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On March l6, I963, 36 teen-agers and
five adults boarded a New York-bound
bus for the NORTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE
M.Y.F. U.N.-WASHINGTON STUDY TOUR on
PEACH AND WORLD ORDER# There were ndne
delegations, one from each of the Metho
dist Cbu.rch*s N.C. districts. Each con
tained four delegates. Applications
■were submitted to a panel' within each
district; thus tte panel chose the
M.Y.F.’ers who would make the tour. The
main purpose of our trip was to study
■the United Nations more 6‘losely and es
pecially in relation to the church as an
Instrument of world peace. We attended
U.N. committee meetings and had a fact-
filled guided tour of the buildings.Each
afternoon ai^r we had completed our day
at the U.N,, we evaluated the day’s ac
tivities and shared thoughts and ideas
about different phases of the tour.
One of the highlights of the trip was
a visit to the Cuban mission to the U.N.
We realized that this was quite a spe
cial privilege not offered many. Here
we talked with the youngest member of
their diplomatic dorps, Otto Marrero, a
nineteen-year-old Cuban boyl He offered
many thought-provoking statements and
brought the threat of Communism in our
hemisphere into a much more alarming fo
cus. He spoke to us about Cuba under
the hated Batista and about Cuba today
under the beloved Castro.
After leaving New York on Wednesday,
we traveled to Washington, D.C. where we
stayed until Friday. Here we talked
with Senator B. Ederette Joida^, attend
ed a session of the Benate, and visited
our representatives. We also visited
the Russian and West Geiman Bnbassies in
Washington. These two visits were in
great contrast. The Russian with whom
we spoke was a cold, shrewd diplomat who
spoke for an hour without really saying
one thing or committing himself on any
subject. The German press Attache, who
told us about her country's striving to
ward freedom and how they intend to make
the dream of a United Germany a reality,
was a very warm and sincere person.
For entertainment during the tour, we’
attended Broadway plays, ate Sukiyaki at
a Japanese restaurant, climbed to the
top of the Etopire State Building and the
Washington Monument, and had a guided
tour of the White House. This brief
summary of this most fabulous trip hard
ly serves to properly describe all of
the good times and the knowledge absorb
ed through this once-in«a-lifetime op
portunity.
by Ellen Highsmith
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As editor of the Smoke ^Ig^aal, I
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fine job of reporting they have done*
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extra time and effort they have given.
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