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People's Council of America for Democracy and Peace

 Organization

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

American Conference for Democracy and Terms of Peace Collected Records

 Collection — Othertype CDG-A
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-American Conference for Democracy
Overview

The People's Council of America for Democracy and Peace grew out of the First American Conference for Democracy and Terms of Peace, held in New York, May 1917. It was organized to work for an early and liberal peace at the end of the World War. It favored world organizations and disapproved of conscription.

Dates: 1917-1919

Emergency Peace Federation Collected Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-Emergency Peace Federation
Overview

The Emergency Peace Federation was organized to oppose U.S. drift into the the first world war. In July 1917 the Federation merged with the People's Council of America for Democracy and Peace.

Dates: 1914-1917

People's Council of America for Democracy and Peace Collected Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-A-PCADP
Overview The People's Council of America for Democracy and Peace grew out of the First American Conference for Democracy and Terms of Peace, held in New York, May 1917. It was organized to work for an early and liberal peace at the end of the World War. It favored world organizations, and disapproved of conscription. Officers were Louis Lochner, Emily Greene Balch, Rebecca Shelley, Scott Nearing, David Starr Jordan, Crystal Eastman, Eugene Debs, John Haynes Holmes, Henry W.L. Dana, Max Eastman, and...
Dates: 1917-1919

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  • Subject: Peace movements -- United States -- History -- Sources X

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Neutrality -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
World War, 1914-1918 -- Peace -- Sources 1