Word: draft
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...rally-scheduled for 11 a. m. on the steps of Memorial Church-has been planned by the Boston-area chapter of the Union for National Draft Opposition (UNDO...
...local anti-draft group will hold a rally Saturday morning in the Yard, at which an undetermined number of men plan to turn in their draft cards...
...spite of their rhetoric that every one would be drafted, many draft boards continued to grant deferments to people for cloudy reasons. It is no coincidence that most of the people with borderline cases who received deferments without much hassle had lottery numbers over 300-numbers which won't be reached this year because the pool is so big. Therefore draft boards weren't giving anything away by granting these people deferments-they are saving them for next year when the pool will be smaller. This is similar to granting deferments to young people under the old system. To prevent...
...competent draft counselor on Long Island recounts a story which illustrates well the attempt of local boards to maintain control. In December, two boys applied for teaching deferments on almost identical grounds. The boy numbered 352 had no trouble getting a deferment. The boy numbered 29 was turned down by the local board. The board was only too willing to defer someone out of reach for this year...
With the premise that draft boards get great satisfaction from the control and channeling of people's lives. I have tried to indicate some reasons why those with high numbers have the good fortune of being in this lottery. They must not panic by seeking unnecessary and nearly impossible deferments if they are to escape the fanatical tentacles of the draft boards...