Began in 1971 as the World Peace Tax Fund; founded in Ann Arbor, Michigan, by David Bassett and others to provide a means whereby a taxpayer conscientiously opposed to any participation in war could have his or her income, estate, and gift tax payments spent for non-military purposes only; plan was drafted into formal legislation and introduced into the House of Representatives by Rep. Ron Dellums of California on April 15, 1972, and to the Senate by Mark Hatfield in 1977; initially called the World Peace Tax Fund Bill, later renamed the U.S. Peace Tax Fund Bill; national office moved to Washington D.C. in 1975; name changed to National Council for a World Peace Tax Fund in 1975, to National Campaign for a World Peace Tax Fund in 1983, and to National Campaign for a Peace Tax Fund in 1984 or 1985; in 1985 a separate organization called the Peace Tax Foundation was incorporated to carry out educational and research functions dealing with conscience which the Campaign had previously been handling.
From the description of Records, 1971- (Swarthmore College, Peace Collection). WorldCat record id: 31196379
