Word: ageing
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...also the most politically delicate. His decision was not included in the Concil's official memorandum of advice to Hershey; he was perfectly willing to let the General take the criticism that followed. Although it was not announced publicly, Johnson is known to have considered two alternatives: * Prime age group of age-mix plan. Under this plan, all men losing their II-S deferments in June would be considered to be born in 1949 for draft purposes. These "constructive" 19-year-olds would be put in the pool with the actual 19-year-olds and selected out according to their...
Besides Wirtz's judgement, Johnson made his decisions because of widespread criticism of "pyramiding." Graduate students in the past have been able to pile one deferment on top of another until they were exempt from service because of age. This inequity has been a focal point for the non-ideological criticism of the draft. Johnson's primary goal is known to have been halting that criticism and secondarily alleviating the inequities. Although he seems to have achieved the first, he has only reversed the second, placing the military obligation disproportionately on the formerly-privileged group...
...call from the present oldest first to 19-year-olds first. The new law empowered the President to make that change but severely limited his choice of a new selection system. It prohibited random selection as well as a shift that would call the youngest men first in ascending age sequence. He could have chosen to induct men from any or all of the seven eligible age groups (19 to 25 years) but was compelled to draft the oldest men first within each group chosen...
...plan would mean "bedlam" for the Selective Service, although last week he denied reports that he had said he could not do it. Some observers believe that his comment alone caused the President to reject the plans, but it was only one of the deciding factors. Another was that age-mix would have exempted the 200.000 men currently classified I-A who are older than 19 but have never held a II-S. The percentage plan was rejected for three additional reasons...
...would have subjected registrants to seven years of continual liability to induction from age 19 until age...