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American Friends Service Committee — Part 29
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San Francisco); and the classroom (Washington, D.C.).
We helped Indians adjust to city life in Ravid City,
S.D., and Los Anzeles. On reservations from Maine
to California, our staff encouraged self-help vrojects
of economic and social betterment.
“Conscientious Objectors: Two staff members counseled
several hundred objectors
and visited 1,000 others in prisons, army stockades
and et work in hospitals across the nation. We
essigned nine CO's who sought work with the /FSC to
projects in the U.S., 19 to Mexico and L1 Salvador
and 12 ovérseas. ,
“Educational Metsrials for Children; Thousands of
‘youngsters aided
children overseas by making Mitten Trees at Christmas
or becoming Friendly Leggars et Hallowe'en. Traveling
exhibits and booklets like 'If You Jere / Child in
Koreat enabled children overseas to shere their games
and crafts with Anerican youngsters.
“Pood: We shioped 2,338 tons of surplus food to six
nations (end plan to send more than tice as
much in 1955). Three-fifths of food shipments last
year went to Germany; Italy end India each got 1S,
France 5%, fustrie 2% and Korea less than 1%.
“High Schools: Staff members in six regions held one-
. day or week-end conferences on world
affairs for high school students, who elso participated
in tteec summer work canos, seven summer institutes
end s unit in Mexico. Students also met U.8. ond
forcign leaders et seven seminars in Washington, three
at the L,7, end one combined session,
“Institutional Service Units: Ninety-six volunteers from
. : 6& colleges worked during
the summer et ments] hosvitals in six stetes (Arizons,
Tllinois, Indians, “Yew Mexico, Rhode Jsland end Vermont)
énd et tuo reformatorics in T]linois. (fo year-rovnd
units uere dropmed at the ene of the year for lack of
voluntecrs.)
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