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American Friends Service Committee — Part 18
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A confidentlal source advised: tiat4t wags alse planned to orrcantza
vother acencles all over the country vith the aid of tha A;S¢ until] aronel as
wore in every part of the Uniled States at which time the unton would bo
atrang enough and could thon carry on ils anaretiat propaganda.
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tho American Friends Service Comitbae wag said in February, 1922
to be a relirious and philenthronic organization engajed at tha Umo in relief
work emene the famine stricken paovles of Soviet iussla, Jl was aloo res
ported taat the organization would accept finds fron any individual or group,
nhether radieal ar not, bat that dt would not porni.t any person or group,
no mitler how lurpe tha contribution, to serve thelr political cine or to
Spread any propaganda through their Comal ttae or trough whe Society of friands.
A report was received in March, 1922, that the AFC had entered
into an asreeront with the Ameriean Committee for Runsian Funine foltef to
handle the distribution of supplies and food tn the Busuluk, Yolia Valley
region of jntasia, thera the Cuakers wore said to be operatiiige According to
the resort, all food, medical supplics und clething collected in fisconsin
were ta bo tumed over to tha Tomnittea for distribution among the aturving
_fussians. This arrangement was reportedly effected because of eriticim
said to have beon cirected arainst the luostan lied Gross.
Jtwas also reported in April, 1922, that althouyh an nercement.
had been mado fer the AYSe to distribute food and supplies collected hy tha
Amorican Committes for liusslan Fiovine hellef, no supplies or monay had as
yet boun turncd ovor to the counittes by this eorrantzation. It was said
that Secretary Forbert Toover of the Arerican teltef Acminiatrattion, had
classed the Arericun Committee for fissiun famine Lelfer ag radteal and
had disclosed dts comeoctlon with the Soviet Government, and: that he
sibsequently called upon the Jeiders of thy organization to civo their
funds to tha 4c for distribution to shew their sincerity. Teports were
subsogventiy received that this orpantzation continued to solicit finda
und clothiniw, stating that the arac was the distributing apent for them,
althouch no funds were ever turned ovar to tha Cavuittec.
It way raported by another source that acne of the voney collected
‘by the ATeC for Nusstan furtne rellef had been turned aver to the Mallonal
council for the Linkitation of fArmamgonte, a pacifist orpantsation, end had
been used dn tha dissouination of its pacifist propa-andae
It was sald in October, 1922, that a meeting had recently Leen
held under the dlrectlon of tua Anorican Friends Services Candtcea for Chie
purpose of obtalstins finds for dissian fanine rete’. This nectine sad held
ab the hove of QTY, ! C
of the Fricnds Coanitive ie sald to nave delivered a shart
addreat which cpanad tha drive in that cistrict, of tha Srioenia nfl onside
_eucpaipn for five million dollars in cash unt goods for Russian helicl,.
It was also said on dauary 23, 1923 that the Amc ast up hond=
quarters in Springflold, Vaseachusetts, a3, lis centor frow wiich a diive
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