Protesters Disband
(N.Z.P.A.-Reuter—Copyright) LONDON, Sept. 15. The Committee of 100, once the most militant group in Britain protesting against nuclear arms, has announced that it has ceased to exist. An executive meeting in London formally dissolved the nation-wide organisation, created 10 years ago. The Committee of 100, an off-shoot of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, was hit by a general decline in membership and funds for peace-appeal movements.
Officials say splinter groups were developing with differing policies on campaigning over current world problems. The Committee of 100 sponsored many "ban-the-bomb” demonstrations in Britain during the early 19605, and Its organisers pioneered in Britain the sit-down and peace-chant protest techniques.
The original committee was formed by Lord Bertrand Russell and an American peace campaigner, Mr Ralph Sehoenman, with the support of 100 prominent people, drawn mainly from the arts, show business and literature, to warn Britons that nuclear war was imminent.
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Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31785, 16 September 1968, Page 15
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