The James Lafferty Collection. Papers, Linear Feet

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1 I fmi i The James Laffety Collection Papes, I 3.5 Linea Feet Accession No. 626 ~ I ~ The papes of James Laffety wee deposited with the Achives of Labo and Uban Affais in 1974 by M. Laffety and opened fo eseach in James Laffety was bon in Detoit, Michigan in He gaduated fom Detoit's Cental High School in 1956, eceived a B.A. fom the Univesity of Michigan in 1960, and an LL.D. fom Wayne State Univesity Law School in Afte admission to the State Ba of Michigan in 1964, he seved fo thee yeas as executive secetay of the National Lawye's Guild, a pogessive ba association. Fom 1967 to 1969 he held the position of Coodinato, Civil Division, Wayne County Neighbohood Legal Sevices. Fom 1969 to 1977, M. Laffety was a patne in the Detoit law flm of Laffety, Reosti, Jabaa, Stickgold, James, Soble and Smith, which specialized in selective sevice/militay law and civil ights. Duing these yeas the fim epesented many of the leading goups and individuals woking in vaious movements fo social change and M. Laffety became one of the nation's most pominent "daft attoneys." Between the yeas of 1969 and 1973, M. Laffety was active in the movement to end U.S. intevention in Vietnam. He seved as chai of the Detoit Coalition to End the Wa Now! and was a founde and a national coodinato of the National Peace Action Coalition, the goup that oganized the lagest demonstations against the U.S. wa in Vietnam. On behalf of this wok he spoke and taveled nationally and aboad. He seved as a pat-time heaing efeee fo the Michigan Civil Rights Commission fom F"'! l I I \ In 1977, M. Laffety established the law fim of Laffety and Van Dyke in Bimingham, Michigan. In 1979 he oganized the fst banch of the Ameican Civil Libeties Union in Oakland County, Michigan and seved as chai of this banch until Fom 1979 to 1983 he also oganized and chaied a po-low cost housing goup in Bimingham, Michigan. M. Laffety elocated to New Yok City in 1984, the same yea he was an oganize of the Emegency National Council Against U.S. Intevention in Cental Ameica/the Caibbean. He seved as one of its egional coodinatos until1991. Duing these yeas he also seved on steeing committees of vaious national effots to end U.S. intevention in Cental Ameica/the Caibbean. Fom 1985 to 1988, he taught at the New School fo Social Reseach in New Yok City. Ealy in 1991, he became active in the movement to end U.S. intevention in the Pesian Gulf, seving on the Steeing Committee of the Campaign fo Peace in the Middle East. Pesently, he lives in New Yok City and is employed as the Associate Diecto of the Cente fo Seafaes' Rights of the Seamen's Chuch Institute. Related collections include the Detoit Coalition to End the Wa Now!, and the Ameican Civil Libeties Union: Oakland County Banch.

2 James Laffety Collection - 2- Impotant subjects coveed in the collection ) Detoit Coalition to End the Wa Now! (DCEWN) Labo Mid East Conflict National Peace Action Coalition (NPAC) Student Mobilization Committee Impotant Coespondents J Iving Bluestone Cleveland Aea Peace Action Coalition (CAPAC) JJohn Conyes Zolton Feency yeat Haessle Emil Mazey NPAC Mel Ravitz J student Mobilization Committee Jackie Vaughn An index to the coespondence can be found on page 11

3 Seies I. Boxes Contents 6 Manuscipt Boxes James Laffety Collection Coespondence, clippings, epots, newslettes, notes, and othe geneal mateials on a vaiety of topics, mostly elating to the peace and anti-wa movement. This mateial coves the yeas Seies II. Box 3 Mainly coespondence, both to and fom, vaious goups acoss the county involved in the peace and anti-wa movement. This seies coves the yeas Seies III. Boxes 4-5 Newslettes fom vaious oganizations, colleges, and univesities. The content of the newslettes focuses pimaily on the peace and anti-wa movement. This seies coves the yeas Seies IV. Box 6 Coespondence, flyes, leaflets, agenda, epots, and notes petaining to the National Peace Action Coalition. These files cove the yeas

4 -4- Seies I Geneal Files Boxes 1-2 James Laffety Collection This seies contains coespondence, clippings, epots, newslettes, notes, and othe geneal mateials on a vaiety of topics. The files ae aanged alphabetically by topic o type of mateial and chonologically within each folde. This seies coves the yeas Box 1. Geneal Files Ai Wa Liteatue, Ai Wa Liteatue; documentation package, [c. 1972] 3. Attacks on the anti-wa movement, [1972] 4. Chonology of the anti-wa movement, Clippings and epints; ads, Clippings; bombings of Noth Vietnam and the dikes, 1972 Clippings; McGoven, including pess eleases, Clippings; geneal, Coespondence; city of Detoit and DCEWN, Coespondence; DCEWN, 1970, Coespondence; Financial Mattes, Coespondence; Laffety's speaking engagements and inteviews, Coespondence; NPAC, Coespondence; othe anti-wa elations, 1972 Coespondence; Repesentatives, DCEWN; financial mattes, DCEWN; 15 Jun 1970 potest picket 18. DCEWN; labo involvement, DCEWN; Laffety's notes, DCEWN; leaflets, bochues, DCEWN; mailings, DCEWN; meetings, DCEWN; newslette, DCEWN; pess coveage ofnpac, DCEWN in Detoit, DCEWN; pess eleases, DCEWN; stuctue and contacts, [ ] 27. Essays and plays; "Cleveland Anti-Wa Confeence," Essays and plays; "The Committed at U ofm," Essays and plays; "Dea Hebet," n.d. 30. Essays and plays; "Vietnam: A Play in Many Scenes," Gay ights demonstation plans, Jun 1973 Box 2. Geneal Files 1. Labo; Emegency Election Confeence, Labo fo Peace Founding Convention, Jun 1972

5 Box 2 (continued) James Laffety Collection 3. Labo Handbook; A Rich Man's Wa: a Poo Man's Fight, Labo involvement; debate, Labo involvement; UA W, DFf, meatcuttes, Labo; newslette, Social Sevices Union, Jun Mid East Conflict; Aab-Ameican Univesity Gaduates, 1970, Mid East Conflict; lawsuit to obtain U.S. militay intevention plans, Mid East Conflict; liteatue, clippings, coespondence, Mid East Conflict; eaction to Laffety's aticle in Fee Palestine, Mid East Conflict; Seach fo Justice and Equality in Palestine, Notes and dafts; Laffety's Militant and Guadian aticles, n.d. 13. Notes and dafts; legal citations and mateials, Notes and dafts; eply to Haington's aticle, Notes and dafts; speeches, Laffety, Notes and dafts; speeches, Laffety, Notes on the daft, Racism and the anti-wa movement; "Ring Aound the Capital," Student Mobilization Committee; GI Pess Sevice, Student Mobilization Committee; high school bill of ights, n.d. 21. Student Mobilization Committee; leaflets, [ ] 22. Student Mobilization Committee; national mailings, Oct 1969-Ap Student Mobilization Committee; national mailings, May Student Mobilization Committee; Student Mobilize, Veteans against the wa, n.d. 26. Veteans Peace Offensive, 1 Dec 1969

6 James Laffety Collection - 6- Seies ll Goups Box3 This seies contains coespondence, both to and fom, vaious goups involved in the peace and anti-wa movement. The files ae aanged alphabetically by goup name, and chonologically within each folde. This seies coves the yeas 1969 to Box 3. Goups 1. Ameican Fiends Sevice Committee, Business Executives Move fo Vietnam Peace, Canadian peace goups, Chicago Peace Council, Chicago peace goups, Childen's Mach fo Suvival, 25 Ma Citizens' Commission of Inquiy, Citizens fo Legislation to Potect Michigan Men fom Undeclaed Was, City Chate Revision Commission, Clegy and Laymen Concened About Vietnam, 1970, CALCAV, 5 Nov Coalition on National Pioities and Militay Policy, Sep Committee fo Democatic Election Laws, n.d. 14. Committee fo Legal Reseach on the Daft, Committee fo a New China Policy, Contol, Conflict and Change, Detoit Aea Daft and Militay Counselos, [1972] 18. Detoit aea peace and elated goups, [ 1970], FfA, [c. 1969] 20. Gl Civil Libeties Defense Committee; Ed Juenas' case, May-Jun Haisbug Defense Committee; "Pilgimage Manual: Souce Kit on Oganizing" Haisbug Defense Com~pittee; pess coveage and leaflets, Haisbug Defense Committee and elated goups; liteatue, n.d. 24. Human Rights Paty Campaign, n.d. 25. "Japan Congess Against A and H Bombs," 21 Jul1971 and 2-9 Aug, Kent Legal Defense Fund, Lobby of Ameicans, Michigan Committee Against Repession, Michigan Student Action Council, Movement Infomation Libay Newslette, Feb National Caucus of Labo Committees, National Coalition Against Wa, Racism and Repession, National Council to Repeal the Daft; Michigan Chapte, [c. 1971] 34. National Lawye Guild; militay law office and Detoit chapte, National peace elated goups, 1970, New Ameican Movement, n.d New Mobilization Committee to End the Wa in Vietnam, 1969

7 Box 3 (continued) James Laffety Collection New Mobilization Committee to End the Wa in Vietnam, 18 Nov New Paty of Floida, Nothwest Nonviolent Taining and Action Cente, n.d. Nothwest Women fo Peace, PaentsAgainsttheDaft, Pais Wold Assembly fo Peace in Indochina; memos, notes, NPAC, Feb Pais Wold Assembly fo Peace in Indochina; statements and speeches, Feb People's Coalition fopeaceandjustice, People's Peace Teaty and coopeating goups, Petition fo Detoit elected Diecto of Peace Pioities, Pess Relations Netwok, Socialist campaign and activities, 1970, Stategy Action Confeence, Students fo a Democatic Society, n.d. Students fo a Democatic Society; Fie, Vietnam Peace Paade, The Wa Contol "Pill" Society, n.d. 55. Women Stike fo Peace; Detoit chapte, 1969

8 _ - 8- Seies ill Newslettes Boxes 4-5 James Laffety Collection This seies consists of newslettes fom vaious oganizations, colleges and univesities, the content of which petains to the peace and anti-wa movement. The files ae aanged alphabetically by title of the newslette. They cove the yeas Box 4. Newslettes 1. Bulletin, Woke's League, Civil Libeties, ACLU, Jul Fifth Estate, 1969, 1971, Gay Libeato, Ma-Jun The Guadian, Guild Pactitione, National Lawyes Guild, summe 1972 Helping Hand, Indochina Chonicle, Intecontinental Pess, , Intenational Socialist Review, , 1973 Lewis-McChod Fee Pess, Ma 1971 Box 5. Newslettes Militant, The Phoenix, Quake Sevice, fall St. Paul Pionee Pess, 22 Jun 1971 The South End, 10 Ap South Vietnam in Stuggle, 15 Jul Thoi-Bao-Ga, Oct USLA Repote, Ma-Jun The Vanguad, 5 Ma Vietnam Couie, 6 Oct Willamette Bidge, 4-10 Ma Young Socialist, May The Young Socialist Oganize, 10 Jun 1970

9 - 9- Seies IV National Peace Action Coalition Box6 James Laffety Collection This seies contains coespondence, flyes, leaflets, agenda, epots and notes petaining to the National Peace Action Coalition. The ftles ae aanged alphabetically by topic o type of mateial, chonologically whee necessay, and chonologically within each folde. This seies coves the yeas Box 6. National Peace Action Coalition Affiliates, Convention; fist, agenda, Convention; fist, mailings, Convention; fist, poposals, Convention; second, agenda, Convention; second, mailings, Convention; second, poposals, Convention; thid, pepaations, Convention; fouth, agenda, Convention; fouth, pepaations, Convention; fouth, poposals, Convention; fifth, agenda, Convention; fifth, pepaations, Convention, fifth, poposals, Education Task Foce mailings, Endoses, Factsheets, [c ] Financial epots, Ruth Gage-Colby testimonial dinne, 20 Jan GI's and veteans, 17 Jun Julius Hobson testimonial, 14 Nov House Intenal Secuity Committee, May Intenational coespondence, Laffety's notes, Mailings; afte the founding convention, summe Mailings; afte 2nd convention-24 Ap Mailings; afte 24 Ap Pess coveage, Pess eleases, Relations; The Guadian, 14 May Relations; NCA WRR, PCPJ, and 22 Ap Coalition, Relations; Vietnam Veteans Against the Wa, Speakes and speeches, Steeing Committee, Steeing Committee's Coodinating Committee, Tou; Asia, Tou; Canada, 1972

10 James Laffety Collection Box 6 (continued) 38. Tou; national, Laffety and Godon, Tou; west coast, Tou; west coast, Laffety, 1971

11 _ Bluestone, Iving, 2:5 CAPAC, 1:13 Conyes, John, 1: 15 Feency, Zolton, 1:10 Haessle, Cal, 1:11 Mazey, Emil, 2:4 NP A C, 1 : 11, 1: 12, 1 : 13, 2:4 Ravitz, Mel, 1:9 Student Mobilization Committee, 1: 11, 1:12 Vaughn, Jackie, 1: Index to Coespondence James Laffety Collection

12 James Laffety Papes, Pat 2 James Laffety Papes, Pat 2 4 linea feet (4 SB) Walte P. Reuthe Libay, Wayne State Univesity, Detoit, MI Finding aid witten by Jaed Natzke on July 16, Accession Numbe: UP Ceato: Acquisition: Language: Access: Use: James Laffety Pat two of the James Laffety Papes wee deposited at the Reuthe Libay by James Laffety and his wife Bonnie Gavin in the ealy 1990s. Mateial mostly in English; some mateial in Fench and Spanish. Collection is open fo eseach. Refe to the Walte P. Reuthe Libay Rules fo Use of Achival Mateials. Restictions: Reseaches may encounte ecods of a sensitive natue pesonnel files, case ecods and those involving investigations, legal and othe pivate mattes. Pivacy laws and estictions imposed by the Libay pohibit the use of names and othe pesonal infomation which might identify an individual, except with witten pemission fom the Diecto and/o the dono. Notes: Citation style: James Laffety Papes, Pat 2, [Box [#], Folde [#], Achives of Labo and Uban Affais, Wayne State Univesity Related Mateial: Detoit Coalition to End the Wa Now! Recods Publications such as The Militant, published by the Socialist Wokes Paty and Fifth Estate can be found in the libay collection. PLEASE NOTE: Foldes in this collection ae not necessaily aanged in any paticula ode. The box folde listing povides an inventoy based on thei oiginal ode. Subjects may be dispesed thoughout the collection. 12

13 James Laffety Papes, Pat 2 Abstact See Pat 1 fo a biogaphy of James Laffety. Pat 2 of the James Laffety Papes contain mateials elating to his involvement in the National Peace Action Coalition and the Detoit Coalition to End the Wa Now!, which wee vey active in potesting against the Vietnam Wa in the ealy 1970s. Thee ae also many clippings, antiwa publications, and adical publications fom this time peiod. Thee ae a lage amount of mateials fom Laffety s wok with peace movements potesting U.S. militay intevention in the Caibbean and Cental Ameica in the 1980s. Laffety late became active in potesting the U.S. wa in the Pesian Gulf in Thee ae mateials fom his wok duing that time as well. Impotant Subjects: Middle East peace pocess National Peace Action Coalition (U.S.) Opeation Deset Shield, Pesian Gulf Wa, 1991 Peace movements United States Militay elations Genada United States Militay elations Guatemala United States Militay elations El Salvado United States Militay elations Nicaagua Vietnam Wa, Potest movements Impotant Names: Gage-Colby, Ruth Gavin, Bonnie Godon, Jey 13

14 James Laffety Papes, Pat 2 Aangement Foldes ae listed by thei location within each box. They ae not necessaily aanged, so any given subject may be dispesed thoughout the entie collections. Foldes in boxes 7-10 ae listed by subheadings ceated by the dono and eflect thei oiginal aangement. Box numbeing esumes fom Pat 1. Box 7 Emegency National Confeence Against Militay Intevention in Cental Ameica/The Caibbean (1984) 1. Emegency National Confeence Against U.S. Militay Intevention in Cental Ameica/The Caibbean 2. Sept. 25, Oct. 23 Meeting, Washington DC 3. Coespondence about Cental Ameica/Caibbean Intevention 4. Oganizing Notes, Contacts 5. Action Poposal 6. Rules fo Debate on Action 7. Pogam, Agenda, etc. fo Confeence 8. Unity Discussions, Calls, Liteatue, Pess Clippings 11. U.S. Intevention in the Caibbean/Cental Ameica Campus Coalition: Debate and Confeence ( ) 12. Miscellaneous Notes, etc., Pess Release 14. Leaflets 15. Debate poposal 16. Fund Raising fo Confeence 17. Rules fo Confeence 18. Action Poposal 19. Registation Mateials 20. Action Poposal 21. Wokshops 22. Oiginals 23. JTL s Pesentation to Panel 24. Coespondence and Confeence Schedule 25. Coespondence, 1987 U.S. Wa in the Pesian Gulf ( ) 26. Oganizational Mateials and Notes 27. Coespondence 28. NYC Coalition 29. Misc. Position Statements 14

15 James Laffety Papes, Pat Misc. Notes 31. Social Dem. Coalition 32. Leaflets, etc. 33. National Actions: Jan Mateials fo National Confeence Campaign fo Peace in the Middle East (Finances, unity effots, political statements, etc., ) 35. Steeing Committee Mtg., 4/17/ Evaluation of ENC Pespective in Mid-East Antiwa Effot, Media about Demonstations, FIT Foum: 2/17/ Leaflets 40. Coespondence, Coespondence, Finance Committee, Political Statement: Daft 44. Unity Effots 45. Campaign Stuctue 46. Action Poposals 47. Contact Lists 48. James Laffety, New School Teach-In, Feb. 8-9, Maxist School Semina 50. Notes Box 8 Emegency National Confeence Against U.S. Intevention in Cental Ameica/The Caibbean/South Afica ( ) 1. Coespondence, 84 to 5/14/85 2. Second Emegency Conf., Action Poposal 4. JTL s Pesentation to Conf. 5. Poposal on Stuctue/2nd Conf. 6. 2nd ENC Steeing Comm. 7. Sense of Body Resolutions 8. Pess 9. Peace With Justice Week 10. Cleveland Confeence Caucus 11. Communications Comm. Meeting, 2/5/ N.Y. Coalition Notes, etc 13. Apil 20th Leaflets 14. Aticles/Reseach 15. Wash. D.C. Coalition Meetings 16. Mateial fom Nat l. Coalition 15

16 James Laffety Papes, Pat 2 Emegency National Council Against U.S. Intevention in Cental Ameica/The Caibbean, File # 2 ( ) 17. Coespondence: 5/15/85 to 12/31/ ENC Newslettes 19. Miscellaneous 20. Notes of Convesations 1/85 to 21. Teasue s Repots 22. Contacts, Phone #s (Misc) 23. Philadelphia Conf. (1986) Mach 21st Demonstation on Conta and Aid to UNITA, ENC File #3 (1986) 24. Mach 21st Joint Demo. 25. Coespondence 26. Endoses 27. Leaflets 28. Meeting Notes 29. Fund aising 30. Speakes 31. Logistics fo Rally 32. Misc. Thid National Emegency Confeence (Emegency National Council Against U.S. Intevention in Cental Ameica/the Caibbean) Los Angeles, CA.; Januay 24-26, Thid Emegency Confeence 34. Coespondence 35. Action Poposals 36. Confeence Rules 37. Misc. 38. J.T.L. s Speech 39. Steeing Committee ENC Steeing Committee Meeting, June 7, 1986 (New Yok City) and Dec. 6, 1986 (Cleveland) 40. Steeing Comm. Mtg.; 6/7/ Steeing Comm. Mtg.; 12/6/ Coespondence 43. Repots 44. Misc. Documents, etc. Othe Foldes 45. Why Mass Action? 46. New School Comm. Against U.S. Intevention in Cental Ameica, Ist N.Y. Aea Campus Conf. Against Wa in C.A., Mach 20-21,

17 James Laffety Papes, Pat 2 Box 9 N.Y.C Emegency National Council Against U.S. Intevention in Cental Ameica/The Caibbean, File #1 (Dec., 1985 Dec., 1987) 1. Coespondence: 12/85 12/31/86 2. Coespondence: 1/1/87 12/31/87 3. Agendas/Minutes of Meetings 4. Actions 5. Public Foum, NYC ENC, 12/13/85 6. Misc. Notes 7. Reseach, Aticles, etc. 8. Detoit Oganizing Effot 9. Finances 10. Mid-Atlantic (D.C.) Coalition 11. Coespondence, Mid-Atlantic Coalition Emegency National Council Against U.S. Intevention in Cental Ameica/The Caibbean, File # 3 (1987) 12. Aias Peace Plan Piece 13. Recent Mailings, Leaflets, etc. 14. Lawyes Ad Campaign 15. Guadian Aticle/Debate 16. Lessons of the Anti-V.N. Wa 17. Apil 25, Apil 25th Demo./ Notes 19. Repot to St. Comm. Of 6/6/ The ENC Role in the Next Peiod 21. Calls, Newslettes 22. Cleveland CA Educ. Conf. (11/12/88) 23. Feb. 2nd Demo National Actions on Cental Ameica ( ) 24. Coespondence 25. Meetings and Actions, Winte Notes 27. Stuctue 28. Calls, etc. 29. Pocedual ules 30. Labo Outeach fo 3/24th 31. Mach 24th Fund Raising 32. Misc. Mateials Othe Foldes 33. Coespondence: 1/1/86 12/31/ Coespondence: 1/1/87 12/31/ Coespondence: 1/1/88 12/31/ N.Y. Coalition to Stop the U.S. Wa in El Salvado 17

18 James Laffety Papes, Pat Speech Deliveed to DeBendetti Memoial Confeence (U. of Toledo) on U.S. Movement against Vietnam Wa, May 5, 1990 Box Anti-wa button 2. Peoples Coalition fo Peace and Justice, Fiends Sevice Committee, Peace Education Packet, Socialist Wokes Paty, NPAC and Labo fo Peace Packets, Labo fo Peace, Antiwa Publications and Flyes, Socialist Wokes Paty Publications, Young Socialist Alliance Publications 10. Committee to Fee Angela Davis 11. James Laffety speech, 4/16/ Detoit Coalition to End the Wa Now, NPAC, NPAC, NPAC, Poject Ai Wa 17. Memoials and Recognition Ceemonies, Leaning by Defining Pogam 19. Pais Wold Assembly, Bonnie Gavin; Coespondence, Bonnie Gavin; Notes 22. Bonnie Gavin; CIA Files, Detoit Police Red Squad, U. of Detoit Student Publications, Anti-wa and Radical Publications, Student Mobilize, Maceo s Case 28. Clippings, Clippings, Clippings, Clippings, Clippings,