Word: draft
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...have just finished reading the Oct. 13 article about Senator John Williams, and it has made up the mind of this independently registered voter. If the voters of Delaware are foolish enough not to re-elect him, I suggest Ike draft him as his new head of the Bureau of Internal Revenue and/or Secretary of the Treasury next January . . . JOE SMITHHISLER Las Cruces...
U.M.T. Against it while draft continues...
Students who have not previously taken the test may do so. Local draft boards receive the results, which may be used as reason for deferment...
Eisenhower said "military service is an obligation that every citizen owes his nation." The dilemma, he said, is that the military cannot discontinue its draft calls, and institute U.M.T. at the present time. The solution, he said, is to establish a commission to review "the policies that govern our whole military program" and "restudy the operations, functions, and acts of the Department of Defense...
...commence to make sacrifices . . . commensurate with the danger that threatens to engulf her . . . The plain and brutal fact today is that Europe is not making these sacrifices . . . her military budgets in terms of their proportion of the national income are far below those that we propose for ourselves. Her draft of manpower is less severe than what we suggest should govern us here . . . This effort is clearly not enough...