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Committee Por Kon-Violent Action ét Vervol Division, An article in the "Sunday Bulletin," a Philadelphia daily newspaper, Sunday edition, dated December 15, 1963, captioned "Quakers Provide the Mainspring of the Peace Movement Here," contains a subsection captioned, “Peace Education Division, American Friends Service Committee." ‘This portion of the article quotes CHARLES WALKER as stating the peace movement is now in a lull and is undergoing a transition phase. WALKER noted there is a new leadership coming in, the move- ment will change, and civil rights demonstrations ‘have attracted the most immediate response from the public. He stated that the charge that Communibts have influenced the major part of the movement is gust not true. The articel continued WALKER stated, “fhe Communist movement in the United States is dead, they have no influence." WALKER 1e further quoted as stating, “I consider civil disobedience the highest respect for law. I don't agree with those who say it encourages lawleseness." The article noted that WALKER, considered by many in the peace movement to be the most knowledgeable about the Philadelphia area, is a Quaker and was sentenced -3- -