boarders at the White House during the hearings. Another officer, Abbott Simon, slept for two weeks in Lincoln's bed during the hearings. In addition to his role in the AYC, Simon was a staff member of the Communist Party USA publication, Champion. On February 10, 1940, members of the AYC, as guests of First Lady Roosevelt, attended a picnic on the White House lawn where they were addressed by President Roosevelt from the South Portico. The President admonished them to condemn not merely the Nazi regime but all dictatorships. The President was reportedly booed by the group. Afterwards, many of the same youth picketed the White House as representatives of the American Peace Mobilization. Among them was Joseph Cadden, one of the overnight guests. Later in 1940, despite Eleanor Roosevelt's publication of reasons called "Why I still believe in the Youth Congress," the American Youth Congress was disbanded. See also One World Youth Project National Youth Administration Youth participation Youth movements National Commission on Resources for Youth References California Legislature, Joint Fact Finding Committee, Fourth Report, Un-American Activities in California, 1948: Communist Front Organizations; (Sacramento, CA, 1948) p. 180. John T. Flynn, The Roosevelt Myth, (New York: Devin-Adair, 1948) External articles Eleanor Roosevelt, Why I Still Believe in the Youth Congress The Student Movement of the 1930s, Joseph P. Lash, Interview. Youth organizations established in 1935 Organizations disestablished in 1940 Communism in the United States Political history of the United States Youth rights organizations based in the United States History of youth 1935 establishments in the United States 1940 disestablishments in the United States