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( ') Committee printed and distributed, Ie dacsn't seem to be anybody's job to go over what is released in the name of the Committee. Each area office seems to have a free lance op- portunity to co anything they please, just as long as they raise the money locclly, Security Risks Probably the Service Committee is more interested in Civil Liber- ties than any y other activity atthe presenttime. It seems casier to fet moncy for such activities and it must always be remembered that the Service Committee gets its bread and butter by involving themselves in those activities for which it can yvaise funds. . ae ry Pure rescarch is hard to finance. In its employment policy the first requirement is that the be in sympathy with the ideals of the Service Committtee. What chance capitalist-rninded person to get a job under these circumstances? What chan is there tha someone with new ideas will get a job? In other words, the patrern is definitely set, secondly of more significance is the "security" rating which pre- vails in the sclection of applicants. 1, Those jobs for which Friends only are acceptable, 2. Those jobs for which friends of Friends are acceptable. 3. Thase jobs for which non-Friends are acceptable Pernpetuity he perpetuity set-up is probably the worst thing about the Service Committee Board. It reports to noone and it takes orders from no one. What ripht hes it to continue to call itself Priends? Just choosing Friends to be Board members is no protection to the Society as a whole, In fact, it is subter- fuge of the worst calibre, RECOMMENDATIONS We wonder how Friends feel about having their best known and most heavily financed organization carrying on such socialistic and communist prono- ganda as hereinbefore cited and what will they do about it? The Service Committee is a self-pernetuating body, It is a law un- to itself, entirely outside the control of our Yearly Meetings, Nevertheless, inthe mind of the public, it is the voice of the Society of Friends, Friend JR ener ER ree Tip meme me et we in ate