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American Friends Service Committee — Part 18
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dofupea . De Robert Yarnell, Chatoran
— : Hannah CloUster null, Chee Ghai rosn
a . Harold Bvang, Vie@ chairman
—- ' Secretarial Staff lay Heston
ua fk ayaondl “Alson
Exeuitive Secre tury Murones) i. Fleko lt 2
Tho prinary purpose of the Comal itce is matd te be to ald thosg
in distresa, particularly tavce who do nob cova unday the card al any other
agency —- Calholie, frotastunt, or dowi gh.
Jtwaa further reported that the Comsitten nag definitely opposed -
ta wav and coupsleory military training, und that it did not arnliate —
Ateelf with any polltical grospye ‘na rain offices are in Philadelphia,
and it operates hotels for the rehabilitation of war refugees and olners
in various sections of tha United Status.
thea Anarhican Friends Service Comnittes has cen raporte:d Lo be
er Uno Leadersal pe of iufod Me Jonas, vho la ua professor and former Praatcdoant, .
. . of Haverford College, Haverford, Penny dvani.ae According to the Literature
release! by the cruankzatlon, 46 also claims lo have “onpaged in many projects
_ te pronote paaco und afford young people opyertunity for constimective pulrictis
service and to lave perforned reliet work in the pressed indeetrial sections
of the united States aa well ag having avait odutored non=partiaan relief for
rafigoos ins Spal, thand Gonmarye. .
the Peace Saction of the Anerican friends servi es ComAattes hus been
affiliatad with an organization knorn as "Leep Aneriea dut of far Conprassi
and has particleatad fu varioug peace conforences. jhe latter organization
was reportad to hava bech a Catmuntet fronts *° os ;
Tn July of "19490 the Arc featered what was dosertbed as a Stoden
Peace Service, published and distributed mumerous puulicati ons on peace oa
sponsored conferanees in colloces throuphout the Pnited Statwa on such subjecty
as peace and sodial probluns. It hus also published literature of a paci fiat
nature in opposition to conseri ptions
Tn connection with the work of lha Pefugsa Section, the AMG hag
participated im eanpalens to radee money to ald the Cpantsh refugees in Frauneae
and bas ase otadk In a proyram of resettlonent of these refugcouy in vurlous
South gmerican countrhade
Tnformution has been received Cron on outaide confidentlul source
that the Comiitiso avatsted, aden others, Spanish redupees in vexteco whe
vere Costuniats. ‘Tha aforereationad suirca has abated that thig fact minht
bs oxplained by tha Comlttou's fullure to apply any political testa to noady .
Porsons sho ask for agslstanee. Ib has bean furthor reported thet at least
on? repregantative of the Comsittine in a Central qnerican country, was Imponod
upon ty. saa of the axtrene elenenta anong tha Spanish rafupens, ine dine
MaTivn eo bstes
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