Word: abolitionism
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Sir: Relevant to "The Dying Death Penalty" [Feb. 17] is a resolution adopted Sept. 1 by the American Correctional Association: "The 96th Annual Congress of Correction records its opposition to capital punishment; supports the Attorney General's recommendation that the death penalty be eliminated from the Federal Criminal Code...
Each method of drafting students and workers has advantages and disadvantages from the government's point of view. In either case, it will draft as many students and workers as it needs to fight the war. For us to urge the abolition of 2-S would be to imply that...
The Young Dems also approved a resolution calling for the abolition of HUAC because it is "inherently pernicious to the principles of political liberty."
The committee, which in December collected 870 signatures on a petition urging the abolition of HUAC, has asked for the support of five major campus groups -- Young Dems, Young Republicans, RGA, HUC, and SDS.
In a few days the President's Commission on the Draft will release its plans to reform the Selective Service System. The indications are that the Commission will propose the gradual abolition of the 2-S student deferment and the institution of a lottery -- a system which would draft men...