This publication provides transcripts of hearings conducted by the House Committee on Un-American Activities in 1962. The hearings focused on the involvement of American youth in the Communist movement and related activities, including their participation in the eighth World Youth Festival in Helsinki, Finland. Testimony from witnesses and government officials shed light on the tactics used by Communist organizations to recruit and influence young people. This book is a valuable resource for historians and researchers studying the Cold War era. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.