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Milton Mayer, journalist and educator, talks with Studs about Quakerism. They talk about how religion relates to society in the times of change. Mr Mayer describes an exchange with a gentleman who asked what is a Quaker. The man had been an SS officer who told Mr Mayer his story. The man had been touched by the anonymous generosity of the Quakers many years before. Mr Mayer speaks of A. J. Musty, clergyman and political activist as his mentor and friend, and the things he learned from him.
Interviewing pacifist Reverend William Sloane Coffin.
Interviewing pacifist Reverend William Sloane Coffin.
A theologian and civil rights activist, Schomer refused ministerial exemption from the draft during World War II and, instead chose to register as a conscientious objector.