Box 9

Includes: a statement released by the Friends Medical Society denouncing the use of thermonuclear warfare; a report on a symposium held by the society in 1976; a questionnaire to society membership, including some responses; and a resolution of the Society denouncing legislation which required mandatory reporting of the prescription of contraceptives to the guardians of those under 18.

Reports, forms, and correspondence between officers of the Friends Medical Society and government officials re: the tax status of the Society. The primary subject is if the Society can legally receive tax-exemption status.

A draft of a telegram addressed to President John F. Kennedy asking him to not resume nuclear testing

Correspondence between officers of the Friends Medical Society and H. Hainer Turner re: the need for specialists for the American Friends Service Committee' rehabilitation program in South Vietnam

Correspondence discussing the relationship between conscientious objectors, the oath taken by federal employees, and the employment of conscientious objector doctors in Veterans Administration hospitals

A letter from Lawrence Scott (from the Vigil at Fort Detrick) asking for the support of the Friends Medical Society with a campaign against biological warfare

Two letters, between J. Huston Westover and Lewis Waddilove, on the subject of an article written by Waddilove and a program run by Westover

Includes correspondence written by Charles Walker in his capacity as part-time executive secretary for the Friends Medical Society soon after the Society was founded. Primary subject is the Society's infrastructure and goals. Also includes a note describing Walker's resignation from the position

Correspondence and notes on the work of the National Conference on Wolrd Health and the World Health Organization and how it related to the Friends Medical Society