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American Friends Service Committee — Part 18
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Canp No. &, located ab lorow, Indiana, and operated by the AFIC,
wod naid bo conaiat of JU6 vonscientious opjsctors to par fro seventeon
different states and (1ftioen denualnationse
It was anid jn April, 1941, tat the American Fricnds Service
Comm ttoe of orated the Uncodonia “ork Caap at Clarkesville, Ceorypia, for
tao monbha each sumer, "each abvdent paying 9100 for hin keop unlocs ha
received a fellowship." ‘The sbutents are sald lo ongare An manual Jobor for
a practicol education in eonstruebion and modern farn metnods. In Lval
they ara said to have complated an earthen daa 2OO feet Long. tnd 32 foek
high at the Macedonia Community Center, to furnish power and irripation. for
the eurrouiiing, territory. Ths boys and virile who comprise the canp were
reportbud to live seperately, rise early and prapire their own breakfasts.
A fifteen minute period of maditsation was sald to fellow and after sevan .
houra of lubor, there wis time for study end recrontion. Courtine Curing
thea eirht wucka, according to the informant, an axtenicd trip ses naio to
gtudy other experiuental communities,
The Uecedonia Community Canter, of which tho wor cur ds on
datecpal port, is seid to have been formed by
aud some menbors of the
Georgia, ttich de about eight miles from the Comunity,
The Canter ie usid to bo a cooperative experinant componed of five
fantlins wich pool their resources and preoduca, and are paid in serip whica
ds reeopzed ty each of the others. The work chap and the community are
grid ta werk Llogethor On EeLny projects and it is reported + thit neither ara
connected vith any “he but are licnest exporinonts to better working condi-
tions in tio vicinity. 7
It hes been alleped, however, that sone of the frewlty monbers of
NNN who ere intorectod in this projact have manifested radteal
-tendonedes. The ao ds reported to have supplied apeakers for the esllesa
aml acconiing to an informant, "they have ajporentiy. been pacdfists, bat not
WeesAmeriGari,
xn December, 19h2, a wenber of the ASC, doseribad ag a conselentioug
objector thea working fa Fraionds vork Canp in indlanapolls 4n a Nero slum
dbetriat, clubad thats
yf xo wtop to quibble akoub wisther a aavyaa soells of
Comaunisi or i6 not pacifictte, no will never reb anything dono,
tow ura trying to work «ith any aaune that ds Cirhting he
csuse of better conditions for thea underprivileged and the ond
é ; t
of raclal hate and rasclaa in snerica Ur tits Keeps ore at
aie Mae EE SE Oe Oe ee
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