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American Friends Service Committee — Part 9
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An article in the "Sunday Bulletin," a Philadelphia
daily newspaper, Sunday edition, dated December 15,
1963, captioned “Quakers Provide the Mainspring of
the Peace Movement Here,“ contains a subsection
captioned, “Peace Education Division, American Priendgs
Service Committee." This portion of the article quotes
CHARLES WALKER as stating the peace movement if now in
a jull and is undergoing a transition phase. WALKER
noted there is e new leadership coming in, the move-
ment will change, and civil rights demonstrations
‘have attracted the most immediate response from the
public. He stated that the charge thet Communists
have influenced the major part of the movement is
sust not true. ‘The articel continued WALKER stated,
“The Conmunist movement in the United States is dead,
they have no influence."
WALKER is further quoted as stating, “I consider civil
disobedience the highest respect for law. I don't
agree with those who say it encourages lawlessness."
The article noted that WALKER, considered by in
the peace movement to be the most knowledgeable about
the Philadeiphia area, if a Quaker and was sentenced
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