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Possible recommendations for reform or abolition of the CRR will be discussed at the meeting. Though the CRR can still function without student representation, the administration will apparently seek to pinpoint the causes of rejection, and possibly resolve them.
The bill presently before the House Armed Services Committee (Senate Committee hearings ended yesterday), recommends the abolition of virtually all student deferments as President Nixon urged last April 23. If it becomes law, Nixon will be free to change the deferment system.
However, there has been increasing support for a complete abolition of the draft in the current Armed Services Committee hearings, Washington sources indicated yesterday.
A number of possible reforms-ranging from a one-year extension of Nixon's power to draft men to the actual abolition of the draft-were discussed at yesterday's hearings in the Hebert committee. Bella Abzug (D-N. Y.) testified yesterday that the draft was "slavery," and as such...
With the abolition of weekly target meetings, the Air Force has acquired a greater degree of control over the air war. Weekly "frags" (strike schedules) are no longer the result of heated controversy. They are prepared by the Air Force from a large list of approved targets, based on its...