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. - | ) - Offe e Mezzzor nde ¢ UNITED STA. S GOVERNMZNT DATE: July 22, 1954 + sunyecrt fs AMERICAN. PRIENDS SERVICE COMMITTEE 7 SF AMERICAN, SRIENDS SE ee no eT ee = ; . . . Be By reference from the Director's Office, I spoke telophonically vith MAGI QpEMNNT who described hersalf, as &.Smesme of the Te cantenebg 2 This 4s a co- -ordinaving group ior various elticon. “&sso0c.1:cicns throughout the District of Columbia, According to- . » it is presently enraged in attempting to causo the District of Columbia coard of Education to handles its promran of “desogregaticn’ in the city schools in a more orderly manners ° It 1s not the purpose to interfere with thersegregation but tho Witiwewtitly is 50 concerned that it is prepared to enter into & civil suit if the *desegregaticn program is not handled propcerlye did not specify what general thing is wrong with this progray. She said in working.on this matter she ran into-tho American Priends Service Committes!s aativitiaa and thet aha had procured a brochure indicating that this organisation has ellos eontect3 with tae school board in washington, De Co, Omid accoredtrs to ¢eeenguaiiii, cho Amorican Friends Service Comnittco ali sci know in in adynnee tne program for integration in Washington fehvolie Turther said that tho american Friondés Service . Comnittse had bean conducting seminers for, pravious two yeara for teachors.s . — <“—ibixeaeweame went on to claim that the Acvorican Fricnds Servise Commitiso haz hoodquarters in Philsd-lphia und is urea tee auspices of tho Quakers. She said sho was ndvised by ain , aclerk for tho Qlippiaivgpm@blige that ths orwcnize.sson was heavy infiltrated with Communists, Sao said threugh con rscsiotal. gentucts she wont te the House Comnittss on Un-Americen Activisics and through 0 QM escertained that that corsithsa has throu Lids: on ths Axericen friengs Services Committee indiettine that tuo cr the ‘leaders o1 ihe group (cn AaaaaNe and oD Pd) belo vo othor Communist yrontue On: ‘suid ong wentes to cout tuba inves -auics go 1t% oculs 5a (Pap srtua te the House of Auoprosentativos Comweces oa the Distriat of Colunbinz ond she ven& to.n cenrrosadionn]l eos Wl said hs would cbtrin tr information threucsh channels from sho Houses Comzittss, on Un~,isricen earneeruee Taspoirter, wits Comaltocs vo. a gavo excerpts ivoa th» filo whi excerjts ware raagnintvlecGe :..3 gaid sho knew that tiara unas aaa t fional infermation availasiva wis gokod the House Conzsittso on the Diatriet of Coluzzia to ehusw 44.9 4. > a LEO MP DGA LEC “