Word: guards
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...union funds to further his own personal investments is highly improper, inexcusable and morally indefensible." As for Brewster, Reuther said that if 10% of what the McClellan committee heard about his activities is true, he "is unfit to hold union office or any position of public trust." To guard against the occurrence of Teamster-type racketeering within his own United Auto Workers, Reuther announced plans to set up a board of prominent citizens to act as "a public watchdog" of his union's affairs...
...United States Armed Forces have never counted efficiency among their many strongpoints, and their newly revised Reserve Forces Act does very little to remedy these rather regrettable inadequacies. As the reserve forces situation now stands, there is an almost complete duplication of the Army Reserve by the National Guard, and the general air of compromise and confusion surrounding the recent changes in the Reserve Forces Act is indicative of more inefficiencies to come...
...have a certain amount of freedom in choosing the manner in which he will fulfill his military obligation, there is no need for two organizations which offer almost indentical programs. After October sixth, there will be but one minor difference to distinguish the Army Reserve from the National Guard. The Army has succeeded in eliminating the Guard's so-called "draft-dodging" aspects and reduced the Guard to nothing more than the Army's image. The Army, unfortunately, may now be prone to gaze admiringly, and let the matter rest...
Although there is a strong pro-Guard lobby force in Washington which argues for the continuance of the Guard on the basis of something which sounds a bit like states' rights sentimentality, it would be in the best interests of a unified, well-coordinated reserve program to eliminate the state Guard groups...
...FORCE ROTC College 3 1/2 yrs. 1 1/2 yrs. 1 yr. 6 yrs. OCS 6 mos. 3 1/2 yrs. 1 yr. 1 yr. 6 yrs. Av. Cadets 1 1/2 yrs. 3 yrs. 2 yrs. 1 yr. 7 1/2 yrs. COAST GUARD OCS 4 mos. 3 yrs. 1 2/3 yrs. 1 yr. 6 yrs. The above chart lists the various training programs for officers. The ROTC programs must be entered as an incoming freshman, and therefore only the OCS (Officers Candidate School), PLC (Platoon Leaders Class) and OCC (Officers Candidate Corps) plans are of interest to most college men. PCT stands...