Word: swomley
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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...last July a young Methodist clergyman from Boston University, the Rev. John M. Swomley Jr., stood before the U. S. Senate's Committee on Military Affairs and argued against the draft act. Dark, intense Pastor Swomley snapped up senatorial eyebrows when he said...
...Swomley: "Mass lust. I will clarify that...
Camps and Vamps. Whether or not the Rev. Mr. Swomley had a cogent argument against conscription, the Army's vice problem was bound to expand along with the expanding Army. Chief of Staff George C. Marshall last fortnight remarked the "influx of persons of questionable reputation" into towns near growing Army posts, begged for local cooperation in keeping soldiers' amusement clean. The American Social Hygiene Association, culling reports from scores of undercover investigations, estimated that by last week 50,000 trulls were on defense duty. The U. S. Public Health Service, anxious to prevent a rise in venereal...
Although pacifists were opposed to the draft, only a few refused to register. A week before registration day John Swomley, of the Fellowship of Reconciliation, talked to the group on what was involved in not registering and advised that they all should sign up. A mock trial of a conscientious objector was also held in order to acquaint members of the League with the answers they should make...