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American Friends Service Committee — Part 33
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+ trustees is on the advinistretive staff of the notional £... fice ‘Sr the ATSC in Philedelphia, and
actively serving on one ef that office’s standing committees is the highest-ranking member of
the (cellege) administration; actively serving on three of the Southcastern Resional Office's
standing committees ere eight mer drvwn from th: eeliege's board of trustees, administration
and full-time faculty, at leest six other members of the colluec's bozrd of trustees, »sCrminis-
tration or full-time faculty fave within the recent pest worked closely with the ¢F57 (unqucte}.
Se seid 2. S, Feagins in the Public Pulse cclumms of the Sreensbore Daily News, September 17,
1956,
My point is simply this: Let sur Che
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wamber of Commerce, Fiedmont Associa ndustrie:,
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amd civic leaders generally, peruse and realise wet is going on. They should know how many
thet arc, with their money, supperting people whose adopted rules of corduct are absolutely
opposed te the beliefs of their benefactors, ‘de should thorn sec that our fair city gcts back —
of a real commmity college, whether or not connected with a church. If we decide to help a
church college becom more of a commumity affair, let's mke it a denominstion thet more nearly
fills the needs and aspirations of sur people. Not one that, by long tradition and modem
‘conviction, favors integration and mongrelizetion of our races, and not one thet also opnoses
the intermc? and external defense of our netio: by refusal to Serve in our arwe? forees in
wartime.
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they “conscientiously object” to risking their lives for freedom, and teach others to
do the same, They are willing for us to fight ang die to seve “uaker necks These nenrnle
Ss 2 eve -naeir en ve cre rehPpee
ty
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mike it 2 point to bring te our community every year numbers of speakers spreadinz Socialist,
Communist, and other un-.werican an@ subversive doctrines. And then ask those of us devoted
to free economy to support them with essh. ‘4nd let's not contribute cur money or send our
children te school to any cenominxtior er college epnesed to the Loyalty Gath or the Gath of
cHegirnce tio our country, or that serves as a training ground for leaders of the Americen
Friends Service Caumittee, ;
Why should we bid on the rene te hang ourselves or cooperate in our own destruction, | __
either fram the inside or the outside as the Commmists kcep telling us we would do? Herbert
hoover in 2 recent speech on subversive movements undermining Americ2, said "The american way
of life has proved to be pretty tough. It needs to be tougher now". His advice certeinly
applies to us here and now. Should wo keep our eyes shut and our pocketbooks open? whet is
this conmunity going to do about it? Shall we romain soft, or have the courcgec to be tough
enous te meet the situation?
Excerpts fram address of McDaniel Lewis -
COXFEDE TE HEYORLAL DAY - May 10, 1960
Green Hill Cemetery
Greensboro, N.C,
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