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Chances that 35 AFROTC seniors at the College and some 3,000 throughout the country will receive their promised Air Force commissions when they graduate "appear very slim at the moment," three of the cadets reported yesterday after talks with top Washington officials...
George S. Abrams '54, spokesman for the cadets and co-ordinator of the Washington trip, expressed hope that if the AFROTC students do not become officers in June they will at least get some compensation for the loss of their commissions. "Air Force and Defense Department officials now seem interested in giving us a better deal than the private stripes they were offering us last month," Abrams said...
...Force's announced policy of denying commissions to many cadets will seriously weaken its future reserve officers training program in colleges throughout the country. "Students in the future may hesitate to join a college organization which has in the past broken moral obligations. As members of the AFROTC we are vitally interested in the future of the Air Force and we sincerely hope that its policy makers will reconsider and realize that its best interest would be served in honoring its obligations despite any inconveniences which may be involved," he said...
Abrams also predicted that the AFROTC resolution would be approved. "Here's a case where the Council can serve a worthwhile function in the College," he said. "I don't think there's any reason why it should not give us full support...