScandinavian country,
South Africa, USA, USSR, Vietnam, plus two vocal, non-voting observers
from Mong member dountries,thempelves.1 If any country fails to
a ppoint a reproserittive,? Chin and Brazil will be requested to do so in
that order. P?P
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5. The MFB Board will recommend from among the members one suitable
person as candidates for secretary, the 4xecutive Committee of the IUS
will approve the nomination.
6. The 6ecretar* will lime and wrrk in Prague, and the re will ?
be asked to provide him with financial aid for living and parttime
study. Non-IUS members shall make a financial contribution tothe IUS
purely for the purpose of the running of the MFB and to the expenses
of the Secr:etary.
7. If the Secretariat is not available on or before 18 Sept, 1948
. (the date the Is Ceuncil finishes its work In Paris) or at any time
subsequently, the IUS Executive Committee will be asked to appoint a
substitute tt carry out the work of the Secretcr* pending his arriVal
or that of an alternate ca ndidate.
0. Th Chairman of the MFB will be e.ted by the SICC,,this
position to beheld rotatiohally.
9. All medical. faculty bureau members will belong to the IUS, but
the Secetary and Chairman of the MFB will be instructed to communicate
with all medical student organisa tions irrespective of their relation-
Ship to the IUS, to inform them of and to involve them in MFB projects
a nd to invite themato Tartivipate in all activities.
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10.. The Secretary of the MFB will be an observer at the ICS CoUnCil
and will be consulted on all medical studeet problems.
11. The Congresses will formar.te the specific programs for the MFB,
Ohich when approved by the Executt7e Committee of the IUS will be
carried. Out through the various departntPts of the IUS in accordance
with the instructions of the MPB Bard:
12, At each Congress, the IUS will be asked to submit its suggestions
for the. work of the NB..
. These a re in. essence the conclusions of the Congress. They are positive,.
a nd important conclusions - and open a new fiel of activity for. the
PUS. They are a concrete demonstration of how the IUS.can'tackle the
gener0 problem of "democratisation of education" because the sum total
of these resolutions would mean an effective democratisation of medical
students.
Of course this congress presens the ICS with problems, they are important
problems. What is to be the rdationship between the national unions
a nd the medical student associations woxking with the MPBT Since the IUS
is a union of national unions, such a problem must be clarified. In most
countries this will pose no great difficulty, since the medical section of
the .stLidentp-is already in close touch with, i2 not a direct mrt of
the existing:national erg anisa tion.. In the few cases where this is
not so, it is necessary to obtain the closest poesible co-operation
between the NU and the MSA is so far as nomination OJ responsible
people to work in the medical bureau are concerned:-
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L s eoveeee ceee can work 1.02 the IU 6 who has not the confidence
of the NU or member organisa tion fr?v, his country. The Council must
consider this problem carefully, keeping in mind the neCe to have the
best possible form of co-oeeration what will be accepta ble to the
netional unions and. the -edical student organisations and that wil'
reinforce the IUS.
resent
Two more problearenemselves immediately, both still concerned with the
organisational structure of the MFB. These ate no guarantees Made
in se .far as the positions of Chairman and Secretary of the MFB Board.
are concerned. It is obvious that these personnel must be drawn from
among member organisa tions of the IUS. Secondly, the ystem of voting
to bd used a t the annual congress can be .of necessity only one babed
on ?the numerical strenght of the medical students of the various organ.
isa tions represented at the Congress. Finally a s a result. of thitt -
conference, the work of the bureau of the ICD must be re-examined and
re-evaluated to sec in what manner they Can best contribute to both .
the develoement of the cenori aoicy of the IUS among their students
and its specific problems with which thee .re Concerned. The bureaux
cannot be independent organisa tions united loosely in the ICD but must
integrated in the overall plan of the ICD activities for the year and must
be the means by whi ch this ICD plan is carried out. Of course the
bureau will hove a comprehensive acthty of its ownlnid down by the
periodic faculty conferences and approved by the IUS. Such will be-the .
case for instance with the -AFB, .which haa already had its first faculty
cpnference.
This. is.cce it should be :zid there is no con tradtction between the bureaux
carrying out the specific faculty problems at the same time that it ?
carries out the programme of the IUD. There is not, nor sheuld be ever
any contradictions between thea programmes, since there rare both concernced
with the demotratisiation of education ano. serving the needs and interests
of thr students "n considerirlg thiseeuestion, Council must be more
yware of the necessity of the stadents of :that particulr faualty. The
structure which .has been adopted at the Clinical Congress gives organisat-
ional form to this nedescity and at the same time proVides maximum
reinforcement of the IUS itself.
These are on. the whole very positive and wxcellent conclusions. They
help specify, at least as far as medical education is cohcerned, what
we?m(Yvn when we speak of the democriSation of education. This is a program
wjll help the TUS act on behalf of the world, s medical students,
and it is a programme which will help unite the mediffnl studptns behind
the IUS,
This 7ftructure and programme however, has certain small 'weaknesses which
should be strengthened by the Council, to proviLe the best possible form
for the work of the bureaux, and for the d(7-1opment of the programme
of the IUS through the bureaux of the Interectual Co-operation Department.
Tho corrections proposed are the following:
In the section: The Medical Faculty Bureau of the IUS.
I. The preamble should.include after the word "centre" the following
-phrase -- "and organise activities of behalf.of, and in the interests of
the democratic medical studetnts of the world"
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It is obvious from the programme adopted that the MFB will be more than
a co-ordinating agency, but will also -organise a 1:rge series of necessary
a ctivtieS, conferences, etc. in order to help it carry out its programme.
2. In the section: AIMS of the Medical Facutly Burea u, paragraph 4. .
and in the section: Programme u 415,6,
These section should be reformulated to express clearly the fact that the
travel and exchange programme will belintergrated with and carried out
'through the programme of the Central ravel and Exchange Department.
The reasons for this correction are iibmediately evident.
a) In the section on: Strustute of the Medical Faulty Bureau, para.4.
In accordance with the decision contained in paragraph 10 under "Aims
of the iLedical",Faculty Bureau", the following sentence should be adCed.
No medical students association can be invited tO the bi-annual clinica 1
conference with full voting rights in the lections to the board if its pro-
gramme and activities are contrary to the aims and structures of the
Medical Faculty Bureau.
The reasons for this correction are also clear. 'Ihe Clinica- Congresses
establish the programme abd activities of the burucau in accordance ? With
the Aims and Structure esta blished at-the first Congress, and all the
delegates.present andvoting dhould be in agreement with those basis
points in order tobe ahle to act constructively at the Clinical Congress.
? b) Paragrth 4: Chile, not yet being a -1?bei of the IUS canal:14A be .
a voting member of k,',edical Faculty B r. t is recommended there-
fore that the other-3outh American country proposed, Brazil eplace Chile'
on theboard.
c) Paragraph 6: it is recommended that the phrase beginning with "--
abd.the IUS will be- asked ......?study"; be deleted as totally unnecesscry
since.the Secretary is a full member of the 105 staff.
d) Paragrpa h his point must be considered,and.2hou1d be reformulated .
within the limits of point 10 under Aims of the MFB. he board and
Executive Committee a re already boudd along these lines by the decision
taken at Couveil in 1947, referring to "invitations to MUS activities".
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This decision will be found on page 33 of the minutes of Council 1r17.
o) Paragraph 11: the paragra-h should be approved by the 1U$ Council
rather than the Executive Connittee. The programme should be intergrat:_d
with the: gencral plan of work for the Intellectual ''ooperation Department.
? f) Par.agraph 12: this point should be reformulated to moan the
following t each Clinicai Congiess, the secretary, in consultation
with the Execu-tive Cormittee will submit his suggestions for the work
of theMFB. Thais formulation is more in accord with the fact that - the
bureau is a n. 1).4-egra1 part of the Intellectual Co-operation Department
and so its PZ'ogrammes and acttRities will be part of the p rogrammcs and
a ctiyitics of the rus.
With-theac4 alterations, the Council can finalise the conclusiong,which
have maxiced a high spot in the activities of the IUS in the past 12 months
Due to iack of time, this Congress did not choose the first Chairman
of the Viedical Faculty Bonrd. This pas to be done as soon as possible
after the Council ha C a ccePtod the conclusion of the Clinical Congress, and
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he wa s to be named by the Board for the period until the next
Clinical Congress.
The temporary secretary, fo hold office until the Bonrd is finally
constitute d, is t, 1'r4 Mr. Wainfeld, of the present Medical Paculty
Bureau. The Bonrd pill then rx Ism the permanent secretary
for the consideration of the IUS Executive Committee, in accordance
with the decisions above.
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Progrsnme for International Architectural Student Congress
In accordance with the Council decision of 1947 that there was to be
held .a congress of architecture. I students in 19484 the British Arch-
itectural Student Association was asked by the MS to form a prepara-
tory ? committee and given the responsibility of organising a congress
in London. At a meeting between the heads of the AFB and the pro-
parntory committees all the decisions made both by the Council and
the Executive Committee in regard to congresses sponsored by the TEM
wore readily accepted by the representatives of the Architectural
Student AsSociation. They also agreed to the necessityfor the lender-
Ship of the APB in the formulation of the congress program and in
the congress itself,
Between January and May, both the,preparatory committee and the APB
worked in globe co-operation. HoweVer, the responses from the dif-
ferent countries', especially in America, was .not as great as expected.
In fact, it' appearedthat there would be only three representatives
from the whole of the American. continent. In addition,. the only col-
onial representation would here been from the Test Indies and East
Africa. from May ,onwards, dee to LT. Campos non-return from Rome, it
was not possible to fnlly work eut the congress program, in particular
the discussion -agendas. This meaTA that many countries were unwilling
to commit themse1,7es to participation- Therefore,it was decided to
postpone the congress till -1-esnember in order that more' preparations
for the congress Would be possible. It is hoped that the participation
for the December Corneress willbe more than the 15 countries which
have so far acceptcd,
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This is to be a faculty con,eress and will stress the particular in-
terests and problems of architeetaral students, .although these them-
selves will be .clesely related to 'the work ,of the TUS. In the first
part of the congress,-thene will be an opportunity to hear reports
from leading architects and technicians an particular professional and
technical matters. This will be given in most cases to show the
students, own relation to them and also his participation in them.
Related to this thore will visits ho factories, research stations,
and building sites.. Mere will, La addition, be a prograM of visits
to recently constrncte?baildinri:s .nehL as schools, workers" flats and
housing, and other buildings of social and constructive interest.
There will be an opportunity -fun meeting young building-trade operators
and apprentices for discussion en mutual problems and methods of
co-operation. It is also honed that these young building workers
will be able to rully participate ir. the congress itself .and in
particular in the diseussi= programs
Leading international architects win be invited to attend or to
send papers to the congress, .for it is hoped that this congress will
be made to ()cession for a beter andeT.standing,between students and
the profession..
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There will be one day on.Which it will be possible for delegates to
visit one other English town in order that they can see examples of
social, industrial, and technical life other then in London.
The second half of the congress will be the most important, for it will
have the more far?reaching results. It will consist of the discussion
and commission program in which the student will have the opportunity
of relating the technical talks and visits to his own particular work
as a future architect and member of society. It must also produce a
common programme for the active participation of all architectural
students within the.IUS, a program that will have the support of pro?
gressive students in every country, a programme which on their behalf
the AFB can positively and realistically carry through. It must be
realistic that its proposals can be immediately put into operation.
ARCHITECTURAL STUDENTS MUST UNITE NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY FOR
IMPROVEMENTS IN THEIR EDUCATION, PROFESSION, HOUSING, AND FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THEIR COUNTRIES
AND THE REBUILDING FOR PEACE.
The Congress Discussion Agenda will be:
1. The Architectural Student and Society.
2. The Architectural Student and his Education.
3. The Architectural Student and his Organisations.
1.
A) What should be the position and status of the architect and stw.
dent in society, and what should be the necessary qualification
necessary for becoming an architectural student? What are the
responsibilities of society to architect and student towards his
education and maintenance?
2.
B) How can abetter understanding be brought about between architect?
ural students and their profession, the building industry and its
operatives, between the student and other youth? How, too, can a
better understanding be obtained of the views of the people for
whom the student will be designing?
C) How can the assist in .improving the living and housing
conditions of his country, if these are unsatisfactory? What part
can he play in assuring a building programme that answers the
needs of the people and in particular his own needs as a student?
D) What part can and should the architectural student play in the
reconstruction of his country? How can his work help to assure
the lasting peace necessary to realise this reconstruction!?
AY That should be the aims of an architectural education? To what
extent do present educational methods answer today's needs? What
curricular reforms are necessary in order to assure this? How
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Gan education be made available, in particular to those who at
present have no architectural schools in their own countries?
B) How is, and how should, education.be directly related to actual
building in progress and how can the student obtain full practical
experience of it? How can education be related to technical ad-
vances and can the education itself contribute to these advandes?
To what extent should the training ba related to the tasks that
will face the student immediately on qualifying?
C) How can the training of the Architectural student be related and in-
tegrated with students of other arts- and sciences, and with the
training of building apprentices, in order that the isolation of
the student can be avoided?
? 3)) How can the student play a full part in his own education, and how
can an increase in co-operative education be obtained? How can
student Organisations assist in curriculumreform and general edu-
cational improvements, in co-operation with their teachers and
instructors?
3. Having clarified the status of architecture and its students in society,
and having formed conclusions as to the correct and necessary education
to produce active and responsible members of society, the methods by
which these and other conclusions can be brought to reality through the
students' organisations and the IUS must then be found.
A) How best can the architectural students of any country be represented
by national organisations, and how should they be related directly
to both their National Union of Students and the IUS, and how can
they be related to other youth organisations? ?
B) The method by which the APB can be checked and staffed mist be formu-
lated. This can be based on the experience gained from the Inter-
national Clinical Conference.
0) .Sug.gedtions for the future programme of the national Organisations
and the APB must be formulated.
The Congress should result in giving the APB- and through it all architect-
ural students a programme which, when carried out, will result not only in
all architectural students having equal opportunity of becoming .architects,
but of all youth having the opportunity of becoming architectural students.
It can. help raise the standard of architectural education and assist the
student to play a full part in society. It can also bring about a broad
understanding between all students and the youth of the world. It can be
a positive factor in the expression of the desire for peace.
WOW. ..mge momm ImMumw Sem. 0.10OPM'
Two weeks before the Congress commences, an International Preparatory Com-
mittee will be set up in London. On it will be represented the Congress
Preparatory Committee of the British Architectural Student Association,
the Secretariat of the IUS9 and representatives of those countries which.
are both affiliated to the IUS and Which have national representation of
their architectural students. This I.P.C. will Prepare the final program,-
me and agenda and conduct the preparation of all the delegations with
those af the British Preparatory Committee.
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cil. to be held in Paris, from 7-16th Sept. 194S
0 WARDS INTERNATIONAL pRIENDSHIP AND
NDERST i,NDING THROUGH' TRAVEL AND EXCHANGE
IiqTRODUCTIOJ--
The C.T.E.D. ext to build student friendship through individual
and mass optitacts with present-day relaties of life; and to implement
that part of the UIS constitution whichAvaltates that the IUS must foster
amona. ell students and appreciation df the culture and way of lig
of eli peoples. The work brigades of the IUS are not simply holiday
piejects at cheap rates, they are peace brigades. They ore not desi-
gned merely to allow students to travel about, but to make a real
contribution to he wealth of other countries, and to foster interna-
tional Friendship. By cultural ano educational programmes carried
out along with the work of the brigades, students can really learn
something about the work, culture, and art of other countries. At
the same time these projet&ts help the student to make a better contri-
bution to his own society increase his skill and knowledge so that
he can better serve the community.
The importance of practical exchange for work is clear. Mostly within
the means of all students, these exchanges emable them to improve
their technical and general knowledge. Thet help students to see the
social and intellectual value of the count*'they visit, and to grasp
more clearly essential econ6mic and political factors, through the
simple life of their daily work. They are enabled, too, the popularise
the life of their own country. Therefore we must do all we can to develop
these exehanges.
Proal the IUS point of wiew we must observe some simples principles .
if we are to get the best from recreational exchanges, campsn circular
tours, ete.,,Above all, they must be within the moans of all students.
The programme of each project and the overall plan must be directed
towards the aims we are pursuing. These are to develop students educe-
tion to improve mutual understanding to found firm international
friendship, and to enable students to explore and understand the social
eaeeomic, cultural and political life of the countries they visit.
We heve not always kept these principles clearly !n mind. For success
it is essential that we do.
Realm problems aro no emerging from the world situation, which
tend to reduee and even completely stop, student exhanges and contacts.
The IJTS and its members must work hard to overcome these difficulties.
In ,ome countries these are financial and economic whilst elsewhere
bound,,.ries, blockades, political divisions and war creat tremendots
obstacles. For exemple hte Chinse National Student Federation was
cat eff from of the 'US, and students erl over the world, for almost
3 y.2.:,2 after its creation. This blockade of inf6r mazion and contact
has now been broken by student effort and the IUS. Chinese students
sent delegates to OUS and WY last year, and this year played-an active
pert in the South Est Asia Youth Conference. This is but one exemple
from mtny tfte world over.
The eple problem of distance is one of the hardest to overcome.
Thes af-erts seriouly the par ticipetion of students from ''atin
Jmerico Australasia, _And other distant lands in the work and
eetie-jAies of our union.
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Fitudents must work together to break down these barriers. We must
resolve collectively and individually to smash n3tionalor international
blockades on student contacts. We must overcome the financial problem
0rd we must bring together students over greatest distances - from a
south ,ifrica to urope, from China to America.
e:cperience shows that to achieve our purposes best we must concen-
trate on cheap .ald practical schenes, such as brigades, work exchanges
and camps. Cu,nrel,.y problems can be oversome by reciprocal arrangements.
pensiiJui.s and luxury h-a id a y s do not meet student needs and the
c exirience of thh IUS ND ita members show these as less
_sirable ad more difficult today than ever. Finally we must warn
that student travel is not just a way of fian.6ncingl national and
ntern_2tiona1 1;Itudent bfganisattorm. PrimSnoly we ShOdld look upon it
as a way to ensure peace through internatlonal understanding among
thca young people who want peace with a 4emecratic world and future.
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EYWNPTITOV OF ?.ITTVI'77.-.; .afeREliDY UNDERTAKEN,-
T.- The sec'nd annual travel and exchange conference,
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The conference took place in Budapest in January 'e48_ ;adrcr.teaee
ceantr'Lee were reoresented ! else the Eaecutive Committee, the
Executi e Secretariat of the IUS and the wny, TechOoel preparations,
under tie care of the Hungaria NUS, were excellent. ,
This conference was baeed on a year of Experiment and so was far more
profitable than our first meeting.
The conference di4cussed the taks of the CTED and National Travel
Bureaux, different kinds of exchanges and how they should be planned
ana brought to fruition. Perhaps the most useful discussions were on4
thu organisation of brigades in cooperation with other sections of
youth and the establishment of the International Idendity card/
Other discuas'.on on prattical training, study tours, recreation camps
and other schemes, dit not reach such positive and successful conclu-
stlions. This was due chiefly to a vent of unityannd cooperation bete_
ween member ?organisations and the CTED. To overcoto: this the next
conference should aim at a broader rerpesentation. It should include
not only specialistes on travel from national organiaations, but
student leaders who can settle major problems in a practical programme
based en both-technical neceessities and the needs of students in
general.
:::nternationel student Ilentity Card.
The decision to issue a student international indentity card was
taken by the last Council of the 1US. It was agreed that this card
should be an official Introduction to all student organisations for
seudents travelling abroad; it should obtain for students all possible
faeilitee, reductions in fares, in student hostels and restaurants
in thee:re, and so on. At the same time, the foe charged for the i?-
ti..tycrd was to help the IUS financially.
The Budapest conf4rence worked out details of the issue and adminis-
tretien of the card, to be put into effect by .the CTRD.
The card ,was tnenenrinted and memher oranisations informed. The
C'J.ED and member crganisaions began work to obtain Ler the card re-
duotiens on railways end facilities fir visas. In ceany countries-
big coecossions were obtaenad and hundreds of students from different
countries using our care, have benefited .from reduced fares.
In connection lith air treeal reduction we hove to pint that it is
not practcable to erpect to received that and the Identity card,
but we shell work for such reduction in all special Oases which
representerd.
We must contine everywhere to work for more and more .facilities
the card especially fee rnenced costs for travel and accomodations,
Its success depends greatly on the work of oar member organisations.
They must publicise and popul3rise these cards among their students.
At the 38r0 time they Tust try as we are doing p to Obtain every
possible advantage for the idefAity card, The first step is for
all student oreanisatiohs to recognise, it officially so that students
travelline abroad can get help from national unions an. the countries
they 7tail, Nationally, Interrationnally and locally, we must work
vic,..:Julsly and get for the card reductions on railways issuing of
charges better and cheap accomodation reductions on 911 trips (auto-
cars e travel agencies) in places of acueement in fact everting
that can help the students travelling. The CID could issue with the
card a text of facilities available,
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dhould not rost 1US studona-dnt4A;..'31-until the card f.)s, recognided
everywhere and 17,s thepasSpart, to ovory possille help and concession
for students, We effiphasisa'. th6t, the succes.depends.largely c: the
work of our member orgaraciation,
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:axchnnges forPradtical work training
In the part yeuI, many thousands of .students took part succesfully. in .
this typc.of c7cchenge, which has spread to all aprts Of the workd
often aini to be the only kind -of exchange possdbIe, This is readily
understahdabHe stnce? they do not impose heavy financial burdens on
the students- Work exchange ha -ve been successful ?
particultlely in 3pandinavia O'itern Europe and 4:Nmerioa? whilst a
sirrilar Oxnaoge ie uein brganised .b.e.tWeen'Ustralia, and New Zeeland.
af we are asSure:proner'fUture devolepement of these activities we must
face up to certein'dirfi'culttheb?
1,- Vie must ensure. that foreign students can vorkTin? all types of
concerns in branch-of.indubtry in ?labatories in ?archirecture mede-
0ine and agriculture.. ?
Where neccessnry nntionel orgnnisations must approaCh the authorities
f,)r 0:-Assistgn0e.
2, Students must "c(,';' assued of wages sufficent to covet a norMea
living and pqrt of th.eir tr2jvelling expenses, ::?'.todents,? on the other
hand? must be chosen. fer their abthties to'work. seriously and accept
the discipline coTron tb their phosen,sphere of Work.,
3, 7c shoul work ii p-ry country for 5peoi01'places for students
0f countries fighting, fotr nationol iindenpend(Ine, 20 far? this has
achid oPly 11 -RUmania9 Poland, Yogoslavia and Bulgaria.
Besides'devolopping his scientific, teennj,oal-professional and
cultural knowledge. each student noadswide opportunities to 'become
s,cqu':11.n,.---L - withthe country ho ts visiting, This is the job of each
hatien.::..a student .orgElnatten,
C-lose cooperatien with the CTED in an det6ils concerning these
sehoos 10 necessary, se that we can maintain unity 9 onsure publ-9ity
nnd. because of the the CTED onn.give in technical mattrs,
TV._ 'Wbrk bri!.7ades?
Dun'thg.?1';47 nienrly 10 thousand young peoPle end students
. from ail over -? tho? world 'joined -with lithns cf.. young .people working
to
1'.?:,pui...1.A. their Ce4ntris?. These brigades op' ed a tremendous
? in CT constructiVe-Wrk, The brigdes were? more ?then a positive
contution of work, for cultural and educational programmes gave
?? Compitenessel to thoir? character as symbol .of international coop? -
^tion and understandin,
it As 'important 1)0 that students?and youth have been brought toge-
ther in brthrhro In .this kick of youth-,Stodent-cooperation.there
? nro on one hnr d. ou.?1-,ortunities.for studentb to use .their speW
kneTle?de in ?technical ehd organisational matterS, as well
as .in oultOrai,?artistic and educational' activities, and on. the
other, han.a:,??sc thAt. the sadehts learn -very much about ?the spirit
nnd diScipline ?of _.work;. which prevails.
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Orea n expreSs-jon.Of ?the .general
.mi.rror of their. strong desire
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There have been two kinds of brigades.
The first type are voluntary constraation and reconstruction brigades
_ war devaated aountriesaor aountraes lacking some basic economic
o2, induatrial structures. The Seaoad kind are often called work
c3mps, in which students work- mostly in haversting and general agri-
,
autture. In work,aamps Students are generally paid because of dif-
at:erencas in the traditions and ecencric circumstaneees in the counAze
tn.es concerned, Hower? we mtat realise that superficial diffe-
rance?s between these kinds of brigades should not obscure their
,
underlying aignificance,i.e international studentaunderstanding.
the vbluntary brigades, we had in .1_947 students and youth from
a'al countries, working in Bulgaria, Yugoslavia Albania, CSR, Po-
,
? andliumania. Brigades built some 650 km of railway-lines
bridges, 1.7 'tunnels, 75 km of siTl.inns, gas-pipes, roads; and
at Lit?nov and host in Czechoslovakia they burElt,miners'houses.
In Dimitrograd they constructed two faatories, in Bulgaria
tau hydao-electric barrages., whist in Warsaw they did a tremendous
a.,).nt of work in Cleuring bombed -at ruins. In the second kind
o brigades; thousands of studenta worked on the harvest in
C,aeat-Britain, USa and Scandinavian countries. A large scale ex-
change is saheduled to take place t:,tween nustralia and New-Zeeland;
for agricultural work.
Znoa the cultural point of view, :,,he example of nlbania is striking.
Where were almost two thousands diaaassions on culturalascientific
and technical subjects, 15 hundreds evenings for dramatic productions
at: dancirani; to say nothing of film shows, music and camp fires
In Yogoslova2, IO:J.COO hours were devoted to physical culture,
sport ans sporting competitions.
:Ate plans I948t
Considerable e7anansion of brigade work is honed
for this year. We look particularly for the extension of brigades
and Eurppe. ns we have already mentioned, there will be an
a-achange O: 400 students off austraMa and New-Zealand for harvent
nark. Thia as an example we must follow in the Americas- It should
ba organisee, in Sucl- a way to help farms in difficulty, to help
aann:rvicemen; disabled persons, etc.
? have nit-iced that in some countries too little attention is paid
ta the education and cultural aspects of brigade work. This is a
an,a, essential part of a brigade programme and must borne in tind
In. planning future brigades.'
C:a brigades preparations in general, we recommend firtt, a closer
ouoaaration bntween youth and students organisations and Secondly
aloser integration of intenLational preparations through the
whnIch alone can properly unify and publse all schemes.
aib-Committee for Work camps in April last, an interne-
.,-,a-sa4ngaaaa111,1.4--TZ-glaQ,Owaei-v.Ltended by representatives
af the :US 'and .the W/DY, The IUS representative presented a report
baaed on .the exCeriLences of the CTED and the WPDY Travel bureau.
',vile report was approved and a suba.aanittea of five appointed,
inaaading mem1)ers from the IUS and ADY. The job of this committee
ia ta iron out difficultiea of a g. neran nature and our policy
anLi s to take definite steps to ottain travel and visa conces_
alona for-brigades. The corpmittee ht a also to g17e a wide publi-
aty to work brigades of youth and 'students.
eades to Viet-Nem and Indonesia:
The bureau of students fighting
nst!polonialism :.;7.s organising recruitment publicity and raisinf
funds. 40apqver the transport difficulties are very great. As
the brigades aa :014- ,
arrangements
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for transport which we ore now considering.
V, International Gatherings.
The CTED has been working on the question since 1947, and prepared
the gathering in Rome, The Second Travel and Exhhange Conference
sat out the aims of such 'international gatherings These ares
i,?to develop international under-Standing between students and
other sections of youth.
2, to learn about the economic, etilturai and social conditions
of the cuntries visited. '
3. to popularise the work 'and principles of the IUS
4. to give participants a good opportunity of cultural recreation
p.peteLe4,Agenki R(2m,e This suffered from poor prepqration.. This
W3S due chiefly to the ddfficultues confronting Italian students
after a very tense situation in their colAntry, but also because
the E,C, could azert not teet in Rome as planned.. Participati4 was
no not broad enough and discussions Were mostly on the situation of
fttelian students and their relations to the IUS.: Students problems
nnd work in otluir cotintries wore rot studied, Finsly, as most stu-
dents were on holidays then, there were too few vol ntary werkers
to help with the crganisotion,
The gsthering in Sitnc4 Slovakia) This was organised as a joint
wFDY and the Czechoslovakian
youth An excellent cultUral and educational programM was planned,
accomodation WPS good nnd the prise 11 pounds 12 shillings - was
not expensive,o Full information was sent out by the CTED, so that
at was very surprising that there were only very few applicatione.
it is possible that member organisations did not give proper, atten-
tion to this scheme, but it la very obvious thnt the deterioration
fin students economic situation is tha.primary reason for failure
The Council sio.ould. now consider the s'altae of these gatherings for
the future, remembering that the well-prepared Sitno gathering was
not success,
TI t Recreational CaMDSe
17Te de not ccnsider recreational camps to be either satisfactory or
practical, from the IUS point of view, we suggest therefore a wor-
kable alternative,
In elmost all countries, natienal unions organise 'some kind of recre-
ation camps dor the sti4dents,? These are usually cheap end effective
belie7e that can be the best basis for international recren-
lesal s;tudent exchange, First, we recommend that all national
onmso shets7d wel-,ome and make speeial provision for individual
foreign students, Te suggest ursher that they could provide for
groyps of fcreign students3 especially from nearty countries. These
extenslons of national camps would naturally be nssisted and fostered
by the IUS, which could help partiouarly in technical matters and
Success Would depend largely on the.IUS receiving from
nationsi orgonisations details of the date and place of all camps
tOgOthr with details of expenses, the proposed programme; the
numbers of foreign students wanted; and notes on visas, etc.; It is
possible thnt in certain areas, e,g, Scandinavia, central Europe9
natio0,a1 orjanisstions ?osouqd 1,*ngEeT to do o SC that
groupt denta could epend some tIme, o rner of
:ape., brE ni9ed ad a kind of toult.
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3rjefly, idea here is that gre- s of student s alone or of sty-
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dents and youth should tour one 6 t countries giving Concerts
ethor to students, to a171 yougn pea Ae, or to the general public,
These teams' couid:be dance groups, choirs, instrumental or mixed
Tho aim of such. touz,71 'is on the one hnnd to teach audiencds
about the culture of other:countri.a0 ac feStering international
friendship; ;Ind on the other hand, to ilaiBe funds by these ventures
for the relief fund of ,the IUS,
The ?TED began last June to ask for exact information on -44e cultur
al 17.roups of each countre A tour by by the indonesian group in
central Europe was planned,
Te Idust try to develop_ this activity in .every country of the world,
!al countrieci should beth receive and' send cultural groups and the
reteet publiity given to them, In this ,publicity the IUS must
of-he -3ultural toeme must be given the chance ,to learn
n the countri.ee they visit ,.Finally, they must be care-
f1Y .erad" edonemtuPily managed. so 00 to ensure the greatest revenue
i)oeei5lo frrIthe IUS fund,
? irtPrnatiCY191
The En vi i47 ha.nks to goed.technical preparations.,
57:participants? It took plaCe between the 2$th-1ug, and 2.5th-
Copt, and .the :countries visited wura HUngary,..-YUgosiatia.,111bania?
and Bulgar, B.cwever, ina not important respect,,. the tour was no'.
n Sucaaos,):.Certainly the-programme was carried out a..s. previously ?
dec:kded, organiaRtions?good,:and .finandially?it.Wa reasonable,
t the ma,':er.fty cf Prir.J.Cipants. were hardly coneOious of. the fact
thf:it they. 121ree-n a,study- tou.() they,looked,Upon:it,More as a touts
a 'recreational. affair,. ao that the chief afsm was rot properly
re0liz;E.Jd,
wre mode for two furthe'z Balkan tours 0Hungary-Rumanma-. Bulga
rla, andia-via-Altania) also one for Poland C4eChoslovnk4a,
c.nd cne for?Frande-Ita:.7?. These were all shorter-than the first
? l TIC-AU'? 8,0' .53 te.e.pHthe .ccet lOwer,Hpnly the first of:the
tcus planned forth.ie yea..' was ,organieed and ready in tAme, However
9,4it 7-JVai e..7.,:psnsi7Q,.?t.:40.E.C, was against it, its opimion was ?
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Our general conclusion is. that
rculer. tours arc too expensive to be successfull, they are nvnila
blo to wealthy stl.).donts only, and it is net our job. to :organise
activities, However?., the .CTED is investigating the.poss:Ibility
of of.rcular tours or .students in jeurnnliSme These woUld_req.u4e. t
the fAnano?al backingzebtakkivd by-the.r?pective.. national organisn
t.i.on3,.and the' main ,preparations wculd be undertaken by n,:,tionnl.
Qrganisatiogie together- .with, the IUS,
Problems:of,cooperation.with youth,,
IL 11,,Da.:, of ou..!' exchange activities, we have recommended full coope-
atIon w1t.n 011 sections' of youth, this being profitable from both
end organisionni point of viewe, In countries were stude
,7ad youth organiDations have no close cont-cts, cooperation should
ba "c 'it nl? 44P, 'or the Preparation of brigades, practic-1 training
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reloctions, The principles of ,youth student cooperation which
had bean so duccessfull between tip&ITIFDY travel bureau and the
OTKI) elaould be applied on P natio:NM le/el, Students stand to fa
gin ioa almost nil cr,ses especially in the organisation of tra-
vel for inrge numbers and joint activities such as camps and
brirdes,
"?aditional points,
Soma recommendations of the last cpuncil have not 'been .carried o
out eitherpartly or'completely. Experience points to the need f
for their reconsideration,
tx0 The question of the financ-ial selfsupport of the CTED,
Chen the 1947 Council agreed that the CTED should be the first
YJJS dept to be financially self-supporting, it did not define
from which activities money should be rnised? The recommendation
we based on the fnet that some national travel bureaux of the
.dIJS national member organisations, have income greater than their
expense3, This principle cnnnot be applied to the CTEDc. The ince
me if national bureaux comes from arrangements of short journeys
small canps, formalitio2 for individuals,etc? The CTED has neit
her the meano nor the stnff to carry out such work, Other activi
tics suc:a as cnams tours and gatherings are already a strain on
the slor.der leans of most of the students and we feel it unfair
to tax them with extra charges, If we did so, national organisa-
tiLnd would logically and fairly be able to demand a cover charg
for the port they play,
The only possibitity of yen finrncial income is thd Internaticla
al Student Identity Card, which has already realised 600,000
crowns this year, 'The .increase of the income depends on the fnci
7.,ities which 9TO obtaindd for the card,
3, Tea.cel agency,
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The last?council Meeting recommended.tho.dreation'..Of 0 commer-
cial travel" agency. .to. work with, 8 .special ? stnffc:'Thls has not
been possible, as the 1US.has. not the financial resources to
launch tho agency and Pay a epecial staff,?not can ,t legally such
en agency, TTE-i;hoid?remeMber-.too,that such an?agency might make
the CTED: an isel.ated body out Off from national organisations ...It
would mean also higher? oosts..for? overhead expenses for student'
tra761.
O Re,Lnal sections of the CTEDo
"rtecional soctions have not been established in any area, It is
posiblo that one may be e tabliehed in the South Pacific, and we
should encourage formation oe: regional travel sections in South
East Asln: the ?iddie 7,3s, North America and Latin hmerica. In
tho meantime, we should elrange for one strong organisation to
hello region1 travel in each area, The hISF in India could, for
innance, be asked to coordinnte student exchanges in t,sia, In this
way Me CPT: qesist student travel in all parts od the world, avoid
over-oentTPlication in Prague, over-concentration of travel ip
Eu"ope4 PrGiierv'e the vorx1ng unity - of ,*hetAr
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Our werlc among students must be more complete and integrated
with. the CTD leading the development of student travel and
exchance schemes, On the other hand, we must work togethe7
with youth organiSationa rind solve the ecmmon travel problems
of all sections of youth by united efforts..
To sum up this report briefly,
1, To must develop pacticurly work brigades and exchanges
for training in pretictP1 work. These are most suitable
for students wahing to travel abroad and fit closely
to the pattern and Pima of IUS work.
2.. CPmPs and. gatherings ?Ilecreational and cultural) must be
fited in with neticna:', activities and the financial means
of students,
v All organisations rust dc everything,pcseible te ensue
wide spread use of the international Student Identity
Xal.e.They event work also to guarantee maximum facilities
and advantages for-thee-card in every country. On:y this
will-help?towP-rds the finttnclal self-support of the CTED.
gPrPntee the success of our plans for next summer,
exact detail's must be submitted, discussed, and finally
approved by the Third Travel and Exelapnge Conference in
January so that this conference can ensure the best result
from the IUS and naticnal travel and exchange schemes,
carefully prepared and full participation of every country
is essential, Eacr country should sand a. travel specialist
and as udent leader, capable of deeling with tyavel
in relation to general student problems.
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RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE INTELLECTUAL CO-OPER1416 DEPARTMENT COMMISSION
1. The ICD Commission recommend S that the Council Of the ris reaffirm
the general principles of the Democra-
tisation of education as these have been defined by the 1947 Council and
the 1946 World Student Congress.. Further, it reaffirms that the Intel-
lectual.Ca-operation Department is the organisational Means and provides
the leaders4p in implementing specific programmes and campaignS on
problems of 4boess to highe? education. It agrees that the ICD has to
popularise the fight of the students of colonial, semi-colonial and de-
pendent counrie8 against the restrictive discriminatory educational
systems imposed.tpon them by imperialist policies; and draws attention
to the huge problem Of illiteracy, not only in these cbuntries but in
other parts of the world also. That the Council affirms the tasks of
the ICD in planning and working for all kinds of intellectual exchanges
between students, discussions, and action on problems relating to cantent
and control of education and courses, and student government.
That the Council notes with pleasure the achievements of the ICD. During
the past year there have been significant advances in the faculty bureaux,
with the successful Clinical Conference as the highlight, not only of
the work of the bureaux but of the whole department. The ICD has made
a positive contribution to two Conferences called by UNESCO, and to the
WFDY Working Youth Conference in Warsaw. Material was prepared and pre-
sented to other international conferences. In the general field of in-
tellectual exchanges muCh work has been done also4
However, there have been some grave weaknesses in the work of the ICD,
and its achievements have fallen far short of the expectations Of the
1947 Council. Plans which have been made for the department have some-
times been.too general; many resolutions which seem specific are found
difficult to implement in practice. This is for the reasops that:
1. Liaison between ICD and member organisations has.been pogr.
2. Insufficient explanation within the member organisations of the
"work and aims of the ICD, resulting in lack of support for the
ICD from large numbers of individual students.
3.. There has been very poor direct support for the ICD from member
organ:Hations, especially in the provision of information and
personnel, even when these have been asked for repeatedly.
4. The department was consistently without enough staff; for several
months there was no head of the ICD, and so leadership has been
lacking.
This Council emphasises in particular that the work of the ICD is of a
long-range character, and that results cannot be expected quickly in some
sections of its work unless we have the co,-operation and support of each
individual student. The short-range objectives of the ICD must be -very
clear to the department, and must be relaIA, 26Asagairbtiwee2Alot Only to
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the theoretical possibilities of the ICD but to its actual resources in
time, money, personnel, etc.
The ICD must base its practical activity on carrying into effect the
decisions of the Congress and Council on the democratisation of education;
in particular, it must strengthen co-operation among students of the var-
ious countries; it must stimulate an exchange of experience in the w9rk
of the national student organisations, university clubs and students
scientific societies, in the spheres of science, education, art and lit,-
erature.
II. That this Commission notes the work done and development of the
faculty bureaux of the ICD. In order to guide and aid the bureaux
in their future development, the Commission recommends that this
Council:
1. Reaffirms the role of the faculty bureaux as integral sections
of the ICD.
2. Approves the conclusions of the first Student International
Clinical Congress, as with the amendments proposed in the appendix
of the ICD Report, and agrees to the inclusion of these con-
clusions and the programme laid out in the report for the NTT
within the general programme of the ICD.
This Council instructs the ICD to ensure that the faculty bureaux develope
and work ithin the general plan of work of the department as set out by
the rUS Conress and, Council. In this connection, it is important that
the bureaux c..tribute fully to the fulfillment of the tasks and respon-
sibilities of .L.Je ICD,. as well as the special tasks and responsibilities
they have as faculty bureaux.
The Council calls upon its member organisations and all concerned to sup-
port the work of the faculty bureaux, and in particular to support the
Congress of the Architectural Faculty Bureau, to be held in London at the
end of this year.
III. The Commission recommends that the Council sets out the following
as the most immediate tasks of the ICD:
1. To strengthen practical leadership and operatively direct the
work of the national student organisations in carrying out the
decisions of the Congress and Council on democratisation of
higher education.
2. To take an active part in preparations for the World Student
Festival in 1949. /The ICD contribution should include an ex-
hibition of student work and projects concerning art, literature,
science, music, etc./.
3. To eneralise, classify and publish material on the struggle and
wor_,c of the national student organi sattoR6604)6610VaiAconditions
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with which they are faced, in carrying out the decisions of the
Congress and Council on democratisation of higher education.
To prepare regularly for the LUS Information Bulletin material
on the progress of the practical fulfillment by national stu-
dent organisations of the Congress and Council decisions, on the
democratisation of higher education.
4. To head a campaign for listing and exposing text-books propa-
gating fascist ideology, and preparations for war. To regular-
prepare and submit to the Press and Information Department
for publication, articles by students.of various countries
exposing professors and teachers propagating psaudo-scientific
theories of racial superiority, fascism, and preparations for
a new war.
5. To work out and submit for the approval of the Executive Com-
mittee, the rules of annual contests for the best student work
in the spheres of education, science, art, literature, journal-
ism, Music, etc. .
6. To organise and constantly replenish the International Student
Library, and a library of cultural, scientific and educational
films, for exchange among national student organisations, to
Lielp them in publicising to their students the life, conditions,
str...y and struggle of students of other countries.
7. To publish a series of bulletins on academic freedom, student
self-government, and racial, political and economic discrimin-
ation in education.
8. To organise an international seminar of student leaders to dis-
cuss the problem of student self-government on local and national
levels, with particular relation to implementation of IUS
? _policy and programme.
9. To compile complete documentation concerning the organisation
of free time, particular 'methods of study, and provide valuable
conclusions defined to help to rationalise them. These conclu-
sions should be included in a special booklet.
10. To make a special study of imperialist education systems in
the colonial countries in order to make clear the implications
and aims of this type of education, and to help colonial stu-
dents in the fight for the democratisation of education in
colonial countries. To distribute results of this study to all
member organisations.
11. To organise brigades against illiteracy.
12.
To appeal to governments to reserve places and offer.scholar-
ships for students in need, especially from colonial countries,
13. To ensure that the International Correspondence Bureau is given
proper attention, and that it works consistently.
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bi To take steps to ensure proper establishment of the work
of the Agricultural Bureau, especially the Model Farm.
To carry out the decision of the 1947 Council to establish
an Educational Faculty Bureau.
d. To hold conferences of the faculty bUreaux where considered
by the Executive Committee to be desirable and practicable.
IV. The CoillMissiot reCommends that this Council emphasises the importance
of the member organisations in ensuring the
success of the work of the ICJ). To improve their work and co-operation,
the'folloing proposals are made:
1. To publicise the work of the ICD t9 individual students, and arouse
their i:,terest in the departments work.
2. To meet promptly and fully all requests made by the department of
information and other kinds of assistance.
3. Every national organisation will send to the Secretariat of the IUS
by JanUary.300 1949, a complete report about the situation of demo-
cratisation of the situation in their country. The report should
include the following points:
a/ system of social security of young stu,'..ents;
b/ democratisation of elementary and secondary schools and
education;
c/ democratisation and planning of higher educational institu-
tions, and methods of work;
d/ material and cultural conditions of students, professors,
and scientific workers.
The results will be classified_and distributed to member organisations
4. Member organisations are requested to stimulate and sponsor discus-
sions among their students about democratisation of education.
5. To send to the 'CD information concerning the achievements concern-
ing the most eminent professors and scientists which can be dis-
tributed to other countries by the department.
V. The Commission recommends also that this Council approves the forma-
tion of a small committee, to be appointed
by the Executive, to investigate the structure of the ICD.. The work of
the committee would be: a/ to define-the limits of the 'ICD;
b/ to plan the structure of the ICD on a more
scientific basis.
It is further .proposed that as the Constitution of the IUS is mainly con-
cerned with the democratisation of education, an education department
be pet up within the ICD.
Two long-range objectives which are suggested for the department are the
setting up of a film unit within the ICD to make international documentary
films of student life, and a mobile recording unit, to be used for cul-
tural purposes.
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3The Council of the IUS consi, ere that the de ocratisation
of hicher education and the implemtintation es measures to maVe
higher education a coessible -to the bii0d 2....-:ass es of working, peasant
and other poor youth is a task of vital importance to the students
and the democratic, youth of the world 1. In many countiges however,
the realisat_on of this tas:k meets with opposition on t'ee part of
anti-democratic forces and has not yet brought substantial results".
With these words, .11e, Council in 1947 reviewed and unOcx.
lined the funamental task before the IDS, a task whieh was nade in
its concrete fulfiLlent the responsibility of tic Intellectual
Cooperation Department. The ICD was establishep at the Congress
in 1946, where students met to eive continued life to the rude-spread
desire fox a better world which had flourished so ,strongly during
the conMon struggle against fascism. At the end of the war many
probless had to be solved. The greatest problem facing students
was the reorganisation of a healthy democratic educational and stu-
dent -life. In almost all countries student life and organisation had -
been either partly or completely desorganised; in .some there were
other special problems. In the former fascist and fascist-offupied
countries there was need to remove from the educational system t'ose
Who had actively propagated fascism and collaborated with the enemY.
The false ideologies of discrimination, racial superiority, ohauvi-
nis, and perversions of science, had to be removed from text-books
and erarriular. In the colonial and dependent countries national
independence was a key question for al, including students, and they
were faced with the gigantic task of constructing an adequate edu-
cational system in accord- with the new spirit of freedom and to
meet new aspirations which had grown out of tbewar. Other ieportant
tasks demanding solution were the menonstruction of buildings ando
equipment destroyed during the war, and the rebuilding of extensive
contacts and interchange of ideas between people, partioularlY
intellectuals and students.
In order to solve these urgent probless the 1947 Council make
many concrete propositions. We remind you that these were largely
a r e..iteration of the decisions of t e 1946 World Student Congress,
but we feel it necessary again to draw attention of Council to them
since they have lost nothing 0-1 their importance or urgency, and too
little has been acamplished in their fulfilsest during the last year.
These.
Cibuncil the
and in order
tion.
resolutions are. quoted at length. to impress on this
tasks which have been 3et before for this department,
to place these before this Council again for considerar
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'In order to solve these urgent probleas, the Counoil of the IUS
urges:
1) The elimination of all forms of discrimination in admission and
scholarship to higher schools, tdie reduction of tuition fees,
the abolition of fees' for examinations wherever such are charged,
the creation of a syste-1 of state atipcnds (primarily for students
with families and those demobilised from the army and resistance
detachments) free 1.12C oi textbooks, study aids and laboratories;
the reduotion of dormitory fees; free medical service for
students; and the establishment of peoples' universities.
- 2 That th.e d 610 Cratic student organisations belonging to the IUS
should conduct national campaigns, enlisting the support of other
national educational, professorial, politica and civic organi?
sations, to d is CUBS measur es ensuring the proper integration of
at& ent conditions, as well as making hiee er education accessible
to the broad sections of yout . The proposals resulting from these
discussions shouad be submitted to the governments of the respeo?
tivc countrieP for their consideration.
3) The immedeate elimination froi curricula and textbooks of pseudo?
sdientific theories of lace, chauvinisl. and imperialist propaganda
and the expulsion of students and teachers who actively collabo?
rated with the fascists. It is particularly recommended that de?
mocratic students organisations of former hats tile states launch
campaigns ,to a c compl 1st] this takk in their countries.
4) The* establishment of d emocrd tic administrative and governing
bodies of universities, cepsoially in colonial, semi?colonial
ar4 d epcnd ent countries .
Por,this purpose:
a) The departments of the IU) should invite well?known delqocra?
tic professors to write criticisms of textbooks and books of pseudo
scientific or anti?democratic content to be published in IDS publi?
cations.
? b) The. member organisations of the IU5 should bring such text?
books to the attention of s t ud entS and endeavour to secure their
removal from the curricula
5) That democratic student organisations actively support and wide?
ly, popularise in their countries the truly democratic men of sttence
and t echnice and help the ) in the a ct iv i ty t 0 achieve the d emo?
era t isat i on of big CY education.
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6) It is recommended t at national Unions of st-lidents study means
of reforming higher education so that :it will ad equat eiy prepare the
? student to face the problem of his own country and , take his place
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in his national' society.
7) since a democratic universit, is not realisabl.e without the de?
mocratiSation Of elementary and secondary education, national unions
of students should study means of reforming them.
5) ilatonal unions should fight to have their renresentatives con?
sulted on all questions which concern student life- and the tun?
otions of the -universities .
9) It is recommended to nationals tudent organisations that they CZ--
tend _their contact withdemocratic movements in their oountries so
as to ensure a more'aotive participation of students in. the whole
life of the co-untry.
10) The IUS, together with member national student organisations, can
render great aid in the democratisation of education through aid...
ing the creation of mighty national student organisations, deraocratio
and fully representative in character.
U) The IU S' should approach the 1q.b.11Y, UNO and U133C0 regarding the
extension of high sobb.01 and middle school ed,uoation so that this
question, on which the extension of university, education depends,
can be taken up in the broadest possible fashion.
12) It is recommended that all actions taken by member national
student organisations be reportedback to the IUS
In the sphere of cultural exchange the same Council recommend ed:
1) Correspondence Bureau.
The Correspondence Bureau of the -LIB should not attempt to
compete with national correspondence bureaux where these exist,
but should attempt to stimulate their formation in countries Acre
they do? not exist. For as exohange, decentralisation through
correspondence in member countries is more efficient than a o en?
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tral agency.
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2) Por xchange of books and periodicals the ICE) should aot as
a Q leering house for such. exchanges ? In cases where a member
organisation, V one country wishes_ to . purchas e certain 'books in
other countries, the IUD should endeavour to promote such purohasos.
.7.1xobange of periodicals is better aocomplished direct from national
organisations, but the Ica) shcua.a stimulate and 000rdinate such
exchanges.
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mesigka0 and libsary
The la') should oompile a list of suitable films 1.-rhich are available
in the various national organisations as a basis for the formation
of a fila library. In addition the ICD should assist member organ&
aations in obtaining films from other countries. It should disouss
with U.B.:tiSCO the ppoblems of oustoms and censorship which at present
oomph cat e exchange.
4)- The ica shall endeavour to asrAst member organisations in ob..
taining such information as they may desire from other countries
for example the colonial `countries should be helped to obtain all
Information On relief and rc construction. The member organisations
must cOoperato by responding promptly to requests for information
both from the ps and from other member orgarlithations?
,O) The commissiorl,proposes the further extension of student eXehanges
for Purposes of study, and Calls on the I= to promote and 400 Zfl I-
nate the international adoption of colleges and the formation Of
abxothero, colleges. The exchange of professota and lecutres shoed
be part of this programme
11,
In
the spb.er e of intellcotual relief we ream=
1) i. priority sYsten should be established Aliy ioa for imtelleotufal
Zelief needs,
2)- The I= should =go member organisations o oolleot
other forms of intellectual relief and should servo as
house for th.e distribution of this relief 'aocording to
-tornation43.. i)1an of Tior2c1 Student-Bei io
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3) The 'air show.d attempt to organis0 t oams of technicians and
,15tessors"who would be sent to aid the intelleCtua3. reconstruction
of kriar.doyastat ed and .9 conordeallY backward coun,frioS/6
4) The .1(11) should appeal to governments and Ylinis tx ion to reserve
places and offer scholarships, for students from needy, countries
and particularly colonial, semi-colonial and dependent countries
aty3 all those fighting for liberation, who have appealod to the I'M
5) The Counoil declares itself against all Policies forbidding cer-
tain peoples to have cultural con ants with others ( This propo-
sition arose out of the statement of th.0 North African-delegate
on Arab cultural- contacts between North Africa and Middle 3Oztot)
books and
a dlearing
the in-
In the sphere of eduoation and information, we recommend;
1) Tho ICID with the holp of member organisations should set Up a .
university documentation bureau to colloot all information r elating
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to the educational systems in the various countries.
2) The ICD should concentrate on the preparation of three now
faculty bureaux during the next ,year. It should consider the
possibility of faculties of Azriculture, Education, Engineering
and Economics, and the tentative suggestions from the delegates
of India, West Indies, Scotland, Sweden and Denuark that certain
of these conferences night bc organised in their countries.
3) The policy of ,the ICD should be to 000rdinate :the work of tl)e
member organisations through the central bureau in the IUS.
Headquarters and to p TOMOtC specific projects with the assis?
tance of the different neither organisations"
Both the Congress and the 1947 Council have incidacted
clearly thelx understanding of the importande of the ICM and
its tasks; these Were important tasks in 1946 and in 1947, and
from the Executive Report it should be clear that they have
increased rather than less in the past year.
The ICI) has not in the past measured up in its work to
the ideals expressed by OUT deliberative bodies. It has not
been able to realise in practice the activities planned 'or
endsaged for it. To undestand why and in order to make practi?
cal plans for the future, we uust examine frankly thc cause of
failure in the pt
TheIOD has fallen sliort of its objectives for three mean
reasons!!
1)The programme laid down for the ICD has been too vague,
too swoeping and not blen cicarly and properly directed.' This
has inhibited effective planning within 'the department. It
should have concent:ated more on two or three basic key tasks,
frou which to Proceed to the fuller implementation of its
programme.
2) The fullest cooperation of all member organisations is
necessary fox the suecess of the I. This applies particularly
to the supply of -information, facts and data from which ihc
ICD must proceed in its work The response of oux ilember agan
nisationsto questionaires etc, has been disgraceul. It is
important that if our requests for information arc unrealistic
or the infornation is not available as fs sometimes asserted,
we should be told,. Crie of the nest important jebs of the ICD
the collection of information about the status of education and
educational opportunities in various 'countries, as a basis for
campaigning fer-betteI conditions ? has scarcely been begun
although the dopart,..acnt is two years old q This is largely the
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fault of our member ogankations.which have seldom regularly
supplied us with'sound information. It is impossible to organi*.
Sc effective work in the department without a propet staff;
and again we find our member organisations falling down.; Yu,
goslavia and Italy each made themselves responsible for pro-
viding a full-time member of thc department, but neither country
has fully not its responsibility.
3) The personnel of the department suffered an abnormal number
of chagcs and was generally very unstable, resulting in a lack
of continuity in the work of department. War a large partof the
year there has been no head of the ICD, and when this has been
dlann one his time has been taken up by an abnormal amount of
travelling.
It is necessary to stress the long-term character of
the work of the I. The work to make education available to all
without discrimination, to ensure the material and social con-
ditiens for frcedon to study, freedom to organise and speak and
indeed our whole programme of intellectual advancement aro
cooperation must continue and develop over the years as a con-
tinuous process. This field will grow with thc IDS, with the
accumulation of more and more data, with our own and our de-
partments concrete achievements and experience. At the sane
tine we must never lose sight of short-range objectives, of
our concrete day to day activities, specific campaigns and the
positive expressions of "democratisation of education" during
the academic year.
Some share of the responsibility for the weakness of the
work of the ICD must be borne by the 72oceoutive Committee and
the Sec retariat. In January the B.C. heard a long and tho-
rough report on the departiaent, but has not taken sufficiently.
vigorous action to have the fine plans for the ICD implemented.
The Secretariat too has tended to neglect the ICD and could lave
done more to cheek up the progress of its work.'
All these weaknesses do not mean that the ICD has done
nothing or that nothing has been done in the IDS to achieve
its aims. The problems of democratisation of education and
intellectual cooperation are not the monopoly of this one section
of the IITS, but are the responsibility of all its sections, and
the sum total of IV'S activities during the past year has
contributed a great deal to the solution of t'lese problems.
114ch has also been done by many of our member organisations.
The best lines on which to work are becoming clearer to our
students, and despite attacks on some democratic students
movements and deteriorating conditions in many areas, educatio-
nal opportunities and intellectual cooperation arc improving.
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The fight and work for better educational opportunities for
youth of the poorer classes, from among the workers and peasants ,
hfas grown in many parts of the world. In England the National
Youth parliament, _including youth organisations with over -a
members, pr esented the iiajox .problems of young people
in Britain to the entire- nation. The PUS played a leading
part, presenting a draft -3ducation Bill, and the students and
youth together drew up legislation which would extend the possi-
baities or education at all levels to all sections of British
Youth. The task now is to organise the youth and students to do-
nand its impl 03 1011ta t ion,
The British NUS bas also drawn up and campaigned for four-
point.programme which asks for
1) Abiblition of fces,
2) Free maintenance grants for all students, oovering 52
weeks of the ycax
3) Basic co-ordinated votes for these grants, a ssessed
aCcording to students' costs of living, .plus tuition costs
4) A minimum entrance stai;dard for all colleges and uni-
versities:,
In to tally different condit ons, the students and youth
of India fe campaigning to ext end eduoat ional opportunities
to all young people in India. In a caupaignagainst increased led
.by fees tho All India Student Federation, they are trYimg. to
reduce the cost of education today, so eliminating the major
means by vhich economic discrimination works against the poorer
studekts and youth in their country. They have organised a
mass campaign of demonsArations petitions and meetings, and have
called upon IUS member organisations for support in their
struggles.
By those means, under their different conditions, t e stu-
dents of India and Britain arc developing their work for a fully
democratic coducational sys'dcm. Thc IGD nust draw on the expe-
rieno c of campaigns like these together all the doctuentation
and material unearther.during these activities and make known
to member organisations the facts ard the leassonsslearntr so
as- to help thou in similar activities..
The magnificent Wore of the studcnts in Viet Na for thc
eliminatlon of illiteracy bas been referred to in the :rixecutive
report, similar work is being done in Indonesia where there was
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over 900 illiteracy when the Republic was born. Illiteracy is a huge
problem which the IUS must take up more vigorously. Hundreds of
millions of people in the world cannot yet read nor write, and
students can make a very great contribution to the elimination of
this evil.
The IUS has directly interested in the prcervation of national
cultures, and in protecting the cultural and educational rights of
national minorities. The IDS took up particularly the case of the
closure of the Chinese schools in Siam by the Siamese government by
imposition of conditions making thcir continuance impossible.
Zest you doubt that the IDS can do something in cases like this,
we should tell you that the General Secretary ofUNI3C0 told the
Acting Head of the ICD at -a Press Conference in Prag c that he had
heard nothing cit ex official or unofficial about this matter. He
added that in any case U112,SCO can only take up such questions when
they are raised by a .ovcr mcnt which belongs to UNIJSCO. The IUS
thc,passed infer lotion on this and p otested to the United Nations
Huuan Rights Comission, which has told us that they are taking
up this important natter.
? Tire urge our member organisations to press strongly still
for scholarships for students from colonial and semi?colonial coun7
tries. Already there has been a response to our previous requests,
scholarships being granted by Hungary, Poland, Bulgaria and Rumania.
Here is a means of intellc ctual relief which we believe can
be greatly extended by more work by our member organisations.
In the United States it has been necessary for many students
to campaign for the preservation of t eir academic freedom, by means
of ozetin3s, petition and student parades, A tremendous amount of
material has been received by the IUS indicating serious attacks
in the,US on the right of students to study freely, to have access to
important publications, to organise and so on. Some of this has been
published by the ILS in bulletins etc but much documentation remains
still to be distributed. A noticeable feature of the US situation
is the persecution of the new Wallace Movement on the campus,
and increasing attacks on our member organisation Anclican Youth
for Democracy. The student reaction has been sharp , and has been
often supported by the leading intellectuals labour leaders and
prominent progressive citizens. That is always important to anIldt
the support of democratic community, labour and youth organisations
and leaders is borne out by the experience of our member organisations,
but the IUS must obtain all material and make fact and experience
known to all students. Widespread support from all sections of the
community did much to ensure the withdrawal of thc Minister of :Iduoa?
tion from his original dogmatic position recently when he banned films
of origin other than the British Empire from Educational establishments
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in Victoria, Australia. A protest Connittee formed by thc students
of the Lielbourne University played a leading part in campaigning for
withdatawal of the ban. The IUS sent a cable of protest in their
support.
In the, Peoples Democracies in :f3astern nurope, recent years have
been narked by increased s tud c nt elf-b,elp, movements, inc lud ing
cooperative centur es in t ext-b ook publishing. In those oountr es y
too, the. work for dwocratisation of educat on has grown apace;
they have been actively engaged in ridding their educational systens
of the r ennants of fas cis t thoughtand practice . Pr o#agonis ts of
diEsorizaination and collaborators have been removed from the schools
whilst new possibilities are now open to studcnts from peasant
and working class families
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During this time IUS action to implement resolutions of the
Council on the democratisation of education has included great and
positive contribution to the Conferences in South :3ast Asia and
Latin America and the ':1FDY Working Youth Conference. Thts will
all be dealt with in separdte reports to this Council. It is suffi-
cient to say here that th Charters of the Working Youth and Students
especially in South llast Asia and Latin America are blue prints*
for a'lleaent and adequate educational system in these parts pf the
world.
The ICD must play a leading Part in transforming these blue-.
pints into reality. During the past year its Bureaux have con-
ducted many excellent activities, but these have not been coordinated
in a single integrated plan, and have therefore not contributed fully
to the fulfilment of ICDts tasks. Having no proper over-all plan
the Bureau have tended to develop in isolation from the ICD. Our
future plan of work must insure that the ICD bureaux become the
key means by which theg ICD tasies ore properly carried out and taken
down to each individual student.
There are 5 separate Bureaux within the I. These are : the
International Correspondence Bureau and Four Faculty Bureaux
inclu-
ding the AT chit ecutal. Faculty Bureau, the Medical Faculty Bureau,
the Agricultural Forrest/7 and Aieterenary'Faculty Bureau and
Engineering Faculty Bureau. Despite the fluctuation of personnel
in t hc?d e oar t ment already referred to, the various sections of
ICD have developed their activities along the specific lines laid
down for Bureau by the last Council. fluch has been accomplished
and we can say that the Faculty Bureau in particular have become
an important part of the work of the IUS.
On a national level, perhaps the most significant development
of IUS Faculty Bur eau work has been ine,-U2 txalia. The National
'Union of Australian University ,Students established at its last
Council Meeting Faculty Bureau in 6 faculties in all the Australian
universities. This was a direct result of contaot with the IUD
and already significant advances have been made. 2he Australian plan
is dealt with in come detail in the IUS Information Bulletin which
will appear during this Council,
This important developelent the reception of the Clinical Congress
aelong Medical students of many countrice; and the support given to the
IU by Architeatual students (which was clearly shown recently by
ed en and Switzerland),denonstratc. that when the IUS has a concrete
meaning for students they will supports its programme. It is one
of the main tasks of the ICD to mal :e this meaning clear to the
studcnts in different countries, and there is no 'more effective way
of doing this than through the'ICD Bureaux.
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The Engineering ram:at:7 Bureau
This. Bureau was started under the leadership of a part-
.
time volunteer, and successfully established extensive contacts
among students and professional engineering associations
published a bulletin which was well received and has been planning
a Conference of Engineering Students be held some time during 1948
49 academic year. However, it appears that at present ?this Bureau
will have to develop more and be more firay established before
such a Conference would be justified.
Architectual FaCulty Bureau..
Through this Bureau direct contact has been made with
the Architectual students of 25 countries bringing incidentally
t bc IUS to stud ent s to whom it was previously unknown Rising
directlzr from the work and suggestions of this Bureaa, several
national organisations of Architectual students have been formed.
A Committee has been set up by the British ArchitecAual
Students Association to work on the International News Letter'
If all member organisations cooperatp fully this News Letter can
successfully provide a channel for the ex,,bange of news and infor-
mation between Architcctual students fro,a all parts of the world.
A survey has been made of tl.,e Worlds aYchitectuals
journals and publications , and the demand for t1e5e in 'different
countries. Several jorinals have been made available to students
at red-used cost.
The most important work of the .411 has been the preparation
of Architecttal Students Congress, to be held in London. Originally
scheduled for 1948 summer it had to be postponed through lack
of personnel in the bureau. It will now take place from December
30th 1948 to January 8th 1949.
The Congress will bc .10q.s4; on the theme that Architecttal
students must be united nationally and internationally to inProve
arohitootual education, the profession and industry through dis-
cussions and understanding of mutual problems. Such a unity is
.necessary if architectual students and their profession are to ilake
the maximum contribution to peace and reconstruction.
There will be lectures and discussions on technical and
professional subjects and visits to factories , reaseamch:
stations and housing projects in different parts of -'!7ngland. There
will be opportunities for discussion on mutual problem with young
buiiding operatives and apprentices and there will be exhibitions
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oZ. projecto by each delcation and from representative British
schools.
iJflie die0U3,z,i0.11 nliOcransle will be centered around
the,
1) The rolc of the Architect and/Students in society, and the
need fur_ reconstruction and peace.
2) The nature of architectual education and the reforms necessary
to mloduce architects as responsible and active members of
SO ciety,
3) The oranisation necessary to bring about the standards
decidcd upon aid the aims of tational organisations and the
An appendix to this report seta up in considerable detail plans
for this Conference We hope that fro;1 this uceting will emerge the
future progra= of the APB Llrcady it is planned that this progva-
mne will include an Later:laional co:Ipetition of student projects
to be held in conjunction with the 1949 iva Festival. It will url-
doubtedly incluk,e also etudont and travel exchanges 1 film exchanges
the circulatioq of Yuchnical books and journals, and Student summer
,schools and congrcsscs in the future.
T4oae Taa7--is
Bureau Work .1:11.1.'i
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month ( Septemb
for-the B-LT.cau
problem,,,
ct-riot b6 dmploi9nted until staff has been found
n1,3 is au I720'..,Ciatc need 9 rot only for the general
Ha? izAL C3P2 EDI BC311WC en April and geptember
here wrs noon2 v,,,y:k:Ltc-; in AFB and by the end of this
er) will TJe necessary to find a full-tinc worker
v. (21)is L.ouncil must give itmediate attention to this
.Thc 7orle-try and Veterinary Bureau
This is a L,;zres.:; ed-,'tion to the 11;3 Faculty Bureau, and ptAnn
onc of the _lost important Bureaus, Staff at present
by Csec oolovak volunteer ccits r. plans to establish a model
tarn in ,Czochoolova?:da, ha.7J already been granted for this
farm which it io honed 50 comerii into an extensive experimental
ploject-OkICYC studonts on 'roil-. on the latest methods of
agrorlon.y? arld forrest7y. It will be unique
as a pYace where ,leciall?c,11 in:orio_iition and recent advances can be
Oxehanced beteen the students cf many countries. Then the fare
is opcar (per1:7 it i aanued that it should directly supply
tne :0,0(3
Th4.s
particular pro-elect J.:hould be extended to colonial, and semi-
colonial countries:? This Conrail should explore the possibility
of establLthin a F,:af4' faz1.2in 'euth Trast Asiap_where it could
vA
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pprOved or e ease . 69 (619194&111. Oaei:fi: of ?
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411.is is backward. We stiggest That
if this is done it be a joint project of the IUS and the WFDY.
In order to forge a sound programme and extend and popularize
the work of this Bureau an International Conference is necessary.
Students of agriculture in countries likc Canada, where the faculties
are very advanced can do a tremendous amount to help students
whore techniques are relatively bz.ckward. Direct ,personal contact
and wont at an International Conference of Agricultural students
is clearly a necessary sep in order to start this work.
Plans for the Bureau include not only la experimental: farms
but also experimental forreSts to which students from all parts' of
the world can be invited to work. -
hedical Facility Bureau.
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This Bureau has carried out ' most
activity of any section of :the MUD.- It
a permanent head -for some tine past; it
in having t a .ctive assistance of such
as the American ;Association of Interncs
boriSidtent*and extensive'
has been fortunate 'to have
'ha S been fo?tunatc:too
IUS member organisation
and hedical Students.
During the last 'twelve months the hFB , with the Central Travel
and Exchange Department, organised two tours of Amer$can Medical
student groups to Europe, and assisted in placing foreign students
in interneeships over the summer months in Great Britain. Last
summer a tour was organised around the International Physiological'
Congress and this summer another tour around the Cllnical Congress.
European students have yet to be integrated properly into this
progranme p and the Bureau will have to make arrangements with
national Union Travel Agencies which arc at present handling most
student travel in many countries.
In the field of relief and exchange the Bureau has oollected and
distributed textbooks, films, microscope slides, medical journals.
During the cholera epidemics in '.Igypt, the Bureau forwarded indc-
pendently over 1 million -nits of anti-cholera vaccine , and obtained
additional contribution frorFie,,iber organisatLons in the United
States , Great Britain, vinlnde and Czechoslovakia -of milk
prep2ations for the Greek children in Czechoslovakia. We have ju0
received 15 million units of penicillin which will be distributed
soon; we have also 100 grand of streptonycin,and a stole of over
ten thousand medical textsand journals in the United States awaiting
distribution. This aspect of NFB work mustin future be very olOsely
coordinated with the plans of Reicf and Assistance Department.
The high-light of riFB activity during 1947-48 was the first
International Clinical ConLress. This was one of the most successful
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and established the IUS firmly among a large nulber of students
who have never before been directly reached by any IUS activity.
Per the first time in student history a group from 1 study disci.
plinc, dram from 25 countries scattered over 5 continents ;act to?
gether to discuss their fic311 of study and its relations to the
world around then. The results of this Conference which are indis
cated in detail in an appendix to this report, show the real signi?
ficance to the ordinary student of an organisation like the IUS.
This Council must study the results of this Congrrss and lay the
groundwork for their full integration with the future activities tf
the WS.
The interw,tional Correspondence Bureau.
The.iunediate response to the establihhmcnt of ICB was Very
haertening. However, noone has worked reguarly and consistently
in ft for months, wit.) the result that it is slowly dying. This
Bpreau has a tremendous potential value to students and its problems
are not difficult to solve. One person working part?tine could
handle the work of this buxe,lu quite easily. I reg.-feat that
not more can be said about the activities of this section of I.
If tlp ICB is to continue and carry ou:4 the task originally allotted
to it the Council must address itself to two questions ?
1) The allotment of staff for the work of the Bureau .
2) Heans of securing much greater cooperation and assistance
froM our member organisations.
CondIusions and the future work of the ICD
This sum lazy of the past work of the ICD should indicate the
importance of its activities to the ITL znd to the students. Po?
tentially the work of the ICD is among the richest fled's of the
IUS work. The work it has to do is most vital and important for
students all over the world and fox the furtherance of international
understanding.
To OVCrO011e past weaknesses in the department the Council must
aSSUAC three responsibilities:
1) It must Provide thc. necessary capable personnel to staff
the departient aud.its Bureaux
2) It must reaffirm the responsibilities of IDS member organi?
sations for the work of the department, 'Without their consistent
and active cooperation, the nost elementary and the most urn7ent
task cannot be completed.
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It mUst overcome the general,laok.of realism in planning the
work of the 'department.
These three immediate problems can be tackled within the frame-
work of the excellent resolutions already passed in previous years.
The wealth of experienoe of each member organisation MILSt become
the property of the ICM and through it, the property of all member
organisations. The immediate task of the ICD, then is to assnmble
during the weeks ieuediately following the Council , facts, do-
cumnntation an tterial accuMulated by all me;Iber organisations
in their manVoLd activities. On the basis of this material' Which
;lust be continually built up from day to day and year to year,
the ICD can begin to give that leadership to the movement for the
,dellocratisation of education which has been lacking for so long
On the basis of the material froel e spccifio,region, the depart.
merit can organise for a period of one or two weeks , regional
campaigns involving groups of countries ? Such campaigns would
aim at solving oertain specific problens especially urgent in -
certain regions and relating to the dtmocratisation of education.
These campaigns can be for increased scholarship funds, with a
student voice in the administration; They can be for a reduction
of fres, similar to that waged by the AIM" in India; they can
be oampaigns against economic and, racial discrimination in higher
education. These problems affect oertain regions specially:,
and while it would be difficult and not always realistic to organise
an international campaign around one of those problems, regional
campai61c arc certainly possible.
In assuming the responsibility of giving leadership to the
students, the IGM should organise a.one week seminar, on the qunstiou
of student government, a natter of great importance to all member
organisations, and' one in which the exchange of experiences and
? ideas can be of great mutual bensfit.
In developing intellectual cooperetion, the ICD mist pay atten-
tion to, the work of the World Conference of Ittellectuals'which
has recently taken place in Wroclaw ? The conclusions of this
? Conference should be made known to every student and its parti-
cipants must be supported in their activities for peace by the
students of all oountrica.
In accordance with thc proposals of the Festival Commission,
the IOD must also be prepared to Mahe an exocllent contribution
,to the Student Festival of 1949 .
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In all of its work during the coming year, the ICD must ?trv
to seture thc support and cooperation of all international bodies
whose acj4ivities cover or correspond to any part of the department's
work. This applies particularly to U1 3C0 and to professional
eduoational and cultural international organisations. For example
the ICD should immediately establish a working relationship with the
recently formed International Theatre Guild, Relations with Uri 900
were dealt with in the 'Llxccutive replort and there is every indication
of a great improvement in thc nearest future in our work and coopera
tion with this important body.
' In oonaltisiOnI would like t o make tree specific proposals in
addition to those already made in the body of thisreport
1) That thc ICD publish a series of bulletins on: academic
freedom, students self-government and racial , economic
and political discrimination.
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2) That the ICD vigorously proceed with shhemes n2 exchanges
of cultural material , establishment of a film library
and other tasks which have been planed before and never
fully implemented.
) That the Council give a particular attention to breaking
down the general plan for the ICD into specific proposals,
and relating these directly to the resources which can be
allotted to the department
, The way in which the programme of the ICD is carried out in
the future will depend very largely on the guarantees made here by
the Council for the personnel necessary, and on the active cooperation
and work of our me,lbr organisations. If both these questions are
, tackled seriously and realistically the work be both ICD and the IUS
will be immertsurably strengthened.
We are confident that this Council can solve the problem of
intellectual cooperation and that the next year we will see the
organisation and the growth of the ICD into the key department, of
the IUS that it should already have been
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APPENDIX I
STUDENTS CLINICAL
The?Students-Interna. tionai Clinical Cengrese-Which met in England
imeluIy'1948-,ewas an event of great importance for. the In. It
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resulted ingreatly strengthening the IUS and in increasing its
meaning and influence among :a lerge section:of-students.
Ter ma np.of the 103 students from 24 countries present there, it
was theerst'time that they had heard of the Tn. Foreall,of.them
it was first time that they had participated actively in -a
specified activity organised by the IUS on their behaY. The IUS.
was thus -made arreal tangible thing for'theeeestudents and it is
this fact which is most de.Tortant. It was on the basis of this
last fact that the enemies of the In were sound1y_12Qaten in their
last attempt to split off a 'section of students from the IUS and the
rest of the student community. Realising that this was the first'
ofhat we hope will be many more faculty conference, the signific,
anCeof this Clinics. 1 conference becomes-even greater. Many:phort-
cominFs and mistakes can be-listed,and these will be analysed More
thoroughly. The genera 1 conclusion to be.reached however, is that
the IUS has been greatly strengthened, has aquired more meaning
and a great or field, of action among a mass of students who until
now had been involved to only a Very slight extent in the work of
the In.
?
A study of the attached decisions will give- an immediate picture
of the positive results Of the comerence and of the discussion groups.
The -ereeence of 103 delegates, some cfficial, and representing their
medical student bodies: deleg,ates from Chile, South Africa,. .Brazil,.
Poland, OSR,-T-lungary: others Present as individuals only. English
Amdrican, Dutch, Swedish: pre-sented the conferened, with many problems.
Nevertheless, on almost every point under discussion, see for the
structure of the Modica 1 Facuty Bureau, near or absolute unanimity
wa s obtained.' The role of Medicine .today is clearly defined: the
res ponSibility of the--.phySibian and medical student in this respect
is,c3eerly shown., the progressive role Of science is established and
its perversion to purposes ofwe-a. is etndemned. These werethe best
posbible conclusions to be reached by the:groups-present anddiscuss-
ing the problems.
The varicua aspects of medical education -were discussed, and a positive
programme leading :to the .democratiaation of medical education was ,
laid down. .There were many lengthy discussions about discrimina'tion
and other barriers to a good Medical education available to all
qualified students, and in each cas3, differences of opinion *Orb
resolved in a unanimous decision to Improve and democratise medical
training. ?
The fa ct that the students attending were not all mandated delegates,
and that most Were there in an individual capacity,. meant that the
conclusions of the Congress had a special character. They represent
the decision agreed to by the delegates there., and they are presented
-to both the IUS Council, and to the rest of the medi9a1 student
of the world for their consideration and approval.
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Congress:
PREAMLE: We, medical student from 25 countries, in full agreement
that common problems can be solved only by increaing international
c?-
operation, ha vei met a t the first Student International Clinical .
Congress, in England, 1948i organised by the British Modica 1 Students
Association 'on behalf of the International Union of:Students,-to
strengthen'interhational friendship, to exchange mediea 1 knowledge
and to facilitate the achievementof.compon goals.
The rob of medicine in modern society is -a changing one. Advances
in the knoWledge of the basic- causes of dideabeb have expanded the scope
of medicine to:il.clude not only the science of therapy, but also that of
prevention of diseases. The extensive social and, economic influences
in the-origin of diseases can be neglected no longer. Modern medicine
must study man not only in sickness but also in health. The competent,
doctor of today should be fully capable of participating in-the'control
of environmental factors leading to illness, of preventing illnCss befere
symptoms appear, and of treating illness atter symptoms have appeared
Thus there:is anew sense of responsil,ility: in accordance with this,
the doctor Must equip himself with adequate knowledge in order to diSchacOge
his role in. the social, economic, political a nd spiritual lite of
.community..
The impa ct of this new role of Medicine upon medicaleducation is
extensiVe. The medical stud-ent or young doctor must realise the na ture
of this role and must equip himself to deal effectively with the respen--.
sibilities rrising from it. Similarly, he must have available adequate
facilities with which to attain his training. Towards these ends, existing
concepts and facilities of medical education' call for re-evaluation and
-revision to meet new requirements. New courses should be added and new
interrelationships developed. The rarticipation and contribution of the
student is esSential in this process.
Implicit within this new role of medicine-is the rezilisation that health
cannot be achieved without a socially productive and peaceful world-.
International' understanding and co-operation is essential for such a
world. When peoples direct their resources and knowledge towards the
attainment of an ever increasing standard of living for all and concen-
trate'upon the solution of common problems there exists the foundation
for true internatimaitccord and the maintenance of peace.
Science is a basis of such developments. Used constructivelyr,i i impl-
ements social well-being, used destructively, it is perverted. .t is
the duty of every doctor to ensure that the facilities provided for uz
by science are utilised to promote the health of the people, and not
to provide new meqns for their mass destruction.
It is with these basic promises that the discussion in this Congress
have been approached. .We have exchanged information nnd ideas, We have
considered mutual problems.. We have formulated policies to,achie
their solution.
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In ,order to facilitate these considerations, we.have examined-the principles
of medical education required to-fulfillToontemporary-Vesponsibilitics -
we have exalAned the facilities necessary to provide this education, and
we have examined the means whereby we can. carryout suucessfully-the
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This entails the simultaneous presentation of these subjects throughout
medics. 1 tra ining. It was further agreed that the principles of sociol-
ogy and economics should be included in the medical course. The training
in these subjects should not so much ain at the attainment of a specialist
etatus as to enable the doctor to utilise them in his practice and be
able to co-operate with specialist in these fields. .
2. To facilita te training in the early diagnosis of diseases, consid-
eration should nbe given to the methods by which students can be
shown cases prior to hospitalisation. One impcttant way of adhieving.
this is'the students attendance at health centres.
3. The time taken to complete such a medical education would vary
from country to country, depending upon the type of preliminary _
education, the facilities for past-graduate education and the develop-
ment and structure of the particular society. On general principles,
it was suggested that at least three years should ee spent an clinical
training, integrated with pharmacology and pathology. It was further
recommended that an interne year be compuisiry beffsre a licence to practice
is gtanted. Opinion was divided about the adviseability for making the
interne year before qualification for the degree compulsory.
4. Students should have the widest possible freedoh in their mode of
studyinE. Opinion was divided about the adviseability of allowing
the student to sit for examinations whenever he ehoses. It wqs agreed that
a ttendance 'a t lectures should be voluntary, and attendance at -aTactical
work compulsory.
5. Officially recognised staff-student curriculum connittees should
be established and, when necessary, students should have full voting
powers on those committeess.
6. Refresher course of some kind were felt to be necessary. In large
centres, courses of lectures and demonstra tions extending over
several weeks could be organised with profit. It was agreed that
refresher courses should be made available to graduaIe physicians and
that funds be provided to enable them to spend 4 to 8 weeks every few
y ears at a medical faculty or teabh.n.a hospital refresher courses.
It wa s also recommended th_t grants should be provided for such post.
graduate education.
II. MATERIAL MEANS
Selection of Students.
1. In order to provide sufficient doctors for the people, each country
must formulate a plan based solely on the needs of that country
in order to provide the optimum doctor-patient ratio. Where the existing
facilities are inadequate, they must be improved by the combined efl lots of
students, schools and governments.
2. Students must be elected from the population so as to produce ,"%ctrs
of a high standard, and to reduce wastage in training. At present
no completely satisfactory method exists of predicting the value of
matriculant to the medical profession, and it is recommended that research
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programme adopted, and increase international co?operation, so amply'
exemplified in this Congress.
PRINCIPLES AND FACILITIES OF MEDICA L EDUCATION
In these discussion grea t differences wele revealed in the practice
and problems of medica I education among the countries represented.
These differences are related to the prevailing social and economic
stacture Of each society. So numerous and complex are these problems that
it is neither desirable ner practical to recommend at -present a unifcr%
system of medical education for the, entire world. It is. believed .
that a system'of medical education is .the most/ efficient when adapted
to the structureand requirements of a particular country. There
a rt however; definite common ideals an?.., beliefs along ? certain broad'
educational lines which are held in 'common.
AIMS OF MEDICAL EDUCATION
As previously defined In the preamble, the goal of medical aducation
must be to train the student to -discharge adequately his future'resp?
onsibilities in the medical, social, economic, political, and spiritual:
life, of .his. community.
With due recognition of.the diverse roles played by the doctor in society,
it is felt that there shemld be one type of basic training. On completion
of such a basic training, vile young doctor should tpend a Varying amount
of time to become proficient in an,/ one chosen branch ofmedicine.
General: practice it rtgarded-as cno of those branches. ,The follewAng
deficiencies, noted in the basic training stages should be remedied'..
a. The failu re to integrate theoretica 1, clinical. and 'technical
work. :Laboratory procedure aria cliniea1 observation and'judge
ment are not Separate entities but should be used conjointly .
in the proper management of the patizat. One thoulA not be used
to the exclusion of the others.
b:. A lack of understanding of the functionini of the human.mind0,
of its.cOmmot-diserders, of the relationst_p of mind to bidily
disease, and of the influence of society u,,on it.
c. A failure to understand society and its problems whether 'general
:or applied specifically to modecine. The lack of an adequate
approach to the social and economic aspects of medicine was
pa rticularly emphasised.
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d. Absence of instruction in the 'scientific method with particular
reference to the principles of legic,.the use of language.
and statistical analysis Of data..
? MEANS OF ACHIEVING AIMS
1, Academic Means.
1. The medical course should be arranged so that maximam inter?
gration of the pro:clinical theoretical sciences clinical
medicine and the cial approach.to medicine may,be affected.
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1Q. Librar:y facilities and text-books are inadequate in many
countries estecially in devEstated a res. That this ttate of
of affairs may be corrected:
1. by Student buyinE 6o-operatives.
2-by publications en student presses.
3. by a system of international collection and distribution
of medical'books which should be orgnised by the MFB.
11. In order to remedy shortages of teaching staff:
1. Tull time opportunities for junior teacheBs should be
made by adequte living waEos.
2. Wherever possible, senior students, supplementing
staff as demonstrators with c:mpensation.
. Intinmate personal contot between teachers and students
Should be worker for.
STUDENT WELF.L
12. The university authorities stould partAke in the responsibility for
?atUdentHhOusing, 'food, and the students should be represented ozi
any Committee set up for this 'purpose.
13. Student HealtlhOlinies and sanartoria should be established.
Alongside the serviees at such clinics', a regular month hygiene
should be provided.. Stuannt participation inthe organisation.
of these clinics is?reCommended. In areas where complete dare
for students is not free, a low-cost Comprehensive students in-
- aurance plan should be compulsory.'
14. Every student should receive a complete health examination annw.
ally and chest X-rays should betaken twice a year.
STUDENT ORGANISATIONS
15. Sinte medical students have the above problems in common, it
is important that they should actively participate in their
respective medical student organisations. In many countries.,
medical student orgaaisationa have already been able to solve
these problems to some extent. In order to be effective, medi-
cal students organisations should unite students regardless of
their race, colour., creed or political belief on both a local and
national level,: They should co-operate with other-studentorgan-
isations in their county on common. student problems. The develop-
ment Of full international Co-operation should be an impertant
aim of the national medical student organisations and its active
participation, n the, M.F.B. will help further this airk.
Finally, two general conditions are-stressed,rthe fulfillment of
which is a prerequisite to the recommendations here proposed;.
a) The; MUtt be adeqUte financial resources to provide all nece-
ssary medical facilities.
b) Every form of medical care should be available to every member
of the -population_ without any economic limitations.
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into this problem be extended as much as'possible and be given full
student support. , .
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- 3. In the .selection of students, any .discrimination of students 4.
the basis 'of' race, religion,-aoloUr, creed,- political opinion' -
or sok- was strongly condemned and all student8 and governments are
strongly urged to undertake fullest activity inA:emoving such discrim
ination where,it exists', '
4. Costs education are prohibitve in many countries: they
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thus provide a basis for discrimination oneconenic grounds.- There-
fore, equal oducational.opportUnities.must be provided for the entire
population of a. Sediety. 'While the ultimate goal shall be free edua'
aticn provided by the state, the initial steps may well be ,graduated
system of fees according to the students income.
The number allt value of scholarships sh.uld be increasel and nftrp.tbc
,
studenton-first year is complete, the stuont's organisations 813.cla.a
have the. opportunity to assist in the selection of candidatob
scholarships. Apart from financial needs, the only gualificatian for
such aid Shall be tho academic standards of the institution involved.
5. Wheras the state should ultimntely provide all'necgssary funds
for medical Pducation, it should not ha vs di root financial
control of the medical schools.
6, Since the student has no real earning capacity, he should be aided
in providing the costs of living. Ultimately the provision of
frse board nd lodging should be obtained. In the interint-much can be
and has been accomplished by certain student orC niSations,in running
their own co-operatives, non-proftt making restaurantsond rosidences.-*
7. FaCilities for exchange 'of graduates shall be encouraged. iSdholar.
ships for graduates should be alloted by agreemilnt between the
granting authorites, the university authbritieS and under4gr-,duate-
organisations.- These scholarships should be soconditiened:that-studonts_
availing themselves of.fatilities.in r,ther-countries.huve.thztpCtermcf
work recoghJsed. in theri own countries .'o that the' timespentstOying ay
away for.M.hompin not lett..
Internes should be paid a living wage. All hospitals of?ering
interneeships should provide itbrary. and teaching facilitien
and time to:take advantages of them. I.he existing discrimination against
newly qualified doctors on lines similar to thoso outlined for under--
graduate students, should be established.
EDUCATIONAL- FACILITIES
9. Labcratcr- facilities and clinical equipm.ent are-groat
icient 1.n.Lany '.:cuntrites, and should "be'remedied)DY:
1. government funds
.2. -medical schools extended to embrace honteathing hospitals.
3. mutual assistance among countries to advance'developrient of
? these facilities'.
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iv. possibilities of founding scholarships for foreign students.
5. To issue IUS Travel Bureau identity cardS to facilitate inexpen-
sive travel for medical'etudents,
6. To publieh.a spucial travel bUlletin.;riot later than February
1949 containing all information of medical student exchanges and details
of of arrengements,for generalstudents travel.
,? 7-, The IB will studythe possibiliti,s ef group exchangeS
in:Crease the .scope of student exchange.
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8.:The -will'issue a quarterly press letter which will include
reports on'acti vities of local student organisations, articles, , and.
drawings from student Journals, original student contributions, reviews'
of colinicOv pathological conferences, new books, journals..ctc. as well
as a ddresses of students wishing to correstond With colleagues abroad,
, 9. The MFB will obtain copies Of original student work for
circulation to medical stud-it organisations.
10. The MBB wiil-coileCt and facilitate tI1c exchange of medical
students journals ana papers
?;al. The IE will establish a
medical 1 student organisations and
of these films by publishing a full
will also contain lists of medical
countries.?
STRUCTURh
central film library available to
faculties, and facilitate the ciroUlation
description ofthem. Thisbulleta,
films generally available in different
1. THE MFB of the IUS will work within the framework of the IUS
a nd follow the democratic principals already laid down by the IUS
Constitution.
2., The MFB will be chosen at every Students International Clibical
Congress .which.mill-be held at least bi-annually, all delegates present
to have full voting powers /including non-IUS members/ for ,electing
MFB Board..
3. The MFB Board will consist of all Countries which are IUS
members, choseno,1 the bei pfgeoLraphical distribution and degrees of
activity, plus 2'observers?from non-IUS eountries. The latter to have
the full right of participation on.the,MFi;,Board discussions but not
to vote on the Bourd.'
4. For the next two years
the ollowing countries:
Chile, France,'Great Bfttain,
South Africa, USA, USSR. Viethgtm,
from mong non-IU member-doUntri
a ppoint a represelitative, China
that order.
reprebentatives will be chosen from
India. Poland,aScandinavian country,
plus two Vocal, nonvoting observers
es therselveb. If any country fails to
and Brazil will be requested ,o do so in
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MEDICAL FACULTY BUREAU OF THE INT.LRNATIONAL UNION OF STUDENTS
PREAMBLE The Medical: Faculty Bureau of the IUS will-be the co erdina-
ting'-center'of the medical students of the world. -
AIMS 1. To carry out the recommendations of the Students-Internation-
al Clinical congress and to make known to all medical stud-
dents :the work of the MFB.
2, To act as an international co-ordinating center for the organ-
isation of relief for needy medical students and faculties.
The needs of medical students in colonial and former colonial countftes
should.beigiven spegial:consideratien with regard to priority of dis-
tribution.
3. To presentthe 'needs of medical students to international
agencies which can be of assistance in carrying out the work
of the B.
4. To facilitate extensive travel and exchange among dtdial
students.
5. To provide information of general andeientific interest to
medical students.
6. Te integrate the st activities of medical students with these
? of other faoulties.
7. To work for an international standard of, medical education.
8. To organise International Students Clinical Congresses at
least bi-annually.
9. To organise other ,cc-nftrences'as desired, ,
:10. To encourage and support the activitiesof all national Medi-
cal Students Associations provided that their program does '
not run contrary- to that of the MFB.
PROGRAM
1, The MFB will publish a bulletin at the end of the Congress,
containing a report of the Congress, and its discussions and the
recommendations arising therfrom. This will be widely distributed
among medical students and will also be rep resented to UNESCO and WHO.
a. The EFB will work with the relief dopartment of the IUS?te)
facilitate the contribution by medical studetts to stild&ts in need.
The mFB mill publish as soon as possible a if.St of tho requirements
of medical students in various parts of the world to guide medical
students organisations in the collection of such materials, The NET
will organise in connection with the gener67 liof compaign held
every November 17th, International Students Day, a Special contribution
from medical' students of text-books, instruments, drug's, etc'.
3. The MPB will organise support among the medical student er-k-
anisations for all stadont sanatoria.
4. To increase student exchanges, the MIS will periodically '
issue a questionnaire inquiring into the follcwing:
1. facilities for and costs of housing visitors.
ii. expenses of travel.
iii. amount and type of medical work available including
specialists opportunities.
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IL Is euvIeue 6hat no one can work for the IU6 who has not the confidence
of the NU or member organisa tion fr m his country. The Council must
consider this problem carefully, keeping in mind the neriz to have the
bust possible form of co-orleration what will be acccpta ble to the
national unions and the -eaical student organisations and that wil'
reinforce the ICS.
Two more probleMEMSgelves immediately, both still concerned with the
organisational structure of the MFB. These aft no guarantees made
in-so far as the positions of Chairman and Secretary of the MFB Board
are concerned. It is ohvious that these personnel must be drawn from
among member organisa tions of the IUS. Secondly, the ystem of voting
to bd used a t the annual congress can be of necessity only one based
on the numerical strenght cf the medical students of the various organ-
isa tions represented at the Congress. Finally a s a resi.et of thiin
conference, the work of the bureau of the ICD must be:re-exs.mined and
re-evaluated to See in what manner they can best contribute to both
the deVelopment of the gener1 ploicy of the IUS among their students
and its specific problems with which thc-, ?re concerned. The buteauX
cannot be independent organisa tions united loosely in the IOD but must
integrated in the overall plan of the ICD activities for the year and must
be the means by whi oh this ICD plan is carried out. Of course the
bureau will have a comprehensive acuity of its ownlaid down by the
periodic faculty conferences and approved by the IUS. Such Will be the
case for instance with the MIT, which haa already had its first faculty
conference.
This is av it should be end there is no con tradtction between the bureaux
carrying out the specific faculty problems at the same time that it
carries out the programme of the rulL There is not, nor should be:ever
any contradictions between theseprogrammea, since there are both gancernced
with the democratisiation of education end serving the needs and interests
of thi- students. '1'3. eonsidering this question, Council must be more
_.yware of the necessity of the students of that particulr fauulty. The
structure which has been adopted at the Clinical Congress gives organisat-
iona farm to this nedescity and st the same time proVides maximum
reinfOrcement:of the rus itSelf.
These are on the whole very positive and wxcollent conclusions. They
help specify, at least as far as medical education is cohcerned, what
we ne,tn when we speak of the democrisation of education. '42his is a program
11.4-4 w/11 help the IUS act on behalf of the world' s medical students,
and it ie a programme which will help unite the medial studetns behiAd
the IUS.
Thic4 -;h1ructure and programme however, has certain, small weaknesses which
should be strengthened by the Council, to provie the best possible form
for the work of the bureaux, and for the dc-elopment of the programme
of the IUS through the buteaux of the Intellectual Co-operation Dep,rtment.
Ths corrections proposed are the following:
in the section: The Medical Faculty Bureau of the IUS.
-1....The preamble should include, after the word "centre" the following
phrase -- "and organise activities of behalf of, and in the interests of
the democratic medical studetnts of the world"
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5. The MFB Board will recommend from among the members one suitable
person as candidates for secreLary, the Executive Committee of the IUS
will approve the nomination.
6. The becretar* will live and wyrk in Prague, and the ITT`). will
be asked to provide him withfinancial aid for living and part-tithe
study.. Non-IUS members Shall make a financial contribution to. the 'up
purely for the purpeee of the running of the MFB and to the expenses
of the Sec-:.etary.
7. If the Secretariat is not available on or before 18 Sept. 948
:(the date . the Is Council finishes its workain. Paris) or at any time
subsequently, the IUS Executive Committee will be asked to appoint a
substitute tt carry out the work of. the Secretor* pending his arrival
or that of an alternate candidate.
G. Th, Chairman of the MFB will be by the SICC, this
position to be held rotatiohally.
9. All medical faculty bureau members will belong to, the IUS, but
the Secretary and Chairman of the MFB will be instructed to communicate
with all medical student organisa tions irrespective of their relation-
ship to the IUS, to inform them of and to involve them in MFB projects
a rid to invite them to partivip,te in all activities.
10. The Secretary of the !TB will be an observer at the IUS Council
and will be consulted on all medical stude .t problems.
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11. The Congresses will form00, tc the specific programs for the MFB,
Which when approved by the Executtve Committee of the IUS will be ,
carried out through the various depart-its of the IUS in accordance
with the instructions of the NTB Bardi
12. At each Congress, the IUS will be asked to submit its suggestions
for the work of the MFB.
These e. re in essence the conclusions of the Congress. They.are positive,
a nd important conclusions - and open a new fie l' of activity for the
IUS. They are a concrete demonstration of how the IUS can tackle the
general problem of "democratisation of education" because the sum total
of these resolution would mean an efiective democratisation of medical
studencs.
Of course thts congress preseM the IUS with problems, they are important
problems. What is to be the rLlationship between the national unions
and the medical student associations wolking with the MFBe Since the IUS
is a union of national unions, such a problem must be clarified. In most
countries this will pose no great difficulty, since the medical section of
the students is already in close touch with, I.; not a direct mrt of
the existing national org anisa tion. In the few cases where this is
not so, it is necessary to obtain the closest possible co-operation
between the NU and the MSA is so far as nomination c) responsible
people to work in the medical bureau are concerned;...
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It:iScObvious from the programme adopted that the MFB will be more than'
a coiorordinating agency, but will also organise a 1.rge series of necessary
a CtiVitice, conferences,- etc in order to help it carry out its programme.
2. In the section: AIMS of -the Medical Pablitly Burea u, paragraph 4
and in the section: Programme u 4,5,6,
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These section should be reformulated to express clearly the fact that the
traVel and exchange, programme will belintergrated With and carried Out ?
through the .programme of the Central ravel and Exchange 'Department.
The, ressons'for this correCtion, are immediately.eident.
3. 0 In the section on:. Strustute of the Medical Faulty BureaU,:para.4
In accordance with the decision.containcd in paragraph 10 under "Aims
of the:*edical Faculty Bureau", the following sentence should be added,
No medical students association can be invited tO the bi-annual'clinica 1
conference with full voting rights in the lections :to the board if its prow
gramme .e.na activities are contrary to the aims and structures .4 the
Medical' Faculty Bureau.: ?
The reasons for this correction are also Clear. Ihe Clinica Congreases
establish the programme abd activities of the burueau in accordance With.
the Aims and Structure eeta blished at the first Congress, andall 'the
delegates present andvoting Should be in agreement with these basis
points in order to be ahle to act constructively at the Clinical Congress.
b) Paragr,th 4: Chile, net yet being a be of the IUS canantht be
a voting member of the.edical Faculty t is recommended there,-
' fort that the other South American country proPOsed, Brazil9 eplace Chile,
on the board. .
Paragraph 6: it is recommended that the 'phrase beginning with
b' the the.IUS will be asked study"; 'be deleted as totally linneeess4,ry
since the, Secretary is a full member or the TUS staff..
d) Paragrpa h his point must be considered,and,plould be reformulated
within:the limits of point 10 under Aims of the MFB. he board and,
Executive Cormittee a re alreadyboudd along those lines by the decision
taken at Cow;:.cil in 1947, referring to "invitations to VUS activities".
This decisien will be found on page 33 of the minutes.of Council lr."7.
0 Paragraph 11: the paragr-h should be approved by the 1U$ Council
rather than the Executive Committee. The programme 'should be intergratd
with the, gencral plan of work for the Intellectual L'oopertion Dopartmc:nt.
Paragrw.h 12: this point should be reformulated to moan the
following "A t each Clinicei Congress, the secretary, in consultation
with :the.Execu-tive Committee will submit his suggestions for the work
of thall. TI-ais formulation is more in accord with the fact thwt the
bureau is a n. 7:),tegra1 part of the Intellectual Co-operation Department
ancLso its pz,ogrammes and acttRities will be part of the programmes and
a ctigi#es of the rus.
With those alterations, the Council can finalise the conclusion9,Which
have masked a high spot in the activities of the IUS in the past 12 months
Due to lack of time, this Congress did not choose the first Chairman
of the Ifiedical Faculty Benrd. This was to be done as soon as possible
after the Council 'had a cceptcd the conclusion of the Clinical Congress, and
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he we z to be named by the Board for the period until the next
Clinical Congress.
The temporary secretary, fo hold office until the Borrd'is finally
constitute d, is t, 14' Mr. Weinfeld, of the present Medical Pacuaty
Bureau. The Bonrd will then rr leec the permanent secretary
for the ...consideration of the MS Executive Committec, in accorden06
with the decisions above.
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Programme for Internntional Architectural Student Congress
In accordance with the Council decision of 1947 that there was to be
held a congress of architecture. 1 students in 1948, the British Arch-
itectural Student Association was asked by the 1US to form a prepara-
tory committee and given the responsibility of organising a congress'
in London. At a meeting between the heads of the AFB and the pre-
paratory committee, all the-decieions made both by the Council and
the Executive Committee in regard to congresses sponbored by the IUS
wore readily accepted by the representatives of the Architectural
Student Association, They also agreed to the necessity for the leader-
ship 'of the AFB in the formulation of the congress program and in
the congress itself.
Between January and May, both the preparatory committee and the AFB
worked in close co-operation. However, the responses from the dif-
ferent countries, especially in America, was not as great as: expected.
In fact, it appeared that there would be only three representatives
from the whole of the American continent. In addition9 the only col-
onial representation would have been from the Test Indies and East
Africa. From May onwards, due to Mr. Campos non-return from Rome, it
was not possible to fully work out the congress program, in particular
the discussion-agendas. This meant that many countries were unwilling
to commit themselves to participation. Therefore it was decided to
postpone the congress till December in order that more preparations
for the congress would be possible. It is hoped that the participation
for the December Congress will b e more than the 15 countries whiOh
have so far, accepted.
This is to be a faculty congress and will stress the paq'ticular in-
terests andeproblemseef architectural students, although these them-
selves will be closely related to the work of the MS.. In the first
part of.the:congress, there will be an opportunity to hear reports
from leading architeets and technicians on particular professional and
technical matters.: This will be given in most caSes to show the
students' own relation to them and also his participation in them.
Related to this there will be visits to factories, research stations,
and building sites. There will, in addition, be a program of visits
to recently constructed buildings such as schools, workers" flats and
housing, and other buildings of social and constructive interest.
There will be an opportunity for meeting young building-trade operators
and apprentices for discussion on mutual problems and methods of
co-operation. It is also, hoped that these young 'building, workers
will be able to fully participate in the congress itself and in
particular in the discussion program.
Leading international architects will be invited to attend or to
send papers to the congress, for it is hoped that this congress will
be made to occasion for' a better understanding between students and
the profession.
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There will be one day on which it will be possible fot delegates to
visit one other English town in order that they can see examples of
sooial, industrial, and technical life other then in London.
The second half of the congre7Ss Will be the most important, for it will
have the more far?reachinE results. It will consist of the discussion
and'conmission pregram in which the student will have the opportunity
of relating the technical talks and visits' to hts.own.particular work
as a future architect and member of society. It must also produce a
common programme for the active participation of all architectural
students within .the IUS, a program that will have the support of pro...
gressive students in every country, a programme which on their behalf
the AFB can positively and realistically carry through. It Must be
realistic that its proposals can be immediately putinto operation-.
ARCHITECTURAL STUDENTS MUST UNITE NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY FOR
IMPROVEYLNTS IN THEIR EDUCATION, PROFESSION, HOUSING, AND FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THEIR COUNTRIES
AND THE -REBUILDING FOR PEACE.
The Congress Discussion Agenda will be:
1. The Architectural Student and Society.
2. The Architectural Student and his Education.
3. The Architectural Student and his Organisations.
2.
A What should be the position and status of the architeet and stu?
dent in society, and what shouldbe the necessary qualification
necessary for becoming an architectural -student? What are the
responsibilities of society to architect and student towards his
education and maintenance?
B How can a better understanding be brought about between architect?
ural students and their profession, the building industry and its
operatives, between the student and other youth? How, too, can a
oetter understanding be obtained of the views of. the people fOr-
whom the student will be designing?
C) How can the student assist in Improving the living and housing
conditions of his country, if these are unsatisfactory? What part
can he play in assuring a building programme that answers the .
needs of the people and in particular his own needs as a student?
-D' What' part.ca h and should the architectural student play in the
_reconstruction of his country? .How can his work help to assure
the lasting peace necessary to realise this reconstruction?
A)- What should be the aims of an architectural education.? To what
extent do present educational method?s answer today's needs? What
curricular reforms are necessary in .order to assure this? How
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on education be made available, in particular to those who at /
prpsenthave no architectural schools in their own countries?
B) How is, and how should, education be directly related to actual
4:building-in progress and how can the student obtain full practiCal
texperience of it? How can education be related to technical ad-
vances and can the education itself contribute te these advances?
To what extent should the training be related to the tasks that
will face the student immediately on qualifying?
'How can the training of the Architectural stadent be related-and'in-
tegrated.with students of Other arts and 6cien.es, and with the
-training of building apprentides, .in order,that the isolation of
' the stUdent,can be avoided?
3?) How oan the student play a full part in his own education, and haw
Can an increase in. co-operative education be obtained? How can
Student organisations assist in :curriculum reform and generaLedu-
cational improvements, in co-operation with their teachers and.
instructors?
3. Having. Clarified the status- of architecture and its students in-sOciety,
and having formed conclusions as to the correct and necessary 'education
to produce active and responsible members-ef society, the methods by ,
which these and other conclusions can be brOught to reality through the
students' organisations and the IUS must then be found.
A) How best can the architectural students of'any CoUntrY be represented
by national organisationsvand.how.shoula they: be related directly
to both their National Union of Students and the IU.S, and'how can
they be related to other youth organisations?
B) The method by which the AFB can be checked and staffed?Llubt be formu-
lated. This can be based on the experience gained from the Inter-
national Clinical Conference.
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C) Suggestions for the future programme of the national organisations
and the AFB must be.formulated..
The Congress should result in giving the AFB and through it all architect-
ural students a programme which, when carried out, will result not only in
all architectural Students having equal opportunity of becoming architects,
but or allyouth having the opportunity.of"becoming architectural students.
It can help raise the standard of architectural education and assist the
student to play a full part in society. It can,also bring about a broad
understanding between all students and the youth of the world. It can be
a positive factor in the expression of the desire for peace.
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Two weeks before the Congress commences, an International- FreParatory Com-
mittee will be set up in London. --011. it will be represented the Congress
Preparatory Committee of the British Architectural Student Association,
the Secretariat of the-IUS, and representatives Of those countries which
are both affiliated to the TUS and which have national representation of
their architectural students. This will prepare the final program
me and agenda and conduct the preparation of all the delegations with
those of the British Preparatory Committee.
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Budget revised at 26the August 48.
1) Delegates' Fees
a ) Overseas Delegates
"A"
Amount retained by
Org. Committee. )
1. Aocomodation L s d
(11 nights' B&B) 6 17 6
.2. Guides' Expenses 2 6
3. Admin. Zee 1 10
410
"B "
4,
Tpt c'')r viTits
( as necessary,
balance to (6)
TOTAL 915
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( Amount returned to
5.
Addit. living 4
2
6
delegate's on arr. )
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expenses (meals,etc)
6.
Pocket Expenses 5
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TOTAL 9
2
6
GRAND TOTAL 18
17
6
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(per delegate)
As for Overseas Delegates, tho' less items 1 & 4 if own
arrangements are made for accamodation.
2. Observers' Fees.
Registrst ion Fee
( for Overseas Observers
add 1, 4, .6 above )
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Donations
From "A" Delegate.s
Fees
s Budget as for 75 delegates
Income
S d
95
5
Admin. postage, telephone
eta
Stationery and printing
Org. Comitee expenses
Exhibition expenses
_Speakers expenses
Accomodation ( W;13 7.:it Royal )
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?Visits
Transport
Balance
Statement of account
826
826
o date-: August. 26th, 1948.
Expenditure
L s d
823 17
2
826
Donations from RIBA ; 50
" ABT 20
Arch SA.
( Nat. ) 25
Arch. S.A.
( Nott.)
Loan from IUS
fl
fl
3
15'0
S d-
3
hand
248
135 10
112 12
'EXPENDITURE:
Deposit on hotel acc.
( Parkway ) 65 5
/I II If
d
( Royal ) 10
Deosit on transport 24 5
TW s fare to Prague
(we expect this back) 8 ii
Bank charges 4-
Org,. Com. expenses 26 15
135 10
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_600MNILNDATIONSESIDA C CON\IISSION TO THE IUS COUNCIL
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t' The first and the greatest need of students in colonial and dependent
countries is thd attainment of full democracy and national independence.
It is the task of the IUS to mobilise the support of the democratic
students of the world for the students fighting against colonialism
and to assist activelythis attainment .of independence in all possible
ways.?
Having heard the report of the BSAC, the Commission approves of the
work of the bureau during the past gear, and proposes that in the coming
period the bureau works along the following lines:
1. It must intensi-Fy the support of the IUS, for the students of colonial
and dependent countries in their struggle for complete national independence
real demcracy and alasting peace.
2. It must actively aid the -right of the colonial students for a democratic
education and for the improvement of their economic and material conditions.
3. The Commission recommends to the Council to instruct the IUS -ixecutive
Committee and the Secretariat to organise consistent supeort to the
--Stud7,Jat fighting against colonialism by launchi.....g special international
campaigns in support of these students, especially for the students
of Vietnam, Indonesia and China, and to strike to secure the maximum
support of the students of metropolitan countries, who bear a s pecia 1
responsibility to work on behalf of their fellow students in the. colonid
and dependent countries. To t?As effect, the. Commission recommends to
the IUS Council:
a) To popularise fully the projects of ambulances to Indonesia
a nd reconstruction brigades to Vietnam, to set up joint students
and youth committees, to recruit students for these projects
and to raise the necessary finance for their representatives.
It asks the IUS to SeCUY0 the fullest co-operation of 'F'D-f and
WFTM and the WITW in the fulfillment of these projects.
b) To po_Pula rise the report of the SEA Conference, Carmel
Brickman's tei j. and the report of the Commission to the
Middle East and North Africa. through the organs of the TUB.
TO THIS END:
1) To organise special. visits of Carmel Brickman in different
countries, especially in reat 13ritain and France, to report
on s tudents.strugles and conditions in Asia.
2) To send out colonial representatives as well as member S of the
IUS Executive Committee and Secretaria t, during the Internat-
ional Students Week and national congresses of students organisat-
i
3). To get members of the Commission to the Middle Last and North
Africa to address students meetings wnerever_possible and
whenever possihle.
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PUBLICITY FOE THE STRUGGLE AND DEMANDS OF STUDENTS FIGHTING AGAINST:
---COLONITLIM - - ? ?
? The BSFAC should organise still greeter and well documented publicity
of the struggle and demands of the students fighting against colonialism
in full co-operation wht the -IID of the IUS. This should be achieved
through the regular issue o?the bulletin of the BSFAC, as:v/0117,as through
the special bull,etin for studenteAournald and Wall'newspapers.', The
BSFAC must attempt :to present acemparative Picture of the conditions
of colonial students with those of students of'Metret)olitan Countries'.
2. The BSFAC must help the FID to put out immedia tely the renewed
edition of the pamphlet on the stu(l'ents fight far na tional inclePenden(
printed during the South East Asian conference.
3. The BSFAC must help the FID to organise TRAVELLING EXHIBITIONq to
populrise the struggle and demands of students fighting agairst colon-
ialism.
4. The BSFAC must supply all IUS depertments with detailed inform:rtior
abou:tthe needs and problems of students in colonial and dependent
countries.
FOR ALL THESE, THE BSFAC MUST DEVEI' A BETTER AND EFFICIENT DOCUNENTATION
,SERVICE IN THE IUS,
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For the democratisation of education and improvement of students conditions.
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1. The BSFAC togsther with the ICD must give full support to students
in their strr&ao for a democratic. ochle ation, in the colonial and - -
dependent countries.
2. It must supr,ort the fight of these students for the rel improvement
of their conditions and secure the rights and possibilities of education
for a 11 young people by supporting their first demands and obtaining
scholarships for thin both in their own ceuntries and abroad, espeo1l4
in engineering, medical and teChnical subjects. It must work :for the
full realisation of the Cha rter of Students and Youth, adopted a,t.,the
SEA Conference'.
3. Together w ith the ICD,,the IUS should work for the recognition of
foreign degrees to enable students to study abroad. 'Democratisa tien of
educa tion is essential for students of both metropolitan and.colonial
countries. In expla ining conditiuns which it is required to impr.ve,
the campaign should quote information from other countries concerned.?
This linking of campaigns would have the following effects
a) It would inform students in th metropolitan countries of the
seriousness of conditicns of theirfellow students in col nial countries
and reinforce their support for these studenTs in their struggle for
na tional independence Which is the onty pre-requisite for a. free and
democratic education.
b) It would reinforce the work of students in colonial countries
by the presentation of a direct comparison of their situation with that
of the metropolitan countries.
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0 Together with the RAD:, BSFAC should organise mat?rial relief
to students. It should help the student organisations in colonial
count.1";e'to develop self-help activity, especiallTby assisting them
to organise self-help projects, such as co-operatives, hostels,'cheap
stores and rest centres.
FOR UNITY BETTLZN.S TUDENT3 AND YOUTH
The 1SFAC must do all it can do to promote close collaborationbetween
students and other sections of youth? especially the, working youth in
support of their jU.st demands, and encoursge student organisations to.
help building all round youth movements, lOr this, it is necessary that
the BSFAC works in fullest co-operation with the member organisations of
WFDY and with the bureau of Youth Fighting against Colonialism of the WITY,
The BSFAC must encourage ani support joint student and youth. a ctivities
in colonial countries. It L _s t provide full information to its member,
or anisations of the work, ,tctivities,, and the historical -cr-owth of the
youth movements in different countries, ahd particularly those countries
where there are either only youth organisations, sucls as in Malaya, or
only the student organisation, such as in India.
HELP. TO STUDENT ORGANITICNS IN COLONIAL COUNTRIE
1. The BSFAC mus t help young and undeveloped student movements, such as
in Siam, in all possible wa ye, by supplyinv.. them with full information
on the experiences of -,'1:'tnts and youth mother countries, as well as
their activities,
2. By Securing _their active participation in the work of the ITIJj and esp-
edially in such a ctivities as the Students Needs Conference, Inteinationa 1
Student o Day, Relief Campaign, and the International Students co _v
through -4hich they can help develop their work amongst their own students.,
3. By assisting them with relief, self-hip and especially assistance. ,
a ctivities, such as has been mentioned aboVs.
Suggestions and pro sals to NP tion21 Unions of Students in metropolitan
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The Commission r,?commenJs to the Council t urge upon the -students in
metropolitan countries to strengthen their efforts in supporting Inc-
students fighting againtt colonialism.
1. To set up Colonial Commissions in the NUSs, such as those established
in England and FrLince. These Colonia 1 Commissions shoudlwork in the ?
fullest co-olocration with -the student groups el. 'organisations- 01 colonial
students and help them in tacklin their problems for the bette7oTaont of
their conditions.
2. These Commissions should make full use of the material 'dilated by
the IUS, PID and BUAC, to .papularise the struggles and conditions of
students in colonial countries in order to mobilise their:active suppert,
both materia 1 and moral, of these countries.
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ORGANI3ATION OF THE BSFAC
For all the above ,s it is necessary for the Illi) to get more.reprosentat-
ivos from colonial countries and especially from regions liko.the Middle
.E&st, North and West Afric.
The BSFAC. must also include representatives from metropolitan countries.
It must establish contaot with countries where the work of the EUS is not
duvelopedfl especially with the students of la:.aga scar, and other
countries in-Greater Africa.
Jambers of the BSFAC must make a close study of students cenditons and
problem in all the countries, colonial and dependent.
Every member of the BsrAc must be attached to at least one of the depart-r
ments of the ITE.
The Commission recemMerls'to the Council to instruct the IUS Executie and
:Secret ria t to props ra for the celebration of 21st February, day of
oolidc'cittith the, youth ficJiting aainst colonialism and mobilise all
,the member organiSations of the IU5 to work for its success. It also
bks the.Orouncil to cL.1 upon the students of colonial and.dopndent
countries to reinforce their unity ap:ainst the disruptive elements which
J4'etrying to sot up rival organisations against the IUS and WTTY, and to
participate more a ctivay in the work of the IUS. It ask b the.
.,BSFAC to prpare f-or theactive partic pet] an of students of all colonial
and dependent countries-in the Internati,nal Students the Students
Needs Cenfezenbe, and the International Students Week and brin,7 more and
more students from these countries into the ranks of the 'US for our
common stTu,7gThs for freedom, independence a.n, P lasting peace.
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REPORT OF THE ECONOMIC SOCIAL AND HEALTH DEpARTMENT
STUDENTS FIGHT FOR SOCIAL WELFARE
In this meeting, we must do more than mechanically present the
reports of the Economic, Social and Health and, of the Relief
and Assistance Departments, and carry on discussions of their
work. We must use this opportunity to analyse - firstly, the
role of the IUS in the efforts of students all over the, world
to improve their living conditions, andpsecondly, to organise
better our work in this field of activity so that we are able
to fulfill the tasks with which our organisation is faced.
This is necessary especially now when in .manyicountries the
economic and health situation of students is'far from satis-
factory, while in some parts of the world it is daily becoming
worse.
Inflation hits particularly the students, whose scholarships
arid grants do riot keep pace with the rapidly rising Prices. By
May 1948, according to Farrago, prices in Australia had risen
by 75% since 1939, yet the State government subsidy to the
Melbourne University was raised only by 12.5%.
In England, all students found themselves faced with rising
fees, higher rents, and increased living costs.
RepOrts received by the National Union of Students has .shown
increases of fees and living costs in 25 British universities
and colleges. by 20 and even 30%.
In France, also, the students, led by the National Union of -
Students, are fighting against the effects of inflation, against
the insufficiency of seholarships,which do. not cover the cost
of maintenance of a student. An ex-service man,married or with
one or more children in his charge receives, if he has not any
other income, 8,000 francs monthly and. he is exempted of tuition
fees. But, according to a budget calculated in March 1948 by
the "Bureau Universitaire de Statistique", a student needs
9,900 francs monthly, including boarding in a student restau-
rant.
War- or war preparations affect most student welfare. They
deteriorate not only living conditions of students, who now
have to fight together with their people for their national
independence, but in countries that are imposing war or are
preparing for it, military expenses decrease educational
grants and at the same time produce inflation.
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In Kuomintang China the average monthly expenditure of a single
division of the army is equal to the expenses of seven univer-
sities, and last February tuition fees were raised to 8 - 9 million
Chinese dollars, while a professor's salary remained at only
4 million.
In Italy, the budget for war is a hundred times greater than
expendi-Ture for higher education, and the police expenses 4re
equal to the budget for the whole education.
At the same time, besides quite insufficient scholarships for
ex-servicemen, there are not state scholarships for the other
students.
In the United States, according to official infOrMatien, from,
a budget of 40 billion dollars', only 0.5% is for education and
30% is used directly for war. And in a report on "The Militar4
ization of America" prepared by Albert Einstein and other prat..
inent U.S. citizens is stated that the real expenses for war -
preparation cover '62% of the whole budget.
At the same tine, the cost of tuition has risen by 50%. In:
many universities, as in Boston University, Tufts, and John
Hopkins, in the faculties of medicine the annual tuition fees
went up from 500 dollars to 750 dollars. Eince the veterans
receive only about 500 dollars, no expansion was made concerning
the housing facilities.,/nt-servicemen students are facing
tremendous difficulties. They are not able to pay the ex-
orbitant cost of a'private room which is from 40 to 60 dollars ?
mo
In some countries'where the contribution of the State for ed-
ucation was augmented after the war by scholarships and grants.
for ex-servicemen this temporary advantage is,,tn danger of
being discontinued after ex,-servicemen finish heir studies.
Under these circumstances, maintenance expenses, lack of fac-
ilities such as hostels, canteens, etc., expensive textbooks,
and increase 'of tuition fees force thousands of students to
stop their studies. In colonial countries, owing to. feudal
conditions and imperialist exploitation, about 30% of all
students will be forced to abandon their studies. Schools are
maintained by students' fees and are Small .in number.- There
are very few scholarships, if, any exist at all.. There is a
tremendous lack af-facilities, books, study material. All.
protest movement 6 against this situation are severely repressed.
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In Burma, out of the 17,0004000 population, there are only
2,000 students, and though C55 oI the Burmese population are
peasants, there are no students of peasant origin studying at
the Rangoon University. The monthly expenses of a student
overpass the salary of an average officer, not to speak of
the wages of a worker.
A few figures, included in the report of the W,F.D.Y. Commis-
sion to,North Africa and in the Algerian report for the Working.
Youth Conference, can give a picture about the situation in
Algeria. At the University of Algiers, the. only university
in the whole of North Africa, there are 55000 students. 105
alone are. from Algerian origin, and among these 105, only 6
receive 'government scholarships. In. Algeria, there are 90%
illiterate. Paper, made of the grass "Alfa", exported by
Algeria, is imported from England, and four among the un-
portant commercial firms increased their -capital lately. by
367,700,000 francs.
Hundreds of students are in jail in Spain, Greece, ,and China,
suffering from tuberculosis and other illnesses deprived of
food and medicine.
Among the 10,000 young Spanish people in France who are
capable of studying, only 300 managed, after overcoming con-
siderable economic difficulties, to go to a university.
And these are only a few. examples.
Activities of member organisations
The immediate effect of this situation has been an increase of
student efforts to defend their rights and to improve their
material and economic conditions, poor medical facilitieS, and
the increasing tuition fees. .Many times important improve-
ments were obtained.
In some countries, successes have been achieved.by.self-help
methods, involving large numbers of students,.while in Col.;.
onial countries student protests against shocking:conditionS
have involved- them in physical fighting. ?
SO in Kuomintang.China, the North Student Federation of China
organised last March a huge self-aid movement. Despite severe
repression by the police, 70% of Chinese students took part.
in it.' In Nanking alone, 3,500 students were directly helped.
Protest strikes against war and its effect - hunger, inflation,
and prohibitive tuition fees -.spread all over the country.
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PUBLICITY FOR LUS.
(REPORT BY THE N.U.S. ENGLAND, WALES AND NORTHERN IRELAND)
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There are three aspects to the problem of publicity for IUS
1. The problem of putting IUS policy into effect, and of
linking each policy with ,a programme of practical activities.
2. The extent to which National Unions do, or do not, carry out
IUS policy and support IUS campaigns;
3. Technical problems connected with the working of. the Press
and Information Department.
This report tries to deal with all three aspects; it is concerned
with the tactical application of IUS policies", arid notwith the
policies themselves.
I. U. S. POLICY
The question of publicity for IUS policies is bound up with another
question, viz., "How is the IUS to function as an international
organisation?" For on this point we are discussing the relation-
ship between IUS, on the one hand, and member organisations on the
other, and the relation of I133 to t'he individual student in 4.,gch
country. The strength and success of IUS depends on how much indi-
vidual students know about it and are interested in its work. If
individual students feel that they have a personal stake in IUS, it
will be impossible, for example, for National Unions to have periodic
discussions on whether to affiliate or disaffiliate on the grounds
of some action of the Secretariat, or on one aspect of IUS policy.
It is the activity of an organisation, however, that interests
students in it. That is the point we must realise. To put this in
other terms - the main task that the IDS has to face is how to devise
campaigns which will express in action the policies otherwise merely
formulated in resolutions. TET-TTET7iiay to arouse the interest
of students in IUS is for im to carry out activities and campaigns
that arouse interest in the basic policies which they express. It is
very important for an organisation like the IUS, or the NUS, with
limited financial resourices, that activities and campaigns be worked
out so that they catch the imagination of students and arouse their
enthusiasm. Then the problem of publicity becomes -(1) a technical
one of letting students know about these activities - which can be
solved in a relatively inexpensive manner; and (2) one of educational
activity to strensthenthe content of these activities,
The choice and planning ofactivities decides hoW widely the .campalgns
of IUS will be known, how many students will be drawn into them, and
the extent to which its resolutions will be discussed and acted upon.
Dosed in this way, the rroblem of publicity for IUS becomes not one
for the PID, but one of organisations. And the task of the PID
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becomes one of supplying the nationrI- orgAnisat*Ons and thcvlerId.
press with facts, information, and nateriU about the activities, S.
A CTIVITIES OP ILITIONAD-,;
As a s e c 04d genar ,V whLt,:cao)411e,t5bbr
,441satien is delin.P `.,!tO"'-,.,,btibli'tiee the activities of Oction
? . .
tg.6 NUS of Enr land, WaiC S and Northern Ireland. htit Q3C4410:::ittS: wori.
and tz=ken steps to ix-Trove it. .
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We Dust admit franklytha tht have been short-Omings in our work
durinE the past two years in regard to IUS. On such questions as the
democratisation of the university we have 'developed muat work ananc the
.students around the qucStion of expanaion of hirher education, the
provision of :lore grants for students, and improvezent in the scale
of aants and of t4e naterial conditions of students. But *hAle he
Executive Of the N'S has been conscious that- this .IUS ,policy
of an IUS ca Eva ign9 it has .not -been breuEht'llemec-t,o.the stud'On'ts?
We ha- v dovelOped considerable work on ,travel d exchanee of students.
SOO p tudents fret other: CoUntries have taken part An our farm caeips.
Many students frei: Frantie ; Switzerland, Helland etc..,took, part in our
Olynpic Games scheliej-_ard nore than 500 British 4 students pAr-t ioip at d
in work brigades on-tlie Continent. IUS has been associated with these
'activities in our -publicity.
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BUt on the Spanish 'and .Greek campaiEns the NUS has not succeeded in -
draw in larce enunbers ,of students into active participation. Letters
and protess have been sent, the matters have ben discussed by NUS
Council, reports have ' Appeal- ed? in our press, but no campaign has been
developed in the collects. ,
After reViewinE its work NUS decided to ie-Or f,aniSe and erilarr.!e.its
--ook InternatiCnal Conpittec. Each :..66ber Of the Con.mittpc will be -?68n11
sible for atudyinc. a cer-t: ina,r ea, ,V.-e,eq-n*Vina: abou.,y. r. an
proposing any aelivi-Vi:,'11,4WaQA4.,:414-6,'W.tilittcc ,wIll have the ,',tag,k of .
gettinc IUS policies PCS&.6.-6-td. to constituent unions t4at there
will
*ill be iore discussion of JUS policies' throughout tlieesty'dent ,
MOV OE mt. One ilenber of our Executive Gomnitteo ,haa;:be'.6.1140.iibintect
to take chaxce of IUS work , ins,j4s our country, to Sib?;tilAt.::stu4Ots
are in or od aboiltSti87.6Iidirto:- cot t4c6,. policies diScussed tc se
that our own activities . are continually presented with an international
perspective, and to develop activity in connection with International
Student Day.
NUS has further decided that in ack..ition to the international and IUS
news printed in its.newapaper and ::Lagazine, it will issue two nonthlY
bulletins. One, to be 'prepared by the Internationals CImittee -hrom
r_aterial received fron,IUS; will -be distributed to (Aire member unions;
and the other will be isauedeto' IUS and national 4canisations and
contain infornation on the activities of NUS. NUS has also decided
that the 1948-49 edition 6f its Yearbook shall Contain the Constitution
cf IUS as well as of NUS.
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way froll solving the problem of rettim7 news of its own activities
to the individual j tudcnts. ThesQ are the main reasons for this:
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1. The limited funds of the IUS restrict the publicity efforts to those
that pa -y ?for themselves. -
2. In Britain there is no established national student or youth press
with mass circulation among students and young people '
3. The c. is an acute shortqgo of newsprint that limits circulation
and editorial apgce.
We are not ,.. one in facing such difficulties, and these muzt be tkkan
into considc ation in the problem of IUS
NUS EXPi-iIEN
iUS uscs e cry" avenue of publicity Io it. The most important .4 these
is the natio al press,' ,What we got in the way ofipublicity iS.:nott4,1M4y,P
to oUr'liki .but it does get students talking. 'Unfortunate-4 for
however, IUS is not good publicity material in the Britiah press. It is
much mere 1. ely to feature an attack upon the 'US, or an lrre,Ponsible
accusation 0 -Communist 'domination, than to 'report anY'pra7i1US 'statement-
or any IUS ,:ctivity. In thu 'case' of our Council in July; the press ova
much ,more space-to, criticisms of the IUS than to the positive affirmation
of support or IllSmAde ty-the NUS or to the appeal to American students
? :,;
to join the TUS.-
In essenc e
its activit
its,policii
that every
:saMe critic
NUS ponds for publicity on getti-ng studentd talking about .
es&, . the students talk a lot the activities are successful,,
s more readily discussed For that reason, we try to see
lioy we adopt has a programme of activity related to it. The
must appy to .IUS.
IDS must ai at Pe ting the students talking about its activities,. Good
and useful lablicity of this kind, that would prose real interest in IUS,
could be ob ained if it could undert ke serhe educational prodeot for UNESCO,
something 't at wd?d be-practival..have the appeal of action, and sell
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itself.
T?SKS OP IU
In the "flea
about the.p
PUBLICITY
0 ese general considerations, we can say the foil( mina
blicity for the IUS:
1. It has t e following tasks:
a tc educate students in international problems.
b ti stir them into action on these probleLe.
C ti co?ord.nate their activities.
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2. It shoul provide factual information on the following aa bjects:
a) s ecifiaally IU S activities, such as conferences, con=isaions,
- t e'work of bureaux etc. ,
d11 S policies and campaigns, such ,,0 rellef
c RS relations Wit',:. interne. ional organisa tions, each as .UNESCO.,
a tivities by national unions in support of IUS ca_paignsi activ?
i les, and policies.
e) g neiql gcitiVies of natIrnal unions and students.
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national organisa tions.
other international organlsa tions.
individual students in EY.a2t country.
the genercl public in QaOh country.
PROBLESM OP THE }ID ,
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From our experience of dealing with the IUS, and froM approaching student6
on our owh NUS, matters, we conc1ude that .EUS mut appreciate the tactical ,
situaion in each country, and be continue lly aware:of-the kind of students
and Orgenisa tion s it' is approaching, This is important in the preparat-
ion of t.eLtrial by the PID, The Secretariat would not think of sending the
same kind of a letter to =SOO as to the -ODY. In the s,m e way, publicity
materil tha t is acceptable to te Allindian Student FederationMay not -
be suitable for the NUS.
There aIe three general pf-i.nts to be made about the output of the PIDz
1. Selection - tl'_12.t is
so t hat it does not cover Just one
There must be careful consideration
it is decided to put ferWard Ln the
'sent out must be more balanced,
kind of activity or one set of problei4s .?
and el ection'of'the catpaigns which
course of the year.. '
2. Presentation? the'.ieust"be a reelleation that what_is needed to educate
studdntS about the wbrldeproblelas net descriptive labels, political
shorthandor:emotional and passionat:: co,ment, but plain Xaetual .
.C.esoriptionS, above .all facts and opiniens,
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In presenting rTobleMa, IUS should not presnet a basis analysis of evbnts,
but limititsc,If-to the issues. IL.stleel whether the material is in ,English,e
PrenchL hussian or Spanish, let it be good English, good French, Rped
Russian and good Spanish. Bad tne_lqiations shou31 not be tolerated
not the jargon of any political pnilospphy.
uantitye- along with an improvement of quality, there should be a redum.
c 1 n in the ,lenght and. q uantity of t e material sent to,ntienal org-
anisations. 'here was much indifferent material, for example, sent out
In connection with the Spanish and Gree.K appeals.
But thereal problems for IUS, and we underline this, is how to say the
maximum amount to the greatest number of students with the least number
of intermedia rice.' Is tne solutiore howove.1., the re-issueeof:the World
Student News? From the roint of viev, of NU, World Students News presents a
difficult probl_m of circulaUon. )ii.culation is thd biggest problem we have
to face with our own periodicals. At the moment, our target is 10 % coverage
of our maatership. We could not attempt a sith3er targe, in addition, for
World Student News. On the other hand, we feel that a wall newspaper. .
of 40 x 60 inches,ceald bo as effective, in carrying IUS news-to students.
The problem of circulation would be reduced to one of sending a copy to each
college union, while coverage would be ne arly,100%. ?
The PID has been only bf limited usefulness in x"riLain, Its work nods imp-
rovement, and we have many technica criticisms to make about the selection
of iteM@, phraseology, length, and. presentation. ,In our opinion, the IID
should drop its attempt to supply student editors direct and concentrate on
building up an international student inf-rmation service that would supply
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like Reuters, Association :Press, Relepress, Tass, etc. In turn, national
unions should concern themsleves to distribute this mate?ial to student
editors, the. national press, nd to their students. By developing.
efficient distribution of news item, articles and phtographg (in
11;..rt-rix form) the PID could proviae an information servieo of great ube
to national unions and thei press and help-them-to increas publicity
for FUS.
But in the end, publicity for IUS depen28 on the publicity tAat a.ch
national union gets for its own activites :1-1d to the extent that .
these acttvities are integrated.with the policy of IUS, aro undertOcen
to carry rut decisions of IUS, and are carried ou in sup-r)ort of
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Contribution of the ASSOCIATION OF INTEPNTS AND MEDTCAL 7=ENTS to the
E7ecutive Committee Report
by Bernard 'Down
Mr. Chairman, Fellow Delegatcs ?
Our delegation here represents the .Lssociation of .Internes and Medical
Students of .the U,S.A, , which ib tLe on:_y ozzani7;ation of medical stude
in our country.' Since our organization's inception in 1934, we have con.
sistently fought for he .prometion of f.tional. understanding. We
participated in the foundrng of the IT and..coi'LtribuO. 'to its extension
and growth. Two years ago at the flongress of the IT,TS, it beca;e
apparent that the develop-oent 2ifeot..:i_v,,J ties between American students
and the world student community neo;Etated a national student movement
In America. . We, therefere, .1,ent our nesources? and o:7anizational backing
without stint to the ?formation of the 'Jational Stude,,-G iiseociation.
Now we wish to make some Comments on ate Executive Committee report an
stress the aspects of ?special concern to Arican students,
First, we ?desire to 1?7.07.0Se our aTopreciation and endorsement of the Exe
tive: Committee repor-0. It ,as selected from the comple:Lty of issues the -
most cogent problems whicii Lffe..7 ,1;.dents -- the ',)roblemE-? of peace, the:
extension and daMocratization of edior, and tae e::igency :for student
unity. It has developed ito eaoo T;ith a woild-wide.T)ens-Qective founded"-
extensive documentation r.M.1 toether c7itic;a1.a:nd self?-
critical, appraisal of its won, illt=it7 and the deep-
ening .roots that the I-JS do d TO1Opate in tee student rite
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We are i full accord Commtttee report
placed upon the preservation of peace. A growing awarenese eic--;Gs among
American .students that the threat of v:ar is increasin in the world today.
They know that they cannot realize their lertimnte aspiratiOns as students
as long-. as this threat COrtinUeS,' they.expe:2ience this direct-
ly through the.ever-greater di,Tersicl 071'funf:.2cm edusaion to military
purposes-.
Despite their opposition to wan, :7g,:e d'rente of American ,'5u.(71ents do
not know the souces from whchem ons war. This lack
of cognition immobilizeS them ?ro I IUSHhas a great-'"\-%
responsibility in bringing tl-,e facts and doLoping specific activities
in 90-operation with kme7-ican 7,tudet o.Tiztionu so as to 7mite them
against war-mongering and the femao_t= of waz fLn our country and. else-
where. It is precisely becausc Lach a snificant role
that tremendous influences -from. reacio-.1tr-f o:rCies have 7peen brought to
bear on American students to isoaate them 4.co7., the irs?
Indivisible from the problr,m of peace itself' is the s,appression of millions
of. people throughout the colonial world,T cohsoquent effect upon the
lives of students is-thoroughly doouraented. bth in the Executive.Committee
and the Soun East Asia reports. Two yea:" ;i ago, at the founding Congress
of the IUS, the 25 ATJ?rican delegates representinz ever; important segment
of student life sinifid their deep concern for the colonial. students.
They supported the formation at a colonial bureaL empowered to help these
students to improve, extend, end democratize their education, During the
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last year we received little information from this department. We engaged
in no activities,with the exception of sporadic and spontaneous demonatra
tions, of American students of American students against the plight of
Puerto Rican people and the civil strife and suppression of student rights
in China. These poorly organized and minimal campaigns reflect, firstly,
our failure to grasp the gravity of the situation and the degree of de-
privation of basic rights, -- secondly, it indicates in general the poor
co-ordination of our activities with those of the IUS.
In view, of the sensitive and controversial-attitudes existing among stu-
dents in regard to the Marshall Pan, and since several of the Member ?
4ele atienz have taken exception to the manner in which this was represented
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tileEtecutive Committee report, we offer the following principles and ?
euggestions:
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- W) affirm the right and duty of the TUS to deal with all issues that
measurably affect the lives of students. When a new situation arises., how-
ever, policy-cannot base itself solely on the recommendations of the-gov
e ing bodies. The experiences and attitudes of democratic members inter-
c1ariged and developed into broad activities are the prerequisites for the
: ea eptance of new formulations. We confirm the right of all members to.
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n eethe -IUS distri1)1:te their considered opinion based on the experiences
o estudents in theircountry. Since the IUS has indicatedthe Marshall
, lan.. to be a legitimate? sutject for discussion, we urge the establishment
\- efta,representative commission to investigate the effects of this?plan 66
? the lives of students in Western Europe. Such a commission will focus'
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on the assets and shortcomings of this plan and make our ultimate
decisions not a basis of division, but a basis of unity.
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We sheuid like to refer now to the problems of democratization of education
in the United States. ? Great grains were made in higher education. eThese
were achieved by populat tressure .and the progressive educational policies
of. President Roosevelt, The war against fascism, stirred strong democratic .
currents in our country, ? enabling the passage of legislation of a veter-
ans' Bill of Rights. This Bill provided money for tuition and for sub-
sistence for veterans who wished to further their education. One million
are at present availing themselves of this opportunity. It represents a
change in the complexion of our university population and a marked democra-
tization. For the first time large sections of students were derived from
the working sectors of our population. Great numbers of the. economically '
down-trodden minorities were able to enter universities for the first time.
The above discussed gains are now, however, being rapidly whittled away..
University education has again become an unobtainable luxury for many.
The factors responsible are legion. Foremost are the increasing financial
barriers. The inflationary spiral with the consequent rising .cost of
living effecting principally food and rents makes the allotments of' 75
dollars for single men and 105 dollars for married people per month in-
adequate for subsistence, ? Coupled with this, the rising cost of tuition
has created dire conditions for many,students. As examples --- tuition.
has at Harvard from 400 to 500 dollars, at Massachusets Institute
of Technology from 600 to 750dollars, Boston University School of' Medi-
cine from 500 to 700 dollars per year.
The Executive Committee report quoting Gen. Bradley's statement that
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3004000.. veterans were forced to leave school is in all likelihood a con-
servative estimate, since it was made a_Year ago during which time there
have been significant increases in the cost of liVing. The most important
factor that mi4tatesagainst-the continued democratization of eduCati&I
is that the benefits only pertain to veterans, and as such will soon
expire. NO 'legislation has as yet been brought forth to continue the sub-
sidization of education. American students led by the veterans are reacting
:strongly to the threat against their education. Last year a nation-wide
tampaign:developed, known as "Operations Subsistence", :which directed ex,,,
tensive.pressures toward. Congress to increase living allowances..
The Eecutive Committee report gives but partial picture of the havoc
wrought by discrimination in our country. lhe Association of Internes and
Medical Students has been in the foret-.2Ont of an unflinching and difficult
battle against economic and social ostracicIli of large minority groups in
our population. From the very looginnin,g, of the Negro's education, large
obstacles block his advance, His elementary schools are dilapidated, over?
crowded, ill.L.equipped with few teachers and a scarcity of books. ' Ihe sti.te
of Louisiana, one oi the 17 Southern states where 10 million of the 13
million American 'Negrccs reside, spends 110 dollars per year for the-educa-
tion-of every white child compared to 30. dollars per year for the colored
caild..'Throughout the South, Negro teachers receive 50 of the wages of
tWr 'white colieaguos. In Atlanta, capital of the state of Georgia,
120 of the 155 Negro teachers in elementary ,schools have to teach "double '
sessions". None of the 6:2 white teachers in this same community have to
do this. As a result of these double sessions, the Negro childis taught-,N.,
5i hours a day OI' less, with a resulting loss of 2i years during the first
six years of schooling. The higher the Negro mounts up the educational
ladder, the more deplorable is the situation. LA -the South, the Negro
student is -allocated 1/5 the money that is given to the whites. The re-
sults are evident in the absence of 'a sufficient number of Negro profes-
sional peOple in the United States; The following figures about the South
speak for themselves:
There is 1 white doctor for every 843 white people
It I colored doctor " 4,409 colored people
(In the state of Miseissippi the conditions are even more stark
with I Negro physician.for every 18,527 .5egro people).
There is .1 .white dentist to 2,995 white. people
while only 1 colored dentist to 12,101 colored people
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The ratio of white lawyers to white people is 1 : 702';
while the ratio of cOlored is 1
There is 1 white engineer for e73fy 644 white people;
while there is only 1 colored fO]: every 130,700,,
The Negro's opportunities in a .profession such as medicine are minimal.
In the city of Philadelphia where a large number of Negro people reside,
the five medical schools have in the last 27 yesrs graduated only 18
Negroes.' In Cornell University School of Medicine, from 1920 to 1942 no
Negroes were enrolled. Of the total medical student population in the
United States, 2.6% are Negroes. Only 20 were admitted in the 75 white
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medical schools, representing 0.34% of the total admissions. This con,-
stitutes 1/30 of what admissions should have been were they based on popu-
lation averages. Having entered medical school, the Negro student is
oust at the beginning of his difficulties. His lower economic status
makes the cost of his medical education a fearful burden. In Howard Uni-
versity, one of the two Negro medical schools, 88% of the students have
engage in part time work. Even after completing medical education, he
is faoed_with many insoluble problems and indignities.'
The results of these policies are evident in the fact that the Negro's life
expectancy is from 10 to 12 years less than that of the white person..
Negro Mortality is from 30% to 40% higher than that of the white. The ef-
fects of intolerance are, however, not limited to the Negro. The pteval.?
ence of disease increases the hazards to all people. Germs do not observe a
: 'color line.*
The above facts are not selected, but are chosen at random from the many
publications issued by the N.A.A.C.P., the Southern Conference on Human
Welfare, Presidentlruman's Committee on Higher Education, etc, It must
be emphasized that discrimination is not limited to the Negro, nor 10 it
delineated by the Mason-Di xan Line. It affects many other minorities and
is present in all parte of our country. All major student organizations
have in principle rejected discrimination. The N.S.A. has also taken a
democratic stand on this problem. It should be commended for the election
of A'Nek.ro as president, but it is clear that this alone is not a solution.
To date, it has not taken' a firm unvacillating stand on segregation and
had not developed major activity in the fight for full equality in educa-
j
The .Conditions under which the Negroes live and Negro students have to
pursue their education closely approximate those of colonial countries.-
Iffe believe the Celonial Bureau of the IUS has much to teach our students,
and must give its attention especially to the problems of the Negroes in
the Southern part of the United States.
The third point of importance in the Executive Committee report was the
need for achisving student unity as a prerequisite -in fulfilling the man
tasks that lie before us. We think that the first International Clinical
Congress held under the auspices of the IUS with the co-operation of the
British Medical Students Association is a good example of a unifying act-
ivity. In the United States, this was the basis for the first_ real wide
and favorable publicity for the rus. Hundreds of letters were received
in application for attendance at this Congress from all parts of the United
States. Although we initially weregranted 15 representatives, we had to
raise this number to 32 in order to give partial satisfaction to the
great aemand.
At this Congress, students from 26 countries were present drawing into
activity students from countries not as yet affiliated to the rus. In the
bilef time of the Congress, a great deal of clinical material was Cgosted
The discussions held among members of this faculty created Unity around
?rogram of peace. The creation of a Medical Faculty Bureau within the
framework of the IUS was agreed upon and mass student activities were
undertaken. We shall discuss the International Clinical Congress more
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fully and present certain criticisms at the proper faculty commiesions.
We-ennot end this report without dealing, briefly with N.S.A. in America.
A$ we have already pointed out, the A.I.M,S. has worked strenuously for
the creation of the N.S.A., and since its formation, has followed its
activities with interest. We are distressed by the continual failure Of -
the N.S.A. to arrive at full affiliation with the IUS. We feel that the
cause of international student co-operation has been dealt Alalow by the
non-participation-of a great part of American Students. This isolation
is in itself hindering the development of the American student movement:
toward the achievement Of those goals held in common with the Students of
the world. In: large measure this situation resulted from a hasty and ill,-
considered action of the former American vice-president of the, IUS, Bill
Ellis. In resigning his position, he urged the American member organi
zationd to withdraw from what, he termed an undemocratic communist-dominated
organization whose prime activity was the dissemination. Of a,fOreign
ideology.- This Can hardly be. considered as a friendly rebuke of. thPIPa
Secretariat only0 This disruptive attack resulted' not Only in confubing.
the-M.emberehip"of the National Students Association about the nature of
-'Ghe IUS, but--alSo in creating a -serious division in the ranks of the,
American 'student movement. To combat these effects?-the was
an-
atrumental in concert with other Student groups in forming the Committee
for International Student Co-operation. This organization is arousing
renewed,. student sympathy for American participation in the MS. We are
confident that in the near future the N.S.A. and the entire American
student body will take their rightful places in the representative stud
crganizati6n of the world7tae international Union of Students.
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CONTRIBUTION TO THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTE1 REPORT BY THE AY))
Ivli Bi ha. WHITE
Mr. Chairman,.Fellow Delegates, and Friends:
As the delegate of the Intercollegiate Division of American Youth for I-
Democracy, I would like to congratulate the President and the Executive
Committee on their excellent report to our Council meeting. We are
able to give it our heartiest endoresment, because it expresses the
needs and aspirations of the democratic students of the world for peace,
democratization of education., and a secure and happy future. Thus it
can be a major help to us in our efforts to obtain improvements of the
conditions of student life in our country. '
In this report, the Executive Committee has dealt with the severe attacks
on my organization - the Intercollegiate Division of American Youth for
Democracy. We think it correct to have these problems brought to the
attention of the world student movement because they reflect the dif-
ficulties facing all students today in the U.S. and because we welcome
and need the support of the international student movement. We remind
the Council that the increasingly severe attacks against the AID are
part and parcel of a broader drive against all students, against their.
fundamental aspirations, needs, and political rights..
The attacks against MD have taken place on campuses throughout the
country, and have ranged from outright suppression to more subtle forms
of intimidation and pressure on its leaders and Members. We have been
charged with being subversive and un-American, but the real basis for
these attacks is the fact that AID has been most. actively organizing
student campaigns on discrimination in education, rising tuition fees,
the militarization of the campus, and in support of the fight for in-
dependence and freedom in China, Greece, Spain, Viet Nam, Israel, and
Indonesia.
The repression against our organization has been in fundamental opposi-
tion to the whole democratic tradition of our country and a basic
violation of the rights guaranteed. to us by our Constitution.
The two mot striking examples of outright suppression are &t QueensCollege in New York and Michigan- State and other colleges in Michigan
and other colleges in Michigan. , Both are characterized by the use of
powerful outside political pressure to strip the colleges Of academic
freedom and by the active resistance of the student body and many fac-
ulty members to this pressure.
Because of such actions as issuing a leaflet calling for the establish-
ment of a Pair Employment Practices Committee Act that would end dis-
crimination in employment against Negroes and other minorities, in the
State of Michigan the MD was banned, with the agtive.intervention of
Governor Kim Sigler and other State politicians.:- Th4s'act led to at-
tacks on all progressive organizations and tho-fa,ssage of a law autlaw-
i4groups"subsidized by a foreign government or serving directly or
indirectly the purposes, aims, or objects of a foreign power or powers."
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Ibis bin has since been deplared unconstitutional by the State Attornt
General because of the pressure of the democratic forces of that ,State.
Another striking example is the story of Queens College, a municipally
sUppOrted.inStitution in New York City, the most progressive city in
the United 'States. Local politicians, the press, the American Legion,
and reactionary Catholic leaders - all pressured the Student Council
and faculty to ban the AYD ,on the grounds that it Wasa so-caA..ed
"Communist Front organization". As a resul.t. of ,the outside pressure,
including .,..a direct threat to cancel college appropriations, the faculty
.voted 55 to 2 to uphold the action of the Student Council in banning
the AYD. When. the Dean of the College refused to make public the names.
of the professors .who had voted in the negative, his -resignation was ,
demanded by certain members of City Council.
The election campaign for the new student council was fought out around
one issue the right of -AYD and all student:gmoups, to organize On '
Queens campus. -: 27.0f the 28 new council member were elected on pledge
to rescind the ban on AYD. Despite this, further intimidation prevent-
ed the carrying out of the expressed will of the student body ,and AYD'
is still:banned:at:QueenS.
At my university, Harvard, the administration recognized Allo Yet
.when-w2:soUght to publish a student quarterly, a right accorded to all
OtherChartered organizations, we were forbidden to do so on the grounds
ofaUteide'control".
And thus, everywhere throughout the country, AYD students are pressured
withtbreats of expulsion, loss of stipendiums, and future employment
opportunities.
Iheseattacks on AYD prepated the way for a Wide-spread general,,AttttE
against student academic freedom and the rights of the entire academic
00MmUnity...
A ChaPter'ofthe ,American Veterans Committee has been banned at George
Washington University,: and Young Progressive Citizens of America clubs
elsewhere.. Leading educators and scientists Who engage in civic and
political activity are persecuted by the House Un-American Committee.
The report 'of the Executive Committee has already mentioned Dr. Harlow
Shapley, leading scientist and astronomer at Harvard and U.S. scientific
delegate to UNESCO'. The economist Dr. Paul SweezeY is dismissed from
Harvard for the Marxist orientation of his teaching. professor Lyman
Bradley of New York University is dismissed because of his sympathies
with Spanish Republicans and his work on the Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee
Committee. Several professors have been fired,because.they openly
supported the candidacy of Henry A. Wallace; 'HOW04"a. Fast, the .American
historical novelist, is denied the right to speak at itl-but of 5 New
York City colleges; Henry Wallace himself is banned from speakingto
students on college campuses. Books are ban4ed from secondary schools,
including ."Citizen Tom Paine" and "Gentlemen s Agreement". Campaigns
are conducted against liberal economics And sociology text-books such
as those of H.O. Rogg and P.F. Gemell.
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/Ca California, the State Investigation Committee has succeeded in haying
all so-called "political" organizations banned from the colleges.
Attempts are made to impose loyalty orders on teachers by legislation
in states all over the nation, including New 'fork, Illinois, Massachu-
setts, and California. The Mundt-Nixon Bill, which was defeated in the
last session of Congress, could have been used against all student
organizations with international ties, including the Student -Christian
movement,: World Student Federalists, the N.A.C.C.S., organizations co-
operating with the 1135, etc.
These are but a few examples of the mounting attacks against student
rights in the U.S., their right to organize, to hear speakers of their
choice, curriculum, class-room discussions, books, and the Whole demo-
cratic structure of American education.
The students of the U.S, face increasing militarization of the campus.
A. decisive step in this direction is the passage of a peacetime draft
act, for which 9,500,000 young men between the ages of 19-25 are now
registering, including many hundreds of thousands of college students.
Tens of thousands of Students will be dekrived of their right to Study
for a period of a months, and brought into an army which can be used
for agressive purposes all over the world, an army Which can be used to
break strikes of the working people. -
Today, scientific research in many of our leading universities is largely
finauoed with Army and Navy grants with the object of devising new and
more terrible weapons of mass destruction.
These attacks on academic freedom, increased militarization of the cam-
puses, together with the problems of racial and economic discrimination
presented by my colleague from ATLAS, are but indications of the general
picture of the American campus today.
But this picture can be understood clearly only in the light of the most
rundamental problem facing the American youth and students as a whole.
Ibis, as clearly stated by the Executive Committee report, is the problem
of maintaining peace in the world.
It must be clearly understood that the main danger to wOrld peace today
stems from the attempts of the American trusts and monopolies to estab-
lish their political and economic domination over the people of the '
United States and the peoples of the rest of the world.
To see this clearly is to understand the reason for the attempt of Big
Business to turn the campuses into an instrument for the carrying out of
their program of egression. This is why the campus must be militarized,
why academic freedom and the free inquiry for truth cannot be permitted;
This is why the rights of the youth, the trade unions, the Negro people
and other minority groups, political parties, in fact our whole nation,
are being attacked as never before in our history; this is why 66g; of
our budget is for military and allied expenditures and only .8% fox-ed-
ueation; this is why an Unprecedented anti-Soviet campaign fills the
press, radio, and all means of communication daily in ever-mounting
war hysteria proportions.
Under the cover of this war hysteria and war mongering, the real living
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standards of the American students and people are deteriorating, and
even the President of our country has admitted that we are facing a
new and more terrible economic crisis.
If there is a menace of war today in the world, it comes from these
same forces which are actively supporting reactionary and fascist re
gimes in China, Greece and Spain, tottering colonial systems in India,
Burma j Malaya, Viet Nam; and 'Indonesia, in all of which Countries.
democratic students and people are fighting for freedom and national
independence. If there is a menace of war today) it acmes fpom thee
same forces, which in Latin America and Puerto Rico are likewise the
cause or the miserable conditions of the students and peoples of these
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countries.
At this point,? we feel it necessary to express our opinion og the Mar-
shall Plan) which :has been the subject of so much discussion at this
Council meeting. In our opinion, the Marshall Plan is merely the ap-
plication to Western Europe of another aspect of the same foreign
policy we have already .outlined.
Under the guise of economic assistance tofthe post-war recovery of the
:participating nations, it has already effectively stopped full economic
recovery and, in fact, retarded healthy industrial development. It
withholds _industrial equipment from those countries which need it for
the development of their own basic industries and supplies instead
finished products which flood the markets and drive out domestic-made
products.
In France, 18f. of total aid goes to pay American shipowners, -while only
X0 is for badlyneeded industrial equipment. France must pay .high
prices for American coal, while she is, denied Ruhr coal which is being
used to build up Naze-dominated steel industries. We refer for further
docurontation on Austria and Italy to the remarks madeyesterday by our
Italian and Austrian:colleagues and the well-known facts concerning
Marshall Plan aid to the individual countries.
Furthermore, the bilateral pacts which impose the conditions on Which
such aid is sentare such as to .give the American administrators effect-
ive supervision of the economy of the Marshall Plan countries. A fund
in curtecncy of the country equal to the value of the goods sent must
be set abide to be controlled by the American supervisor, and. no schemes
for nationalization or planned economy are allowed without American
approval. The U.S. exercises effective control over the foreign trade
of the participating countries and have used this to prevent the devel-
opment of vitally needed trade with the countries of Eastern Europe.
This plan has already led to American intervention in the political life
of the participating countries.. We need only to refer to the Italian
elections in which the ,threat of Withdratal, of aid was the decisive
factor in the victory of the Christian Democrats, ,or to the remarks
just yesterday of Administrator Paul G. Hoffman, on the present French
crisis.
The keystone of the Marshall Plan structure for 'western Europe is a?
re-industrialized and powerful western Germany, a Germany again equipped
for the production of war material and the waging of agressive war, a
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a Germany which poses the most serious economic and military throat to
all her neighbors.
We therefore feel this is a question which directly affects the lives
and well-being of the students of these countries because:
1. It threatens the national indePendence 'of these countries.,
2.. It increases unemployment and endangers, thereby students' Chances
to enter and remain in college an their possibilities for
utilizing their eduCation on graduation.
It is one of the most powerful factors threatening the peace
of the wcitld because:
a. It is developed autside the U.N. and therefore weakens this
instrument for world peace.
b. It divides 'Europe and, cuts off the possibility of healthy,
- economic and political intercourse between East and West.
c. It rebuilds a Western Germany capable of aggressive warfate.-
Therefore We fully support the right and duty of the Executive Committee
to draw the attention of the world students to the'serious'dangers pre--
sented by this plan to' the peace and well-being of the world.
American students face a most serious crisis which,threatens the .ver.'
substantial progress made towards the' democratization of education in the
past 10 years and ,the peace upon which their very existence as students .
depends. The love of freedom and independence is deeply rooted in OUT
country. It breaks through all efforts at control of speech.and thought
and action," American studentsidetermination to fight'and their funda-
mentally democratic traditions are manifested in many ways. This has been
Shown
1, Widespread struggles against increased,tuition costs, veterans
actions, etc., as ably documented by our colleague from AIMS.
2. On the" fight against discrimination, such examples as --
a. Action of 1,000 students at the University of Oklahoma in
February 1948 for admission of a young Negro woman, Mrs. Ida
lqois Sipuel Fidher to their university. .
b. State lobbies for passage of legislation ending.the quota
systems dn-celleges in New Yorks Illinois, Massachusetts.
. At Williams.. College and Harvard University, students picketed
local:establishments which refused to serve Negro students and
forced>them to change their policy.'
3. Against Universal Military Training and the Draft, students partici-
pated in a lobby of 1,500 young delegates from all over, the country
to call for not militarization of the young students and workers,
but ;Or legislation on their needs.
4.. Actions for peace by observances 'of International Students Day in
colleges all over,the.country, and in ,support of the students of
China, Greece, Israel,. Puerto Rico, Spain.
This has been further shown by' the program of student organizations such
as the N.S.A. the .N a a he A.y.D., Youth for Wallace, the N.A.A.P.P.
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on the present needs of students.
Ever since December 1947, when Henry A. Wallace announted his candidacy
for the presidency of our country, student's in .colleges all over the
country have been organizing into Students for Wallace, on the basis of
his program for peace and student needs. k
And now, the new developing coalition arising with the Progressive Party
has opened up new historic possibilities for a very large, fighting move-
ment of the students and youth in the U.S. On July 25 and 26, aia acla-
mination of the organizing activities and campaigns around issues of
students and youth, the new Young Progressives of America was, born at A
founding convention in Philadelphia Pennsylvania. Out of the deep
desires of the students and working youth of our land for peace, security,
for international friendship, and a decent life, has-arisen anew, per-
manent student and youth organization. 24000 young Americans representing
clubs in 44 states Of our nation, including 25,000 college student's in
over 225 colleges and-universities, adopted a program pledgingunneasing
work for repeal of ,the draft, for demilitarization; for increased educa-
tional and recreational government appropriations, for full, equality for
Negro'yoUth. Its program :will find enthusiastic response from nany-
hundreds of thousands of y oung students and workers throughout the,:
country now and After the elections. 80,000 people yesterday met in New
York in the largest-lpolitiCal rally ever held in the 'U.S. to demonstrate
their desire for peace and their support for Wallace:
BecauSe of the key role of the U.S. in world affairs?'we feel that Amer-
ican students must ,play an active part not only in winning their own
needs, but must ,as well accept special responsibility for full support
to the problems of the students of, all nations fighting for'national in-
dependence and freedom. .This Council meeting serves.a valuable-purpose
in defining clearly these problems which we pledge to bring back to large
numbers of students in Our country.
We urge the IUS to devote special attention to the popularization and
implementation of its work in the U.S., and we pledge to do our utmost
.in fulfilling the IUS program in our own organization and to co-operate
in making possible the inclusion of the majority of American students in
the International Union of Students.
?-We have rtr,ost confidence in the strength of the International Union of
.0tudents and are sure that this Council meeting can and will develop a
program for' peace and the welfare of the students of the world, a pro-
gram which can and enrich the unity necesdary foT the achieve-
ment of our goals.
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CONTRIBUTION BY THE WLST INDIAN .:DELEGATION TO THE EXECUTIVE COYEITTEE
REPORT ?1?
mri President, fellow delegates, on behalf of the West Indian Student
Union, I Should like to compliment the E:cecutive Committee an its -annual
report. Apart from the onvious documentation and compilation of facts
and figures of which, it gives evidence, it shows' a truly interna tional
and world perspective ranging from a description and comments on condi-
tions in China and South East Asia to those in North and Latin America.
As regards the necessity for unity which it stresses there can be no
disagreeMent for not only 4 re the problems and aspirations Of-all stu-
dents largely the same but also if we the young generation of intelledl
ua. lth a nd future leaders cannot agree how can we hope to establish that
world peace for which So many of our comrades gave their lives.. It is a
pity that'Mr. Ellis saw fit to leave the IUS with such acrimonious criti-
cis m which had a disturbing effect even on small unions like my own.
Would it not ha ye been better for him to have waited for the Couneil.
meeting and have given us all an opportunity to discuss points of
variance .with the Secretariat and iron out our itternal differences?
With those critics who allege that the IUS has become too political
we find it difficult if not impossib le to agree. Section III of the
constitution bays that one of the aims of the IUS is to secure for all
young people the right and possibility of primary, secondary --pad higher
education. Then wherever these facilities a re la cking or aftentlit
is the duty of the .IUS to take up the case of the students. In doint2
this it is' futile to beoman the effect withoUt attacking the cause and
since the cause is almost invariably tobe found in government policy or
apathy as the case of Vietnam and Indonesia the presence of a foreign power
Waging war against the interest of the native peoples.
: It is therefore imppssible for the colonial student to divorce the
question of better educational facilities' from that of national independ.
dence or " politics." ,
In the West Indies ours is not the sensational struggle in arm6
against an imperialist power as in other countries, but we too have
suf.fered.a nd are suffering ix m under the yoke of colonialism. The Amer-
ioan delega te spoke of campaigns in USA in behalf of Puerto Rican stud
dents 9 but I assure the council that.even Puerto Rico is a paradise
compa red with the British West Indies. Whereas in the former place the
average cash income for a working class family is about 341 American
dollars, in many of the British -West Indies it varies between 60 and 60.
Educa tion is dadly neglected the expenditure per head being less
than 1/13 of that in -land and Wales. -There is free compulsory ele-
mentary education Eut/Tbigut 50-60% of the eligible children can be
actually accomodated in the schools. In addition many a worker living
in a shack which he calls home cannot afford to send his half-starved
ill clad children to school for they are needed to help earn the family
income. Secondary education such as esists continues to be the preserve
of the middle class, the rich, and a few brilliant students who win
the few available scholarships.
University education, except forsa theological institution and a
School of Tropical Agriculture has been until this year non,,-existent.
Would-be university students have had to go to the United Kingdom and
North Anieri rali6ii?fopkwa%g 2161/3 ?sob*, ?AAi 4 I 5
t,5 pain
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a dmission seeause o overcrow ing ; ese ? A 7caSe are
oUt of reach of all but the wellte-d0 anda few-Wi=erP.Or-s01614r0111-Psi
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Next month month a-university-will 1:e st,Irted, a)out which bur Union baS
not many-a8tails. The information whichwe.do have indicates that
only one faculty, that Of medicine, will function immediately, pro-
viding fac-aities for about fifty undergraduates.
This is only a brief sketch o oul educati)nal: predicament, which
may sugges',; the imtcnse d1ffcul41o3 which the Small Union of West'
Indian Students in lritain is taciLing. Ma,, I ennumerate our urgent
needs for the sake of clarity,
1. Better ind more progressive elementary aid secondary educgtional
System wit a a West 'Indian -in place of the present English and classi-
cal b'e, sis,
2. Better lnd properly staffed schools with teachers paid 'a living wage.
3. A'West :ndian 'University offering educa.Gion on the basis of merit
rather lhan money: '
4. Recogni4on 17,7 ,the West Indian GovernMents of non-British degrees
so tha our stuaents w ho study in North America can return home
to pl.a-their Tart in the VeSt indian C?:).mmunity.
5. Perhaps the IUS end some large National Unions may for the time
- being able to make available some pl'Aces at foreign universi-
ties fo( our undergraduate. stud:mts until such time as we can firm-
ly estathsh our own unive/sity
We realize however that our major 1-ask is ;o- democratize 'our unrepre-sentative i,,..;overnmentS which dlisreE3a-d the importance of education.
We know th't we have to ,ork for en'independent.nation freed of for-
eign domination and alive to the' economic Craid educational needs of the
West India LS and ready to takE. its. place L.. a-free and democratic
world for -,hich our masters teld t we wer fighting but which so
far we hay' not seen.
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COMMITTEE REPORT
Mr. Chairman, dear friends, in the namd of the Polish students
I would like to touch more closely on some of the points of the Exec-
utive Committee report and particularly on the question of unity in the
student movement.
This does not mean that we minimize the impprtance of other pro-
blems a nd I hope that we will have the possibility to ,
present our attitude on them later on. There are two reasons wny
we. stress the question of unity. At first unity-is essential for,the
IUS and its attivities to realize its great role as a World democratic
student organization. Secondly the student movement inour-couttry has
just passed through the, period of unifging its force and therefore-we
have many experiences in this field of work.- , -
The IUS was crea ,ted as a result of the experieneSSqf the,inter-
nationalstudent movement in its.struglle- against fasciard. Our main
task is to strengthen- it and consolidate its farces againSt-the-attempts
to split it which are Undertaken by certain reactionary leaders of '
students. I have in mind the kind of people who dreamed and-are-dres,ming
, _
about"the creation of a.rival organizatiant grouping ogether certain countries particiari Wu or
?e ,
I have .n mind certain leaders of the'Calladian-and Austrian student
movement who for two years have been discussing.the possibility'of.
affiliating their organizations to the IUS hat at the Same-time have,
been conducting a double-faced policy; directed 'against.thd--TUS and its
activities which result from its constitution and. decision P 'of ita
freely elected governing body.
The first condition to be forfilled is the strengthening of the
unity in every particular country where many organizations exist at
the same time and the deepening of that unity where there is. dnly one
organization.
There are organizations where there isimerly a formal unity, where
in spite of the apparent existence ()fa single-organizatienthere are
in reality many groups and views opposed to One another. This apposition
exists often not only among the pxx??xx5car boMponent parts of the
organization but even inside them. This always happens when beside
the democratically minded members there are also people who act- against
the aims of the organization and-who have nothing to, do with'progress
but often are simply reactionary and anti-democratic. Such an organ-
ization becomes a fiction and the members who act such a way put
themselves outside its ranks. To make this unity hot only formal but
real, the governing body of the organization must work to enable all
the members tounderstand the goals, tasks, and the activities leading
to their achievement and in such a way to make those members who oppose
their realigation, wilco feel itax separated from the mass of students.
What are these aims, takts, and activities? There is no doubt that
our Main goals are as stated in our constitution and supplemented by
the information, illustrated by'facts and- figures, given in the Exec-
utive Committee Report about the general student 'situation. These are
the struggles for lasting peace, national independence, and the demo-
cratization of education. All these problems are.closely bound to-
gether.
The desire for peace Shared by millions of ordinary people, by
far outweighs the Imp= war-like designs of small Imperialistic cliques.
It is stronger not only in the countries of peoples' democracy and the
USSR which are the bulwarks of peace but also among the nations now
fighting for their independence which is best testified by their
unflenching a nd heroic struggle.
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The same can be said even of Britain and USA where the working ma:sses
opposed the imperialist sta to policy of their own governments.
It is our tal.::s,k to imbue the broad masses of -students with the
desire for peace.
To do this means to make all the students realize that they
do love their native countries. By taking an active part in the last war
against Fascist aggression the students havc proved that they are patri-
ots. We must make this patriot1sm'deepe2 and conscious of its democratic
character. It will be conscious and. democratic if every one of us under-
stands tha t independence and 'democracy are inseparable and_mutually
interdependent, that no country can be. fully independent when it oppresses
other nations and interferes in the internal problems pf Other countries.
There is no true sovereignty, where a distinct.oconomic dependence exists,
when certa in plans of help ux bring with the6.1imitations of the free
tical and econotic development .and as a,result of very clever and pre -
,cOnstrUction worsen living conditions and cause growing unemployment
in .the Countries concerned. This can be seen in those countries where
the Marshall 'Plan is operating:.
There does not exist true,frcedom, where the color of skin is
thecriteriet:of'riczhts and merits, where there is racial qiscriminatiun?
and - its tOrkin# population does not fully enjoy its 2o1Cal? economic,
and aultUral:--rightSc. Our generation has witnossed and i3 witnessinp, the
treachery of'those,whose matths are n a ro full of liat:ciotio words..
Political groups assuming the name ,of 1.9.,tionalistsa -.LLd reAll
social. exponents Of big capital Liu(-1 an. ac found themselves during
the Occupation .in the ranks of collaborators, Today -7_,h7:y buy their.
power at a price of foreign intervention and renovIree the sovereignty and
independence of their'eonntries for -:lhe,ber..eftt of foreign imperialism.
The -beet exP'pple of this were the -Pre---wa..r Governments in -oland, Czech -
oslevakia,, Poland., gunLary and Eur.a-l_iaud toda y the guiTornmontS of
53erataldarist: Greac?.KuoMintang Cana, Trance and Its,ly, 1-Y-7- intensifying
true patriotism we .Ahall k at the 'faixa time strengthen the ties of
international solidarity. The 'strUcgle .for.in&Tendefrice which goes on
in,severa'l countri-es, the struggle of colonial natiens to Sha.:re the
tethors imposed an tdem bytk'gd1sa.Lt met-ropdia .)mean the struggle' for
peace and /ustiee.'; '
Iii tht-intercs t of peace and of our frienda in HAland,-FranCe,
Groat Britain, andthe:USA,we shall demand -';-nc cessatfun of military re=
inforeetentS-which are -e.nt to Zadenesia and Tlet Nam,174 the -Batch and
French -governments? stepping the interforance 'a nd arTed interventon in
Greece,. China, Malaya, and Palestine by the governments of the USA 'and
Great Britain.
TO'forfiiI the tasks set beioro c veal