John Nevin Sayre


John Nevin Sayre was an American Episcopal priest, peace activist, and author. He was an active member of the Fellowship of Reconciliation and helped found the Episcopal Pacifist Fellowship. The US State Department official Francis Bowes Sayre Sr. was his brother.

Reputation

Sayre promoted peace and supported conscientious objectors throughout the world through magazines he edited, books that he wrote, and various peace organizations he belonged to or founded.

Academics

Sayre taught nonviolent techniques at the Brookwood Labor College.

Hiss Case

's wife Esther Shemitz and her friend Grace Lumpkin worked for Sayre on the staff of The World Tomorrow magazine during the 1920s.
Later, Sayre's brother Francis Bowes Sayre Sr. had Alger Hiss reporting to him at the State Department, then declined to testify on Hiss's behalf.