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He is out of prison and has had a vacation. has visited the CPS camp at Coleville and has been speaking in the area. "Much has been done in the local area as well since I left. Especially in the racial field, real progress has been made, the result in part of Bayard's spadework. There are a small number of Negroes who are really committed to non-violence, and Joe Conard and Peg Deuel of the local AFSC staff have been tireless..." One problem has arisen: they were offered a rent free room in the Berkeley Meetinghouse, but nothing has been done and there is a move under way to eject them. Most of the agitation is directed against Allen Barr ("Two members of the Berkeley meeting have gone on strike -- they will not attend meeting until Allen has been ejected!!"). Friends House in San Francisco is split. The fear about sharing space with the FOR among Friends is that the FOR is too radical and will get them in trouble: "The Tule Lake Episode and John Swomley's reported statement that 'our job is now to hinder the war effort as much as we can' (I wonder if he ever really said that?) have not allayed this fear." Update: Caleb hears there is no feeling against FOR, but against Barr's anti-CPS stance. Wishes to come east to gather materials for he prison situation, talk with eastern COs, and attend the United Pacifist Conference.
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