H.L.U. Prepares Policy Review To Clarify Its Liberal Position

In an effort to curb the present dwindling of its membership and to justify its existence in the college community, the Liberal Union is preparing an official statement on policy.

"We have decided to clarify our liberal position before our membership and the college community," Joseph E. Frank '56, H.L.U. president stated. "If we do not present a firm liberal outlook, there is no reason for our existence, as students could join either the HYDC or the HYRC."

H.L.U. membership has fallen in the past few years from 250 in 1952 to a present 70. Lack of definite policy, Frank said recently, has been one of the reasons for the organization's sharp membership drop.

The statement will first define H.L.U.'s liberalism and clarify the aims and purposes of the organization. The draft is not intended to be a pronouncement on the nature of American liberalism. There are "some liberals whom we would not like to be associated with," Frank said last night.

The second portion of the statement will present the platform of the organization. It will be divided into three parts: foreign policy, domestic economy, and civil rights and liberties.