BULL T I N M A R C H 1 9 5 2

AMERICAN FRIENDS SERVICE COMMITTEE

AFSC BULLETIN pfihlishrd hy

Amer ican Friends Service Commit tee

Incorporated 20 South 1 2 t h Street, Ph i lade lph ia 7, Pa .

OFFICES

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\VICIIITA 12. KAVSAS 2023 Univcrsity Avenue

CONTENTS Relating to Other Peoples

Mariorir Payr Scllaufllcr

Wise Exercise of Good Will

(;illIrrt F. !\'Iiitc

Gladly into Community Spirit

S i h n a r a ~ a n Ray

A Right Direction

Gcncvic\.e 1)ilts

COVER

Cnntphell Hays plloro

O n e of the new year-round y u t h projects will b r a work cariiii o n a n Indian rcscrvation. Pic- tured here (luring a sumnier camp, work

pool. Bylas, Arizona. Dcepitc other press in,^ needs, the Apachc Trih:~l Council thouclit first of its young 1icople \islien a work c a m p was proposed.

Paris Report <:l:~rcnic I:. Prckctt and Elmore Jackwn

havc rcl>ortc~l o n thc activities of the intcr- nati i~nal ()u:~krr t ram in Paris dur ing recent ccvionr nt the U.N. Grncra l Acscmbly. T h e tcam \vai Ir~c:~trcl a t the ncn. (?uakcr Interna- tion:il (:cntrr errlit ri~iriutc\ l~!. Metro from the I'nlal\ (lc (:h:~rll~~t. site (it tlie General :\r- \r~ii l i ly ec\\ion\.

:\monr: tllr rr:in~'\ pur\ts a t 111c Centcr over tc:i rlr an unlil~rrictl (linncr. nrcrc Mr. a n d Mrs. Scl\v!n I-l r r ! ( l :i111l Srr (;la(l\vyn and I.a(ly J rhh (if thc Cnitctl Kinpclnni: Mrs. V. I. I'alltllt o f India: Mr. Finn Moc oi N n r ~ v a y , (~Ir:~trlii:~ri o t tlrr , \s\r~nli l! ' \ 1'11Iitic:1l Chnlrnit- tcc: R:illili Hunchc. 1)lrcctor o i thc U.N.'s 'l'ru\trr\hll1 1)rli:irtmcnt: and frorii tlic U. S. ~ l c l r g : i t ~ o n Mr. ;in11 Mrs. Channing 'Sohias, .\nn.l I.r>r(l S t r a ~ ~ \ s , and Elcanor Ronsevelt.

'l'hc tc.anl aI\n hatl cli\cue\ion~ a t the Palais clc Cllaillr~t irritll rcprcsrntati \cs of many of tlrr Unitrcl S :~ t lons ' 60 delegations.

Rising Hope

.l'lir c r ~ n \ r r m t i o n s ccntrrctl around these \~)vci;il (111~rtir1nv: dicarniarnrnt, the cuplocivc \itllatinns in the kti~lt l lc East, tlie unification of (;crlii:~n!, Korea. Southacs t Africa, assist- :tncc t o rcfuccci, h i ~ r n a n riglitc, ant1 tlie U.N. SOCI:II :in(l tcclinical aesi\tancc to untlcr(lcvel- (npccl :irr:i\.

.l'lic ()ir:~krr tcnm felt tli;it there war much \ :~ l l l r in holc11n.r this srcsirin of t l ~ c :\r\cmhl!- in Paris ratlicr than in New York. It rnahlc(l the U. S. drlc,c:ltion and Amrricnn non-goy- rrnmcntal o r g a n i n t i o n \ to brcnmc Inore ac- q ~ l a i n t ~ ~ l \vltIr I.;uri~pcan ~ ~ r r ~ h l c . m \ . and the \riiaIlrr co~~r i t r icc \\,ere proha!,l\ soniewhat irvcr to prc\rnt thrir vic\r,p~iint\.

'I'hi\ .\scrrnhly war m:~rkc( l !,I ri\in!: hope that nrn. agrcclncnts be rcachctl in ~ l i \ a r ~ i i a - Inrnt. h! a ( lr tcrmination o n tlic 1i:lrt of ninny I n s t lrv(. lr~lic~l countries that there hr t>iorc \lll,\tnnti:~l Iiro~r:lmc of \r,orlrl-\ri~lc mutu:~I aid. an11 I1y :I new in~lc~i rn t lcncc o n tlic part of much of the .\rat1 and Mr~\lcln ~ v i i r l ~ l . '1-he tc:rm \\-a\ <truck a,rain \vitli the general lack r ~ t ' t r w t in .\rncricnns. Memhrrs of tlie U. S.

dcle.cation wcrc also a n a r c of it, yet puzzled ;le to h o w to deal xvitli rt.

l ' hc will in,cncs~ of clelegatcs from smaller countries to talk freely with members of thc Quakcr team revealed many important view- pnir~tc. "It (lid us a lot of good," caid Clarence Pickctt, "to havc Mr. Panikkar, amhacsa~lor tn Cliin:~ from India, spent1 a n evening, tr!.iny to liclp uc ccr IIOH' tlie rest of thc worl(l and c\pccially the United States look to China."

Patience, Humor Needed

I l ~ a t thcrc ic prncrcss toward the solution of tliffcrcnccs betwccn tlic Errat Iiomcrs in some maior area5 of conflict is eviclcnt when lonkc(i a t in the prrs[icctivc of scvcral yrars' q rowth . l ' r rmcn~lous Iiatlcnce ic rcquirc(l of pcol~le tlic world ovcr, i \ the opinion of tlrc (.)unkrr tram. and confi(lcnl-e in tlie Unitcd Sa t ions to resolve tllem in cluc time.

In the midst of thc trnsions a t the start of the srccionc, one humorous inciclcnt nc- currccl. In C1:ircnir I'ick~.tt'r \vor(l\. "It's very prccious whcn you can liavc somct1iin.q h u - ruorous Iiap[ien nt the Acscrnbly. A black cat strayed in from the side of thc hiyli ~iotl ium an(l strollctl past Mr. Lie. Sccrctary-(;encral. Mr. Ncrvo. Chairman, ant1 Mr. (:iir(licr, Mr. Lie's ar\i\tant. l ' l i r cat \onlkec! iluictly hy, tlicn rlnn.n along\i(lc Mr. Eden as lie was s p m k i n r . It stoocl ancl Ir~nkc(l 11ut a t the :iutlirnce i11r a while: then c:~lriily n,.llkccl nfT. Tlic \r,i\c nclrp\papcrrncn enid tlii.; nrac a Pcr\ian cat. lookinfi for Vi\liin\ky's (lcatl niou\r." (I t might lie notctl that in France a Iilack cat ic a syriiliol of goo11 luck . j

IYhilc tlic (Jirakcr tcam w:is active Iinth in u r g i n ~ restraint ant1 lirnitatinn in public tlc- 1i:ltc and in call inr :~ t ten t i r~n to thocr clemcntc in tlir U. S. anti Soviet positions nsliich 21'-

~ ~ c a r c c l to ,give some ~>romisc of an r*vcntual agrrcrncnt. rt is l i a r~ l to accecr tlir ful! v:ilur\ tli:~t lie in such a n cs l~cr icncc as tllcv harl.

Mrmbcrs of the team inclutlcti Crrraltl Ilailcy ant1 Pcrc!. nart lr t t . I<nylanrl: Aratl ia II:lrri\on. Enclanel and India; Colin lk l l , ( ; rnrva : El\a Ccdcrprrn. S n ~ c ~ l ~ n : Hchcrto Srin. Mcuico: Elmore Jackson an11 CI:ircrice I'ickctt. U. S. 11.

11 N E W LITERATURE

I Davis House

IN THIS BULLETIN

M ~ R J O R I F P \ G F SCII\I .FFI rR ic C o - ~ I I - rcctor. School i\flillntton Scr\lcc of the

The following publications have appeared since the list in the October BULLETIN:

Annual Report, 1951

S I R X \ R . Z S \ V R.*v is Managing Editor, I I'llc R;i(lical Hurnnnist. ~iuhliclicd in Peace I s An Achievement (peace education

In(ltn. program)

C,II RERT F. W H I T F is Preeitlcnt. F1ave1.- frirtl Collepc: Chnirnian of the Scnior 1)ivicion Atlvicory Commitrrc, AFSC.

Quaker Mission to Moscow (Paul 5. Cadbury address)

Friends International Centers

( ; I ur vrr v r T l l r TS is Dircctol. r ~ f S tu- (lent . \ct lv~tire. Flrct Mctho(li\t Cl1urch. 7'irc\11n. .\riznn:i. ant1 a t tlic M'c\lc\-

Freedom into Action (youth projects)

Opportunities for High School Students with the American Friends Service Committee

I:oun(lation. Vnivcr\it!. o i ,\ri7nna. Work Camps in the United States

Seminars for Peace 1952

Relating to Other Peoples by MARJORIE PAGE SCHAUFFLER

IN October, November, and December I travelled through Europe visiting elementary and secondary schools affiliated wi th siniilnr schools in this country. T h e School iIffili:~tion Service is attempting arnong younger students \\,hat Gilbert Whi t e describes as AFSC's endeavor among college students - to provide the opportunity ". . . for young people to play new and constructive roles in a changing world."

I n School Affiliation this means the present affiliation of about 150 American schools with 175 schools in German)?, France, the Netherlands, Italy, and Japan. Each affiliation is different, proceetling out of its own character as it develops channels of personal contact hetween individu:lls of the dif- ferent cultures. 1,ikenesses and diferences are made imme- diate and concrete through the exchange of school gifts and publications, 0 1 personal letters and gifts, of teachers and students themselves.

Recause America has so much to learn about other peoples it has been found particularly important to provide inter- national and interculturn1 experiences vivid enough to impel American teachers and young people into language study, travel, and personal contacts that ~ n a k e them a\vare of how the rest of the world feels about itself anel about them, and that helps them become competent for world relationships.

T h e gro\ving edge of School Affiliation lies in the tlevel- opnicnt o t such face-to-face esperiencc between international groups of' teacher$. ancl hetween teachers. students and staff together. Dur ing the past year the S:IS program has con- centratetl on tlic development of \vorkshops and conferences that allon. lor deeper personal inter-comniunicntion. Eurc~- pean teachers. especially, arc reaching eagerly for such contact.

Zest for School Affiliation In cach country I was impressed by the enthusiasm for

affiliation among thc tc;~chcrs \vho took part in the t\vo suninler \vorkshol>s: the onc hclcl in France ant1 the other in German!; attendecl hy teachers trom five countries including the I'nitcd States. Notes taken as I visitccl schools in Italy. Germany. ant1 1-rance reflect this cclthusiasni in action:

":I sunny school yard in I<ome. a garclen sp:~cc among neighboring slums. I'ricntlly eager cliiltlrcn. hoys ancl girls alike in white or blue smocks n.ith hrond col1:irs ant1 liolving ties: the girls \~.i t l i 1,ig hair ril,\,ons too. T h c school provitlcs all thesc so that none neetf ice1 asliametl of tlic clothes that home provides. S o t much can he done allout shoes. often sizes too big, o r ticel ~ v i t h \tring, or ~ v i t h toes peering through. "lhc chil(lrcn vie \vitIi their school director to s h o n the

:Imerican visitors thcir printing press. their precic)us globe.

their handmade rag clolls. All are planning together and gathering \vork to send to their new iriencls in California. T h e director has carried the children into the g lo~v ing en- thusiasm for an international partnership that shc brought back from the affiliation conierence for teachers in France last summer. ;Inti 3 ne\v afiliation has been launched!

"On the other side ot the :\j>per1ines, in Chiete? a pinnacle tolvn looking d0n.n totvard the !Idriatic, a young teacher of English in a huge high school has received from the same conierence a fresh impetus for his school's tie with a N e w Jersey puhlic high school. H i s principal and colleagues join the S:IS visitors at six o'clock atter a long school day to talk a b o ~ l t plans for the coniing year and proudly s h o ~ v the eshil>it and unit o t study about their town's history and industries being prepared hy the children for their :Inierican friends. O n e teacher eagerly arranges an eschange of Italian and English books n.ith an affiliation staff member.

Teachers Have Lively Interest "Three days in 13erlin are not nearly long enough to meet

with all the teachers of nine affiliated schools. So one teacher ~ v h o attended tlie International Teachers Conference on .-Iffiliation heltl in Germany last silrnmer has invited each school to send faculty representatives (and one has sent two students n well) to a late afternoon meeting \vitli tlie affiliation staff rnemhers from Kranichstein ant1 I'hiladelpliia.

"Again it is after a full school day, hut 20 gather from all over that \iricle-flung city. They go around the circle giving thoughtful reports of the things cach school has done ant1 found in affiliation to hroatlen their horizons. T h e t\vo \tu(lents contrihutc their reports. nritti poise ant1 point. T h e n

(Cotltit~rcrd on pagr sr i~en)

Teachers examine samples of materials exchanged between

partner schools and exhibited at the SAS Teachers Workshop

Conference held in Melun, France, last summer. Italian, French,

German, Dutch, and American schools were represented at this

conference.

The Wise Exercise of Good Will

"Thc basic challenge of our tinlc is one of building a nforld socicty through thc wise exercise of good will and h u ~ n a n unclerstanding. This must be a slow and exacting process. It shows itself in consccrated lives of senice. I t is reflected in cducation whic l~ inspires and ~ x e j ' a r c s y o ~ ~ n g people to play new and constructive roles in a changing world.

"I'oday the American Friends Service Committee is sccking to make it possihle for young people to prepare

to play such roles in a new program of year-round serv- ice. Opportunity is being provided for a limited n u n - her to join in pioneering progrnms. T h e Committee regards these progmms as both demonstrations of a type of conctructivc service which should be given on a largc scale and also as symbols of a spiritually-based vocation for which colleges might properly aim their efforts."

Gilbert F. White.

Tm history of Gilbert Whitc's st:~tement of purpose and no ti vat ion for an cxpanded program of year-round youth scrvicc projects begins with the feeling of lay coni~nittee melnhcrs who guide the Service Co~nmittee's work in this field that: "The Service Committee should assume more lead- ership in providing a challenging opportunity for young people to be creative and effective in building peace and undcrstanding."

IZchind this formal ~ n i n u t c was a sense that in this era of problems and forces so large and cocnplex as to ovcr\vhclm the individual's feeling of ability to cope with them, there \vas a deep neecl among young people to lay their hands on some concrete tool or technique with which they could be truly and constructively efTective in helping to build a peace- ful ~ r o r l d .

Put into the workings of national and regional program offices, this proposal for expansion in the year-round field

became a search for the specific situations which would serve as a challenge to action among young people.

These explorations are still under way and a rounded and definite prograrn of year-round youth projects is not an ac- complished fact. Expansion is proposed for two on-going year-round projects - work in the villages in Mexico and work in mental and correctional institutions in the United States. In addition three specific new projects are being considered.

The criteria for measuring the validity of possible new projects were: "they must provide opportunity for construc- tive activity, for work of reconciliation, and for the rebuild- ing of both persons and things."

The three new projects seen1 to meet these requirements. They are set in widely differing surroundings: on an Indian reservation, in a rural Southern county, and in a large urhan area in the Midwest.

Each presents in microcosm the human relations problems of the world. Each seems to offer a real challenge to those who feel the need to test the possibility of constructive action in the face of large and coniplex problems. Each seetns to be a real opportunity to those who want to begin to experiment with techniques of good will and understanding in meeting the need for a peaceful world society.

One project will be fundatnentally concerned with the barriers which exist between American Indians and other Americans.

This project is part of a larger Service Com~nittee interest in American Indian problems. Present programs include both

If'aync Mrller

This picture was taken during summer work camp in Chicago

five years ago. It is a graphic illustration of the background of

dejection and frustration against which the new Interne-in-

Community Service project in Chicago will work.

work on reservations and in some of the cities to \vhich Indians have been migrating in recent years to escape the poverty-stricken life of their reservations.

T h e new year-round project will be located in the I'ine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. Preliminary surveys indicate that the ecor~otnic and social needs of the Pine Ridge Reservation are great and that the work camp technique could be applied to meeting some of them.

Projects which have been discussed include: providing recreation tor Indian children; working on public health problerns; conducting furniture and craft building programs, and improving streets.

Any of these projects and many others will serve the specific and immediate needs of the 9,000 Sioux Indians who still make this reservation their home. More important, they may provide also an experience of friendship among people from outside the Indian n ~ o r l d and the Indians. Such ex- periences are the beginning of the confidence and under- standing which must underlie the eventual breaking down of the barriers that lie between these two groups.

A second new project is being considered in a rum1 South- ern county where there ;Ire deep racial and economic tensions.

liobeson County, Nor th Carolina, is one of the largest counties in the state in land area and in population. Its 90,000 people are almost equally divided among Negroes. Indians, and whites. T h e interracial tensions are manifold. since the barriers among these groups are marked. Alongside the racial tensions, and intermingled with them, is the landlord-tenant situation. Many tenants arc extremely poor, living a hand-to-mouth existence. Low standards of educa-

1\'c'11 Dotry l ( rs

Work in mental hospitals is part of the proposed year-round

project extension. This member of an Institutional Service Unit

works with patience and kindness; tries to find answers to the

question of what it is in our society and in our individual lives

which drives potentially useful citizens into institutions.

tion and health follow these economic patterns.

T h e people of Iiobeson County are beginning to tackle their own problems, however. T h e first step has been the 111a1ly of them small commi~n i ty councils. (:onscquently tllc! formation of a county-wide council which will try to take tLlrlied to the Service Committee project tcchniquc of i~ltcrnc- cooperative action on such problems as health, homes. agri- ships. T h e interne pattern, in which young I>coplc intliviclrl- culture. and education. ally \vork in jobs and then come together a s :I group for

I-'reliminarv investigations indicate that a group of work study and worship, has ;1lrc3dy heen apl>lictl to indt~qtr!;. campers might be able to participate in this exciting move- ment on the part of a g r o ~ i p of people to rehuild their towns and their lives.

A third ye;~r-round project, definitely schcduletl, will take place in Chicago, against a background of such problems as: inadequate and deteriorated housing: family disorganization and juvenile delinquency; the need of new arrivals in the city - ~ ~ l e x i c a n s , Negroes. Puerto Iiicans, Indians - for help in adjusting to nenV circun~stances: the need for integra- tion of minority groups in previously restricted areas of the city: community disorjinnization and the need for cornmu- nity planning.

T h e staff and committee considering these problem areas saw countless opportunities for intlividuals to help nieet some of the needs hy nrorking n ~ i t h already existing agencies,

farms, cool>erativcs. and 1;lhor i~nions . T h c ne\tr proicct ~ v o u l d apply it to community service.

Exnmples of the sort ol work Internes-in-(:ommilnit! Scrv- ice \vill tlo in Chicago include: recrcatio~l leaclcrship. com- ~ n u n i t v organization, program atlministration. ficltl n.orl.;. surveys, or short-term project leatlershil~.

In the case of cach ol' these prol>osetl nclv project< the phrase "rebuilding of I>eoplc" seems to have sl>ccial signif;- cancc. Mistrust of other races, or of other economic groups can he torn down in people: huilt into its place can colnc truyt and cooperation with others who are unitcd in the "\vi\c exercise of good will ancl human untlerst:~nding." .l'lli\ i \ 3

type of rebuilding which acts two ways. I t cnn take pl:~cc in the people with \vhorn projcct pnrticipants rvork. And i t c;ln take place n.ithin the lives of the participant.; thcm.;cl~c\.

Gladly into Community Spirit THE STORY 01: A S INTERNATIONAL SERVICE SEXllNAR I N INDIA

by SIBNARAYAN RAY

OVR tirst impression of the camp is that it was one of the friendliest crowds we had ever met. The con~munity spirit was indeed remarkable and much of the credit in this regard goes properly to the organizers who imperceptibly by their personal example made it easy for the rest of us to get gladly into the community spirit. Among the campers I distinctly remember there was one English woman, a Scotch lowlander, a Negro American girl who had just come from Red China, several whitc Anlcricans from different parts of that vast country, one a farmer-poet, another an outstanding chemist, the third a professor of law, the fourth a very handsome and sweet girl who was working in a Friends Service Unit in Pakistan, a Scandinavian woman, a young student from Indonesia, a German Jew from Ismel, half-a-dozen students from Pakistan, nearly a dozen teachers and students from different parts of India.

One of the most youthful and lovable of the campers was a saintly old man, with a white, flowing beard, happy in the rare wisdom of humility. At the other end mas playful Ruk- mini, who won the heart of everyone with her endless Plan

and innocent frolics. I had the shock of my life when I learnt that this kid who might have been a truant from school was actually a student of the fourth year at Santini- ketan and had been in jail for taking part in the 1942 move- ment. And there were young and middle aged people. teach- ers, and students, journalists and social service workers, technicians, office c~~~ployees , an ex-minister, and for a short \vhile a top-mnking officer of the Aclministmtive Service.

Group Living Important And what did we clo in the camp? C)f course, there were

the claily seminars - on the average four to five hours of group discussion in two sessions in the morning and the afternoon. But the seminars were not allonred to boss over the canlp life. They were just one form of activity out of many othcrs which from the point of view of the purpose of the camp were certainly equally (if not more) \vorthwhile. Everything in the camp (except cooking) \\,as done by the campcrs themselves. A group would serve at breakfast, an- other wash the dishes and utensils after the hrcakfast \vas over. another mould pick rice, a fourth prepare vegetables and nicat or tich for lunch and dinner. another fetch water in buckets ior cooking and washing, one group would go clean- ing the husv growths around the camp. Ry ten all this work was over and we gathered in the lawn under the shady sal or mango trees for the seminar. T h e classes would go on till t~velvc and then \ire had our lunch. The afternoon's program would often vary and in the off-afternoons some went for

long strolls and others played more youthful games. Dinner was at 7:30 and at 8:30 we would gather in the

lawn again for our informal but regular "socials." People from different lands would tell stories of their countries; sometimes the boy from Indonesia gave Balinese dances; the boys from Pakistan played music on the instruments they had so wisely brought with them; but enveloping all, in the background and foreground, in the beginning, middle, and close were songs, from Tagore and Heine, Hindi Bhajan and Urdu gazal, American folk song and Jacobean lyric.

Facts and Fairmindedness Now the seminars. T h e study subject was Functional Dem-

ocracy. The discussion mas arranged in three phases - in the local field, in the national field and in the international field, five days on the average being devoted to each part. The stress was mainly on pooling factual information, rather than on abstract theoretical controversy, and this pooling served the purpose of making our theoretical discussions less narrow visioned and more liberal, comprehensive and even "realistic."

Another very important feature of the discussions was the spirit of toleration and fairmindedness. There were of course disagreements not only on questions of social theory, but even on questions of factual material. Rut the prevailing spirit of good fellowship prevented such divergences from degenerating into fruitless debate. The attitude mas essen- tially constructive. Occasionally when there were present among us persons possessing authoritative knowledge on cer- tain issues relevant to our discussions, they \vould be asked to give a talk. Thus during my stay I listened to three such talks, one by an American professor of law on the role of law in international affairs, another by a leading scientist on the role of science in modern society, and the third by an expert econon~ist on agricultural co-operatives in the nlodern world. These however were not in the regular program of the dis- cussions.

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On the whole it was a worthy experiment. People of dif- ferent nationalities and cultures came intimately to know one anothcr and develop friendships some of which I hope will be lasting. It greatly helped to widen the narrow boundaries of thcir thoughts and feelings and to develop in them a cos- mopolitan otltlook of life. In these days of fearful inter- national and intercultural discord and re-invigorated trihal- ism. the Friends Service movement deserves all our support and grateful appreciation for making its own positive contri- bution, h o ~ ~ e v e r small, to the growth of truly libertarian cosmopolitan spirit.

News and Comment Birthday Plans

'I'hc AI:SC is p lann inp a cpcsinl commcti io-

rat ion event o n M a y 3 tn cclrbrnrc i r \ 35111 !ear of rui \ tencr. Watch to r further :Innrluncc-

ment throuph Frrcntls iourn.tl\.

Pakistan Plans T l i e tin:il :\FS(: plan for qocial and trc l ln i -

cal as\istance i n the h l n n t ~ ~ t r i c r \ I ) i \ t r r i t 111

the Punin11 area n f \\.'crt I 'nli irt.~n 11.1, no\\. hecn suhmit tr( l to the I1:lki\tnn ,co\-<.rntnrrit.

Th ic new prnicct, thnupl i ~ o t n c \ v l ~ n t \tn.illcr

than tl ie one [~ lnnnct l for Ori\\. i i n Inr l i ;~. 1vrI1 11e simi lar i n contrnt . \v i th \vork i n . ~ ~ r i c u l r ~ r r c ~ .

~ )uh l i c health, adul t c~lucat inn. :in11 v t I I : i c~ i n -

(Iustrir5. .I~Ic govr rn t1 imt 111 l ' , ~ k i \ t ~ t ~ l i ~ \ \hn\vn special intcrrct i n 111' 11roI1Ic1ilr <I/ v i l - lage induetry nntl the 5 ln4cn i r r t u c r r \ \vIio cnniprtsr nl)nut nn r - i nu r t l i nt' t l ic ['unl;~l) p111'-

u1:ition: t l i r .\T:SC w i l l tr! to rc l lc i t t l i :~ t interest.

Race Relations Expansion .l~llr l<:tcc Rc I :~ t r~~nc I ' r ~ y r : t ~ i i I\ <~~11:1ti,Iin< i t \

Jnl) Op l~or run i t i t , \ I)rnqr.itii ttr \ r \ c r . i l n r iv

:\mcrican c~ t t c \ . Stal l ivci-c al)pc~intr( l I.t,t i.lll a t ~ < I :lrr : ~ t \vork noiv i n l):ill:t\. .l.c\,t,. :1t11l

l<:insa5 <:~t!, %lo.: ~ ) ~ ~ r ~ o n r i c I arc 11cin.c tr,~~ticcl.

prcparatorv to \vnrk i n Colurn1111\. 0.. an11 Incltanapolic. Ind . A prniccr for C;rccn\lirrrr~. S. (:.. is I Ic ing planncrl.

T h e Service Commi t t r c t<,.lrn ivork inc i n \V:~\li~n,ctnn. I ) . C.. I ~ n s f r~un ( l that i t can he

~ n n r t c f i cc t i \ r i n the fields n i ccllrc:~tion :ind

rcircatton. l 'earn tncmberc w i l l coordrnare their effort\ \v i t l i thosr of nthcr \Va\li ingtnn firoul>s

\vorktng to I)rr:~k tlo\r,n p.tttcrn\ o l sctzrcc.ltion

i n tl ic~\c t \ \*o :lrc:l\. 1 i i i 1 r i 1 1 : t l Oflice n~lliil~ hnc

\1~11t : t l r i i i~\ t tI1rer !r;tr\ ( l r \ r l op i nc cri11)Io\-

11lc~tit oti ~ i i c r i ~ pr:~sticc\, i r l ~ r o n ~ l c ~ i r r ~ y i t< ~ v o r k to inclu(le prr,l)lcn1c of I lo l t \ ing sryrccation.

Refugee Survey " In I 1 ) - l X \\.c n . ~ ~ u l ( l nlrt l i ; ~ r - c ~ tlini1gl1t i t 11oc-

Relating to Other Peoples (Co~ztitzlced fr.or11 prrgr t / ~ ~ . r c )

attention ccnters o n I'uture possil~ilitics of stutlent and te:~cher visits bctn.ccri nffiliatctl partners.

"Tn.0 n.cek< Inter 2nd a rainy : ~ i t c r ~ i o o ~ i in Duesseldorf.

<;loomy n.cnthcr. dingy corriclors. ant1 evcr-present sense o i

sh:~ttcrctl n,all\ outsitlc, h ~ ~ t the dining room g1on.s n.ith friendly cheer as the English iaculty of a girls' high school

olier ten ant1 livcly tliscussion ant1 an eager ar~tlience to the

SAS guests. T h e teachers n.ant to know ahout the pattern oi American school education, hot$. languages are taught. rvhnt Qunkcrs I,clicve ant1 \vhy they sponsor school pilrtriershil>s.

"\fTc visited also in Chalons-sur-hfnrne, ~ v h e r c the i \FSC ~ v a s clceply identifictl \vith its hospital dur ing 2nd :liter thc

J I e ~ r r , i ~ i l l ' e ~ . i ~ ~ ? ~ f l n

Seminar in France pictures students from Ukrainia, Austria,

Madagascar, France, Germany, China, and England.

tll;in i n the a lmo\ t Ilr,pclc\\ :tt~nrl*pllcrc of tI1rrc yc:irr ncn."

i\\ eviclence of this " l ~n \ i t i v c nl)[irnaclr" ;111(l

o f the recognit ion 111. both pn \ c rnmrn t nllicial,

nncl t l lc lncal po[)ulation of tl ic refupre5 nr a (;crrnan ~) ro t~ lern , they point ou t thnt "tn al- rno\t every communi ty of any size loc:rl r l l l l r t ,

i n nne f o rm or another are I>cinc m.i<lc to nicct

some phr~cc o f the [>roL)letii. A t stnte an11 f r ~ i - c r ~ l levels both private nnt l govcrntnental

a,cencier are contrrl)utinc 110th planninf i : i n ~ l f inancial rc r )urcc \ tn I)ro\.cn or e~ l~c r i t i i cn ra l ~>roiei t \ . "

I n ~\us t r i :~ , hn\ve\cr, t l i c ~ founcl a rrluct.inic i n tlre yovcrnrncnt tri :~ccc[)t the re fur re \ a,

cliiefl\- :~II Acr\trt:~tl r v \~ i on \ i I ~ i l i t y . " I t \ v o u l ~ l 1)' \vi\e to nt trrnl l t to hc l l i \Vc\t-

r r n C;erm.ln\ \r11\.1. ccrt:tin o i itc mn \ t I)d\ic [~roI)lrt i1s :in11 tl irrl. l)v crin<.urrcntly !iellr i t

sr11ve itc ~ C ~ L I ~ C C 1iroI)Ie111." cnnclu~lcs tltc r r -

port. \$'bile i n .\u\tri:t. " I I c (the rc l ' t~f icc) c.tn nn(l must L>r Iic.ll)crl clc:trly nr a r r i u j i r r I>c- c:u~\e l i c ic : l n~ l ha< rcniairicd . . . \vi t l lnut

cit izenchip r i g l ~ t \ .tn{l r c \~ )o~ i \ i l ~ r l ~ r i c c . : ~ n i i \v i thnut the stronp :lt-rn r ~ i n n i t nmr~ l i n t c l y rn- tcrc\tcd gnvr rnmcnt to hcl11 I1itn i : i r r r :1n11

o\crcornc the burclcn n i 111, pro0lcnt."

I;ir<t \Vorld \Var. :\FSC is no\\, back in Cl~alonc-sur-hIarnc,

in two high schools, each \f.ith a West Coast partner. Here too. :liter a lull and busy day in the schools two lively young

tcnchcrs conic to the hotcl to talk. They want to hear aliout teaching 111nterinls availahlc on loan from thc I'aris S.\S office: about the possibility of another summer conference for teachers in 1971: allout the things most i~scful for schools to

exchange. They are intercstetl in similar weekend disci~ssions in 1':tris n.ith teachirs f rom other ncr~rl>)- schools.

";It Sevres on tlie outskirts o i I'aris, S;\S visitors are taken into the intimate homecoming o i the school's director who

has just spent three months in the U. S. with her partner

school. \\'it11 the s:imc \varm vitality with \vhicli she shnred that ne\v experience ~ v i t h tencherc nnd aflilintion collengues in ,\mericn, she takes her Frencli school family into the estension of horizons that hcr \.isit has meant for her and

for them." Each year that affiliation tirs continue. thc S:\S taps

cleeper into the rich lode ~i relationships nrith teachers. Here i ~ . o i course, thc vein from n.liicli vitality in these internn-

tion:11 partnershills must spring. Each year 11.c sense, too, thnt rc1:lting tvith deep under-

stantling to another pco l~ lc of another culture is hnrtler than \ ~ . c think: and tlir~t affiliation is the more important a tool for this 11urpox 11eca11se it oliers an intimnte interculturn! tie to

chil~lrcn \vhilc minds and emotions nre open.

A Right Direction T o enter an international work camp is not to cross over

into Promised Land. . . . but it does give s o n ~ e real tastes of the Kingdom of God, ol right relationships between God and man.

This surnrner I was one of 38 students and young working people who went to a narrow valley in Austria, to help the peasants repair avalanche damage. \Ye came from 13 coun- tries on three continents.

The most interesting aspect of the work was the oppor- tunity it afforded for getting acquainted with the peasants and the volunteers from other countries. One peasant had been a prisoner of war in my uncle's town in Wyoming. An- other family had billeted an American soldier in 1945. Some had been storm troopers or officers in the German armies. The father of one camper had been killed by the Gestapo for his resistance to the Nazis. One girl had been a city leader in the Hitler Youth. W e had many differences in philosophy, in experiences, and in language to cross over for understand- ing as we lifted stoneand roots together.

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Our camp was the most difficult I have ever been in. We raised serious questions as to whether we were giving our help to the most needy farmers. W e asked how raking hay was related to avalanche damage or world peace. In the life ol our group there were many tensions. (Yet) around these areas of difference came the greatest learning of the summer. They tested our flexibility as persons. They opened doors to the thinking of other people. They made necessary our appli- cation of ideas of love and understanding.

Early the last morning I was in camp, Fmu Karner, the neighbor from across the road, came to give me a deerhorn pendant carved by a craftsman of the valley. I would wear it remembering my SOS calls to her for help with unmanage- able Austrian recipes, and the times we stopped raking hay to look up at the sky and mountains. I was leaving a part of myself in Tweng valley and taking something of Austria along to America.

These are the bonds that pull toward world peace. . . the reason for being for international work camps.

-Genevieve Dilts