Word: draft
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...government's answer conveniently ignores a crucial fact: That the Selective Service cancelled thousands of postpones 1-A induction orders form the 1971 draft, but blithely continues to process brother 1-0s who are identically situated. It is an obvious punitive measure," he added...
...CASE OF WALTER COLLINS, a black activist thrown in jail for resisting the draft, has not received the same attention in the North as the cases of Angela Davis or the Berrigan brothers...
Speaking to small gatherings of students throughout the day, Braden emphasized how "the war and the draft are used as a means of repression--especially in the black community. "He pointed out that the case of Walter Collins is ' typically horrible example of racism and political repression." Braden called for an unconditional total amnesty for all those who have opposed...
...graduated from LSU and went on to receive a Master's degree in mathematics at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. In late 1966 he was working as a fulltime graduate student on a Ph.D. thesis on the subject of mathematics as related to social change when his draft board cancelled his 25 deferment and classified him IA. At the time, graduate student were still legally entitled o student deferments. Within two weeks of his reclassification, his draft board ordered his induction...
COLLINS WENT TO New Orleans to plead his case personally before his draft board and request a conscientious objector application. He was told that since he was a full-time student, he would be reclassified 25. Collins was satisfied and returned to Michigan, dropping the CO matter. Upon arrival, he was greeted by an induction order dated before his trip. Since the date of induction had already passed, he returned immediately to New Orleans to clear himself and seek a CO form. The clerk instructed Collins that it was too late to apply for CO status because he had already...