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'COO0 18 14 . - * 7 w . . * -< --. . . . . . - 0 . . . r C Ira i rnian- Char lcs Uo lrluc rcpo r tc cl, i i m d x r s Ii i p "clo ublcd I ro i a i 400 lo 800 during tbc last six months of 1968. It Sonic o f this spurt can bc laid to "switching" by disaffected SpSers and a madcst increase in high scliool mcnibcrs. But most of it apparcntly stcnrnrcd from stcppctl-up YSA/SMC rccruiting conpled with growing scntimcnt . against the Victnarn War. At thc 1968 National Convcntion high school rccruiting received additional (Itress and membership requirements wcrc "rclaxcd". .. in a n attcrnpt ta ewcll mcntbcrship to sevcral thau- sand and incrcasc campus chapters from 38 to 100'during 1969. Therc's no indication these goale wcrc mct, but judging [tom YSA/SMC's prow- ing leadcrship role among radicals (and pcacc advocates, oftdn well- intcntioncd, sincerc studcntm who arc unawarc oC.SMC's role as a TrotskgiLi. front.) soioic incrcasc in both collegc and high school nicm- hcrs can be cxpcctcd. YSA should also havc tcnafittcd by attracting tlrc lion's s h a m of discnchantcd SDScrs whnsc own organizaticrp dis- in tc! g r a tc tl in ni i d - s uni ni c r . Continued n w dc s t n) e mhc r s Ii i p grow tlr can be prcdictcd for 1970, howcvcr, most can IC cxpectcd to conic dircctly from YSA/SMC rccruiting, rather than frani dcfccting com- pc ti lo r s . . Tlic frtrtlicccniing 9th YSA National Coirvcntic,n (Univc rsity o f YSA'S Massivc American- troop willidrawal Eroni Victnani could hiinncsola, 27- 30 Dccrmbcr) will probably contain fcw surprises. Past success slioulcl dictntr continuation l;r prcscnt polirics. conlinuc. blunt YSA's' main thrust, howcvcr, such a withdrawal is not likely in 1970. also. anti-war actions (as well as an-campus iseucs) and will s t r c s s sup- port to GI-dissenters and draft opposition. High sclrool recruiting will bc emphasized again in 1970. Thc reccntly cnacted draft legis- lation will, as one YSAcr views it, cause a "further cstcnsion and tlc:cpeniiig o f tlic radicalization in the high schrwls, thc placc whcrc thc 13-year-oltls will cam6 from. Grcater cIfort to involvc black anti third world minorities in the anti-war clrivc! is anticipatccl. YSA's "black libr?rkic;ni' progtani is alrcarly rocrciving a Iatgc slia rc o f attc*ntion a1 prc-convention cducalional' sciiriirnrs on v a r i - I l I l S t:iltrlllllsc.6. - prisscnt singlc-issuc campaigt, bascd rrn a n anti-war poshirc: will Expcct niass action atid unitcd front. tactic9 L o continue YSA will attcnryl to strcngthcn and broatlc*n SMC's rolc in Wliilc: Clic "ctlrl lc:ftt'~riny nett IIC! as glanwrwis as rr-conl groups of Nc-w Lcft anarchists, its tlircat potential niay bc grca&r and its aim the same - d&truction of American democracy. - It is willing to . - . ;e'- - . 4 - ' 1 , .-'I,.* .. . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . -.A*.**? .... ..+,-.:- ...... --.+.+.&. .. 9 ., ' t . i..'. IF: .. - * . . -.. * . " I ...... .. .......... .. . . . . . ..-.a. rrx .*'* '4 ..... : "... c - v .... ... f ' . . . . ._.. ..: . - . . - .. ".