Subject: War -- Economic aspects -- United States -- History -- Sources - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

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Extent:: 11 linear ft. (22 boxes + 3 unprocessed boxes (acc. 2023-025))
Abstract:: The National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee was formed in September 1982 at a National Action Conference of the War Resisters League and the Center on Law and Pacifism. Its supporters promote war tax resistance on the national level. The NWTRC is not to be confused with the organization War Tax Resistance, begun in New York, New York in 1969.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

Extent:: 40 linear ft. (40 linear feet)
Abstract:: Founded in 1967 as Business Executives Move for Vietnam Peace; objectives were to press for practical steps toward ending American participation in the Vietnamese Conflict, to use the business community's influence in expanding public support for disengagement, and to emphasize the war's adverse effect on the economy; name of the organization was changed in 1970 to Business Executives Move for Vietnam Peace and New National Priorities, later (1973) shortened to Business Executives Move for New National Priorities. Henry E. Niles served as co-chairman of BEM with Harold Willens from 1967 to January 1969 and continued as chairman until the organization disbanded in 1982; successor organization: Business Executives for National Security, Inc.

Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]

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