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-2. \) : —, persons and persons of ideals alien to those of the Society of Friends cre in- fluencing Sexvice Committee policies and activities in the wrong cirection, tie. wWevhave at last broucht ourselves to the point of being willing to moke this siate- . ment. .. .iow it will bring pais to some but it seems tous to be essentichi. che grcet uselciness of the Service Committee is notte bo irre. “injured. Win great reluctance we maxe known some of the Jacts in our nossessica, HISTOR ¥ A brief hist tory of the development of this concernis inorder. Over alon,; erioc of years, many of us as individuals have expressed curselves i: conversations with various members of the Board of Directors of the Service Comraittes and with members of its staff, We have wri rt i » . 4 ie) . . ~~ — CG rt Board members and staff members and we have discussed the matter wie. many Friends. We have also expressed our concérn in public address, before various eroOups of Friends. Hundreds of Friends have expressca tous their deep concern he matters hercinafter discussed. Ve believe that a very large * about some ort number of our members, surely to a majority, would be greatly disturbed and would not unprove, if they had knowledge of many of the things that are boing Gone in the name of the Service Committee by people associated with iit in Warious capacities. These accumulating concerns finully led to a meeting held atthe G Neocthersa Hotel in New York, November 2, 1956. Present at this mecting and me Tagenting these concerned fricnds were J. Kennedy Sinclaire, Dwighe iV. wiichener, Earry N. Wrights, the late C, Marshall Taylor and Howard EL Mersghas Hor coecentiny the Service Committce were a number of the raembers c udu