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Wall Street Leaders Form
Committee to Push Peace
By a WALL STREET JOURNAL Staff Reporter
NEW YORK - A group of prominent
members of Wall Street's financial com-
munity have banded together to urge an
end to the Vietnam war.
The group was organized informally
last week and dubbed the Wall Street Com-
mittee for Peace. It has no formal leader-
ship nor program and appears to be held
together solely by the conviction that the
problems that have plagued Wall Street in
the past several years stem directly from
the U.S. involvement in Vietnam.
For all its informality, the list of mem-
bers reads a bit like a Who's Who of the fi-
nancial community. It includes Charles
Miller, chairman of D.H. Blair & Co.;
Theodore Silbert, chairman of Standard
Prudential Corp.; Arthur Levitt Jr., presi-
dent of CBWL-Hayden Stone Inc.; Robert
Roosa, partner in Brown Brothers Harri-
man & Co.; and Joseph Miller, president of
Barco Inc.
The group plans to present a petition to
members of the State and Treasury de-
partments and various Senators tomorrow.
PRESERVATION COPY
Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library
We, the undersigned members of the financial community, aware
of the drastic effects which our involvement in So. Viet Nam, Laos and
Cambodia has had on our economy our financial structure and institiutions,
our domestic needs and the foundations of our country, urge an immediate
withdrawal of all U.S. forces from South East Asia.
We attribute our military involvement in S.E. Asia as a cause of
the high level of inflation and the insufficient resources funneled
back into the economy for the vitally needed social, education, health
and economic needs in this country. The effect on Wall Street of our
military involvement is a clear example of an untenable strain on the
securities industry to fulfill its historic role in providing for an
efficient allocation of private capital resources. We are very aware
that the national security of our country can be compromised and
threatened internally by decaying cities, deprived minorities and
unfülfilled social and economic programs.
In setting forth this position we do not mean to ignore the moral
issues involved nor the stated position of the U.S Government of "protecting
our boys". We believe that their best protection is to be brought home.
Signed by the following (firm names are listed for identifica only)
Clarence B. Jones, V. Pres
Robert Roosa
CBWL - Hayden, Stone Inc.
Brown Bros. Harriman
D. Bernstein, Chairman
Charles Miller, Chairman of Bd.
Bernstein-Macaulay Inc.
D. H. Blair & Co.
Robert J. Schwartz
Herbert Brandon, Owner
CBWL - Hayden, Stone Inc.
Shippers & Forwarders
Philip Zinke
Theodore Silbert, Chairman of Bd.
Lehman Bros.
Standard Prudential Corp.
Alex Rosenberg, Chairman of Bd.
Arthur Levitt, Jr., Pres.
Northeast Management & Development Co.
CBWL - Hayden, Stone Inc.
Joseph Miller, Pres.
Malcolm Monroe
Barco, Inc.
Valincenti, Leighton, Reid & Pine
Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential over)
Wm. Wander Heuvel - Stroock, Stroock & Levan
Bruno Aron, Vice Pres.
Amivest Corp.
0
Joshua Morrison, President
Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc.
Isidore Frank, Chairman
Frank Property Co.
David Fredman
Standard Financial corporation
Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library
EXECUTIVE OFFICE BUILDING
WHITE HOUSE
Washington, D. C.
To: Security Officer, White House Police
Main Lobby, EOB
Please admit the following appointments on September 22, 1970
for (Mr.) (MxxxxxXXxx) Stein
, Agency CEA
.
Name
Time
Name
Time
PASSER, Harold
)
SILBERMAN, Laurence
)
9:30 a.m.
WEIDENBAUM, Murray
)
GREENBERG, Leon
ROSOW, Jerry
WOLFE, Thomas
Meeting Room: 315, EOB
Secretary: Joyce Pilkerton
Telephone Ext.: 5046
Date: 9/21/70
Other appointments may be called in during the day.
Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library
Mr. Stuart Alsop
(Newsweek)
Mr. Peter Lisagor
(Chicago Daily News)
Mr. John Osborn
(New Republic)
Mr. Charles Bartlett (Chicago-Sun Times)
Mrs. Nancy Dickerson (NBC)
Mr. Martin Nolan
(Boston Globe)
Mr. Michael White
(Boson Economic Writer)
Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library