Word: draft
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...lawyer he contacted wanted between $500 and $2,500 to take his case, so he returned to Vancouver. "If I had had the opportunity to do valid public service four years ago," he says, "I never would have left the country." On the other hand, John Barry, 22, a draft-dodging San Francisco musician, hired a lawyer and gave himself up to the same U.S. Attorney's office. Considered a hardship case because he supports his widowed mother, he was told that he would probably have to work for only six months...
What reasons can conscientious objectors, draft dodgers or deserters give for their actions? No one wants war, no one wants to die for a cause he may not agree with. However, this country is governed by the decisions of the majority, protecting the right of the minority to voice its opinions. Only through this system has our country survived...
...lawbreaking, obstruction of justice, violating the constitutional oath of office and tarnishing the cherished image of the presidency, President Ford granted Mr. Nixon an absolute and advance pardon. By strange contrast, up to 24 months of public service is suggested for the youthful draft evaders who acted and objected conscientiously to an immoral and unconstitutional war. What an act of favoritism by "the honest...
Most letters to the editor favoring amnesty for draft dodgers and deserters leave the impression that all of them are men of high principle and ethics. Aren't any of them just plain goldbricks or smart asses who not only considered it clever to walk off and leave the dirty detail for somebody else but, even worse, felt that the guys who did stay and carry the load were just dopes...
...conservative, McCracken generally opposes controls and favors balanced budgets. He is an old friend of Ford's and teaches at the University of Michigan. McCracken says that he expects to stay in Washington only long enough to "sort out ideas" from the summit and draft policy suggestions. But his brief service, coming as it will during and after the grand meeting, is expected to substantially shape the Ford Administration's economic policy...