Traitors, or Ill-Treated?

Introduced into the California Legislature last week was a bill which would bar conscientious objectors from holding any state job. The obvious implication: any man whose religious beliefs will not let him fight should be treated as a traitor or a criminal.

The rest of the nation did not agree. Three public-opinion surveys, just completed by Dr. Leo Crespi of Princeton University's psychology department, show that 75% of the U.S. public think that C.O.s should get better treatment. Whether they serve as hospital attendants, as laborers, or as medical guinea pigs, the nation's 10,000 C.O.s (those in class 4-E, as distinguished from the 1-A.O.s who accept noncombatant military service) are supported, chiefly by their churches and sympathizers. The public thinks they should get both good wages and family allotments.

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