YAF had just completed its biennial convention, at which the group--founded in

1960 and "probably," as WFB puts it, "the only political youth organization that survived that mad decade"--had voted to oppose the Panama Canal treaty, call on UN Ambassador Andrew Young to resign, and propose abolishing the minimum wage and most of the regulatory agencies. A lively hour with these spirited young people. One sample, from Frank Donatelli: "[Andrew Young] has been unable in our judgment to make the transition from Baptist Southern minister/civil-rights leader to world diplomat. There are two very separate and distinct roles. It is fine to hail various excesses in the world from a pulpit, but when you have to deal with political leaders from around the world in very touchy situations, a change of rhetoric is necessary. It seems to us that Mr. Young, far from attempting to ameliorate world problems, is himself becoming a problem and an issue ..."