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The troubles of the American and People1s Parties, we believe, amply demonstrate the folly of any other policy. -/- DFN | The troubles of the American and People1s Parties, we believe, amply demonstrate the folly of any other policy. -/- DFN | ||
=LP GROUPS ACTIVE IN NATIONAL TAX PROTEST= | |||
Libertarian Party members around the country joined forces with members of SIL and the Liberty Amendment Committee on the weekend of April 13th, to stage a nationwide series of protests against taxation. Altogether, National Tax Protest Day, 1974, was the largest one-day project ever undertaken by the libertarian movement. | |||
Seventeen media newsmen attended the joint LP-SIL press conference in Washington, DC on Friday April 12th, and coverage was given both by Metromedia TV and NBC Monitor News, nationwide. | |||
LP groups around the country distributed over 35,000 copies of the special leaflet prepared by National LP, plus an estimated equal number of locally-produced items; SIL also distributed material, and total estimated volume was in excess of 150,000 pieces. | |||
Among the most active LP groups were those in California, Florida, Utah, Oregon, Alaska, Pennsylvania, and Nevada; demonstrations in front of IRS offices and post offices, and in shopping centers, produced good news coverage in all these states. In New York, Free Libertarian Party candidates [[Sandy Cohen]] and [[Guy Riggs]] led demonstrations; in Colorado, a rally scheduled for the 13th was postponed due to a blizzard, but was rescheduled for the 26th, and drew some 75 people to hear Congressional candidate [[John James]]. | |||
Our leaflet was also distributed by [[Liberty Amendment Committee activists]] in Louisiana and Michigan; Dr. [[R.S. Jaggard]] of Iowa mailed out 2,000 copies to members of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, and we have received a number of inquiries as a result. | |||
Altogether, there were anti-tax demonstrations in more than 50 cities around the nation, and many millions of Americans were exposed to libertarian ideas as a result--and were made aware that the LP, alone among America1s parties, opposes taxation on principle. | |||
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