Finding Aid of the North Carolina Committee to End the War in Indochina, Raleigh Chapter
Records, 1971 - 1973, ORG.99
Abstract
The North Carolina Committee to End the War in Indochina was a grass roots effort
originating in Winston-Salem in February, 1971, following a meeting on the Wake Forest
University Campus. The Committee attracted support from all areas of the state, and
local chapters were formed in Greensboro and Raleigh. The stated purpose of the organization
was "to further a rapid end to all United States military involvement in the Indochina
War" through complete withdrawal of all U.S. forces by December 31, 1971, by order
of the President or by congressional prohibition of the use of funds for the war after
that date.
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- North Carolina Committee to End the War in Indochina-Raleigh Chapter Records
- Call Number
- ORG.99
- Creator
-
North Carolina Committee to End the War in Indochina. Raleigh Chapter.
- Date
- 1971-1973
- Extent
- 8.00 folders
- Language
-
English
- Repository
-
State Archives of North Carolina
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Org.99, North Carolina Committee to End the War in Indochina,
Raleigh Chapter Records, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh, NC, USA.
Arrangement Note
This collection is arranged chonologically and by topic.
Finding Aid prepared by: Ellen Z. McGrew on 25 January 1977.
Historical Note
The North Carolina Committee to End the War in Indochina was a grass roots effort
originating in Winston-Salem in February, 1971, following a meeting on the Wake Forest
University Campus. At that event, David Schoenbrun, foreign correspondent and author
of , 1968, addressed a crowd of 2,000 persons drawn from all walks of life. The Committee
attracted support from all areas of the state, and local chapters were formed in Greensboro
and Raleigh. Among the sponsors were Terry Sanford, president of Duke University;
James Scales, president of Wake Forest University; and Charles Wade, Jr., of the R.
J. Reynolds Tobacco Company.
The stated purpose of the organization was through complete withdrawal of all U.S. forces by December 31, 1971, by order of
the President or by congressional prohibition of the use of funds for the war after
that date. The Committee was dedicated . It encouraged citizens to write or visit their congressmen, to provide information
to interested persons by mailing material on pending legislation, and to invite speakers
to discuss the situation in Indochina.
The Raleigh Chapter held its first meeting March 7, 1971, at the West Raleigh Presbyterian
Church. In addition to activities cited above, the chapter sponsored an address by
Senator Vance Hartke at Meredith College in June, 1971. As part of the letter writing
campaign, the committee received an especially interesting letter from Congressman
L. H. Fountain (D-N.C.), November 22, 1971, enclosing xerox copies of letters from
President Richard Nixon and F. Edward Herbert, chairman of the House Armed Services
Committee, concerning the defeat of the Nedzi-Whalen amendment which would have cut
off funds for the war after December 31, 1971.
Contents of the Collection
1. Correspondence, Programs, Policy Statements, and Miscellaneous,1971-1973
Correspondence, programs, policy statements, etc.,April-August, 1971
Folder 1
Letters from senators and congressmen: Nick Galifinakis, Sam Ervin, B. Everett Jordan,
L. H. Fountain, Vance Hartke.
Acknowledgements of invitations to speak in Raleigh from Senators Mark Hatfield, Stuart
Symington, Harold E. Hughes.
Program, itinerary, and excerpt from speech of Senator Vance Hartke, Meredith College
Auditorium, ., June 1, 1971
Statement by Senator B. Everett Jordan on the situation in Southeast Asia,May 25, 1971
Correspondence, programs, policy statements, etc.,September-December, 1971
Folder 2
Letters from senators/congressmen: Roy A. Taylor, Alton Lennon, Hugh Scott, B. Everett
Jordan, Nick Galifinakis, Wilmer Mizell, Robert Dole, Birch Bayh, Edmund Muskie, L.
H. Fountain (with enclosures to and from President Nixon and from Edward Hebert) -
Acknowledgements for speaking invitations from Charles Goodell, Clark Clifford, Adlai
Stevenson III, Clifton Daniel, and Robert F. Drinan.
Advertisement: John Kerry, leader of the Vietnam Veterans for Peace, speaker at UNC-Greensboro,
sponsored by Greensboro Chapter, ., October 11, 1971
Statements by Edmund Muskie re Hatfield-McGovern Amendment, Mansfield Amendment, prisoners
of war, South Vietnamese election, residual force, and draft; ., October, 1971
Advertisement: Raleigh Chapter, sponsoring film <title xlink:type="simple" render="italic">Winter
Soldier</title> - NCSU Veterans for Peace, YMCA, ., December 9, 1971
Excerpts from Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird's news conference, on the bombing
of North Vietnam and Defense Department activities in 1971, <title xlink:type="simple"
render="italic">New York Times</title>,December 27, 1971
Correspondence, programs, policy statements, etc.,January-March, 1972
Folder 3
Letters from deputy assistant Secretary of Defense and acting assistant secretary
for public affairs, Department of State.
Statements from candidates for U.S. Senate: William H. Booe of Charlotte, James C.
Johnson, Jr. of Concord, Charles S. Bullock of Knightdale
Transcript of President Nixon's address to the nation on U.S. policy in Vietnam, January
25, 1972 [<title xlink:type="simple" render="italic">New York Times</title>,], January 26, 1972
Partial text of President Nixon's comments on prisoners of war and Vietnam, from an
hour-long interview with CBS White House correspondent Dan Rather,January 2, 1972
News briefing by Secretary of Defense Melvin R. Laird at White House,January 13, 1972
Interview of Secretary of Defense Laird by Elizabeth Drew, WETZ-TV,January 13, 1972
Department of State Publication No. 8589, East Asian and Pacific Series, [enclosed
in 1972 correspondence], <title xlink:type="simple" render="doublequote">Viet-Nam:
Ending U. S. Involvement in the War, Released</title>,June, 1971
Department of State Publication No. 8603, <title xlink:type="simple" render="doublequote">A
Program for Peace in Viet-Nam </title>, released etc., October, 1971,
Correspondence, etc.,April-May, 1972
Folder 4
Statements from candidates for U. S. Senate: B. Everett Jordan, Joe Brown, <emph render="doublequote">The
Working Man's Candidate</emph>)of Greensboro; Gene Grace of Durham.
Statements from candidates for House of Representatives: Nick Galifianakis, Ike Andrews,
William Creech, Wense Grabarek, Jyles Coggins, Archie McMillan. Also statements from
Janes T. Broyhill and Richardson Preyer, congressmen.
News release, Bureau of Public Affairs, Department of State, May 10, 1972, including
texts of President Nixon's May 8 address to the nation; U. S. Ambassador to the U.
N. (George Bush) letter of May 8 to president of U. N. Security Council; and White
House press conference of May 9 of Henry A. Kissinger, ass't to the President for
National Security Affairs,May, 1972
Correspondence and literature of Peace Alert USA, Washington, D.C. (national co-chairmen:
Senators Harold Hughes and Alan Cranston with Congressmen Paul McCloskey and Donald
Reigle). Notice of national peace poll to begin May 28 with balloting through newspapers--a
bi-partisan effort to answer the question, <emph render="doublequote">Should Congress
bring the war to an end by cutting off the funds?</emph>
Newspaper Clippings,1971-1973
Folder 6
Publications, , n.d., 1971
Folder 7
Winston-Salem Chapter: <title xlink:type="simple" render="doublequote">Vietnam Chronology,
A History of Struggle</title>, by Dr. Errol Clauss. <title xlink:type="simple" render="doublequote">The
North Carolina Committee to End the War in Indochina. Goal--complete withdrawal by
the end of this year</title> [1971]
Raleigh Chapter: <title xlink:type="simple" render="doublequote">Candidates' Views
on the Vietnam War</title>
Subject Headings
L. H. (Lawrence H.) Fountain, 1913-2002
Nixon, Richard Milhous
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994.
North Carolina Committee to End the War in Indochina
North Carolina Committee to End the War in Indochina. Raleigh Chapter
North Carolina Committee to End the War in Indochina.
Legislators
Peace movements
Candidates
Presidents
Prisoners of war
Vietnam Conflict, 1961-1975
Protest movements
Prisoners
Legislators--United States.
Peace movements--North Carolina--History--20th century.
Political candidates--United States.
Presidents--United States--Addresses, essays, lectures.
Prisoners of war--United States.
Prisoners of war--Vietnam.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Protest movements
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Prisoners and prisons, North Vietnamese.
Raleigh (N.C.)
Winston-Salem (N.C.)
Raleigh (N.C.)
Winston-Salem (N.C.)
Letters (correspondence)
Fountain, L. H. (Lawrence H.), 1913-2002.
Acquisitions Information
Gift, Donated by Elizabeth (Mrs. Richard) Axtell, Raleigh (for the Steering Committee) via
Mary K. (Mrs. Ernest) Hodgson, Raleigh, January 3, 1977.
Processing Information
Processed by Ellen Z. McGrew, January, 1977
Encoded by Fran Tracy-Walls, September, 2002