Word: draft
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Johnson's critics could not bring themselves to believe that he was sincere. He might have "something up his sleeve," said Pediatrician Benjamin Spock. "I hope he means it," said retired Lieut. General James Gavin. "I'm afraid he doesn't, and that he would accept a fair draft." Many sophisticated Europeans suspected that Johnson hoped to duplicate the feat of Egypt's Nasser, who "quit" after the disastrous war with Israel in 1967 but was restored to power by popular demand. "Is this a false exit," wondered Paris' Le Monde, designed "to stop the rapid decline of his popularity...
...through last week's Wisconsin primary with 80% of the vote, some Republicans are convinced that the upshot of Johnson's action will be to bring New York's Governor Nelson Rockefeller back into the race. For the time being, Rocky was holding back, still maintaining that a genuine draft was the only thing that could return him to contention. "Sure, Johnson's out," said a Rockefeller aide, "but that doesn't change our problem?the Republican Party. They don't want Rockefeller. It's as simple as that." In an effort to remedy the problem, a group of influential...
...time when Thieu, at U.S. prodding, was just beginning to combat corruption. In re cent weeks he has fired some 100 major officials, including nearly one-third of the country's 43 province chiefs and two of the four army corps commanders. He has also stepped up the draft in order to raise army strength by 135,000 men and accelerated part-time military training for university students. Though he probably will accept sooner or later, Thieu at first held off saying yes to President Johnson's invitation to come to Washington; he thus hoped to show...
Business has also become more popular on campus by taking a lenient attitude toward draft problems. During the Korean War, businessmen rarely considered a student who was liable to be drafted. Now they will hire students who will be drafted within weeks, will also make a place for ROTC students who have to serve two years but would like to know now where they can locate when their service is over...
...Harvard refused to allow WGBH-TV to televise a Lowell Lecture Hall teach-in on the war in Vietnam arranged after Dr. Benjamin Spock, the Rev. William Sloan Coffin, Michael Ferber, a second-year graduate student, and two other men were indicted for conspiracy to help others evade the draft...