National Affairs: Youth Parade

Congress must pass the A. Y. A. Parlez Vous

Congress must pass the A. Y. A. Parlez Vous

Congress must pass the A. Y. A.

That's what all young people say Hinky

dinky parlez vous.

In Washington last week, this version of a 20-year-old War song was sung by 3,000 U. S. youths and maidens of about that age who congregated in the Capital to lobby for passage of the American Youth Act. Unimpressed by foreign crises, nationwide Recession or the advisability of attending to their homework, the "pilgrims" were in hope that a parade,...

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