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( - él. i 9 are therefore being judged, not by the activities of their own yegularly con- stituted bodies, but by those of an unofficial group which is not responsible to or controlled by it, Many of us believe that the Service Committee should be trousht under the control of our Yearly Meetings. This could be accomplished if its Board of Directors were appointed by our several Yearly Meetings, This scems to be the only way that Friends can limit afd control A, F.S,C, activities. . Vie believe that the program of the Service Committee should be greatly sirmplified so that the members of the Board of Directors could follow its activities and the Executive Secretary could be aware d everything that is being done in its name, Projects should be carefully studied and closely supervised, A competent Book Committee should read carefully every book before it is recommended or sold. Another committee on literature should do the same for pamphlets, publications and reports of all kinds, A third committee should carefully screen all speakers employed by the Service Committee Institutes, or in other capacitics, to make sure of their high Christian character, their loyalty, their patriotism and their compctence to mpage in the activities at hand, There should be more careful screening of personnel to be sure of character and commitment to Friends' ideals as well as ca: job. t { Another serious feature of this matter is that the Service Committee is mainly financed by non-Quaker money and very largely operated by non- Quaker personnel, This is doubly serious when the Service Committee, with stronger financial backing, goes into the territory of a Yearly Meeting and, in many respects, contradicts and even overrides the program of the Yearly 2 ee EO rR