Word: drafting
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Johnson had spoken disparagingly of Paris, he was only slightly worried about it. He would have preferred Geneva, which is sympathetic to the U.S., while Paris, with the biggest Vietnamese colony outside of Southeast Asia and no fewer than 150 Vietnamese restaurants, is definitely pro-Hanoi. In an early draft of his statement on the talks, Johnson betrayed some apprehension about how the French would act when he said that he hoped they would grant equal treatment to all parties. The final draft described France as a country "where all parties should expect such treatment." Despite Johnson's mild concern...
...grounds that most Republican leaders favored Nixon. At a time of national "crisis and confusion," he said then, it would be a disservice "to create more partisan divisions." Last week, proclaiming himself back in, he cited the "gravity of the crisis that we face as a people," adding: "The draft is really, I would say, the result of events...
...said Rockefeller about the Massachusetts victory. "The first break. A big help." It was nearly all of that. The only name on the Bay State Republican ballot was Governor John Volpe, running as a favorite son. Neither Rockefeller nor Nixon had organized a write-in campaign. A minuscule, orphaned draft-Rockefeller group had remained barely alive, able to spend a grand total of $1,500 during the six weeks before primary...
...fact, the "draft" was visible principally to the weather eye of its chief beholder and beneficiary. Though Rocky tried gamely to defend his withdrawal in March as correct at the time, there seemed little doubt that it had been a blunder compounded by the subsequent developments he mentioned, most notably Lyndon Johnson's abdication and Nixon's continued strength in the polls (the latest Gallup showed him beating all three Democrats). If Rockefeller continued his coyness, his political scouts reported, Nixon probably would be unbeatable...
Zigmond's lawyers are seeking a restraining order that would postpone his induction from Friday. Both men have filed suits against their draft boards, charging unconstitutional use of the draft to punish anti-war protestors...