Evening star., 1944-04-30
Lack Of Opposition
To War Keeping u. 5,
Calm, Baldwin Says

America lOQay was COlQ Dy Roger
Baldwin, director of the Civil Lib
critics Union, yesterday that ten
sions arising from the present wal
are relatively small compared te
the First World War.
Mr.. Baldwin said he didn't know
of any teachers or preachers who
have lost their jobs because OF
pacifist views, and there is no army
of strikebreakers and gunmen" en-
ployed against labor. And ar
extraordinarily liberal Supreme
Court" he said, in a time of war
has even given charter of lib
erty" to Jehovah's Witnesses mot
to salute the flag and to disseminate
their literature"
Little Opposition to War.
Mr.. Baldwin attributed this ex-
traordinary calm" partially to the
fact there is little opposition to
the war and great opposition to the
administration" Because opposition
to the administration is freely ex-
pressed, he explained, channels OF
opinion are kept open.
Addressing session of the insti-
tute yesterday which was spon-
Sored by the Women's International
League for Peace and Freedom as
part of its annual meeting at the
Washington Hotel, Mr.. Baldwin
spoke as substitute for DR..
Eduard c. Lindeman, of the New
York School of Social Service.
The speaker was challenged by
a guest when he quoted an observa-
ton that there is little enthusiasm
for the war in this country" The
guest, who identified himself later
as DR.. Frank B. Gigliotti of Lamesa,
Calf, arose to express the opinion
that records of War Bond purchases
and the fact that thousands of
men are giving their lives to de-
feat the Axis indicates enthusiasm"
in the war effort.
Considered Too Optimistic.
The belief that Mr.. Baldwin had
been vastly over optimistic" how
ever, was expressed later by an
other speaker, r. Boland Brooks.
former secretary of the National
Committee on Civil Liberties of
the Civil Liberties Union. Mr..
Brooks and David Swift, of the
Civilian Public Service section of
the Friends Service Committee, dis
cussed problems of the conscientious
objectors.
Mr.. Brooks charged that consci-
entiouS objectors in CONSUMPTION
camps "are treated little better than
men who have committed felonies,'
but that there is more misunder-
standing about the COS in prison
than any other phase of the prob
lem"
Mr.. Swift said that failure of the
Government to provide dependency
allotments for the conscientious OBJ
jector has produced hardships of
great concern to the Friends Service
Committee.
Mrs. Gladys WalSer, chairman OF
the Institutes Committee on Japa-
neSe-AmericanS, addressing the
closing session last night, said a
study of Japanese-American in relo-
cation areas indicates the majority
OF them will not return to the West
Coast. A result of the war reloca-
ton program, she added, will be to
familiarize them with other parts
of the country and tend to lessen
their segregation in certain areas.
Labor Discussed.
Tension in the labor area, Kermit
Ebby, assistant director of research
for CIO. last night asserted is caused
primarily by a shifting in the bal
ance of power from the capitalist
group to the middleman. He said
the country views with alarm the
power represented by the $4,000 OO(
members of organized labor. There
is, however. mo such thing in Amer
ica as the labor vote" he added
Political affiliation depends upor
economic stratification, geographical
location and family prejudices.
Other speakers included DR.. Fred.
erick Pollock, director of the Insti-
tute Of Social Research, Columbis
University, who discussed Anti.
Semitism," and Mrs. Anne Hedge
man, executive secretary, Nationa
Council for a Permanent Fair EN-.
ployment Practices Committee.
DR.. Pollock said there are "dis.