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( { . - 39 - ) Cac of the most disappointing experiences that I know about was the report made that the Service Committee had been invited into a certain situation. To the best of my knowledge, the way they got into it was by "fighting" for the opportunity, . The question af. chairmanship is one that has bothered me for a long while, According to the By-laws, if I remember correctly, the term of office is set for five years, but cach year that section of the By-laws is sot aside, Surcly the Society of Friends, if they must have a chairezan belonging to the Sacicty, is not so completely bankrupt as to preclude the selection of 2 new chairman, There is nothing personal in this, only the good order of the Society. 2 Where do the funds come from? Rather reluctantly some figures seemto be made available, Originally a real sizeable percentage of the con- tributions was from Friends and friends of Friends, Today, I understand that percentage has shrunk to about 20%. In the meantime, contributions from foundations have made up the @cficit, That's the easiest money available these days, It docsa’t rake any difference how the money is accumulated. If the money, no matter how accumu- lated, now rests in a foundation, all is forgiven, and the Service Committee ap- parently never asks how the original moacy was accumulated, Certainly large blocks of money have a way of dictating their utili- zation, They always have, and directly or indirectly, that policy will no doubt continue to prevail, Most certainly, the most guarded secrets of the Committee are the names of its contributors, but it docs seem to me that we have a right to an ac- counting, broken down into various categories, Probably the most controversial situation that involves the Service Committee today is the Fund for the Republic. Interlocking directors of this Fund are botha ability and anassct, Certainly the Society is entitled to know how the Friend who is a director of the Fund fecls about the situation. Certainly his presence on the Board indicates his approval of the operations of the Fund, i the absence of any statement to the contrary, Of course, there is another close connection between the Fund and the Committce personnel that may bc more responsible tor the close cooperation. Publicati ns In the past, the Society has taken precautions to see that every that was said in the name d Friends was done under the authority of a requlare- ly constituted body, But today we not only have no control over what the Service tree does or says, but much worse, the distribution of other material not written by Friends, not approved by anybody, goes out inthe ALF.S,C,. envelope, arrying the implication that Friends have approved, It can be said that so far as I was concerned when a member of the Board that even then it was a major occupation to read everything that the