Word: draft
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Midnight Draft. At the same time, the President began formulating his Sunday address. Working with him on the speech were Secretary of State Dean Rusk, Defense Secretary Clark Clifford, White House Aides Walt Rostow Harry McPherson and George Christian. General Earle Wheeler, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Stall, was consulted. Also at Johnson's side, surprisingly, was Robert S. McNamara...
Johnson probably wrote more of the speech than any major talk he has ever given. Saturday afternoon he toiled over it in the sunshine on the south lawn. Working past midnight he went over it line by line, carrying pencils and i draft of the speech with him all weekend to sitting-room and dining-room, bedroom and study...
Lowell: Can they draft monks...
...reasoning with respect to the Fellowships was similar to that of the Law School with respect to re-admittance of draft resistors," said Gunness. The Law School announced yesterday that it would reserve places for students who have refused the draft and gone to jail. The Committee felt that service or resistance are unavoidable circumstances and should not be cause for denying a student his fellowship...
...massive anti-war, anti-draft rally will be held in Boston on April 3 in coordination with National Draft Resistance...