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tune 8, 1960 Mr. J. Edgar Hoover Federal Bureau of Investigation Department of Justice washington, D, C, Dear Mr, Hoover: . - Enclosed is a pege fron the Gallipolis Daily Tribune containirg a letter to the editor which is nore or less self-explanatory. The background for this is briefly as follows, OD I have been interested in the work of the American Friend: Servirze Commities for a nuxder of years and have no reason to doupt its vulidity or to question it in any way as an organizetior., As a chureh-an and responsible citizen, I am on a local committee consisting of a musber of clergymen and service club leaders, the ourvose of this comnittec being to sponsor a visit at Gallivolis this summer by a so-called "Peace Curavan" of the Ansrican Friends Service Committee, This caravan consists of four studente, threo of whom will be from foreijm countries who will visit in the community for a week, specking at churches and service cluhs atte:oting to create better understanding of the international problen which nreduces the tensions of our present critical tines, Though, as I stated alove, I have never had reason to suspect ths Service Cormaittee of epything the leas’ bit subversive, and thourch I have admired thetr work trerendously, I feel that both sides of a question shoulda be concidered. In other words, if there 4s any evidence that the American Friends Service Cornittes is rot comilctely above suspicion, I would like to know it,and conversely if it 4s above reproach fron a standpoint of subversion, waiich I think it is, I believe thet the doubts cast upon it by tr. Burnett should be remnovuod. I could think of no ono better to write to than vou. I wouls eoorecinin very mucn, therefore, your cerments ant, £ you would cere to co so, a ttntarent that could be published by the locul newapnver, cither in the forr of letter to the editor, or a statencut directly for publication. ra