Word: draft
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Pentagon's projected cut followed closely a statement by Selective Service Director Lewis B. Hershey that a tightening of the deferment policies would be necessary to maintain the present draft quota...
...nation's draft crisis, reflected in 41 sisters by the calling of 18-year-olds, suddenly cased yesterday as the Pentagon announced a 25 per cent cut in draft calls starting July...
With lower draft calls, however, the student deferment policy will probably continue without change...
...yesterday's draft statement, Lynch said quotas may actually run lower than 37,500 men a month as a result of Defense Secretary Charles 10. Wilson's resolve to cut military forces below their, present 3,50,000 level...
Moreover, the approaching fiscal year is an off-year in fresh manpower induction, based on the two year draft cycle. With a high number of men called in the first year after the outbreak of the Korean war, servicemen must be replaced every two years, pushing up draft calls in the alternate years...