Word: drafted
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Those with birthdays drawn first will be the first to be inducted; those with birthdays drawn near the bottom of the list will be almost sure of exemption throughout the year. Those classified 1-A and not drafted during the year will drop into a lower-priority pool and will ordinarily be draft-exempt for the rest of their lives...
...that simple. Peter Flanigan, a Nixon staff expert on the draft, has admitted that the plan leaves a giant loophole. Anyone who has a deferment at least until January, 1971, can parlay it into a permanent exemption from the draft-if he draws a low place in the lottery for this year...
...example, consider a college junior whose birthday is September 10. If September 10 is the last birthday drawn, men born on that date and classified II-A in 1970 would be safe from the draft, barring a huge...
...wait until late in 1970 and try to estimate how many men under his local draft board have higher numbers and how many might be called. If it looked safe, he could drop out of school, wait to not be drafted, and go on with whatever he wanted to do: His liability would expire the first...
...addition, the draft process will remain in the hands of local boards-some of which will get much further down the list of birthrates than others...