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mer.can Friends Seryice wo imittee s > 20 South Twelfth Street Philadelphia ~ “Ie Pennsylvania ¥ . Chalroun, RUFUS M. JONES Telephone ' Dp RODERT VARNALL Treasurer, WILLIAM BR. FOGG RITTENHOUSE 9372 HANNAH CLOTHILR HULL! Executive Secretary, CLARENCE E. PICKETT SECTIONS _ SUMNER A MILLS + - : & Secretarial Sta Foceign Service, WILLIAM EVES, 3rd, Chairman Bay Bt Elmore Jack: Peace, EMILY COOPLR JOHNSON, Chairman Hugh W. Moore John F. Rich Social-Industrial, BERNARD G. WARING, Chairman + Homer L Morris Harold J, Ct Fellowship Council, RUFUS M. JONES, Chairman 4 Z E. Raymond Wilson Mary Hoxic | P ‘ . : aorl i 22, 13.42 . Gur W. Solr James G. Va _— w ; ~ Mary M. Rogers Thomas E. J: Leslie D. Shaffer Marjane FS Associate Seerctaties, | Edward W. Evans J. Bacnarc Walter C Woodward Y tir. J, Edgar Koover U. & Beszrtrent of Justice , Federal Bureau of Investisation Vasnineton, D. ¢. “Hy dear Ur, Eoover: For the lest tro years the Anericen Friends Service Comittee has conducted during tne summer months “thet 1s imown as tne JAverican Seuinar," waica is developed as an opportunity for training teachers rnd artists, weno. have come to tunis country as rertusees end ‘ inmigrents, in tne lancsuage, customs end practices of American life. It ics an effort to enable then to be Detter citizens end to. find en- ployment, In 1940 the Seninsr vas held ct Sreveter academy, Volfeboro, Mev Kamesnire, and in 1941 at Holderness School, Plynouts, Mew Hemmshire, During the “coming yesr ve are nroposing to set up two esetions of the Amcricin Seminar, one on the camvus of the State Univereity 2t Orono, fing, «nd the otier on the cemmus of the State University ct Durhnen, Mew Earenire, Tentstive arroncenments nave alrecdy been made with ota of these universities, altiougn Pinal epmroval must still be civen ty their boards, It ic plsic.ed to have <t ereu inetitution a sroun of thirty to forty refucee senolars, teacners snd other vrofeesions] people, under the muidcence of our Committee. It hopvens thet both of these universities are in some- whet isolated com-unities which sre fully eccustomed to persons doing study tid research, Turaem is about six miles Tron the coast, Urono avout tvety miles from tie coast. all menbers of tae staff and etucente of these seminers will de hauded on the cammuses in re,ulcr cormitories, It fe anticinnted thet, She student members will represent many iifferent nationalities, amon’ them Austrians. Croecne, Poles. *, Seesians, Frenen, also Sernane pnd ftalians,-- Ioan enclocin.: nereviti the rors’ ‘Of Set year! eoninor as written by Hiss cos eouins C, willicob,,t rather vita 7 . + . * oF bulletins of the surmer cetunl sessions oF tne edvered tits dang and feu Moncebire. You rcy clea vich to racd a letter from ‘a jor Vesensll Dy Dineet of tee Irsilr tion tnd iaturelication Service of the Dey rtment of Jusiiee, vaio. is cisrosced to Profeecor Ceroert titude ef te, Tucbomaion Ae Viller, dinondes he cove nts goon tad at 4 ee or ee ce “Ou sp ®m.