Word: draft
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...wrote Lieut. Calley a letter telling him that I am praying that he will soon be free. He fought for me and for all of us in beautiful America. He did what he thought best on the battlefield. He did not burn his draft card or say he was a conscientious objector...
...nature of the representation made the results all the more startling. Imbued with great faith in the U.S. political process, the delegates went to work with a vengeance to pick the reforms they wanted. They overloaded three high-speed Xerox machines with 1,500,000 sheets of draft resolutions, petitions and recommendations from committees, subcommittees, sub-subcommittees, task forces, subplenary task forces, caucuses and assorted alliances. An ecology task force thoughtfully arranged for the recycling of used documents at a nearby plant. A task force on race and minority groups split into caucuses for American Indians, black Americans, European Americans...
...conference expense funds to send telegrams of endorsement to the nonviolent groups sponsoring last weekend's antiwar protests. Further bucking Administration policies, various task forces urged a complete end to strip mining, the immediate resignation of J. Edgar Hoover, and amnesty for all draft violators...
Message for Everybody. The ecology panel used consultants to draft a detailed bill proposing a national corps of volunteers to work on environmental projects; a panel on drugs called for the open, legalized sale of marijuana regulated by the Government (a black caucus dissented strongly). By a vote of 493 to 127, the final session also declared that "any sexual behavior between consenting, responsible individuals [not just adults] must be recognized and tolerated by society as an acceptable life-style...
Members of RESIST said last night that this document is particularly significant because it reveals that raids on local draft boards are much more damaging to Selective Service information banks than federal officials have publicly admitted...