National Council Against Conscription (U.S.)
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
National Council Against Conscription Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-052
Abstract
The National Council Against Conscription had its first official meeting on December 13, 1945 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Nation Council Against Conscription worked to defeat various legislative measures which promoted universal military training and peacetime conscription, by lobbying Congress, public speaking, publishing detailed analyses of proposed legislation, corresponding with magazine and newspaper editors about their coverage of Universal Military Training, and producing...
Dates:
1944-1960
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
National Council for Prevention of War Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-DG-023
Abstract
The National Council for Prevention of War (NCPW) was directed by J. Frederick Libby for many years; it lobbied Congress and created educational peace material, among other activities and campaigns.
Dates:
1921-1975
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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- Conscientious objection -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources 1
- Conscientious objectors -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Draft -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Neutrality -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- Peace -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources 1
- Peace movements -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- United States -- Armed Forces -- African Americans -- History -- Sources 1
- United States -- Race relations -- History -- Sources 1
- Women and the military -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- United States -- Sources 1 + ∧ less
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