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* a WAR DEPARTMENT ' Ge2, WDC and 4th Army . ¢ —VOrfice of Headguarters . . (Office of Headquarters Presidio of San Francisco, , vn 8 Pla me aT el . (cB) 1x-0/1-7°: August 27, 1aaee . Pa) ; . . (Date) Summary of Information: 1. Reference is made to Summary of Information, this office, subject — as above, file (CID) 7390(6-29=42), dated July 8, 1942. . 2- Adwinistration of twenty-two CIVILIAN PUBLIC SERVICE Campa for Conscientious Objectors throurhout the nation has been placed in the hands . of the so-called “reace Churches” #= BRETIORN, MENNONITES, and QUAKERS «= by the provisions of the Selective Service Act. Ench of these threa senominations set up a “ommittee with a national director or eXecutive | seoretary. Closely-associated wi: the three Service Committees are the PEL JSUT? OF Ri: CONCILIATION, TH “COMMISSION ON ALIED" AND PRISONLRS OF HAR, THI YORE ATES ON NATIONAL SECURI.1 AND FAIRPLSY, THE .<TUDENT RELOC..TION COMI‘ITTE anc the. pans STITUTS OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIOUS, all of which have representatives on the -‘acifio Coast who have been active in assicting conscientious objeoctorse 3. Representatives of the STUDENT RELOCATION COMMITIER have been visit- ing evacuated Japanese in the assembly and relocation centers for the purpose of enrollinc Japanese students in Universitics and Colleres located in the ' central and eastern States as a rehabilitation project. _ 4. The FELLOWSHIP OF RECONCILIATION with offices adjacent to the FRILNDS CHURCH in Berkeley, California, has departed from the field.of assisting con- scientious objectors by publicly criticizing the Japanese ovacuation prorpran . and the facilities provided by the liar Relocation Authority. A pamphlet pub= lished by this organization on December 9, 1941, entitled“ ry vay in the Lidst of War" » contains the following statements: — "Shocked as we fre by the manner in which the Japanese-Anerican confliot was precipitated and conscious of the gruvity and complexity confronting our Goverrmment, we nevertheless do not accept the too * Prevous Distribution: “as gan 479 -005 _ WOE F . ee geo Dv x TH Evaluation . Distributisy- , oo _of source of information MIS, G-2, WL (3) owe a * Reliable FBI-SF . (1) Credible: ONT, 12thND (1) -- Questionable 3] eae _ - Undetermined . an ENCLAS _ = rank | PSUR ar Cs er a ae aad = o . \~-