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| Title | People Can Stop ITT [page 1 of 2] |
| Creator | The Coalition to Stop ITT |
| Publisher/Affiliation | The Coalition to Stop ITT |
| Place of Publication | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Date | 1974 |
| Notes | Alternative title: Demonstrate May 8 IT&T's Annual Stockholders Meeting
Announces: May 8th demonstration against the International Telephone and Telegraph Company (ITT) -- "1 pm picket, 5 pm rally [at] Washington Plaza Hotel, 5th & Westlake, Downtown - Seattle." Speakers include Leonard Weinglass, Fred Hirsch, and Hank Adams.
Background information: ITT was founded in 1920. Between 1959 and 1978, it became "an aggressive conglomerate and underwent a second period of rapid expansion, acquiring 275 other companies and increasing its annual sales nearly 20-fold." ( ITT Corporation. Encyclopaedia Britannica. Retrieved June 9, 2004, from Encyclopaedia Britannica Online. http://www.search.eb.com/eb/article?eu=44019 )
Note on date: 1974 is penciled and stamped on document. |
| Intended Purpose | Mobilization
Event publicity
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| Issue Area | Vietnam protests - anti-corporate support
Human rights - general
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| Organizations Mentioned | International Telephone and Telegraph Company |
| Subjects (LCTGM) | Demonstrations--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Subjects (LCSH) | Capitalism--Moral and ethical aspects
International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation
Coalition to Stop ITT
Weinglass, Leonard
Hirsch, Fred
Adams, Hank |
| Geographic Coverage | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Digital Collection | Vietnam War Era Ephemera Collection
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| Digital ID Number | VTN124 |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division. |
| Repository Collection | DS559.62 W3 Vietnam War Era Ephemera Collection |
| Object Type | Flier
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| Physical Description | 35 x 21.5 cm |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original text at 400 dpi in color, saved in JPEG format and resized to 600 ppi horizontal. Saved at compression rate 3. 2004. |
