Finding Aid of the North Carolina Committee to End the War in Indochina, Raleigh Chapter Records, 1971 - 1973, ORG.99

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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>
Letters,1973
Folder 5
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>
Miscellaneous, no date
Folder 8

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