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subject: FUND FOR THe REPUBLIC we ee ULI OM LEWIS, JR, BROADCAST - OCPOBsH 4, 1955 Ss Br. Lewts tonight devoted @ major portion of his progran to g discussion of the #und for the Kepublic and its grant of 3150,000 the“Ane can friends Service Committee. The grant, he said, was given to Suppdrt a to~year program of leyal atd to atreagthen the right of freecon of conscience. He quotes Robert #, Hutchins on the purpose of, this grant for "freedon of consctence and conscientious jnonconforntsts' and tne Fight of people to conscientiously atfser with “prevalent pract and policies." He made reference tc his renerks on the previous evenin concerning Sutchins' sta.ement that the conscientious objector to milit service docs not fare well in this country. ur, Lewis commented that u nany of us 30 not agree with the religtous principles that lead to this concluston en the port of the C.0, we respect his right to this conclus and we have Special:provisions cf low to take care of his case, Lewis added tant it has b&n the historic position of the quaker religton to oppose military Bervide, and he can understand the selection of the émnertoan friends Serurbe Committee for this phase of the grant's operat He stated, howevét, that when tt cones tb the, rest of Ur. Hutchins! explanation some Girst ions arise. tee. “Hor does the person who consci enttousiy cdjects So tBie an oath or to teil shout the unpopular activi of his segs ntancgs.” To this #r, Lewis commented that as far as he } been abie. to deternine there is nothing tn the quaker religion contrar, those teens, : ro ur. Lewis.statec that the point of tie above naterial was tha ‘the highs’yvinding phrases of any orgenization do not mean toomuch until you get to the "yrass roots” and find out how the money ts actually bein spent, what the results are at this, level,.and.wne the people are who a actualiy get biting ¢hjs money. He stoted that the ortginal purpose of th Ford estaze grant: té the Ford Founuation was "oure as the driven snow.’ The statement of p ciples in the ¥S¢mt{2iian' déTier grant to the kund For the RepudXfq waesunimpeachable in ite language, ‘The statements by the Fuad For thi fe pid] ic concerning the grents that they are passing out day by day sbynd wonderful. He satd he was interésted uin this part cular case in finding out what happens to the money at the-"a ction. leve & 284