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Later, he added that the Committee is concerned about "behavior." "It's decidedly rude," Myerson explained "to yell out 'overthrow your Red masters' when a group of Russians leave a train. As in the past it is also liable to be injurious to one's person...
...United States Festival Committee. Myerson stressed, is simply making arrangements for individual Americans to attend the ten-day event which will begin July 27. Unlike previous Festival Committees, it will not take stands on political issues, he explained. "Americans will go as individuals, not as a delegation. Everybody will speak for himself. I am convinced and very strongly feel that nobody will take a position on behalf of other people...
Applications for participation are being accepted on a first-come, first-served basis, Myerson said. So far, about 125 applications have been filed out of an expected 400 and the Committee has accepted all of them...
Besides recruiting in the Ivy League and at colleges with strong peace movements, the Committee is making a special effort to send Negro freedom riders to the Festival. Myerson expects that about 15 of them will attend with all expenses paid, although the Committee itself will not award the scholarships...
Replying to a question, Myerson told the dozen persons in his audience that New York Post editor James A. Wechsler "lied in a Jan. 4 column on his Festival activities and political beliefs...