Statement of the Rev. A. J. Muste, Chairman, Committee for Amnesty, on the pardons granted by President Truman, December 23, 1947

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Committee for Amnesty for All Objectors to War and Conscription

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"The report of the President's Amnesty Board is entirely devoid of statesmanship, justice, consistency, and vision." What has been enacted is not amnesty, but only individual pardons, with only 10% of Selective Service violators and less than a quarter of Jehovah's Witnesses pardoned. Objects to the distinction between religious objectors and those who object on an intellectual, political, or sociological grounds; no mention of religious objectors missing from the list or of "Negroes who could not conscientiously serve in the armed forces under conditions of segregation."

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