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...most reserve officers, I favored revival of the draft. Looking back, I can see that our country and the world would be much better off today if our politicians had been compelled to limit our military commitments to those for which volunteers could be found. Franklin N. Cunningham '41 Cdr. USNR [Retired...
...ironically, a woman who was a steering committee member of her CDR spoke vehemently against the Castro regime, saying that if it were not for her elderly mother she would prefer to leave. Although she lowered her voice when criticizing Castro, she apparently was not afraid to complain to a complete stranger who had wandered into her home accidently after seeing a CDR insignia on her door...
...Revolution's most important reform in the last few years has been the increased emphasis on mass organizations: the women's and students' organizations, the trade unions, and the block groups, or Committees for the Defense of the Revolution (CDR's). Under the new Constitution adopted last year, these organizations form the basis of the "popular power." This power structure builds upwards from the mass organizations, through municipal and provincial assemblies to the national assembly and the council of state, of which Fidel Castro is president...
...people have been fighting for moral incentives against the old Communist Party members who just wanted an efficient state," said Gerassi. By 1967, he claimed, "100 per cent of the youth supported Che's principles. Now the CDR, the official vigilante committee, is watching the bureaucrats instead of the workers and students...
...Cdr. Alvin R. Timm, associate professor of Naval Sciences, said "As far as I know, the Navy has not indicated to us that it is contemplating a move of this nature at the present...