National Committee For a Sane Nuclear Policy
National Committee For a Sane Nuclear Policy.In June 1957, twenty‐seven prominent citizens concerned with the direct and indirect hazards of nuclear fallout (e.g., strontium 90 found in cow's milk) met in New York City and formed the Provisional Committee to Stop Nuclear Tests. In the fall, they adopted the name National Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy, commonly known as SANE, and placed a full‐page advertisement in the New York Times that read: “We Are Facing a Danger Unlike Any Danger That Has Ever Existed.” SANE quickly became the largest and most influential nuclear disarmament organization in the United States. By the summer of 1958, it had about 130 chapters representing approximately 25,000 Americans.
For over three decades, men and women prominently associated with SANE, such as Norman Cousins, Clarence Pickett, Lenore Marshall, Norman Thomas, Dr. Benjamin Spock, H. Stuart Hughes, Sanford Gottlieb, and Rev. William Sloane...
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