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Administration of C.P.S. activity is directed and largely supported by the three traditional pacifist sects (Quaker, Mennonite, Brethren), but it is under the military supervision of the Selective Service System. Some sectarians wonder: should men obeying a religious authority which to them is superior to that of the state place themselves under such Government control? Others ask: should the Government accept the labor of these men without paying them?*
But the question that nearly every C.O. asked last week was: with the war over in Europe, will Congress release C.O.s for foreign relief work? Most of them would welcome the chance.
*The U.S. does not pay C.O.s for services rendered, does not grant insurance for those injured or killed at work, does not provide for dependents.