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...late novelist Aldous Huxley and grandson of Victorian Scientist-Sage Thomas Huxley; in London. Educated at Eton and Oxford, Sir Julian was an atheist and self-styled "humanist" and an astonishingly prolific writer; his 48 major books range from candid autobiography (Memories) to probing studies of evolution. As UNESCO's first director-general (1946-48), he gained widespread attention as a doomsday prophet, warning against such dangers as the population explosion and man's neglect of his environment...
...UNESCO voted last November at its annual meeting in Paris to exclude Israel from membership in its European Regional Group. Belonging to a regional Group is a prerequisite for participation in the organization...
Paul N. Ylvisaker, dean of the Graduate School of Education, said yesterday he cancelled a UNESCO-sponsored conference on reading motivation, after the head of the Ed School's Reading Programs told him that she would not participate because of UNESCO's exclusion of Israel...
Chomsky said Sunday that she had personally favored holding the conference and expressing a protest at UNESCO's exclusion of Israel during the event...
Christmas Cards. The anti-Israel measures, however, have caused a substantial backlash. Switzerland has cut its UNESCO contribution by 10%, and France threatens to follow suit; the U.S. is about to suspend its $19.5 million contribution to UNESCO's $77.9 million 1975 budget. Israel has announced it is suspending payment of its dues. Many Americans are refusing to buy UNICEF Christmas cards this year, even though the U.N.'s Children's Fund has nothing to do with UNESCO...