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Churches of Oyrist in Amerteca, the Wonnonite Central Committeo, and tha “ghureh of the Rrothren. tho arorican Sionds gory (63,855.22 for relief in Spain during to bay, 1933. a Committee wan said-to have spent the twelvo month period from Lay, 1937 che Yally Worker, tha Comuniat organ, on June 10, 1939, carried an article entitled “France Stole Gunke g Food (Aifts for childrens Used 14 to Feed Amy." Tho article wao apparently written as the result of an jntarview with alfred Cope of the ADSC upon his return to the United States - after acting as rorlonal Cirector of tha (uaker rolief work in Fastern and Southeastem Spain for a period of ten months. Tt was reported that te Trance pacine in Spain used for military purpones Quaker food supplies 4nterided for more than 100,000 half-starved ebtidren and refused to provide mille for bableg because their inothers did not have the “propar® politheal atfiltationa, Tha article related further Ub the Franco Forcen were inhicnang in thetr trostmont of about 900,009 Loyaliat forces by crowding them into jails, bullepenn aud enclosed areas, und Cope Ls raported to have satd that due to the alffleulties in adoluietering relief under the Fyanco hegime the Guakers were withdrawing their aid. | Jt was also sald that the confiscation of the citldren's food was ordered by General Avunde who repurledly violated un ecreasent made ot furcos betseen the Peench Govarmsent and the qvakers. Cope is reported to have satds ttre turned over our canteen for 1,090 children to a woman who was the profeasd delevate of Genorsh Fyelnce's Social Auxluiarye 19 also turned over enoagh food for ese children Lor core than a month, In ton caya all the food had dissunpaared., It had not fone to thn catloren.s Soue of Lt had been sold at seven times the aguaoli shed pricae! \ Information wan subsogvently recalved that the APSo danted the elatrsant made by sltred Cope, it representative in fpuin, concerning the pebznra af Coot by Prancole Army und stated that the goleirea bal been due to tho confused aftesiion thon existent in Spain, but that veoittytion bad fubsoquently bean nude, . ‘. A menber of tho Unitartan Servica Comittee of Lishen, Soain, stated that hin orpantsation hud been in cl svoparation with tho Agee and the Tntermactonal ved Croas, and that dhe real purposa af the Inf varian tervice Cond hiee ran lo care for the International Wwicadiere ar Spantch,Noepublicanae - with tho clos@ of the Spantsh Civil tar the relle? wetivi tion of the AmG rpread to tse concentration eunpa in jrance whore the Spanish rafuznys rera Located Lator, these activi ties further spcaad to Lhe oecuy el countrinn of Poland and France and in tiis connection a conliden.ial sueres ge: