Word: pacifists
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Faced with the alternatives of going to jail or into the army, Edward A. French '54 maintained that his pacifist beliefs dictated his decision to stay out of the army at any cost, when he spoke before an open meeting at Sever last night...
...Malcolm Forbes '54, spokesman for the group, said, "We respect the stand of a sincere pacifist, but all of us are not pacifists and we don't all see his action as the sole reaction...
French was also invited yesterday by the Harvard Students for Non-Violent Action and the Peace Council to explain in an open meeting why he is a pacifist. The meeting is scheduled tentatively for October 15, the same day formal judicial process in his case begins...
French is a member of the Fellowship of Reconciliation, which is registered in some states as a legitimate pacifist group...
Commenting on French's arrest, Lyon said it "is dramatic evidence of the inadequacy of the Selective Service Law as it applies to conscientious objectors. In fairness to the lawmakers, it should be said that there is no real solution for the religious pacifist short of the abolition of war and conscription...