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Nixon has never utilized the arm-twisting powers of his office to force Congress into action-not even when his ABM system seemed in danger of defeat. But last week he said that "if Congress fails to act, we will take appropriate executive action" to amend the draft. Trouble is, the most important section of the Nixon bill-that calling for random selection of draftees-is prohibited by the 1967 draft law. It would take congressional action to change this...
...final phase of Nixon's draft plan is aimed at 1972, when he hopes to do away with compulsory service altogether. At that time, the Selective Service Act of 1967 expires, and Nixon hopes to create a military of volunteers. There are strong arguments on either side of the proposal. There are those opposed who warn that it could create an elite corps of killers, dangerously isolated from the rest of American society. Those in favor of the volunteer scheme, by far the majority, claim with considerable reason that it would help cut military waste and rekindle pride...
Already beatified among protesters as "the Chicago Eight," the defendants are the first to be indicted under the antiriot provision of the 1968 civil rights act. The provision was tacked onto the bill by a conservative Senate coalition led by South Carolina's Strom Thurmond. It may, in fact, be unconstitutional. A host of local, state and federal laws already cover acts of incitement to riot. What the antiriot provision defines as criminal is the "intent" to incite to riot. Thus the law prescribes a fine of $10,000 or five years in prison-or both-for anyone...
...delved into spy lore of the early 20th century for his A Patriot for Me; his hero, played by Maximilian Schell, is a homosexual secret-service officer in the Austro-Hungarian Army who is blackmailed into spying for the Russians. The "drag ball" scene that opens the second act has been a titillating conversation piece ever since the play premiered in London in 1965. Murderous Angels probes the motives and characters of Patrice Lumumba and Dag Hammarskjold as seen by Conor Cruise O'Brien, who was himself in the Congo as head of U.N. operations in Katanga...
Social scientists note that punishment, to deter, must be immediate and impartial. During Prohibition, when enforcement of the Volstead Act was roughly comparable to that of the present drug laws, the nation's per-capita consumption of liquor actually increased 10%. The blunderbuss approach to marijuana creates widespread disrespect for all law among young people; perhaps worst of all, it makes it difficult for young people to believe adults' warnings about other drugs, and discourages the young who need medical help and advice from seeking...