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American Friends Service Committee — Part 18
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Bete SMP ovid thet ot th. time she filed the . npliestion ond ‘“rr-need
te join the tvur she was under the inpression thet the ~bjective -f the
fmerie n friends Services Gemmittca wes to ivprove the living ¢ nditi ns -nd
seeiel covirenment sf the underprivilescd pacple of exiles, ong thet she
had no intimeticn wh tscever thet the grsup sponsored any, other pacas.
weg OM steted thet -thor members of the party pickcd her up
at. ‘thens, G: ‘ela, in.a st ticn wagcn on June 23, 1912, and thet they drove
t> Lorca -) Texis, where they arrived sbout dune 29, 1942, ‘her the perty
attempted to tracs the b- rdep int: stexie> they WE. re “questicncd by wc friccrs
at the border. These «fficcrs went/thr-ueh her beleneines and aske? ? her
whether she knew anythine cb ut Wh tters, Ine, One stoted tiet: she did navt.
They als: «sked fer explensticn .f the names of two soldiers which she hed
in her edcress bck. they told he rg thet she sheulc nit be Sn tat ercup 7s
it was o refuge for dreftt dedcsrs and pieifists. She scid this' wos the first
intimatich $he ned ss t> the n-ture ef hor commani:ns, -lthruch lster cne
of the cther girl membCrs told her shot the sopliesti.n blink which she hed
submitted hed ecnteined 2 questicn as tc whether or act she wes a : preirist,
ei MM sade thot “she did n-t rves il sccing «ny such questi: wnoant thet
she certcinly did n:t answer it in ‘the “rPirmative as she wis net 2 preifist.
She svic thet after interrog tion, the perty wes furmitted t- cnter wexie>,
and proeceded in the stcticn wagon te Durs anit, Strte .f Durint., iemier,
where their norticulrr orc jeet wns lnested. She met the cther rembors sf
her project grcup ot Durcnss, "s they did not -ll crrive st the som: time
but inste d crsacse? thie Borler frm the United Stctes four cr five it a
‘time on cifferent Tstes. She sit that there were cbout thirty in®her
portisul’r crs jech provun ch luro nec, ecnsistine of tyventy-three or twenty
four sinvle pirls, tvs sinsle mn am! thpeg mm rricc ccurles. Tais croup
was known lee: lly vs Wamigs s dele pe 2 Ufients of Yenee).
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hedesncee f Strted tht - number of the tembers cf the orty
were Jews from lew Yor whe were int: nsely interested in secicl -y, thet
cna of the men wes eee from Chior, who wes born in bune ry ont
requires Jmeriomn citiv asain only lest your, snd wae is cn instruct:r
af Sci: Lity t Pe University. wn thor wis Glee oF, on
Itelicn fron bow Lorik City was wis got ine 2 ot the boreer hbsub ewe ook ort
her way inte wexdesy oncther ves AO eee of ca a rk “ity, the
ender ¢mong the women wos Bivecetewe ond Whoo s f bergher at _ select
eirls+prep schicl s:mewhere in Fennsylvinin.
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The lester of ve mon ani the -ctunl hesd cf the crcun wesettn
WA, whe in a tevcher ot > Jem lL college in Chie. one th: sther mrbers
were £! Seana ere | fromee , North Coreline; CTR Bent eit,
s pepticulcurly orcent pv -oifist eunle from ounthoch Fob) se aT
psycholosist from necr Chiladelshie; ond © UPR OSB, of the Chureh “fr
the Brethern, Philesclohi. She s¢1d th t Consens @ is te be in ch-rve
wafethe winter vroun of the ves vriecn Friends Service Comittee ot Torreon,
Hexies, this ecmin» winter,
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