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ee Memorandum October 5, 1955 He went tc Philadelphia where he interviewed the heuds of the “American Friends Service Connittee and on from there to Wew — York City to look over one of the grants of thie $150,000 roject, He described it as a "*freedon os consctenceé deal involving twenty-eight individuals who are on triai in whew York State." He stated that the conscientious nonconfermism wtth which they are charged in this case is refusal to obey the Civti Defense laws of New York, specifically, in refusing to go inte a destgnated atr raid shelter on police orders during a practice atr rotd.Jast June 15 in wew York City. The leader of this group of twenty-eight 13 a woman by the name of Dorothy Day who is the pubsisher of a notortous wagasine colled "Ihe Cathotic Worker," a very left wing publi- cation which ts not @ publication of tie Catholic Church. He etated that d¢ias Yay as representative of the group called police by telephone on the day of the practice atr raid and tola them that she ana her grou; were going to stage a demon- Stratton of that uate and would refus? ¢o obey police orders to gc into the shelter. Gne Ammon Hennessy, who is editor of Biss Day's publication, said thut she and Ae were "philosuphica, anarchists," and that they wére utsobeying @ man-made law .in order ter obey the Jam of Gad, lr, Lrmis then -snent eonstiderad. ~ ytime discussing the understanding of the word Nronconfornist” lone the raising of this concept to the staius of a virtue by the leaders of the Fund for the Republic. + Ur. Lewts concluded hts progran by mentioning that one of the projects for the Fund ita a questionncire on "fear _jand education" which has been wideiy errculatea among pro- ~- or tfeecsors and octhers—in the picldof-educetions—Tatio-question--- an natre was gent to 2500 professors ang wes designed to probe a. their thinking on political questions aud aeademic freedonr. , &r. Lewis stated that he requestec a cany of this questionnair. and that the committee in charge flatiy refused to make one in -avetyidwbdTé@ and this has led hin to make the request to aay of his listeners who may have a copy of the guestionnatre avatlab te send one to him. | fp ys We Le te af