World Youth Festival

Further news of festival preparations throughout the world have been received from Prague—

Prof. Joliot-Curie, world famous atom scientist and president of the International Union of Intellectuals, has joined the French Committee of Patrons of the World Youth Festival. Other members are the President of the French Republic and several Cabinet Ministers, Members of Parliament and University Professors.

Four Yugoslav films will be shown at the Festival, one of them dealing with the construction of the Youth Railway.

Algeria is sending to Prague a wooden building in Arab style with exhibits of Algerian folk art, handicrafts, etc.

The British Festival Committee includes, besides numerous youth organisations, the Football Association, National Cyclist Union and the British Drama League. An essay competition has been organised by the "News Chronicle" and winners in the different age groups will be awarded free trips to Prague.

Before leaving for Prague young Norwegian musicians held a concert in Oslo University Hall.

One hundred members of the American Unitarian Youth are expected to attend the Festival. The Southern Negro Youth Congress plans to send K. Spencer, a leading negro bass singer, second only to Paul Robeson, and Pearl Primus, a young dancer, who will perform American and African negro dances.

Among 24 Polish students attending the Festival will be the violinist, Wilkomirska, who won the first prize at the International Contest in Geneva.

The first group of Australian delegates, eleven in all, arrived in Southampton on April 21. They will work in Yugoslav Youth (Reconstruction Camps until the opening of the Festival.

"Rome, Open City," prize-winning film at the Cannes Festival, will be among the Italian exhibits at the festival.

The International Union of Students is publishing, on behalf of the International Festival Committee, an international song book. This will include the most popular youth songs of today as well as folksongs from each country.

Mr. Dange, president of the Indian Trade Union Congress, is expected to visit the festival.