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. 4 UNI1.0 STATES DEPARTMENT OF jUs tICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION in Reply, Please Refer to File No. Philadelphia, Fenmsyivania December 16, 1964 AMERICAN FRIENDS SERYVISE COMMICOEE A source on December 1, 1964 cum iened the following report on the appearance of ARNOLD,JOHNSON, Staff Member, Communist Party, USA (CPUSA), at Philadelphia, Pa,, on November 21, 1964, ‘where he spoke at the "Saturday Opinion Forum" for high school students in the Philadelphia area, heli at Friends Select School, 17th and Parkway, Philadelphia, Pa., at a cost of $1.50 per person: I, Background On November 21, 1964, ARNOLD JOHNSON spoke before @ group of students on the topic of peaceful coexistence. The speech came as part of a program, "Communism < Principle and Practice," which was one of a number of Saturday Opinion Forums sporsored by the Friends Peace Committee and the American Friends Service Committee, Mr. JOENSON was debating the question of "Resolved - that the United States of America cannot p< coexist with Communism” with Mr. TEOMASAT0O. JOHNSON took the negative side in the II. The Speech Itself Mr. JOHNSON opened the speech with the expressed desire to "clear up some basic misconceptions” about the American Communist Party: ENCLOSURE