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Box 1

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Contains 17 Results:

U.S. Military – Volunteer Force. Counter-recruitment and military counseling, approximately 1970–1999

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1 A, B
Scope and Contents

Pamphlets, flyers and guides on draft registration, school recruitment, counter-recruitment and military counseling from the Peace Education Center, War Resisters League, Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors (CCCO), Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), Fellowship of Reconciliation, Committee against Registration and the Draft (CARD) et al.

Dates: approximately 1970–1999

U.S. Military – Volunteer Force. Countering Militarism, approximately 1978

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2 A, B, C, D
Scope and Contents

A) Essays on militarism in education. B) Poster from War Resister's League (undated). C) Michigan: Protest of Lansing Marine Day. D) Military recruitment ads and brochures.

Dates: approximately 1978

U.S. Military – Volunteer Force — Michigan. Special Defense Force Bill, 1986-1988

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents

Copy of bill; Legal analysis by the MI Senate Analysis Section (SAS); PEC's position; legislators' opinions; article on state defense forces; earlier versions from 1986; misc.

Dates: 1986-1988

U.S. Military – Volunteer Force – Opposition to Selective Service Registration and a new draft, approximately 1980-1989

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents

Materials from Ingham County Committee against Registration and the Draft (I-CARD), M-CARD, CARD, Madison Draft Resistance Coalition, MN Coalition Against Conscription and the CCCO. News articles. Military counseling materials.

Dates: approximately 1980-1989

U.S. Military – Volunteer Force – Opposition to Selective Service Registration and a new draft, 1973–1981

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents

Newsletters, memoranda, legislative bills, newspaper clippings, action alerts. The Herald (East Lasing, MI) (May 1980).

Dates: 1973–1981

U.S. Military – Draft – American Exiles, approximately 1970-1979

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents Periodicals: Zero: Paris American Exile Rock Bottom Newsletter (June, 1973); Amex Canada: Published by Americans in Canada (Vol. 4, Nos. 1 and 7, 1973). Pamphlet: Toronto American Exile's Association. Essay: Gardner, Robert, "A Canadian Perspective, AMNESTY WHEN?"(no date). Instructional Leaflet: Toronto Anti-Draft Programme, "Escape from Freedom: Immigration to Canada as an Alternative to the Draft." (no date). Misc. news articles and a 1975 PEC announcement of guest speaker on American...
Dates: approximately 1970-1979

U.S. Military – Draft – Amnesty for Resisters and Deserters, approximately 1970-1979

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 7 A, B
Scope and Contents

A) Background history of amnesty (1 sheet). Brochures, newsletters and position papers. Amnesty petition. Handwritten notes. News articles. CCCO brochure explaining 1974 clemency program. B) Newspaper clippings re. amnesty debate; articles on plight of deserters.

Dates: approximately 1970-1979

U.S. Military – Draft -- Amnesty for Resisters and Deserters, 1973

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents

Periodicals: Event Amnesty (American Lutheran Church, May 1973); Liberty, A Magazine of Religious Freedom (Religious Liberty Association of America and the Seventh-day Adventist Church, Nov/Dec 1973); Ramparts (November 1971); Amnesty, A Special Report of American Report (May 7, 1973).

Dates: 1973

U.S. Military – Draft -- Amnesty – Positions of Elected Officials, 1971-1974

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents

Signed Letters from Senators George McGovern (SD), Robert Griffin (MI), Philip Hart (MI), Robert Taft, Jr. (OH), Congressman Charles Chamberlain (MI), Michigan State Representative Jackie Vaughn III, Michigan Attorney General Frank Kelley. Copies of proposed amnesty bills introduced in Congress. Critique of President Ford's Amnesty Plan by the United Church of Christ Center for Social Action.

Dates: 1971-1974

U.S. Military – Draft -- Amnesty, 1973

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents

Position papers and pamphlets from the National Inter-religious Service Board for Conscientious Objectors (NISBCO).

Dates: 1973