THE MAIL

To the Editor of the Crimson:

Two recent editorials in the Crimson have dealt in a very fair way with the relation of pacifists to the country's war effort. At a time when sentiment against minorities is growing in intensity, (viz. against the Jews, Japanese aliens, etc.) it is especially heartening to hear the voice of undergraduate Harvard supporting the right to individual opinion and allegiance to personal conscience and conviction.

The picture which the Crimson paints inevitably emphasizes the negative aspects of pacifism. However, although they balk at ditch-jumping, the C.O.'s at Harvard are willing to pull their load in the search for better understanding among the peoples of this country and the world. Members of the Association are engaged actively in such work as the Council on Post-war Problems, settlement-house work, social work-projects of various sorts, Volunteer Civil Defense Work, etc., etc. We feel we owe a debt of gratitude to the Crimson for its service in helping to remove the misunderstanding which makes the work of the pacifists doubly difficult in war time. Hugh Barbour '42,   Preston Roberts '43,   Richard Henry '43,   for the Harvard Pacifist Association.