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t Pa ~ . L. TED STATES DEPARTMENT ¢ *PSTICE . FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Chicage, Illinoia TTT Tae oy Apri1 X7, 1962 ee—y a zt 2.7 _.- AMERICAN FRIENDS SERYICE COMMITTEE ret oe regen: See rat en ARLEN cones Meer cepa gos scene cena Soe eanees oo Reférence is made to Chicago letterhead memorandum dated “april 13, 1962, captioned as above, outlining the program for the “Week for Werld’ Peace” of the American Friends : Service Committee (AFSC) fron April 15 through 21, 1962. : > ‘Concerning the sponsoring organization, the AFSC, a - “pource, who has furnished reliable infcrmaticn in the past, furnished information on April 19, 1961, to the effect that at a meeting cf the National Board et the Communist Party-USA “(CPUSA) and invited guesrs held in New Yerk City en that date, member of the CPUSA, stated ‘that the Quakers were a key force in establishing united action, in various phases of peace activities. The source further -advised that ©. ssated that the Quakers consistently work with the Party privately but not publicly. --- > The Social Service Directory for Metropolitan Chicago, issue of 1958, published by the Welfare Ccuncil of Metropolitan Chicago, describes the AFSC as having been established in 1917 and as representing the Religicus Society of Friends (Quakers) in fields cf secial acticn. The regicnal office 3n Chicago furthers the work of the national committee in promoting inter- national, industrial und interracial understandin,". Local activities include assastance fer programs of minvrities, a peace edicaticn pregragz, cperaticn of interracial werk camps and similar service units 1n state institutions. On April 25, 1962. = . ool . ised that a. North Side Peace Walk began at Glenview Naval Air Station, Glenviéw, Illinois, on April 20, 1962. The walk precezeded via Evanstcen, Illinois, where it remained on the evening of April 20, 1962. It con~ tinued on April 21, 1962, and arrived in the Chicago Leop at approxiuately 1:30 PM, April 21, 1962. Approximately 310 “people participated in the walk as it arrived in the Chicago Toop. Among these leading this greup was Fo a a . sf