Papers of the Albemarle County, Va., Chapter of the United World Federalists, 1946-1958 (bulk 1947-1954).

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Papers of the Albemarle County, Va., Chapter of the United World Federalists, 1946-1958 (bulk 1947-1954).

The collection contains correspondence, by-laws, minutes and financial records of the Albemarle County, Va., chapter from its organization to its dissolution over support for the Korean War, together with printed material, particularly newsletters from the national organization, and pertinent newsclippings.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7337357

University of Virginia. Library

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United Nations

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In 1945, four individuals who had worked on the Manhattan project-John L. Balderston, Jr., Dieter M. Gruen, W.J. McLean, and David B. Wehmeyer-formed a committee and wrote a letter to 154 public figures asking for their opinions about the possibility of the creation of a world government. Over the next year, as the various public figures responded to the letter, the responses were correlated into a report that was released in 1947. From the guide to the Balderston, John L., Jr. Colle...

United World Federalists (U.S.). Virginia. Albemarle County Chapter.

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Organization formed February 1947 to strengthen the United Nations into a "world government with limited powers adequate to prevent war." From the description of Papers of the Albemarle County, Va., Chapter of the United World Federalists, 1946-1958 (bulk 1947-1954). (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 32136284 ...

Moran, Charles Edward, b. 1913,

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