Word: armament
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...leaders of the group opposing Moral Re-armament, we feel that our purposes and activities were severely misrepresented in the CRIMSON. Demonstrations are difficult to control, and we wish to go on record as disassociating ourselves from those who treated the concert as a joke. The fact that we distributed a serious, responsible leaflet criticizing MRA was ignored, and we are not certain that the CRIMSON read it. One of us was instrumental in getting the YD's and YR's to present a disclaimer. Regrettably, mention of this was also omitted...
...When the Government decided to start 'rehabilitating' detainees, the camp was handed over to the Moral Re-Armament organization...
...kind of guilt MRA plays on. This is the stranglehold it has on the Sing-Out Kids. They are straight, they say. No drinking, no smoking, no dating. There are no rules against such vices in the organization, but no one indulges. In the handbook Moral Re-Armament: What is It? it is made very clear that these are evils. They pollute your mind and sap your energy, draw it away from the Cause...
What about practical problems? Vietnam? Well, they answer, if people followed Moral Re-Armament we would not have such problems. Perhaps, but what now? People must change. Oh. And when you confront them with the obvious impracticality of their solutions, they just smile a knowing smile as if to say, "You'll catch on. We know. You'll catch...
...possibility [for solving the problem of Vietnam]. It was suggested to me by the late President Diem shortly before he was killed and he was overruled by certain people in the United States State Department. It was, and I quote, 'A massive saturation program of Vietnam by Moral Re-Armament.'" (Peter Howard in Pace, July...