MERGER FORMS NON-PARTISAN FORUM GROUP

A new undergraduate organization for political thought and discussion has been formed with the merger of the Political Science Forum with the Post War Council. The new group, which will be headed by Levin H. Campbell, 3rd '48, will be called the Harvard Forum.

The purpose of the merger, which will take effect actively in the fall term, is to eliminate the duplication of effort which has marked the activities of the two groups during the past term. On several occasions both organizations offered forums on similar topics at the same time.

Group Remain Non-Partisan

This new group will remain non-partisan, seeking to present educators and men form public life in discussions of various topics of current political and economic interest. A further activity will be the formation of discussion groups among the members who wish to probe deeper into the forum topics and other questions of interest.

To further the cooperation in presenting forums before the student body, the International Club, headed by Stephen Fischer-Gala'i '45, has agreed to cosponsor all meetings held by this new group, as has the Radcliffe League for Democracy. The primary aim of the Forum is to present one forum every two weeks.

In addition to the chairman, the officers of the new group include Herbert N. Raab '46, now co-chairman of the Political Science Forum, and Henry H. Nattens '47, now secretary of the Post-War Council, as vice-chairmen. Fischer-Galati will serve in an advisory capacity.

Commenting on the merger, Irwin Leff '47, president of the Liberal Union, expressed his group's interest in the new organization. "We are pleased to see this growth of student interest in political affairs. The Liberal Union," said Leff, "has presented forums of this type in the past primarily because there was no other group that could do so."