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Speaking before the current drive to register 18-year-olds began on Monday, Nora Leyland, a BAARD spokesman, warned that "It looks like we're headed for war one way or the other." She added that her movement could not realistically hope to shut down registration, but would settle for "gaining more publicity and making it as hard as possible for the government to get a draft...
Frank Broadhead, BAARD's director, pointed out recently that one difficulty for his group is finding a clear enemy to oppose...
President-elect Ronald Reagan has promised to end registration and avoid a peacetime draft, yet few BAARD members trust him. Congress, meanwhile has expressed a wide variety of views, particularly on the necessity of a draft to go along with registration. The influx of conservatives on Capitol Hill makes many of Broadhead's marchers nervous...
Leyland, who praised the efforts of counsellors under the supervision of American Friends Service Committee, a Quaker group, added that BAARD assures young men who call seeking advice that "if they are caught, the government always gives you a chance to sign up quietly before sending you to jail...
Leyland defended her group's more activist stance and criticized CARD's "careful legislative view." Tomorrow, BAARD members will try to close down the Harvard Square post office, and Leyland explained, "We are tired of petitioning Congressmen; we want to get out in the streets...