Thomas Merton was a sponsor of the Catholic Peace Fellowship. Merton, a Trappist Monk, lived at the Abbey of Gethsemani, Trappist, Kentucky. Merton sent a letter to local draft board 47, calling the draft illegitimate and unjust.
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