PROPOSITION ONE
Proposition One is an initiative that calls for economic
conversion through
nuclear disarmament. It would achieve this goal by amending the
Constitutions of
the United States and the Commonwealth of Independent States, to
outlaw nuclear
weapons and mandate that the governments of these countries
promote policies
intended to achieve global nuclear disarmament and an end to war.
One immediate result of these policies will be the redirection of
enormous
resources toward meeting human needs, restore the environment,
house the
homeless, make adequate health care, food, education, and job
opportunities
available to all.
Proposition One won an election in Washington, D.C. on Sept.
14,1993 as
Initiative 37. As a result, D.C.'s Congresswoman, Eleanor Holmes
Norton, proposed
legislation with similar goals in the U.S. House of
Representatives in 1994. In
May 1995, Ms. Norton re-introduced the bill, as H.R. 1647, the
"Nuclear
Disarmament and Economic Conversion Act."
In 1994, eight Representatives signed on to the proposed law:
Hilliard of
Alabama, Tucker of California, Lewis and McKinny of Georgia, Wynn
of Maryland,
Oberstar and Minge of Minnesota, and Rangel of New York. MORE
CO-SPONSORS ARE
NEEDED! U.S CITIZEN'S: WRITE OR CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVES C/O
U.S. CAPITOL,
WASHINGTON D.C. 20515, (202) 225-3121; ASK THEM TO:
A. CO-SPONSOR, AND
B. VOTE FOR ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON'S BILL 1647
PROPOSITION ONE
1. DISABLE AND DISMANTLE ALL NUCLEAR WARHEADS BY THE YEAR
2000 AND REFRAIN
FROM REPLACING THEM WITH ANY WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION AT ANY
TIME;
2. ENTER INTO A VIGOROUS GOOD-FAITH EFFORT TO ELIMINATE WAR,
ARMED
CONFLICT, AND ALL MILITARY OPERATIONS;
3. ACTIVELY PROMOTE POLICIES INTENDED TO INDUCE ALL NATIONS
ON EARTH TO JOIN
IN THESE COMMITMENTS FOR PEACE ON EARTH, AND
4. USE RECENT LEVELS OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROGRAM RESOURCES
TO:
(a) CONVERT ALL NUCLEAR WEAPONS INDUSTRY EMPLOYEES,
PROCESSES, PLANTS,
AND PROGRAMS SMOOTHLY INTO CONSTRUCTIVE, ECOLOGICALLY BENEFICIAL
PEACETIME
INDUSTRIES DURING THE THREE YEARS FOLLOWING THE RATIFICATION OF
THIS AMENDMENT,
AND
(b) REDIRECT THOSE RESOURCES INTO HUMAN NEEDS SUCH AS
HOUSING, HEALTH
CARE, EDUCATION, AGRICULTURE, AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION.
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