National body of ethnic groups announces convention on March 16 (12/31/78)

National body of ethnic groups announces convention on March 16

WASHINGTON, D.C. - A national convention of 43 American ethnic organizations will be held in Washington, D.C., March 16-18 at the Quality Inn-Capitol Hill.

Speakers will include Ambassador Elbridge Durbrow, a career diplomat with 35 years in the foreign service, and Lt. Gen. Daniel O. Graham, former director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, among others. They will discuss educational, labor, cultural and heritage problems of the various ethnic communities in the United States. There also will be panels on foreign and defense policies.

The convention is sponsored by the National Confederation of American Ethnic Groups (NCAEG). Members of the executive committee of NCAEG meeting on November 11 appointed a convention committee chaired by Dr. Z. Michael Szaz, vice-president of the American Foreign Policy Institute. The committee includes eight local members and eight regional representatives.

The current president is Prof. John G. Genys.

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