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American Friends Service Committee — Part 1

122 pages · May 08, 2026 · Broad topic: Politics & Activism · Topic: American Friends Service Committee · 120 pages OCR'd
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af RMR Stay Peet Fit op need Autnp ate lay Ww . ” The American Fric. .s Service Committee represents the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in ef- forts to promote peace and to relieve human suffering. Its Work im war areas and also in depressed industrial sections of the United States has been widely shared in and supported by Americans of other denominations and faiths. ee € In undertaking relief work in Spain, the American Friends Service Commitece supports no Cause ocher thaa that cf suffering humaaity. Workers are ¢stab. ishing child-festing stations on Lech sides of the confer. Food and eloching are being shipped solely to arg refagte chidren, war orphans and expectant and ayosing mother, This service of non-partisan y good wail to innocent victims of war should appeal wo ail Americans regatiiess of personal judgment of poineal sympathies. In the years foilowing che War, the American publi¢ generously responle} to our appeal for the starving chiideen of Germany. Again, during the depression, we were enablcc te [ted 40,000 undernourished children ja the stricken coal fields. We now appeal (o the widest possible publ jor help to feed che starving children in Spain. The ourpouring of imparnal aid will give them move than bread. Ur will we to them aa unforgettable » evidence of the tove cf humanity, ih contrast (2 the betred witch has shattered their lives. This, ee be Bers, ia the way of peace. yias pood aarirags tpi versed var (ost Step Oy Sas Pp TE ISHUUOHERT pur yrAoy yieq ar arpa SUMS E St IAL TULUOT DILALIG Spuoy UTI FUL aieaus Tuts Loure pun fe SOSCSTf? Aude pue SiPyou ‘sisOpnogaqad Apuay y PAUIPUEs GUUS UM aULved le sit aye AvUT ‘saitddns jeoipatu ‘sayiops “eau ‘prog Sypru "MOLeAIUIs Jo atlas 34) 01 a}doad [ jo anluay v siiodas | Souruesy YOU] SJULJUL PUL Sapo SuIIppys aadNjay ysiucds Auer poddesp savy seam par jo syuopy puted jo uaspprys ayy dyapy THA C009 10 Gifts of }. aey ould be sent to the Committe- should be sent to the Committe: Spain of the American Friend: Service Committee, 20 South 12th Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Checks should be made payable tc the American Friends Service Committee and marked FOR SPANISH RELIEF. Con- tributions may be deducted for Income Tate purposes, A receipt will be gene. » Gifts of Clothing should be sent to the American Friends Service Committee Store- room, gig Cherry Street, Paila- delphia, Pa. Please send nev gatmenta for infants, boya and girls; good used clothing for boys. A limited quantity of clothing for adulea will be shipped but, due to high freight rates, oniy good clothing should be contributed. ST a ERED a - . . , * ! : Pad . 5 OF rs PTS Oe a A \ | a vo” Pn See oe eee Theira the Joy of recetsing; yours the joy of giving -_ EtG aN Mp ty SNVYOMYSGKVY OL qoaddy uy sizations Supporting Org Federzi Council of the Churches of Chrisc in America The Church of the Brethren Mennonite Central Committee Coromittee on World Frlend- ahic Among Chddres ship Among Chadres Ameriay Unitarian Asociae 9 Central Bureau for Reid af lion the Evangelical Churches Commitee on Pubtle Affalra of Europe of the New York Society Awociation to Save the for Ethical Culture Children of Spain Unlveru! Chrisian Counni United Christan Youth Movement Greater New Vorie Feders- Usa of Churches Use of Churches World Alliance for Tnverna- fiona! Friendship Through Councs of Women for Hom the Churches Missione AND OTHER RELIGIOUS, PEACE AND SOCIAL ORGANIZATIONS To Syleester Jones, A. FS. GC. representative in Spainz “The necessary evacuation of vast numbers of people from their homes tu escape destruction might well, ie accari to me, be assisted by neutral peoples. Food, cothing, medicines are seviousiy needed ... in sending you to Spin te survey che needs of humanity on boch aides, your organization hus done a very fine thing that cannot bye be apipreciated by the encire Spanish u people. Cravoe G. Bowens, U. 5. Ambassavor to Spain To Dr. Rufus M. Fones, Chairman of the 4. FS. Cat “Recently [ Jearaed that the Arierican Friends. Service Committes ia planning to undsttake non- partisan relicf work in Spain on behalf of the women and childrea .. . The need is desperate. T hope you can be in the field goon, not only with food und supplies due alio with che spirit of good will that characterizes Quaker relief.” §, De Mapaytaga, former Spanish Ambassador to the United States we), 1A C ee a 2 te Ae Rana are pros ois *Atpmayduarg WdL3 dyapy “UaIppIys jo Won wiauad e *, Te V7~——N Ve > he, a *UOISSTLULUOS SUCIIERY t wt { ; _ be! Child, en are neither . Rebel nor Loye Help Feed Spain’s Hungry Children b « AT . oe . ! _ ! 4 _— ‘- ae { eee . tie é eit *t ot Spain’ § Unnldren Need Food and Clothing Refugee children—war orphans —cnathers and infants are near slarvalion in leyalist and Nationalist Spain. You cag share in saving iunocent victims of war and bring wave of Give to the Non- Partisan Spantsoh CoHitp-Frevinc Afission of the ~ ‘MN FRIENDS SERVICE COSIMITTEE {Quakers}
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