Word: draft
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...home. Therefore it seems very likely that the next few months will see the Administration try to settle in for the long haul in Vietnam by smoothing out the rough edges of the war and trying to make it a little easier for the American public to accept. The draft can be "reformed" to take the pressure off troublesome college students. In time the policy of phased reductions might actually reduce the troop commitment in Vietnam to 200,000 men or even fewer. The military command in Vietnam may be able to substitute even heavier air strikes for the costly...
...group of seventeen Boston area draft lawyers-non of them from Harvard-asked for the abolition of the present Selective Service System yesterday at a press conference held at the Harvard Law School...
...existing draft law, both by design and administration, places the burden of military service primarily upon our poor and less educated citizens" with most deferments and exemptions going to the affluent and well-educated...
...promise to the American people and chosen to pursue the discredited policies of Lyndon Johnson. We must stand together, he tells us to secure an "honorable" peace. In attempts to appease his opponents and buy time for his disastrous policies, the President has announced token troop withdrawals and illusory draft cuts...
...voted to present the statement to Pusey at an October 8 Meeting at which about 200 members approved the general outline and tone of the statement. The SMC steering committee then wrote the final draft...