APPALLED that the administration in Washington, instead of taking advantage of such opportunities as partial withdrawal from Vietnam, and possible arms reduction by SALT and the UN Conference of the Committee on Disarmament, has increased the Defense Department budget by $4 billion and is plannin...

WHEREAS, hundreds of thousands of Americans have unjustly suffered a loss of civil rights, liberty and jobs because they have been in opposition to the Indochina War or to the racism and oppression of the American military and draft systems; and WHEREAS, according to Canadian Department of...

WHEREAS, the telephone excise tax was levied specifically by Congress in 1966 to finance the war in Vietnam; and WHEREAS, those voting in favor of the following do so with the intention of refusing payment of the federal excise tax on telephones; BE IT RESOLVED: That the delegates of the 1972...

WHEREAS, the International Covenants on Human Rights as adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1966 stress the importance of nations in upholding, protecting and extending the rights of human beings the world over; and WHEREAS, the recognition and approval of those covenants are...

WHEREAS, the mining of Haiphong and six other North Vietnamese harbors, and the resumption of heavy, indiscriminate bombing of North Vietnam are attacks of military aggression undertaken in the spring of 1972 by the United States government; and WHEREAS, these military actions occur at a time whe...

BECAUSE the Canadian Council of Churches' 1969 estimate of the number of United States military refugees and draft resisters was 60,000 with projections of 20,000 per year together with substantial numbers of similar expatriates in other countries; and BECAUSE most of these young men left the Uni...

BE IT RESOLVED: The Tenth General Assembly of the Unitarian Universalist Association urges the President of the United States: To order the Joint Chiefs of Staff to issue a cease-fire to all American troops in Southeast Asia immediately; also, to announce and plan a complete and immediate withdra...

DEPRESSED AND HEARTSICK at the continued killing and maiming in Vietnam; REVOLTED by the Song My massacre, which is only one in a series of war crimes, and the resumption of bombing in North Vietnam; SUPPORTING the opinion of most expert observers that "Vietnamization" is an impossible concept an...

WHEREAS, we recognize the greatly increased interdependence of the peoples of the world, in this nuclear age; WHEREAS, we realize that the common interests of men can only be served through world cooperation; WHEREAS, we believe that we can best serve our local, state and national communities whe...

DEPLORING the fact that over two-thirds of the federal budget for fiscal year 1969 was allotted to military expenditures and that national resources of scientific knowledge and skills are being largely devoted to military research; CONVINCED that such major problems as poverty, environmental...

CONVINCED that human survival depends on the abolition of war as a means of settling disputes among nations; AWARE that human well-being depends on diverting to human needs the vast amounts now spent on weapons; BELIEVING that peoples everywhere yearn for an end to conflict and a beginning toward...

PREAMBLE We religious liberals of several backgrounds and cultures seek to strengthen the United Nations in its efforts to eliminate war, discrimination, poverty, and disease by reaffirming our belief in the essential unity of the human family....

BE IT RESOLVED: That the 1969 General Assembly of the Unitarian Universalist Association opposes the development, construction, and deployment of any anti-ballistic missile system, and urges the United States and House of Representatives to oppose the funding of the Safeguard program. THE 1968...

BE IT RESOLVED: That the 1968 General Assembly of the Unitarian Universalist Association urges the government of the United States to take the following initiatives: Immediately and unconditionally halt the bombing of both North and South Vietnam; Immediately pull back United States forces to sec...

BE IT RESOLVED : That the 1968 General Assembly of the Unitarian Universalist Association urges that the United States Administration and Congress terminate the $5 billion anti-ballistic missile program; FURTHER URGES: That the United States Government use all of its diplomatic and international...

WHEREAS, the 1966 (Fifth) General Assembly of the Unitarian Universalist Association passed the following resolution: "REAFFIRMING the intent of its 1964 resolution urging 'the United States to reconsider its policy in Vietnam and to explore solutions other than military,' the Unitarian Universal...

CONVINCED that world order and peace require increased support for a strengthening of the United Nations, the Unitarian Universalist Association: COMMENDS the continuing and courageous efforts of the Secretary General employing the facilities of the United Nations in peace-making and peace-keepin...

NOTING: That present administration of the Selective Service System has resulted in many inequities and uncertainties for the young men facing service; and NOTING ALSO: That the right of conscientious objection to military service has long been recognized as lawful if based upon religious belief ...

The Unitarian Universalist Association, believing that the religious community has a moral duty to express its judgments on the public issues of the day, pledges itself to a program aimed at: Alignment with other religious organizations to form an ethical consensus on securing peace in the world;...

RESOLVED: The Unitarian Universalist Association urges the governments of the United States and Canada to take the following steps to prevent the proliferation of nuclear weapons: Continue negotiation in the Eighteen Nation Disarmament Conference, with the addition of the People's Republic of Chi...