Vintage 1955 New York Herald Tribune Forum and similar items

Up for bid is a ticket and a program from the 1955 New York Herald Tribune Forum For High Schools event that was held at the United Nations General Assembly Building in NYC on March 26th, 1955. In the aftermath of World War II much attention focused on youth as the answer to world peace. There were mass youth forums organized by both sides of the Cold War divide but there were also two programs focusing on a select group of handpicked teenagers. One, sponsored by the Daily Mail in the UK, lasted only three years, from 1949 to 1951. The other, funded and organized by the New York Herald Tribune in the US for much of its existence, ran between 1947 and 1972. The delegates to the both forums comprise a fascinating network of individuals stretching across the globe, and include academics, diplomats, international business figures and religious leaders, as well as high school teachers, housewives and lawyers.