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Ce te Ca Memorandum October 5, 1955 He went tc Philadelphia where he interutewed the heuds of the “Anerican Friends Service Comnittee and on from“there to Wew York City to look over one of the grants of thie $150,000 Toject, He described it as a “freedon of consctencé deal involving twenty-eight individuals who are on triad in hew York Stotc." He stated that the conscientious nonconfermism wtth which they are charged in this case is refusal to obey the Civii Defense laws of New York, specifically, in refusing to go intc a designated air raid shelter on police orders during a practice atr rotd Jast June 15 in wew York City. The leader of this group of twenty-eight is a woman by the nane of Dorothy Pay who is the purirs ner of @ notortous ine called "Iie Cata left wing publi- cation which is not @ pubiteatton of tie tholie Church. He stated that Mies Diy as representative of the group called police by telephone on the day of the practice air raid and tola them that she ana her group were going to stage a denon- stration on that uate and would refus2 to obey police orders to go into the shelter. Gne Ammon Hennessy, who ts editor of Biss Day's publication, saia that she and Ae were "philosuphica anarchists, ' and that they were Gisobeying @ man-made law .in order te obey the lam of God. Ur. icwts en s ytime aiscussing the understanding of the word "nonconfo re: ang the raising of this concept to the status of a virtue by the leaders of the Fund for the Kepubdlic. > . Mr. Lewts concluded hts program by mentioning that one of the projects for the Fund ia a questionnaire on "fear Jona education" which Aas been widely circulatea among pro- dyeceors and others—in the pichd—of-educetions—Thio-question--- eo notre wos gent to 2500 professors and wes designed to probe their thinking on polttical questions aud academic freedonr. Mr. Lewis stated that he requested a caony af this questionnair. and that the committee in charge flatiy refused to make one is -avatigbTé and this has led hin to make the request to any of his Listeners who may Aaue a copy of the questionnaire avatlab to send one to hin. 7 Coy al a # ’