C
Missouri Peace Studies Institute, Records, 1965-1979
3694
6.8 linear feet
This collection is available at The State Historical Society of Missouri. If you would like more
information, please contact us at shsresearch@umsystem.edu.
INTRODUCTION
Papers of a Columbia-based organization established in September 1968 to discover ways
to implement peace, to promote and encourage peace research and education, and to work with
other peace organizations. Functioning as a research facility, the institute gathered data on such
topics as amnesty, the post-Vietnam era, the arms race, war toys, and war tax resistance. As an
institution cooperating with other pacifist groups, it worked with organizations such as the War
Resisters, the American Friends Service Committee, and the Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors. The Missouri Peace Studies Institute disbanded in December 1978.
DONOR INFORMATION
The Missouri Peace Studies Institute Records were donated to the University of Missouri
by Suzy Morse on 21 December 1978 (Accession No. 4205).
ORGANIZATIONAL SKETCH
From 1968 to 1978 the Missouri Peace Studies Institute participated in and initiated
many programs involving peace education and research. The group sponsored such speakers as
anti-war activist Phillip Berrigan; journalist and discoverer of South Vietnam’s tiger cages, Don
Luce; chairperson of the War Resisters League, Igal Roodenko; and singer and composer of antiwar and feminist songs, Holly Near. Along with the institute’s newsletter, PAX members published papers concerning the use of nuclear weapons and the effect of showing films on Hiroshima to students in Missouri.
The Vietnam War became a major issue for the organization. As the United States became more involved in Indochina, the group became more visible. On radio and television they
locally sponsored the “Unsell the War” advertisements—a national campaign to end the war.
The institute also participated in vigils.
After the Paris Peace Treaty was signed on 27 January 1973, the discussion of amnesty
for draft evaders and deserters opened. When Gerald Ford announced his clemency plan on 16
September 1974 the issue was debated and the members of the institute voiced their opinions in
local press, demonstrations, and petitions.
Even though pacifism was the organization’s major theme, the institute participated in
several events outside this stance. One of these events was a local Planetary Citizenship Campaign.
In the early years the institute was a program of the Ecumenical Ministry Board, Columbia, Missouri, but eventually the organizations separated. Staff makeup included an executive
director, associated director, research associate(s), and volunteers.
SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE
The Missouri Peace Studies Institute records are divided into two sections: records of the
group and subject files collected by the institute. In the first section materials are arranged by
type, with correspondence arranged chronologically; in the second section topics are arranged
C 3694 Missouri Peace Studies Institute, Records, 1965-1979
alphabetically.
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FOLDER LIST
f. 1-64
f. 65-73
f. 65
f. 66
f. 69
f. 73
f. 74-81
f. 74-77
f. 78-79
f. 80-81
f. 82-103
f. 82
f. 84
f. 104-120
f. 118
f. 121
f. 122-125
f. 126-495
f. 126
f. 127-132
f. 133-158
f. 159-162
f. 163-170
f. 171-176
f. 177-183
f. 184
Correspondence, 1965, 1968-1979. Correspondence concerning the philosophical
and financial establishment of the institute; the requisition of printed materials
from various peace organizations; and the historical happenings and strategies
surrounding the protest of the Vietnam War and war in general.
Diaries, Minutes, Proceedings. Proposals, bylaws, and annual and monthly
minutes of the institute. Section shows the organization's structure as well as
lists its active members.
Original proposal of the institute, noting its relationship, as a cooperative program, to An Ecumenical Ministry in Higher Education, Columbia, Missouri.
Statements of purpose.
First meeting notes concerning the establishment of the institute.
Minutes of a special meeting of the institute and the Ecumenical Board questioning the institute's activities and tie to the center.
Printed Materials. Flyers, newspaper clippings, and local advertisements concerning the group and its quest for peace and amnesty after the Vietnam War.
Printed materials
PAX, the institute's monthly newsletter (1973, 1975-1977)
Questionnaire and information forms used for interviewing employees and
volunteers.
Financial Documents. Receipts, bank statements, canceled checks, fundraising
list, and other financial papers.
Budget, undated.
Financial Reports, 1969, 1971-1976.
Literary Productions. Papers written by the members of the institute, program
proposals, speech, reports, and press releases on speakers, films, and other
events presented by the organization.
Broadcast spots and script for local mass media.
Photographic Materials. Publicity shot of a member of the organization.
Lists of contacts from various organizations.
Subjects. Materials on diverse topics collected during the late 1970s, relating to
the group's anti-war stance. Subjects are arranged alphabetically and are further organized by type of material: printed, financial, literary, legal, and
maps, diagrams, graphs and lists. Most of the material is printed--newsletters,
journals and magazine and newspaper clippings.
Action for World Community.
American Friends Service Committee.
Amnesty
Another Mother for Peace.
Anti-ballistic missile
Arms Control Association.
Arms race.
Asia
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f. 185
f. 186-190
f. 191-192
f. 193-195
f. 196-197
f. 198
f. 199-209
f. 210-215
f. 216-221
f. 222
f. 223-224
f. 225
f. 226-231
f. 232
f. 233-236
f. 237-240
f. 241-244
f. 245-247
f. 248
f. 249-252
f. 253-257
f. 258
f. 259
f. 260-269
f. 270-272
f. 273-278
f. 279-285
f. 286
f. 287-288
f. 289-300
f. 301-303
f. 304
f. 305
f. 306
f. 307
f. 308-310
f. 311
f. 312
f. 313-324
f. 325-329
f. 330-341
f. 342
f. 343-356
f. 357-369
Association for the Education of the Young Child
B-1 Bomber
Bicentennial, 1976
Business Executives Move
Cambodia
Canadian Peace Research Institute
Center for Conflict Resolution
Center for Teaching About War and Peace.
Center for War/Peace Studies
Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors
China
The Christophers
Civil Defense
Civil rights
Clergy and Laity Concerned
Coalition for a New Foreign and Military Policy
Coalition on National Priorities and Military Policy
Communism
Communiversity
Council for a Department of Peace, Inc
Counter-Recruitment
Cuba
Democratic Party
Department of State
Ecology
Fellowship of Reconciliation
Firearms Project Information
Holly Near
India
Indochina Peace Information
Institute for the Study of Nonviolence
In the Public's Interest
Irenology course
Irish Civil War
Korea
Land reform
Laos
Methodist Federation for social Action
The Middle East
Militarism
Peace education
Peace poetry
Peace research
Peace studies
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f. 370-379
f. 380-383
f. 384-393
f. 394
f. 395
f. 396-399
f. 400-405
f. 406-412
f. 413
f. 414
f. 415
f. 416-418
f. 419-426
f. 427
f. 428-432
f. 433-437
f. 438-451
f. 452-462
f. 463-465
f. 466-471
f. 472
f. 473-476
f. 477-483
f. 484-487
f. 488-490
f. 491-492
f. 493-494
f. 495
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Peace Study and World Order Institutions
Planetary Citizenship Campaign
SANE
Senate Bill 1
Senators and representatives
Spain
St. Louis Institute for the Study of Peace and Justice
St. Louis Peace Research Laboratory
Syracuse Peace Council
Syria
Trident submarine
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
United Nations.
United State Committee for Refugees
War Control Planners, Inc.
War Resisters, International
War Resisters League, National
War Resisters League, local groups
War Resisters League, Fellowship of Reconciliation
War tax resistance
War toys
Washington Watch
World Federalist
World Law Fund
World Peace Council
World Peace Tax Fund
World Without War Council
Miscellaneous printed materials
INDEX TERMS
Subject
Action for World Community, Washington, D. C.
Ad Hoc Coalition for a New Foreign Policy, Washington, D.C.
American Civil Liberties Union, Columbia, Missouri
American Friends Service Committee, Chicago, Illinois
American Friends Service Committee, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania
American Friends Service Committee, St. Louis,
Missouri
American Report, New York, New York
Folders
126
50,56,142,238,291
48
42
22,26-30,36,63,127-131,290,291
3,40,45,46,129
137,143
Image
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American Revolution Bicentennial, 1976
American-Korean Friendship and Information Center
Americans for Amnesty
Americans for Middle East Understanding
Amex\Canada, Americans Exiled in Canada
Amnesty
Amnesty Action, Amnesty International
Amnesty for Vets Too, National Council for Universal and Unconditional Amnesty
Amnesty Information Service, National Interreligious Service Board for Conscientious Objectors
Amnesty International
Amnesty International Newsletter, Amnesty International
Amnesty International, San Francisco, California
Amnesty News, Americans for Amnesty
Amnesty Report, Safe Return Amnesty Committee,
Families of Resisters for Amnesty
Another Mother for Peace
Anti-Draft and Amnesty Clearing House
Antimissile missiles
Arms Control Association, Washington, D.C.
Arms Race
Asia
Association for the Education of the Young Child,
Washington, D.C.
Association of World Colleges and Universities
B. E. M. News Notes, Business Executives Move for
Vietnam Peace and New National Priorities
B-1 (Bomber)
Bangladesh Relief Committee, St. Louis, Missouri
Berrigan, Philip Francis (1923- )
Black veterans
Bradford, Susan
Bristol, James
Business Executives Move for Vietnam Peace and
New National Priorities, Washington, D.C.
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Folders
43,191,192
307
138
315,316,414
45,60,63,140,143
29,34,41,43,48,60,64,74,75,132-158,222,465
142
136
142
139,142,143
143
34
138
142
5,8,14,18,159-162
146
163-170
171-176
75,117-183
184
185
375
194
36,46,47,51,54-57,59,186-190
20
11,34,58,74
139
56-59
26,116
2,3,7,9,26,193-195
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C. A. L. C. Newsletter, Clergy and Laity Concerned
C. A. L. C. Reports, Clergy and Laity Concerned
C. C. R. Newsletter, Center for Conflict Resolution
Cambodia
Campaign 100, Safe Return Amnesty Committee,
Families of Resisters for Amnesty
Campaign 100, Safe Return Amnesty Committee,
Families of Resisters for Amnesty
Canadian Peace Research Institute, Ontario, Canada
CCCO News Notes, Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors
Center for Conflict Resolution, Madison, Wisconsin
Center for Peace Studies
Center for Rural Studies
Center for Teaching About War and Peace, Wayne
State University, Detroit, Michigan
Center for War/Peace Studies, New York, New
York
Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Checkpoint, Citizens Committee for Global Safety,
War Control Planners, Inc.
China
The Christophers
Civil defense
Civil rights
Clergy and Laity Concerned, New York, New York
Clergy and Laity Concerned, St. Louis, Missouri
Coalition for a New Foreign and Military Policy,
Washington, D.C.
Coalition on National Priorities and Military Policy,
Washington, D.C.
Coalition to Stop Funding the War, Washington,
D.C.
Communism
Communiversity, Columbia, Missouri
Condon, Larry E.
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Folders
235
235
200-207
196,197
144
6,44,64,198
222
63,199-209,370
374
308,309
210-215
64,216-221,35,336,360,374
29,58,59,142,222,254,257,329
429-431
223,224
35, 225
226-231
232
27-30,36,38,46,47,55,59,60,233-236
44,46
58,237-240
9,57,241-244
49
245-247
248
22,23,64
Image
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Subject
Conscientious Objectors
Continental Walk for Disarmament and Peace, Columbia, Missouri
The Continental Walk for Disarmament and Peace,
National Walk
Council for a Department of Peace, Washington,
D.C.
Counter Pentagon, Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Counter-Recruitment
Cuba
Current Foreign Policy, Department of State, Bureau of Public Affairs
Dai Dong Newsletter, International Fellowship of
Reconciliation
Davis, Arlene
Democratic Party
The Destruction of Indochina, Stanford Biology
Study Group
Disarmament
Eagleton, Thomas Francis (1929-2007)
The Eclipse, National Association of Black Veterans
Ecology
Ecumenical Ministry in Higher Education, Columbia, Missouri
Education for a Global Society, Center for
War/Peace Studies
Families of Resisters for Amnesty, Safe Return Amnesty Committee
Fellowship of Reconciliation, Committee on Militarism in Education
Fellowship of Reconciliation, Kansas City, Missouri
Fellowship of Reconciliation, Nyack, New York
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Folders
29,58,59,142,222,254,257,329
62
62
249-252
142
253-257
258
261
238
36,45,46,53
259
296
40,364,490
27, 30, 57
139
270-272
1, 6, 118
335, 336
142, 144
326
49, 124
35, 38, 39, 43, 46, 48, 51, 54, 55, 57, 59, 273278
314
Fellowship: The Magazine of the Fellowship of
Reconciliation
Fellowships in World Community, Action for World 126
Community
Firearms Project Information
279-285
Image
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Foreign Affairs Newsletter, Institute for International Policy
Foreign Policy Outlines, Department of State
Friendshipment, People to People Aid to Vietnam,
New York, New York
Global Perspective in Education, Center for
War/Peace Studies
God and Caesar, Commission in Home Ministries
of the General Conference Mennonite Church
Granberg, Donald
Hanson, Ada
Help Unsell the War, New York, NY
In the Public's Interest
India
Indian Opinion, Indians for Democracy
Indians for Democracy, Lansing, Michigan
Indochina Chronicle, Indochina Resource Center
Indochina Focal Point, Indochina Peace Campaign
Indochina Peace Information
Indochina Program Newsletter, American Friends
Service Committee, Incorporated
Indochina Resource Center
Indochina Supplement, War Resisters International
Institute for Education in Peace and Justice, St.
Louis, Missouri
Institute for International Policy
Institute for the Study of Nonviolence, Palo Alto,
California
Institute for the Study of Peace, St. Louis Institute
for the Study of Peace and Justice
Institute for World Order, Inc., New York, New
York
Intercom, Center for War/Peace Studies of the
New York Friends Group, Incorporated
The Interdependent, United Nations Association
Interfaith Council for Peace, Clergy and Laity Concerned
International Fellowship of Reconciliation
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Folders
262
24, 262
290
221
467
4, 11, 29, 44, 104-106, 110
27, 29, 35, 36, 39
11, 13, 18, 19, 22, 23, 71
304
287-288
288
51-53, 288
290
290
289-300
290
290, 292, 293
291
48, 51
262
48, 301-303
401, 402
33, 36, 37, 43, 59, 375, 376
218
422, 423
234, 235
238
Image
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International Peace Studies Newsletter, Center for
Peace Studies
Ireland, Civil War
Israel
Jewish Peace Fellowship
Kerr, William
Khmer Republic
Korea
Korea Focus, American-Korean Friendship and Information Center
Kurtz, Harriet B.
Kurtz, Howard
Lacefield, Patrick
page 10
Folders
Image
374
306
319-324
215
1, 73
196, 197
307
307
12, 61, 428, 432
61, 428, 432
34, 36, 39, 40, 42, 44, 46-51, 55-59, 63, 75,
465
308-310
311
238, 291
Land tenure
Laos
Legislative Update, Ad Hoc Coalition for a New
Foreign Policy
Lentz, Theodore F. (1888- )
1, 5, 6, 11, 25, 28, 29, 354, 356, 406-410
Lessons of Vietnam, American Friends Service
291
Committee
The Link, Americans for Middle East Understanding 315, 316, 414
Local Motion, Fellowship of Reconciliation
274, 275
Lotus, Jersey Shore War Resisters League, Ocean 456, 457
Township, New Jersey
Luce, Donald
2, 17, 19, 37, 46, 47, 55, 59, 74, 77, 115
Luce, Donald
116
Magner, John M., Jr.
17, 19, 20, 27, 28, 32-39, 45-49
Matchbox, Amnesty International
139
Mayer, Bob
6, 40, 48, 49
McGinnis, James B.
5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14, 15, 23, 30
Methodist Federation for Social Action, Ardsley,
312
NY
Middle East
40, 313-324, 387, 438
The Middle East Peace Organizer, San Francisco, 314
CA
Militarism
325-329
Missouri Peace Studies Institute, Columbia, Mis- 1
y
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Subject
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Folders
Image
souri
Missouri Tax Reform Group Newsletter, Missouri 467
Tax Reform Group
N. C. U. U. A. Amnesty Update, National Council for 144, 145
Universal and Unconditional Amnesty
National Association of Black Veterans, Incorpo139
rated
National Committee for an Effective Congress,
55
New York, New York
National Council for Universal and Unconditional 34, 38, 41-43, 45-47, 50, 53, 57, 58, 136, 139,
Amnesty, New York, New York
144, 145
National Interreligious Service Board for Conscien- 142
tious Objectors
Near, Holly
58, 59, 286
Near, Holly
286, #4
y
Neo-Colonialism
488
Ngo Cong Duc
45, 74, 117
Ngo Cong Duc
117, #2
y
Nuclear submarines
49, 52, 415
One Family, Planetary Citizens
380
Organizer's Update, Ad Hoc Coalition for a New
238
Foreign Policy
P. A. X., Council for a Department of Peace, Inc.
250
P. A. X., Missouri Peace Studies Institute, Fellow- 78, 79
ship of Reconcilliation, and War Registers League
Palestine
317-323
The Palestine Liberation Organization
319, 320, 323
Peace Courier, World Peace Council
489, 490
Peace Pilgrim
8, 37, 41, 47, 48
Peace, Poetry
342
Peace, Research
343-356
Peace, St. Louis Institute for the Study of Peace
403, 404
Peace, Study and teaching
300-341, 357-379
People and Land, Center for Rural Studies
308-309
The People Bicentennial Commission, Washington, 43, 191
D.C.
Phoenix Project
20, 21
Planetary Citizen, Planetary Citizen Registry
380
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Subject
Planetary Citizens, New York, New York
Planetary Citizens, Ottawa, Canada
Planetary Citizenship Campaign, Columbia, Missouri
Prasad, Devi
Projectiles
Quaker Service Bulletin, American Friends Service
Committee, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Refugees
Resistance, Information Department, Palestine
Liberation Organization
Rights, National Council for Universal and Unconditional Amnesty
Rondenko, Igal
Rosser, Jerry L.
Safe Return Amnesty Committee, New York, New
York
Safe Return, Safe Return Amnesty Committee
Sane Action, SANE, Wahington, D. C.
SANE News, SANE, Washington, D.C.
SANE Report, SANE, Washington, D.C.
SANE World, SANE, Washington, D.C.
SANE, New York, NY
SANE, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
SANE, Washington, D.C.
Schuder, John C.
Setu, Peace Research Centre
Shalom, Jewish Peace Fellowship
Social Questions Bulletin, the Methodist Federation for Social Action
Sombke, Laurence R.
Southern Poverty Law Center, Montgomery, Alabama
Soviet Union
Spain
St. Louis Institute for the Study of Peace and Jus-
page 12
Folders
380-383
24, 26, 28
29, 78, 116, 184
46, 51-53, 287
39, 40, 48, 279-284
130
427
320
139
7, 44, 116
3-21, 23-26, 28, 29, 31, 36, 42, 58, 71, 72, 74,
75, 80, 108, 111, 120
60, 141
141
386-388
389
386-391
391
3, 5, 7-9, 12, 19, 24, 28, 31, 32, 39, 51, 56
42, 54, 384-393
390
1, 17, 25, 28, 29, 31, 36, 37, 43, 47, 51, 60, 71,
72, 74, 75, 118
345
275
312
5, 13, 14, 16, 17, 57
27, 33, 41, 62
416-418
396-399
45, 56, 400-405
Image
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Folders
tice, St. Louis
St. Louis Peace Research Laboratory, St. Louis
1, 7, 63, 406-412
Stanford Biology Study Group
296
Stanley, Eric Robert
46, 51-56, 60, 80
Stop the B-1 Bomber National Peace Conversion 187, 188
Campaign
Symington, Stuart (1901-1988)
8, 20, 21, 26, 27, 56, 57
Syracuse Peace Council, Syracuse, NY
414
Syria
414
Thói-Báo Gá, the Vietnam Resource Center
291, 292
Tinker, Leonard E.
3, 5, 6, 11, 16, 23-25
Together, Youth for Federal Union
479
Transition, Institute for World Order
375, 376
Trocme, Andre
114
Trocme, Magda
3
U.S. and Indochina, Indochina Resource Center
292, 293
U.S. Committee for a Democratic Spain, New York, 50, 54, 396-399
New York
U.S. Committee for Refugees, New York, New York 427
U.S. Department of State
24, 260-269
United Nations
261, 419-426
Vietnam Quarterly, Vietnam Resource Center
56
Vietnam Resource Center
56, 291, 292
Vietnam Veterans Against the War, New York, New 125
York
Vietnam Veterans Against the War/Winter Soldier 19, 28, 32, 125
Organization, St. Louis
Vietnam War, 1961-1975
29, 43, 59, 105, 106, 131, 132, 290-292, 300,
449
Vietnam, Democratic Republic of
26, 238, 289-300
Vietnam, Republic of
36, 53, 289-294, 299, 300, 449
Vietnam, Republic of, Crop Destruction
238
W. I. N., Win Publishing Empire, War Resisters
15, 43, 61, 187
League
W. R. I. Newsletter, War Registers International
434-436
W. R. L. News, War Registers League
443-445
W. R. L. South Central News, South-Central Re460
Image
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Subject
gional Office, War Registers League, Austin, Texas
W.F.O., U.S.A. Federalist Letter, World Federalist
War Control Planners Inc., New York
War Register, Western Region Office, War Registers League, San Francisco, California
War Resisters International, Belgium
War Resisters League
War Resisters League, Kansas City, Missouri
War Resisters League, Local Groups
War Resisters League, National
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481
459
291, 433-436
15, 43, 61, 187
27, 32, 50, 61
452-465
15, 27, 31, 35, 36, 38-40, 43, 44, 46, 48, 52,
60, 62, 438-451
War Resisters League, Plains States Region, Kansas 459
City, Kansas
War Resisters League/Fellowship of Reconciliation, 46, 49, 51, 53, 58-60, 66, 463-465
Columbia, Missouri
War Tax Resistance
466-471
War Toys
472
War/Peace, Gordon and Breach Center for
360
War/Peace Studies
Washington Watch, Washington, D.C.
473-475
Wickersham, William
1-3, 5, 12, 15, 21, 23, 30, 42, 57, 60, 75, 80,
108-110, 115, 118, 383
Women Strike for Peace, Anti-Draft and Amnesty 146
Clearing House
Women's International League for Peace and
29, 34
Freedom, St. Louis
Women's International League for Peace and
29, 476
Freedom/Women's Strike for Peace, Washington,
D.C.
Women's Strike for Peace
29, 476
World Federalist Newsletter, World Federalist
479
World Federalist, Washington, D.C.
477-483
World Federalists News, World Federalist
480
World Law Fund Progress Report, World Law Fund 9, 10, 332, 340, 376, 484-487
World Law Fund, New York, New York
485, 486
World Peace Council, Helsinki, Finland
488-490
World Peace Tax Fund, Ann Arbor, Michigan
431, 491, 492
World Refugee Report, U.S. Committee for Refu- 427
Image
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Subject
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gees
World Without War Council on the U.S., New York, 493, 494
New York
Youth for Federal Union
479
Zionism
40, 319, 320, 322, 323
Image