Summary Information
Movement for Economic Justice Records
1972-1980
- Movement for Economic Justice
Mss 766; VHA 247-253
13.2 c.f. (33 archives boxes) and 7 videorecordings
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)
Records of the Movement for Economic Justice, a national organization founded by George Wiley in 1973 as an information clearinghouse and national center for grass roots organizing and protest on a broad range of economic issues. The records are mainly the files of Wiley, Bert De Leeuw, and Madeleine Adamson. They describe policies, strategies, conferences, workshops, projects, protests, organizing efforts, and related activities. Files include documentation on many topics and many organizations besides MEJ, such as Carolina Action, the Coalition for Human Needs and Budget Priorities, Massachusetts Fair Share, Misseduc Foundation, the National Committee for Tax Justice, and the Public Interest Economic Foundation. Among the issues documented are tax reform, utilities, energy, revenue sharing, unemployment, consumer concerns, welfare reform, and neighborhood deterioration and redlining. Records include correspondence, memoranda, administrative files, reports, funding records, background files, mass mailings, newsletters, publications, newspaper articles, videotapes, and buttons.
English
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Biography/History
The Movement for Economic Justice (MEJ) was founded in January 1973 by George Wiley, a black civil rights and welfare rights activist (whose personal papers are also at the Wisconsin Historical Society). Wiley's involvement in social activism, which had begun in college, intensified in the early 1960s while he was a professor of chemistry at Syracuse University. He eventually became associate national director of the Congress of Racial Equality. Although he resigned both from CORE and his chemistry position in 1966, Wiley remained a social activist, focusing on poor people and economic reform. Wiley founded the Poverty/Rights Action Center (P/RAC) in 1966 as a communications center for various local groups of poor people. In 1967 these groups consolidated into the National Welfare Rights Organization (NWRO), with Wiley as executive director. NWRO's membership and board consisted entirely of people on welfare. Internal conflicts and a desire to initiate a more broadly based organization devoted to economic reform led to Wiley's resignation effective January 31, 1973.
Wiley's experiences with welfare rights and civil rights organizing led him to conclude that the constituent base necessary to generate enough political power to achieve social and economic reform must include the middle class. The essential building-blocks of the reform effort were to be the numerous local, regional, and national citizen action organizations. Again working through P/RAC (and the Misseduc Foundation, NWRO's tax-exempt funding arm), Wiley founded MEJ.
Wiley envisioned MEJ as serving the network of groups in two main ways: first, as a clearinghouse for information and approaches on a broad array of social action issues--resources, strategies, fundraising, and legislative activity; second, as a center for social action organizing around these issues--initiating, promoting, and aiding organizing efforts, producing organizing materials, and training organizers. Although initially focused around issues, the eventual goal was to build and integrate the grass-roots organizations into a national movement and membership organization.
In August of 1973, during the initial fundraising, research, and planning phase of the new organization, Wiley died in a boating accident. Bert De Leeuw and Madeleine Adamson took over the administration of MEJ. Both had worked with Wiley at NWRO and moved with him to MEJ.
During its existence MEJ did serve as an information clearinghouse. Adamson gathered extensive information about local organizations, national resource organizations, and issues of common concern, including taxes, utility rates, unemployment, revenue sharing, welfare reform, and neighborhood preservation. MEJ produced and distributed mimeographed mailings, small publications, and a newsletter edited by Adamson, Just Economics, published from 1973 to 1980.
MEJ also sponsored conferences and issue-oriented projects. Among the more notable were the Citizens Energy Conference (1974), organized during the first oil embargo; an unemployment conference (1975); and a series of regional conferences on welfare reform (1977).
MEJ's major issue-oriented projects were the Tax Justice Project (TJP), the National Committee for Tax Justice (NCTJ), and the Jobs and Justice Campaign.
TJP was an attempt to transform low and moderate income taxpayers into advocates in the tax reform fight. The project's efforts involved influencing Congressional tax reform and sponsoring more than 100 free local income tax clinics. TJP was initially directed by John Franzen, then by Julia Mark.
NCTJ was a national coalition formed in March 1974 by tax reform groups and local community organizations, including MEJ. One of its major activities was drafting the Tax Justice Act of 1975, a comprehensive tax reform package introduced in Congress. Julia Mark also became NCTJ coordinator in 1975.
The Jobs and Justice Campaign began in May 1978. Co-sponsored by Massachusetts Fair Share, its goal was to organize the unemployed in Boston. Although it continued in some form until 1980, attempts to develop a national program were unsuccessful.
In addition to conferences and projects, MEJ further encouraged local organizing by assisting groups to secure grants and loans, and acting as administrator for funding that they obtained. It also provided seed grants for several new local organizing projects, such as Massachusetts Fair Share, Chelsea Fair Share, and Carolina Action.
With the loss of Wiley's leadership and prominence, MEJ's second goal--as a center for social action organizing--never materialized. Because MEJ never became a membership organization, funding was mainly through project grants. Its most active years were 1973 to 1975. From 1976 to 1978 most activities involved participation in coalitions or in projects initiated by others. Although there seems to have been no formal statement, MEJ effectively ceased to exist when Bert De Leeuw resigned as director of MEJ in 1980 to become director of the Citizens' Party.
Scope and Content Note
The MEJ records, 1972-1980, provide evidence not only of its own activities, but they also document the wide spectrum of social action organizing activity and issues addressed during the period. The latter materials are found both in the MEJ collection itself and in the separations to the Social Action Vertical File. The collection consist of the following eight series: BACKGROUND MATERIALS, DIRECTORS' FILES, CORRESPONDENCE, FUNDING RECORDS, CONFERENCES, PROJECTS, ISSUE FILES, and MEJ PUBLICATIONS.
The BACKGROUND MATERIALS consists of information about MEJ, the MEJ Organizing Center (MEJOC), and the MEJ Education and Training Center (MEJETC). MEJOC and MEJETC were allied non-profit corporations established in 1974 to channel funds and administer grants and loans to MEJ, functions previously handled by the Poverty Rights Action Center and the Misseduc Foundation. MEJETC, directed by Dale MacLeod, handled the funds for federal income tax-exempt activities.
Mainly comprising proposals, prospectuses, reports, and correspondence, the background materials also include mass mailings and news releases issued. Since the collection does not include detailed financial records, these background files, along with the funding records, provide the only information on MEJ's financial status. Much of the correspondence in this series concerns the legal and financial relationships between MEJ, MEJOC, and MEJETC and their predecessors, whose relationships are not always clear. The MEJ background materials also include videotapes of George Wiley announcing the formation of MEJ as well as his funeral and memorial services.
The DIRECTORS' FILES document the activities of George Wiley and Bert De Leeuw. Besides files of MEJ itself, this series contains materials about several non-profit organizations and coalitions on whose boards Wiley and/or De Leeuw were active--the Coalition for Human Needs and Budget Priorities, George Wiley Memorial Fund, Misseduc Foundation, and Public Interest Economic Center and Foundation.
The Directors' Files are arranged alphabetically by organization. Within the MEJ files, the meeting minutes and staff memoranda are the most complete and include discussions of administrative organization, policy and procedures, strategic planning, and relations with other organizers and groups.
The CORRESPONDENCE series consists mainly of the correspondence of Wiley, De Leeuw, and Adamson. Because of its broad constituency and range of concerns, the small MEJ staff was in contact with a wide range of social action groups, discussing strategies, policies, research, legislation, and local situations. Mainly incoming, the correspondence is arranged alphabetically by person or organization, but includes several subject files.
The FUNDING RECORDS are divided into two sections--funds received by MEJ and funds distributed and administered by MEJ, MEJOC, and MEJETC. Each section is arranged alphabetically by organization. MEJ received funds from a number of nonprofit agencies. The reports by MEJ to Misseduc Foundation provide details of MEJ's projects and finances. Although MEJ did directly fund a few projects, most of the funds it handled came from other agencies. The files consist mainly of correspondence, proposals, agreements, and progress reports.
The CONFERENCES series contains files on local, regional, and national conferences, panels, forums, symposia, workshops, seminars, assemblies, and conventions. Some of these events were sponsored or co-sponsored by MEJ. Others included participation by one or more of the MEJ staff. For still others, the relationship to MEJ is unclear. This series includes agendas, memos, correspondence, background materials, and other handouts, arranged chronologically.
The PROJECTS series contains materials on actual projects, as well as proposals that apparently were never funded. The files are arranged alphabetically by project title. The largest files are those for TJP and NCTJ. Mainly Julia Mark's files, they retain their original order (as far as can be determined). The records include extensive background files of largely unpublished materials, as well as correspondence, mass mailings, and small publications by MEJ, and information from other national and local organizations.
The ISSUE FILES were maintained by Madeleine Adamson, Director of Research and Publications. Some files pertain to MEJ projects--revenue sharing, tax reform, utilities, and redlining. Others--such as health care, training, unemployment, land reform, and general energy issues--were never full-fledged MEJ programs, but were used by Adamson to provide advice and assistance to local groups. They mainly consist of research reports, mass mailings, newsletters, clippings, and correspondence. The files are arranged alphabetically by issue.
Adamson also maintained extensive files for national, regional, and local organizations. An important part of the collection, these files document the great number of social action groups which existed during that period. These include groups both large and small, local and national, short-lived and relatively permanent. Many of them are likely not documented elsewhere. Those files with information on activities but with no direct correspondence with MEJ have been separated to the Historical Society's Social Action Vertical File.
The PUBLICATIONS include copies of MEJ's newsletter Just Economics, as well as publications for organizers on the subjects of property tax, home foreclosures, utilities, and redlining. Other publications and mass mailings involving special projects, issues, or conferences can be found in the CONFERENCES, PROJECTS, and ISSUES FILES series. This series also includes buttons distributed by both MEJ and other social action groups and projects.
Related Material
The researcher should also consult the George A. Wiley Papers (Mss 324), which contain additional materials concerning MEJ.
Administrative/Restriction Information
Presented by Madeleine Adamson and Bert De Leeuw, 1984. Accession Number: M84-333
Processed by Myrna Williamson, 1994.
Contents List
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Series: Background Materials, 1973-1978
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Mss 766
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MEJ, 1973-1978
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Box
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1
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Proposals to establish MEJ, 1973
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2
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Prospectus, 1975
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Box
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3
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Progress reports, 1974-1975
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Box
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4-7
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Other materials, 1972-1978, undated
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VHA 247-248
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George Wiley announcing the formation of MEJ at American University, Washington, D.C., March, 1973
2 open reels of 1/2” videotape
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VHA 249-253
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Funeral and memorial services for George Wiley, August, 1973
5 open reels of 1/2” videotape
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Mss 766
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MEJETC, 1973-1978
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Box
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8
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Correspondence, 1973-1977
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Box
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9
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Reports, 1975, 1977, 1978
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MEJOC, 1973-1975
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Box
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10
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Correspondence, 1973-1974
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Box
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11
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Proposals for support, 1974, undated
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Box
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12
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Prospectus, 1974
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Box
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13
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Reports, 1974, 1975
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Series: Directors' Files, 1973-1978
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MEJ, 1973-1975
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Box
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1
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Affiliation of organizations with MEJ
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Box
2
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2
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Fundraising booklet mailing list
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Box
2
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3
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Gyst Associates (fundraising plan)
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Meeting minutes, agendas, notes
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Box
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4
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Meetings with potential donors
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Box
2
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5
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Staff meetings
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Box
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6
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Membership benefits plan
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Box
2
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7
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Memoranda, staff
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Box
2
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8
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Moving national
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Box
2
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9
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Office policies and procedures
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Box
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10
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Organizational structure
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Box
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11
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Organizer training program
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Personnel
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Box
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12
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Trainees
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Box
2
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13
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Others
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Box
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14
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Publications promotions
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Box
2
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15-20
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Coalition for Human Needs and Budget Priorities, 1973-1974
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Box
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1
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George Wiley Memorial Fund, 1973-1978
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Box
3
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2
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Misseduc Foundation, 1973-1975
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Box
3
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3-7
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Public Interest Economic Center and Foundation, 1973-1978
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General alphabetical
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Box
3
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8-11
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A-C
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Box
4
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1-18
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D-Z
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Box
4
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19
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Africa
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Box
4
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20-21
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American Freedom from Hunger Foundation, Inc.
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Box
4
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22
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Americans for Democratic Action
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Box
5
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1-2
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Anderson, Marc--Citizens for a Better Environment
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Box
5
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3
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Appalachia
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Box
5
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4
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Arkansas Community Organizations for Reform Now
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Box
5
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5
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Betterment for United Seniors, Inc.
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Box
5
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6
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Black Economic Research Center
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Box
5
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7
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California Tax Reform Association
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Box
5
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8
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Campaign to Stop the B-1 Bomber
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Box
5
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9
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Catholic Committee on Urban Ministry
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Box
5
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10
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Caulkins, John
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Box
5
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11
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Center for Community Change
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Box
5
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12
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Center on Social Welfare Policy and Law, Inc.
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Box
5
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13
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Children's Foundation
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Box
5
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14
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Citizen Action Group
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Box
5
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15
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Citizens Action Program
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Box
5
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16-17
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Citizen Involvement Network
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Box
5
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18
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Cloward, Richard and Frances Piven
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Box
5
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19
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Commonact
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Box
5
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20
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Communities of the Outer Mission Organization
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Box
5
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21
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Connecticut Citizen Action Group
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Box
5
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22
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Congressional Black Caucus--Budget Cuts
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Box
5
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23
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Cullum, Carole
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Box
6
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1
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D.C. Public Research Interest Group
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Box
6
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2
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Economic Justice Association
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Box
6
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3
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Edelman, Peter
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Box
6
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4
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Equal Opportunity and Full Employment Act, 1976
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Box
6
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5
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Ernst, Jerry
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Box
6
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6
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Filer Commission on Private Philanthropy and Public Needs
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Box
6
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7
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Flack, Patrick
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Box
6
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8
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Flanagan, Joan
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Box
6
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9
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Food Research Action Center
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Box
6
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10
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Fordham University
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Box
6
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11
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Forum for Contemporary History
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Box
6
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12
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Gartner, Alan
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Box
6
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13
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Gillingham, Peter
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Box
6
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14
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Harvard University Institute of Politics
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Box
6
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15
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Health Law Project
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Box
6
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16
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Health & Welfare Working Group, National Council of the Churches of Christ
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Box
6
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17
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Holt, Stan
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Box
6
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18
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Human Justice Commission
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Box
6
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19
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Hunter, Jon
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Box
6
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20
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Industrial Areas Foundation
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Box
6
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21
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Institute for Policy Studies
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Box
6
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22
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James, Hulbert
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Box
6
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23
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Judd, Leda Rothman
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Box
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1
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Kops, Floyd J.
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Box
7
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2
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Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
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Box
7
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Lippin, Tobi
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Box
7
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McSurely, Al
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Box
7
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Midwest Academy
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Box
7
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Miller, Maya
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Box
7
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7
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Mississippi Poultry Workers
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Box
7
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8
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National Advisory Council on Economic Opportunity
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Box
7
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9
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National Assembly for Social Policy & Development
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Box
7
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10-11
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National Committee for Full Employment
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Box
7
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12
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National Council for Public Assessment of Technology
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Box
7
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13
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National Urban League
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Box
7
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14
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National Welfare Rights Organization
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Box
7
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15
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Neighborhoods Uniting Project
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Box
7
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16
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Nethers Community School
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Box
7
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New American Movement
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Box
7
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18
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New Human Services Institute
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Box
7
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19-20
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Nixon--Presidential residence expenses lawsuit
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Box
7
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21
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Organization for a Better Rice County
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Box
8
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1
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Paterson Coalition
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Box
8
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2
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Port Chester Welfare Rights Organization
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Box
8
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3
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Press
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Box
8
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Public Advertising Council
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Box
8
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Public Interest Alert
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Box
8
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Public Media Center (formerly Public Interest Communications)
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Box
8
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Public relations
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Box
8
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8
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Raymond, Pat--University of Wisconsin-Extension
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Box
8
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9
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Rhode Island Workers Association
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Box
8
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10
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St. Louis Tax Reform Group--Mary Ann Fiske
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Box
8
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11
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Sampson, Timothy
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Box
8
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12
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San Francisco Consumer Action
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Box
8
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Santa Clara Valley Coalition
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Box
8
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14
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Scholen, Ken
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Box
8
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15
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Southeastern Massachusetts Advocacy Center, Inc.
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Box
8
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16
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Shelton, Henry
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Box
8
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Sheppard, Avon Jai
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Box
8
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Statewide Coalition of Community Organizations
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Box
8
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Support Center
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Box
8
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United Church Board of Homeland Ministries
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Box
8
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Wiley, William and Olive
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Box
8
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Women's Action Training Center
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Box
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23-24
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Wright, Jim
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Box
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25
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Youth Project
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Series: Funding Records, 1973-1978
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Funds distributed by MEJ, MEJOC, MEJETC, 1973-1976
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Box
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Carolina Action
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Box
9
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2
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Chelsea Project (of Massachusetts Fair Share)
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Box
9
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3
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Citizens Action League
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Box
9
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4
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Cleveland ACT
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Box
9
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5
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Community Union Project
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Box
9
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6
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Downtown Welfare Advocate Center
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Box
9
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Electricity and Gas for the People
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Box
9
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8
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Maryland Action
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Box
9
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9-12
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Massachusetts Fair Share
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Box
9
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13
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Massachusetts Research and Advocacy Program
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Box
10
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Organize, Inc.
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Box
10
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2
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Rhode Island Workers Association
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Box
10
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3
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Work Relief Employment Project (WREP) Workers
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Box
10
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Worker/Welfare Research & Advocacy
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Funds received by MEJ, MEJOC, MEJETC, 1973-1978
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Box
10
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5-7
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Campaign for Human Development
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Box
10
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8
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Campaign for Human Development (via National Center for Urban and Ethnic Affairs)
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Box
10
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9
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DJB Foundation
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Box
10
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10
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Field Foundation
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Box
10
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11
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Louise Ottinger Trust Fund
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Box
10
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12
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Lutheran Church in America
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Box
10
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13
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Misseduc Foundation
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Box
10
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14
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National Council of the Churches of Christ
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Box
10
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15
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New World Foundation
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Box
10
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16
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New York Foundation
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Box
10
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17
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Norman Foundation
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Box
10
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18
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Shalan Foundation
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Box
10
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19
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Stern Fund
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Box
10
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20
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United Church Board of Homeland Ministries
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Box
10
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21
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United Methodist Church Board of Global Ministries
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Series: Conferences, 1973-1978
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Box
11
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High School Organizers Conference, February 24-25, 1973
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Box
11
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2
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Tax Reform Conference, March 5, 1973
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Box
11
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3
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Welfare Workshop, March 24, 1973
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Box
11
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4
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Land Reform Conference, April 26-28, 1973
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Box
11
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5
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20th C.D. Community Conference, May 5, 1973
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Box
11
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6
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Race, Social Science and Social Policy Panel, May 17-18, 1973
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Box
11
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7
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Urban Consumer Forum, June 1, 1973
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Box
11
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8
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Conference on the National Security System, June 1-2, 1973
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Box
11
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9
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Consultation and Training Conference on Revenue Sharing, November 5-9, 1973
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Box
11
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10
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Omaha Revenue Sharing Symposium, December 7-8, 1973
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Citizens' Energy Conference, February 15-18, 1974
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Box
11
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11
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Organizing committee materials
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Box
11
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12
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General
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Box
11
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13
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Manuscript notes
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Box
11
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14-16
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Transcripts
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Box
12
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Who's Got the Power/A Resource Guide/Citizens' Energy Conference
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Box
12
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2
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Full Employment Policy Conference, March 1-2, 1974
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Box
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Consumer Health Law Issues, April 28-30, 1974
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Box
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Deering Conference on National Health Care Legislation & Related Issues, July 15-19, 1974
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Box
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President's Economic Summit, September 21-28, 1974
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Box
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2nd National Symposium on Corporate Social Policy, October 3-5, 1974
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Box
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Regional Action Conference on Public Utilities, November 8-9, 1974
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Box
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Utility Organizing Workshop, December 6-8, 1974
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Box
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Income Project Seminars, September, 1974-August, 1975 (monthly); October, 1975
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Box
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Domestic Impact of Transnational Corporations, January 11, 1975
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Box
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1st National Conference on Rural America, April 14-17, 1975
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Box
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12
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National Conference on Surface Freight Transportation, April 22-23, 1975
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Box
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2nd General Assembly of the World Future Society, June 2-5, 1975
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Box
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Hunger and Economic Justice: A Global View, July 21-25, 1975
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Box
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Unemployment and Organizing Workshop and Conference, October 17-18, December 12-13, 1975
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Box
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Utilities Training Session, November 24, 1975
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Box
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17
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National Consumer Information Center Convention, January 11-16, 1976
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Box
13
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Working for Environmental and Economic Justice and Jobs, May 2-6, 1976
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Box
13
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2
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Organizers Conference, May 14-16, 1976
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Box
13
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3
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Welfare Reform Seminar, September 24-27, 1977
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Box
13
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4
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National Legal Aid and Defender Association Conference, October 28, 1977
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Regional Conferences on Welfare Reform, October-December, 1977
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Administrative
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Box
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Ideas
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Box
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Mailing lists
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Box
13
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Planning
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Individual conference materials
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Box
13
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Midatlantic, October 22-24, 1977
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Box
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Central, October 29-31, 1977
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10
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Southern, November 5-7, 1977
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Northeastern, November 18-20, 1977
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Box
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12
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Western, December 2-4, 1977
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Box
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13
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Energy Seminar, January 5-7, 1978
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Box
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14
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Meeting on Welfare, January 22-23, 1978
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Box
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15
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Better Jobs and Income Conference, February 16-17, 1978
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Box
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16-18
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Welfare Training Seminars/Conferences, February 21-24, March 31-April 2, 1978
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Series: Projects, 1973-1980
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Box
14
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1
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Access to Mass Media project (proposal), undated
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Box
14
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2
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Citizens' Lobby for Economic Justice (proposal), 1973
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Box
14
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3
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Consumer Project, 1973
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Box
14
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4
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Health Justice Project (proposal), undated
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Jobs and Justice campaign, 1977-1980
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Box
14
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5
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Annual report, 1979
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Box
14
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6
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Correspondence
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Fundraising
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Box
14
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7-29
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A-U
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Box
15
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1-4
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V-W
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Box
15
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5
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Anonymous
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Box
15
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6
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General
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Box
15
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7
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Origins and background
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Box
15
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8
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MEJ Law Center (proposal), undated
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Box
15
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MEJOC canvassing project, 1975
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Box
15
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10
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Miscellany, 1973, undated
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National Committee for Tax Justice, 1974-1976
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Box
15
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11
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Campaign for Tax Justice
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Box
15
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12
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Committee membership
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Correspondence
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Box
15
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13-15
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Memos and correspondence to the committee
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Box
15
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16
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Chronological
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National organizations
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Box
15
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17
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Citizens for Participation in Political Action
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Box
15
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18
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Tax Reform and Research Group
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Box
15
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19
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Taxation with Representation
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Box
16
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1-6
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States
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Box
16
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7
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Churches
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Box
16
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8
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General information
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Box
16
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9
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News releases
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Tax Justice Act
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Box
16
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10-17
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Correspondence
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Box
16
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18
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Congress
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Box
16
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19
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General information
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Box
16
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20
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Mailings
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Box
16
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21
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Unions
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Box
16
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22
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New Unionists project, 1973
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Box
16
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23
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Revenue Sharing Project, 1973
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Tax Justice Project, 1973-1975
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Background files
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Congress
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Box
17
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1
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Reuss, Henry
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Box
17
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2
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Tax bills
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Box
17
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3
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Other
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National organizations
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Box
17
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4-5
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Tax Action Campaign--Fred Harris
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Box
17
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6
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Tax Reform & Research Group--Nader
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Box
17
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7-10
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Taxation with Representation
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Box
17
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11
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War Tax Resistance
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Box
17
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12
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World Peace Tax Fund
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State organizations
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California
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Box
18
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1
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Americans Nonpartisan for Tax Equity
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Box
18
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2-3
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California Citizens Action League
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Box
18
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4
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California Tax Reform Association
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Massachusetts
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Box
18
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5
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Massachusetts Public Finance Project
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Box
18
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6
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Work, Inc.
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Box
18
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7-11
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Missouri--St. Louis Tax Reform Group and Missouri Tax Reform Group
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Box
19
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1
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Tennessee--Fair Taxes Now
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Taxes
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Box
19
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2
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Distribution of wealth & taxes
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Box
19
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3
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Excise taxes
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Income tax
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Box
19
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4
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Anti-NCTJ type reform
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Box
19
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5
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Capital gains tax
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Box
19
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6
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Depletion and intangibles
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Box
19
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7
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H&R Block tax preparation
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Box
19
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8
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Individual tax credit
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Box
19
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9
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IRS general information and law
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Box
19
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10
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IRS preparation--VITA materials
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Loopholes
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Box
19
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11
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Accelerated depreciation
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Box
19
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12
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Corporate tax introduction
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Box
19
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13
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Domestic International Sales Corporation
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Box
19
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14
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Estate and gift taxes
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Box
19
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15
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Foreign tax credit
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Box
19
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16
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Income splitting (married deduction)
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Box
19
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17
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Investment tax credit
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Box
19
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18
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Minimum tax
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Box
19
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19
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Oil and gas loopholes
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Box
19
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20
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Real estate
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Box
19
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21
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Single taxpayers
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Box
19
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22
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Tax deferral on foreign income
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Box
19
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23
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Tax free bonds
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Box
20
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1
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Tax loss farming
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Box
20
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2
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Tax shelters--general
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Box
20
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3
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Taxation of foreign source income
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Box
20
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4
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Western hemisphere trade deduction
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Box
20
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5
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Who gets them and what they cost
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Box
20
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6
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Taxes and sexism
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Box
20
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7
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Who pays--general information
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Box
20
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8
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Sales tax
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Box
20
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9
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Severance tax
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Box
20
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10
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Small businesses
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Box
20
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11
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Social security tax
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State taxes
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Property tax
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Box
20
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12
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Exempt property
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Box
20
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13-14
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General
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Box
20
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15
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Property tax and energy crisis
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Box
20
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16
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Reform and relief
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Box
20
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17
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Personal property tax
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Tax reform
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Campaigns
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Box
21
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1
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“Open the Door” campaign, 1973
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Box
21
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2
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Petition campaign to repeal oil intangibles and depletion loopholes, 1974
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Correspondence
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Box
21
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3
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Chronological, 1974-1975
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States
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Box
21
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4-18
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Arkansas-North Dakota
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Box
22
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1-6
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Ohio-Wyoming
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Box
22
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7
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General
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Box
22
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8
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Mailings, flyers, news releases
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Box
22
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9
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Proposal to establish TJP
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Box
22
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10
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Seminar on tax issues and local organizing techniques, April 23-24, 1973
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Tax clinics, 1973-1974
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Box
22
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11
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Articles
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Box
22
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12
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Mailings
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Box
22
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13
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Miscellany
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Box
22
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14
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“Organizing Community Tax Clinics”
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Box
22
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15
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“Tax Clinic Handbook/A Guide for Volunteers”
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Box
22
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16
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Tax clinic organizing kit
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Box
22
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17
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Samples of flyers
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Series: Issue Files, 1973-1977
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Consumer concerns
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Box
23
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1
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Food
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Box
23
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2
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Food stamps
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Box
23
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3
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Generic drugs
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Box
23
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4
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Infant nutrition
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Organizations
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Box
23
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7
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Arizona Consumers Council
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Box
23
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8
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Arkansas Consumer Research
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Box
23
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9
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Conference of Consumer Organizations
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Box
24
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1-2
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Consumer Congress of the Commonwealth of Virginia
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Box
24
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3
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Consumers United of Palo Alto (CA)
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Box
24
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4
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Outraged Consumers Action Committee (CA)
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Box
24
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5
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Virginia Citizens Consumer Council, Inc.
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Labor
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Box
24
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6
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J.P. Stevens
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Box
24
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7
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Rural labor
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Box
24
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8
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Temporaries
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Land reform
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Box
24
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9-10
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Agribusiness
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Box
24
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11-12
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General
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Box
25
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1-2
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Proposals for land reform
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Box
25
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3
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Resources/description of land groups
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Box
25
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4
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Subsidies/tax loss farming
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Redlining
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Box
25
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5
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Bibliography
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Box
25
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6
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Disclosure/federal action
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Box
25
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7
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General information
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Box
25
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8
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Savings and loan news and articles
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Box
25
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9
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States
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Revenue Sharing
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Box
25
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10
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Ad Hoc Committee on General Revenue Sharing Reform
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Box
25
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11
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Analysis
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Box
25
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12
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Bibliography
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Box
25
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13
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Civil rights
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Box
25
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14
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Correspondence
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Box
25
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15
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Impact on poor and minorities
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Box
25
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16
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Lawsuits
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Box
26
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1-2
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Local activities
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Box
26
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3
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Muskie survey
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Box
26
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4-5
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National Clearinghouse on Revenue Sharing
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Box
26
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6
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Stock fight information
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Strip mining
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Box
26
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7
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Appalachian Research and Defense Fund, Inc.
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Box
26
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8-9
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General
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Box
26
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10
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Tennessee reports
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Unemployment
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Box
27
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1
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Articles
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Box
27
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2
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Correspondence
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Box
27
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3
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Full employment
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Box
27
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4
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General
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Box
27
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5
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Health benefits for the unemployed
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Box
27
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6
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Mailings-issues
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Box
27
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7
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Philadelphia Unemployment Project
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Box
27
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8
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Public service employment
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Box
27
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9
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States
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Utilities
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Box
27
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10
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ACORN: Lifeline
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Box
27
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11
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Bell bill
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Box
27
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12
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Bill, utility
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Box
27
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13
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Cable television
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Box
27
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14
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Clippings, etc., national
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Box
28
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1
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Correspondence and contacts
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Box
28
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2
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Energy crisis
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Box
28
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3
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Federal Energy Administration (FEA)
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Box
28
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4
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Financial analysis of electrical rates
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Box
28
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5
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Fuel adjustment clause
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Box
28
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6-9
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General
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Box
28
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10
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Letters re FEA meeting
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Box
29
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1-3
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Lifeline utility rates
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Box
29
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4
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Model state energy act
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Box
29
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5
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Moffett bill
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Box
29
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6
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Municipal or public power
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Box
29
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7
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Natural gas supply
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Box
29
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8-9
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Nuclear power
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Box
29
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10-11
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Rate structures
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Box
29
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12
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Residential utility consumer action group (model statute)
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Box
29
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13
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Rights
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States
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Box
30
Folder
1-18
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Arizona-Tennessee
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Box
31
Folder
1-3
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Texas-Wisconsin
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Box
31
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4
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Telephone
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Welfare reform
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Box
31
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5
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Articles
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Box
31
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6
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Center on Social Welfare Policy and Law
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Box
31
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7
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Children's Defense Fund
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Box
31
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8
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Food Research and Action Center
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Box
31
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9
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General
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Box
31
Folder
10-11
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Mississippi welfare reform project
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Box
31
Folder
12
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National Welfare Reform Coalition of Northern California
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Box
32
Folder
1-3
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Readings
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Box
32
Folder
4
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Social Service guidelines
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Box
32
Folder
5-8
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Working women's projects
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Series: MEJ Publications
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Box
32
Folder
9-11
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Just Economics, 1973-1978 (incomplete)
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Box
33
Folder
1
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“Property Tax Organizing Manual,” undated
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Box
33
Folder
2
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“Stopping FHA Insured Home Foreclosures, An action guide for citizen organizations,” circa 1975
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“MEJ Organizer Notebooks,” 1974-1975
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Box
33
Folder
3-4
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“Volume One, Utilities”
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Box
33
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5
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“Utilities, Supplement 1”
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Box
33
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6
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“Utilities, Supplement 2”
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Box
33
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7-8
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“Utilities, Supplement 3”
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Box
33
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9
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“Volume Two, Redlining”
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Box
33
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10
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“Redlining, Supplement 1”
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Box
33
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11
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“Redlining, Supplement 2”
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Box
33
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12
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“Redlining, Supplement 3”
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Box
33
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13
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Buttons produced by MEJ, other organizations and projects
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