Word: draft
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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While military service poses some serious problems for most young men of draft age these days, one member of our company had to make a more difficult decision than most. He is 21-year-old Alex Hood, who was born in Toronto and came to the U.S. four years ago to work for TIME. A Canadian citizen, he was not necessarily liable to induction here at the time he reached draft age. But if he had refused to serve with the U.S. forces, he would have given up his right to become a citizen...
...make up his mind, he was uncertain about whether he would want to continue working in this country-and, if so, to become a citizen eventually-or to return to Canada some day, retaining his citizenship there. Hoping to keep both doors open, he decided to register for the draft and become eligible for induction. This month he was called into the Army...
Hood graduated from Fordham last month. His college draft deferment would have lasted until June, but he requested immediate reclassification...
...questioning, Ike was frank and unflustered. He disagreed bluntly with Van Fleet's proposal to extend the draft. If McCarthy and his investigations strayed too far from their proper pastures, he would comment on them; meanwhile, he said, it would be improper to express an opinion. Only once did the President's voice show a slight edge-when he emphatically denied a rumor that there was a rift between Bob Taft and himself...
Selective Services officials also announced yesterday that the Defense Department has issued an April call for 500 doctors and 145 dentists. In earlier draft developments, President Eisenhower has expressed emphatic opposition to a proposal to extend draft service from the present 24 mouths to 30 or even 36 months...