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Social Services Recommendation: Concerning Conscientious


WHEREAS, Request comes from National Service Board of Religious Objectors that the Southern Baptist Convention take under consideration the service rendered during the war by other denominations to conscientious objectors who were members of Southern Baptist churches, and the expense they incurred in that service, and

WHEREAS, The churches of our Convention have not fully reimbursed the agencies who lent assistance to the members, and the Convention itself has taken no direct action in the matter beyond acting as a receiver of voluntary funds.

We recommend that the Executive Committee of the Convention be requested to study the facts of the situation and take such action as in its judgment the Convention should rightfully take in the matter.

We further urge upon the President of the United States and the military authorities to grant amnesty at the earliest possible moment to the conscientious objectors still held in camps or prisons.