HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 69-54 '-' IN OPPOS[T,t..ON~TO. THE YOUNG SOCIALIST ALLIANCE
.-~ ' : - , ~ON'VE'N'~ION AT T~E ~NIVERSIT¥ OF MINNESOTA
WHEREAS, the annmuncement has been made that the Your9 Socialist
'Alliance will ho_Id -their_annual nationa] convention December 27 to
3__0 at .the Uniyersit.¥ of Minnesota; and
WHEREAS~ th$ ~ssqc [at ion is headed by a person purported by the news
~-~d[a to be a.f.u].]-tLme Marxist revolutionary bent on overthrowing
the establishment and replacing capital[sm with socialism in the
On[.ted States; and
WHEREAS, t~.Un[versity is a tax supported institution maintained and
supporte~ by t~ose who treasure the heritage and form of 9overnment
prevai ]'~ng; a. qd
WR-EREAS, Americaq youth are fighting and dying on battlefields to
h~]t the spread of communism and preserve not only the American way
o¢ life in this country, but assure peoples of less powerful govern-
-mAh~s ar~ not-"driven to submission to a communistic government; and
WHEREA'S, tE9 people who support and maintain our tax supported
schoo]ssh~u]d hav.e a voice in the use of such property by those who
advocate the overthrow 9f .OUr government; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Columbia Heights ~s opposed
to the use of tax supported facilities for use of or9anizations
advocating the overthrow of our 9overnment;
NO'W, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of
Columbia Heights to go on record as being opposed to the University
of Minnesota or any other tax supported school or legislative body
al]owing the use of a public building for meetings held by any
°rgan~zation whose members or membership includes those who advocate
the overthrow of our present form of government - national ta
]oca]. ' , s te or
Passed this 22nd day of December, 1969.
Offered by: Land
seconded by: Kin9
Roi ] Ca 1: A] ] Ayes
~ t~ the Counc