Blondeel to Speak On Schuman Plan

Jean Blondeel, assistant general counsel of the High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community, will speak at 8 p.m. tonight at Langdell Hall for the Law Forum's second program this fall, "A Peaceful Revolution--The Schumann Plan."

Blondeel's office administers the antimonopoly provisions of the Schumann Plan in Europe. Tonight he will discuss the Plan as a possible forerunner of a European Federation and will outline its place in such a Federation. Blondeel will outline the powers of the High Authority in relation to specific problems faced by the European Coal and Steel Community in carrying out the aims of their treaty. He will discuss links with the European Defense Community and the European Political Community.

Blondeel holds his LL.M. and S.J.D. degrees from the Harvard Law School. In Paris he is associated with the law firm of Cleary, Gottlieb, Friendly, and Ball. He was a fellow of the American-Belgian Foundation in 1948-49, and a Brandeis Research Fellow here during 1949-50.