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Letter dated October 4, 1962 from Bayard Rustin to President Kennedy appealing for his assistance in the case of an elderly conscientious objector who had refused to pay taxes after the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, and who was now destitute because his social security payments had been cut off.
Date: October 4, 1962
Creator: John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston, Massachusetts. Papers of John F. Kennedy, Presidential Papers, White House Central File, Subject File
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