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Seen ts Ses we we woos eo oe : . political, economtcal and cultural “backgrounds. | : Enclosed herewith for the Bureau is 3 new booklet_ furnished by Cen 5/17/62, captioned, an Introduction © American Friends Service Committee," issued by the, AFSC, Philedelphia, Pa., 1962. This booklet sets forth "AFSC philosophy and program” -and contains infarmation which tends to clarify the actions of the AFSC, The booklet states in part as follows: . “The AFSC does not seek to advdnce afy particular political theory. It belitves that nonviolent attitudes and practices would create their own beneficent result within any system.....” , "The Committee brings this philosophy to bear in tee problem areas particularly: race relations and international order. It does so, first, because Sts faith that Christ's message can speak to the affairs of nations is as deep as the conviction that atv speaks to the affairs of individuals, and second, because it feels the need is greatest wire the guits are widest. In choosing these fields of service, which are complex and charged with emotion, the Committee must expect to find itself caught from time to time in controversy, its motivation questioned, its actions misunderstvod, its canclusions rebuffed. ®In spite of this, the American Friends Service Committee feels compelled to continue to witness to its convictions oth as a religious duty and aq an expression of responsible citizenship in a free society. It is precisely because the AFSC is concerned to uphold the values that lie at the core of our national . way of life, that the Committee has exercised its an responsibility to speak freely, as conviction may require, This 1t believes to be real patriotism, because freedom must be exercised with vigor if it is not to become mere form and ritual, and lost its power. The committee has therefore spoken out in opposition to loyalty oaths and security programs because it believes they create a climate of timidity and mistrust that chills the heart of freedom. It has