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e a . a) _ / es OF a 42 + UNITED! | Riel * see TO) eo ; DATE: Octeber ©, 2&5 FROM ; @&CSSEioem: SUBJECT: FURD FOR Pie REPUBLIC . ©. GCTOBsn 4, 1955 Hr. Lewts tonight devoted @ major portion of his progran to a discussion of the fund for the Kepublic and tts grant of ~150,000 the “Anerican friends Service Committee. The grant, he said, was gtven to Support a tivo~year program of leyal atd to atreagthen the right of freecGon cf conscience. He quotes Robert #, Hutchins on the purpose of this grant for "freedon of consctence and conscientious {wonconformists' and tae Fight of people te conscientiously aiffer with “prevalent pract and policies,” He made reference tc his remarks on the previous evenin gencerning Sutchins' sta. enent that the conscientious objector to milit service docs not fore well in this country. Hr, Lewts commented that u hany of us Zo not agree with the religtous principles that lead to this conclusion en the part of the C.0, we respect Ats right to tats ‘conclus and we hove special, -provistons cf law to take care of his case. Lewis added tant it has bken the historic position of the Quaker religion to oppose military Bervide, and he can understand the selectton of the f4mertcan trienda Scrure’ Committee for thts phase of the grant's operat He stated, however, that’ when it cones +6 the, rest of Ur. Hutchins! explanation some Gizstions arise. tee. “Hor does the person who consci enttously cdjects So téke an oath or to teii Shout the unpopular activi of his acgusintancgs.,” To this *r, Lewis commented that as far as he h been abies to deternine there is nothing tn the fuaker religion contrar} those ticns, re Ur. Lewis states that the point of the above naterial was the the _highelaeiading phrases of any orgenization do not mean toomuch until you get to the "Qrasg3 rects”" and find out now the money Ys actually beir spent, what the results are at this, leuvgl,.and.wne the people are who a actually gee tidg ERPS MONEY He stoted that the ortginal purpose of th Ford estare grant: t3 the #ord Founuation was "pure as the driven snow,’ The. statement of principles in the Y¥S¢m{2iian dedier grant to the Fund For the RepubXxfc wak:unimpeachabie in ite language, The statements by the Fuad Fer tht Be padlic concerning the grents that they are passing out day by day s6ynd wonderful, He satd he was interésted jin this part cular case in finding out what happens to the money at the’ "action. leve