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...original RUS Constitution has not been discarded in favor of a new Constitution. The RUS officers have not drawn up a new draft nor have they eliminated any provisions of the original Constitution. One of the purposes of this Conference is to discuss the original Constitution and to make any necessary amendments to it as a result of suggestions proffered by this Conference. This Friday and Saturday will afford students the opportunity to explain the purported Constitutional "inconsistencies," many of which are of a stylistic rather than of a substantive nature, to the Trustees and Administration directly. Debbie Batts...
...charges that the Peace Corps is a haven for draft dodgers, Vaughn merely said, "we don't question what the source of motivation is"--as long as the qualifications are there...
...does present a solution by allowing the President (or the Defense Department) to direct draft boards to call the oldest men under 26 first, or 19-year-olds, or a prescribed mixture of both. But he cannot order the drafting of 19-year-olds first, working up to the older men in ascending age-sequence. The law requires inducting the oldest men first within each age-group. The Defense Department has devised infinitely variable systems to achieve the desired age mix, all of which are un- random and penalize men born early in the calendar year, fiscal year, month...
...Defense Department source said Tuesday that the latest proposal being considered would draft men according to the percentages of the various age groups represented in the total eligibility pool. For example, if 21-year-olds made up 15 per cent of the total pool, then they would make up 15 per cent of each month's quota...
...take no action at all. This is a distinct possibility. Since last March, Johnson has studiously avoided personal involvement in the controversy. He has taken every opportunity to delay his decision, including asking the Defense Department for this new selection system after it had submitted a half-dozen. The draft is a delicate issue, and the President evidently prefers not to tangle with...