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BS 1900-35505 orgénization, is a professor of Politics in Boston University and RALPH FEATHERSTONE, 24, is an executive. Both are now mailing a lecture tour throushout Japan accompanied by the members of the BEHETREN. When visiting Hiroshima to attend the symposium on the theme *¥The Conscience of fhmerica and Janan!, they were invited by the Hiroshima press to discuss the current state of the American peace movement. The following is a part of their conversation: "The SNCC movement grew out of the sit-down protest that eight Negroes started out at a restaurant in a small town in North Carolina in 1960. The group, which started off with a mere sixteen standing conmittees, has developed into a powerful organiza- tion which is now made up of 150 standing committees with its: appropriation running up to $809,000. Professor ZINN, thinking much of the movement of this nature, has voluntarily made himself an advisor for this activity. Professor ZINN said, ‘As our movement vent, we were deeply impressed that what the Govern- ment was doing is so hypocritical, we stared with critical eyes on the Government policy and naturally that led into our war criticism.!" ZINN stated further, "'It is quite recent that we have come out in the open with our anti-war policy that brought about serious issues.'” In answer to a question, "How do they feel about the war?", Professor ZINN replied, "I believe it is a problem to be solved between the North and the South. They have been provided ckothes, food and housing by a few whites who had prought them under an illusion as if it were a conflict between the West and the East and the war between the races; on the contrary, the fact is that it was a conflict aimed at the 'tre- distribution of wealth.'!" IV. MISCELLANEOUS Informants familiar with some phases of Communist Party activity in the greater Boston area advised in February, 1967, that they had no information concerning any subversive activity on the part of the subject. ((/) a - 11 - a