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American Friends Service Committee — Part 29
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* Tripto Russia’
. Six Will Make .
: Good-Will Visit . ,
S& American Quakers are go>
Sng to the Soviet Union for a
month's good-will visit, it was
. announced today.
‘Ls ‘The leader of the delegation Is
Charles E. Pickett, exectitive sec
retary emeritus of the American
. Friends Service Comntittee,’
‘which is sponsoring the trip. {
A business man, an editor, &
> + professor of Russian and two!
other AFSC officials will make
. Lae up the delegation, . a .
- : | “Many American Friends have: . .
’ a strong desire to renew cong;
tacts that have taisted for years,, |
jgaid Pickett, “Lt seems caesirabiy | .
ito have a aeiegation represenys
ing ‘not the Government bu!
ork-a-day pebple who will visit
-- ussian people and social experi-
* pes and report upon their tind
s
when they return.”
‘The trip comes at approximate-
. ‘Jy the same time, Pickett said,
. as the publication of a report,
. “Speak Truth to Power,” which .
the service committce is issuing
as.a Quaker search for an alter-
‘native to violence in internation
7€ al conflict. Three members of the
‘delegation shared in presaring .
tthe study. lof .
“We hope,” said Pickett, “to
{discuss with responsible persons .
tin religious, academie and public ~
jaffairs in the Soviet Union the .
kinds of problems we have al-
‘ready raised in the United States
tand elsewhere.” .
. The other delegates arc Wroe
‘Alderson, former president of the
a ‘American Marketing Association,
William B. Edgerton, assistant
professor of Russian at the Uni-«
versity of Michigan; Eleanor Zel- . .
Jiot, assistant te the editor of the
‘Ametican’ Friend; Hagh W. :
foore, finance secretary of the .
ryice committee, and Stepher. “
. Cary, ead of the Amer
rork of the committee.
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