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...China's need for "security and friendly relations with her neighboring country." He pointedly refrained from announcing any decision to build a U.S. anti-missile system-a peaceable gesture he followed up at week's end with a message to Moscow that urged the Russians to defer deploying their own anti-missile defense in the interest of furthering world disarmament. "We have the solemn duty," said the President, "to slow down the arms race between us, if that is at all possible, in both conventional and nuclear weapons and defenses...
Although AFSC provides counseling on all phases of CO procedure, Harvard CO's have only gotten as far as filing form 150. The draft boards invariably acknowledge receipt of 150 and proceed to defer the student, II-S. CO claimants are eligible for all the usual deferments and draft boards are eager to put off deciding a CO claim as long as possible. In fact, a sophomore with a II-S who wrote his board a letter declaring his conscientious objection and requesting a Form 150 to file was told that he didn't have to fill out the form...
Mansfield declared that the time had come for Congress to defer major new legislation until it could examine the many complex, expensive programs already enacted. He said roughly the same thing last year-and was largely ignored. This year, because they reflect the current mood of Congress so well, his remarks were greeted as a bellwether. "It occurs to me," said Mansfield in a letter to 17 committee chairmen, "that the next Congress will see the convergence of a unique opportunity with a great need for a concentrated Senate exercise of the oversight function. I would hope...
This new resolution, in contrast to the old, does not limit itself to student deferments, but also attacks deferments for teachers. A number of junior Faculty members, primarily from the Economics Department, are responsible for this addition, Rawls said. They felt it was unfair to criticize only student deferments when local draft boards rely on much the same logic to defer teachers...
...volunteers would go into the draft pool, but only for two years. Anyone not called between 18 and 20 would then be free. Details, like how to choose within the pool -- whether to defer students or have a lottery -- could be settled by whoever wanted to settle them...