Conservative League May Ask Watson To Cancel Ballad Singer's Performance

The Conservative League may ask Dean Watson to cancel a concert of ballad-singer Pete Seoger '40, sponsored by the Society for Minority Rights, Kenneth E. Thompson '57, league president, said yesterday.

Seoger, whose concert is scheduled for April 24 has been accused of injecting left-wing sentiments into his ballads. Be gave a series of six concert-lectures at Columbia University last fall without arousing any protests.

"We definitely intend to present the concert," B. Allen Williams '57, president of the society for Minority Rights, said last night. "We already have obtained permits to hold the performance from Dean Watson and from the cities of Cambridge and Boston," he confined. "However, we will be glad to discuss with the League any problems they may have concerning the concert."

Thompson initially said that the League might picked the concert. After consultation with other officers of the League, he modified his position.

Williams said last night that Seoger was chosen to give the concert because of his ability as a folk singer, with no consideration of his political views. "Unlike the Conservative League, we have no political aspirations," Williams said.

Williams C. Brady '57, president of the New Conservative Club, rival organization of the Conservative League, said last night. "If Seoger is a Communist the League play have good reason to complain. Otherwise, he continued, "I do not believe that they have a valid protest."