[1] Motivated by their Quaker faith, both of his parents publicly advocated for peace, and his mother was active with the Independent Labour Party.
[1] His experience working with this publication brought him into contact with a broader array of peace activists, including church's of different backgrounds and political and social groups.
Sales of Peace News peaked at around 40,000 during the so-called Phoney War following the German invasion of Poland in September 1939 and before major land battles in Europe.
However, together with the typographer Eric Gill, Hugh Brock and his brother Ashley, and many others, Moore continued to publish Peace News and arrange for distribution around the UK.
In 1940 the PPU appointed John Middleton Murry to edit the paper, asking Moore to stay on as assistant editor.