Word: draft
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Draft and reserve calls did not cut so many men from the ranks here as they did at the Law School, where 200 aspiring barristers were called over the summer. Business School reports state that draft and recall "have not affected registration of first-year students...
...some familiar things to say: "Events in Europe will determine if he will run . . . I don't speak for him, but if rearming and rewelding Western Europe together . . . is well along its way, it's my guess and hunch that Ike would accept an honest-to-goodness draft for the presidency-not because he wants it, but on grounds of duty." But Roberts also had a new gem to drop-a straight-from-head-quarters answer to the political question of the year. Said Roberts: "General Eisenhower has told me that he is a good Kansas Republican, like...
...Acheson and Dulles did excellent corridor work, lining up wavering delegations. Their chief worry: the Asian and Middle Eastern nations, which Russia worked hard to win over. Nehru's refusal to send an Indian delegation infuriated Dulles (he once got up in the middle of the night to draft a reply to the Premier). But one by one, the Asians sided with the U.S. Said Crown Prince Savang of Laos (IndoChina) : "This document can bring friendship back to the heart of peoples." Ablest Asian spokesman at the conference was Ceylon's delegate, Finance Minister J. R. Jayewardene...
...mind to do something drastic. Just as we were having our pictures took for the rogues' gallery, along came Mr. Slattery, the deputy . . . 'Mr. Slattery,' I said, 'I'm colored, even if I don't look it.'" Mezzrow's draft card later listed him as a Negro...
...Force had 90 in the Class of '54 and would have the facilities for even more now. The Army unit is hoping to get between 100 and 125. Student and faculty pressure last February led this group to take in 100 more men because of the increasingly confusing draft picture. That resulted in about 150 Army men in the whole class...