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American Friends Service Committee — Part 26

77 pages · May 24, 2026 · Broad topic: Politics & Activism · Topic: American Friends Service Committee · 77 pages OCR'd
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| ve emee . tt. . . - - . ; : “FIIE . f. e ays " . Ff ence Me Mh 123 rie esiniag ny oe. ARS. renee OF PPISAOS &S uci PEO rte) buisceS [ ' ANNA > we PENNYPACKERF editorial on Aprit 7 quotes Mr.|cents into barbarism with scarcely; where we were in 1913 i PHILADELPHIA, ‘Clarence Pickett, executive secre-+# Protest.” {toward disarmament,” and Swe ‘The Society of Fri todox and Hicisite branches, have ice ¢ eld their week or annual meetin, nds, both Or- tary of the American Friends' Sery-| 4 meeting cailed to discuss “Look j leadership that can get over at San Francisco—cnd Besond,” at-i psychology.” ‘tended by about 409 people, at the| Germantown Friends’ School was; YES, BUT ‘essed ty E, Raymond ‘Wilson, | “The ‘pressure. he said, fs ‘on observer of the Friends';the top, to accept ile Dumts we eee coe ee ts Slee tee on National Legislation.}OaKs pian aus piopeed. < “feslerica points, of pirsieal and The speaker maintained a “justified; Britain wants to hold onto her nemies. \ moral degeneration.” .?pprehension toward San Fran- Fire. We heve a tendency to ini * ‘ cisco." He quoted chietly from Her-.all the isands we take. Russ ‘They have cared for refugees in' INDISCRIMINATE BLAME ert Hoover and Sen, Arthur Van-|dominant power in Europe, sany countries, sent food and cloth-: According to the Friends, allidenberg, and emphasized all the} Will have in Asia, if she domu ag to the neecy. sided famine countries without cistinction in-! attacks that have heen made upon/China, Incia, and perhaps Jal wfferers, visited prisons in occupied cluding our cwn sre te blame for, tie Dumberton Oaxs Preposris,| There was much mere in euntries, helped set up work camps taking part in ins War, They ceny, sch as, feer of power politics in-'same vein. Fourteen emencs: S community projects. “to anytne tne nynt of punisament. justice to small notions, distrust of/ were suggested to the Dumy: ‘The Friends are greatly perturbec A resolution adopted by the meet-iour allies. He stressed the “grow ing; Oaks plan. The speaker, on | wer the present world situation...ng aNd incre in a memorandum’ sense of futlity of this war,” the! asked whether he would supger They want above al! things an area. sent lo 5,000 peopie asserts they are, “world of bi Jan as it stands ig case tae ar ft peace, but they dencunce the “deeply moved by the ruthless ifusionment we are facing,” “we. in' ments were not accepted, dic var and the part we are pi: bombing of cities in Europe and’ pouring out lend lease and 8) janswer directly. The stanc o Shey recognize nothing of the pro-, Aci resuiting in the death of hun-;so much, have bartered away too) Friends apparently is yessive forces Of the war, only its erecs of thcusands of defenseless: much of eur katgaining power. “} wane the United States to taxe worrors and cestruction. They ap-, civilians, including women and,“We have appeased Russia” 2 djin an internctional organi werently make no aistinction be-, children, ... For ourselves as part;~have been reoutfed at secret di-|for world peace, in actual pri ween the forces of fascism ana of the Christian Church, we are | plomacy. “More roots of Worid,they are supporting tne prej Dose fighting against it, nence they, aeeply and contritely concerned at; War HI have been started during; being mace ty Hoover and V2: ave 2 terribly pessimistic outicox.' the moral caliuusuess in our own} this war than in World War J, and: berg which would lead to 4 | the Friends’ Intetli «cer in ancountry which 1 permits such des-iwe arc, 2olies and miles bebind {barton Oaks, still-born at 11 ° i i , Bs caliing “this year “the becinning of the blackest pe-' riod 1n cur civilization.” It descrices! 5 tonth of Maren. ine Friends ace Purene as facing famine and states tege Mcerned With relief and rehabilita- fon for all countries, including our’ a h ‘s isa clipping from - _ : wo - oe ° page 47 of the 3 no. { DAILY wORKER | pate SP vo . oo ; "Clipped at the Seat of y ae i a / Government. \ - . an i pot ° . Bal
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