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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
AMERICAN FRIENDS
SERVICE COMMITTEE
PART 15 0F 25
FILE NUMBER: 100 11392

SUBJECT; AMERICAN FRIENDS SERVICE COMMITTEE
FILE #: 100-11392
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b¬6_bus from Portland to Seattle to transport people to
join with the Seattle group to attend the March on Washington,
11/27/65, as onlv one wozzan may possibly attend the Lia:-ch
from Portland; n said that he understood now that
there will be no chartered plane from Seattle to Washington
and that those going from Seattle, number not known, will
pay the regular fare but they may go on the same plane, date
and time of departure unknown. lsays that he is not
aware of the number of people planning to attend from the
Seattle area, but apparently the number is very small
because plans for the chartered plane apparently tell &#39;
through.  said that detailed information concerning
the group from Seattle going to Washington could be -
obtained from the AFSC, 814 N. E. 40th, Seattle Washington,telephone ME 2-0502. During his comments said that
the March on Washington is being sponsored by the Nationals-
Committee for a Sane Euclear Policy  NCSNP!,and S5§§QRQ"
YGQTTLIEB from the Sane Office,_245 2nd_Street NE, Washington,
D:_C., is co-ordinating the Washington, D. C. activity.
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Bureau by teletype inasmuch as only possibly one individual
from Portland plans to attend the -March on Washington and
Seattle will. furnish the Bureau information developed
concerning this matter in that area.
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UNLED sures DEPARTMENT or JUSTICE
FEDERAL BI.&#39;REAI.&#39; 01 IKYESTIGATION
Ayhilccelphie, Pennsylvania
Dece;ber_z2, 1955
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Comzittee For Ron-Violent Action,
Demonstration at Vertol Division,
Boeins Corporation, Philadelphia,
!e., Arse, .1.>ecenee:~ 29, 1965
1955, Zn u;;_-1»
Chester, Pa.; advised that the Phile-
-Violent Action  CNVA!, 1520 Race
, issued a news release dated Decem-
that CNVA would sponsor a picket at
crporetion, plants in the ?hiledelphie
o protest shipment or helicopters to
e stated that invitations have been sent
country and that participants will most
vil disobedience such as attempting to
ng vehicles. A mess meeting of CNVA is
ecember 28, 1965, at the Metropolitan
water Streets, rhiledelphie, Pe.,
outline plans tor pickets and acts orOn December 21,
hilaelphia, Pa.
965, announcing
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ber 27, 19o5, cxv; would have e news conference at the Academy
Boom of the Bellevue Stratford Eotel. A11 news media are in-
vited.
This document contains neither recommendations nor
conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is
loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be dis-
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Committee for Hon-Violent Action,
Demonstration at Vertol Division,
Boeing Cozioorstion,
Horton, Perms;-&#39;1vania, _December 29, 1965 
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peace workers on:
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** WHY WE DEMONS&#39;I&#39;RA&#39;I&#39;E and WHY WE ARE
WILLING TO GO TO JAIL
ORIENTATION FOR NEXT DAY&#39;S DEMONSTRATION
speakers will include :
WILLIAM IDAVIDON
CHARLES WALKER
A. J . MUSTE 
TOM RUDD
Metropolitan LEE Church
20th and Fitzwater Streets .&#39;
Tuesday, Dec. 28
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December 29, 1955
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VIGIL and CIVIL DISOEEDIENCE on the
pert of some demonstrators at the
VERTOL HELICGPTER PLANT, MORTON
Wednesday, Dec. 29
2:00 - 5:00 pm
Demonstrators will gather at the Metro-
politan AME Church, 20th and Fitzwater
Streets at Noon, and proceed to Morton
via the 1:25 Media Local train from
Suburban Station.
Philadelphia Committee for Nonviolent Action
1526 Race Street &#39;?hone: .L0 7-8770&#39;
?hi1a., Pa. .19l02
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An article in the Sunday Bulletin," a Philadelphia
daily newspaper, Sunday edition, dated December 151963, captioned "Quakers Provide the Mainspring of
the Peace Movement Here,  contains a subsection
captioned, Peace Education Division, American Friends
Service Committee." -This portion of the article quotes
CHARLES WALKER as stating the peace movement is now in
a lull and is undergoing a transition phase. HA1-ICBR
noted there is a new leadership coming in, the move-
ment trill change, and civil rights demonstrationshave attracted the most immediate response rrom the l
public. He stated that the charge that Oommunibts
have influenced the major part of the movement isgust not true. The articel continued WALKER statedThe Communist movement in the United States is dead,
they have no influence."
HA1-KER is further quoted as stating, I consider civil
disobedience the highest respect for law. I don&#39;t
agree withthose who say it encourages lawlessness.
The article noted that WALKER, considered by many in
the peace movement to be the most knowledgeable about
the Philadelphia area, is a Quaker and was sentenced
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Boeing corporation Il Morton, Pennsylvania, _ 
December 29, 1965
during World War II to four years as a Conscientious
Objector.
The "New York Evening Journal issue of April 28,
l9#2, contains an article entitled "L;-Bed !on&#39;t
Register." The article relates that the Reverend
A. J. MUSTE, Presbyterian Minister and Executive
Secretary of the Fellowship of Reconciliation  FOR!,
had refused to register under the Selective Service
Act. In the article MUSTE is described as a former
leader of the Trotskyite faction or the Communist
movement in this country, The article also relates
that MUSTE was arrested in Illinois in 1933, charged
with plotting to overthrow the government, but he
was later released.
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&#39; colun 1, described A. J. HUSTE as the Dean of "So-
cialist Pacirists" and Secretary Emeritus of the
FOR. J
In August 1964, c source described A. J. MUSTE as
Rational Gheirmin of the omittee on oneviolent
Action, 325 Lafayette Street, New York, N. Y.
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also raumished; on De * leaflet e teemeer 27, 1965, a two-page Q: ionezi "Helicopters Over Vietnam, A Call to Action," A copy or this two-page leaflet is attached.