Word: pacifists
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Matthews next turned up in New York City "an avowed Socialist" and executive secretary of the pacifist Fellowship of Reconciliation. He believed in "the policy of a united front with Communism as the way to end war, [and] became the first head of the American League Against War and Fascism, probably the most successful 'front' ever organized by the American Communists." He wrote a book, Partners in Plunder, in which he "proved," Hutchinson recalls, that "J. Pierpont Morgan owned the Episcopal Church, Andrew Mellon had the Presbyterians in his vest pocket, and as for the Baptists-well, hadn...
...Joad, 61, popular philosopher, author (The Book of Joad, The Testament of Joad and 46 other serious-to-potboiling books), University of London professor; of cancer; in London. Puffin-shaped, goat-bearded and brilliantly voluble ("I can explain anything to anybody"), C. E. M. Joad was variously a socialist, pacifist, patriot, agnostic, advocate of free love, polygamy, euthanasia, suicide and easy divorce, and a professional carper. On scientific progress: "The superman made the plane, but the ape has got hold of it." On religion: "Why, if God so loves us, does He give us such a hell of a time...
This last doctrine led the Society to adopt a pacifist stand, and it played an obstreperous part in the thirties...
...hearing for pacifist Edward A. French '54 is set for 11 a.m. today in Boston's Federal building. The hearing will be held contingent on the arrival of permission from the Oregon District Attorney. Otherwise the case will receive its second continuance...
French made frequent reference to Gandhi as the leader of passive resistance, which he believed the solution to many questions he was asked. He emphasized that he was not fully trained in all fields of pacifist thought, and maintained that part of the system must be taken on the belief itself, rather than logic...