Word: draft
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Speaking to alumni in Boston on Tuesday night, Dickey said that the Navy, Army, and Air Force units offered students both immediate security from draft worries and a chance to serve the long-range interests of this country...
...Draft deferments are an American disgrace, Major General Louis B. Hershey, Director of Selective Service, said recently. He feels we should be ashamed of ourselves for trying to get so many young men exempted from service...
...report to the Adjutant General's Office, Hershey said that 12,000,000 men are now registered with draft boards, but 11,000,000 of them are deferred for various reasons...
...final draft of the recommendation for a "Critique of Current Issues" course passed the Radcliffe Student Council yesterday and will now be submitted to the Committee on General Education for approval. If approved, it will then be considered by the Faculty Committee...
...increased draft coincides with greatly enlarged production of arms scheduled for 1952-53. Appropriation for arms production and research are not at 650,000,000 pounds, two-and-a-half times the totals of two years...