THE third nationwide conference on the fitness of American youth was held at Fort Ritchie, Md., Sept. 9 and 10, 1958. The first such conference was held at the U. S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md., in June, 1956, having been postponed from September, 1955, owing to the illness of President Eisenhower. The second conference was held at the U. S. Military Academy, West Point, N. Y., in September, 1957. The first meeting was in the nature of an ad hoc conference out of which sprang two recommendations, namely, the establishment of a President's Council on Youth Fitness at Cabinet level and an advisory committee of outstanding citizens to work with and advise the Council. The President acceded to the recommendations of the ad hoc conference, creating the Council and the Advisory Committee. The meetings at West Point and Fort Ritchie, therefore, represent the first and second meetings of the Council