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On sage four of a Service Commiitce pamphlet called 'Change Can se Peaceful ' we find these words: » ‘Such a policy would refuse to compromise basie Americaa principles in order te win allies. It would stand openly for «+ Such essential reforms as land re-distribution, higher Wages, atc, ' , The Service Committee says a good deal about re-distribution cf wealth, inciuding land, that is, other people's land. “Wrat competence has the fervice Committee to redistribute land and have Friends ever authorized it to give such advice or engape in such activitics? Mowe are not re-cistributing our own land, in our ova country, are we in position to advise other countries to acont that her wages benefiting a few workers always advisable Are not lower prices bencfiting everybody often more important? Is the Service Committees 5 an authority on wages? And, do Friends approve of propagandizing for any wage policy? | In a bulletin issued by the Service Cornmittee, dated March, Avril, 1954, there is a photograph of a large poster used in Chicago, It says: ‘Don't pay rent increases until you sce us," Underneath the poster is a statement describing property owners as: ‘Unsecrupulous landlords who are jacking rents out of siynt while providing dwellings which did not approach the city standards, ! ' “sat docs the Service Committee really know abcut these landlords and y whether or not they are ‘unscrupul¢us?'' Has it been authorized by the Society