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“ - a a 2 L. ‘TED STATES DEPARTMENT ( “USTICE . FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Chicage, Illinois oe > : Apri a7, 1962 - - — ee ee —- - - -——~ - bd a ~~ a ..+ ° AMERICAN FRIENDS SERYICE COMMITTEE a Ot a, cree soya rs eee sateen. oo ed ah comeaet Ne ene tM me me arte aR een LR a EE cre Sl Reférence is made to Chicago letterhead memorandum dated “April 13, 1962. captioned as above, outlining the program for the "Week for Wcrld Peace” of the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) fron April 15 through 21, 1962. — = a — 7 Concerning the ‘sponsoring erganization, the AFSC, a - gource, who has furnished reliable infcrmaticn in the past, furnished information on April 19, 1961, to the effect that ata meeting cf the National Board cf the Communist Party-USA (CPUSA) and invited guesrs held in New Ycerk City on that date, a, Se ~ Crary ~ @m member of the CPUSA, stated ‘that the Quakers were a key force in establishing united action in variovs phases of peace activities. The source further -advised that ©) IP s:ated that the Quakers censistently work with the Party privately but not publicly. --- - The Social Service Directorv for Metropolitan Chicago, issue of 1958, published hy the Welfare Ceuncil of Metropolitan Chicago, describes the AFSC as having been established in 1917 and as representing the Religicus Society of Friends (Quakers) in fields cf social acticn. The regicenal office jn Chicago furthers the work cf the national committee in vrometing inter- national, industrial und interracial understandin,". Local activities include assastance fer programs of minvrities, a peace edicaticn pregram, cperatiocn of interracial werk carps and similar service units in State institutions. On n April 25, 1962. . _—, Soren : advised that a. North Side Peace Walk began at Glenview Naval Air Station; Glenviéw, Illinois, on April 20, 1962. The walk proczeded via Evanstcn, Illinois, where it remained on the evening of April 20, 1962. It con~ tinued on April 21, 1962, and arrived in the Chicago Leop at approxicately 1:30 PM, April 21, 1962. Approxiwately 310 -“ people participated in the walk as 1t arrived in the Chicago Loop. Among thcse leading this greup was rou’ 3 £: e