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When David Earl Gutknecht laid his draft card at the feet of a federal marshal in Minneapolis during a Viet Nam War protest in 1967, Selective Service Director Lieut. General Lewis B. Hershey was not amused. After similar acts of defiance by other potential draftees, Hershey sent a memorandum encouraging local draft boards to discipline the protesters by accelerating their inductions as rapidly as Selective Service regulations would permit. Thereupon Gutknecht's draft board declared him "delinquent";* six days later he was jumped ahead of nondelinquent registrants and ordered drafted. He refused to submit and was convicted and sentenced...
Three weeks ago State's Attorney Gutknecht got himself off the spot by releasing records confirming that Paschen's welfare fund had indeed been used for political purposes. Democrats stepped up pressure on Paschen to get off the ticket for "the good of the party." Stubbornly, the treasurer held out. Said he time and again: "I'm running...
...Currency Committee began to investigate, as did federal and county grand juries. Other newspapers moved in. Rapidly, Paschen's troubles were becoming double trouble to his sponsor, Dick Daley, and to the Democratic machine. Not only was their campaign case against the Republicans slipping away but Democrat John Gutknecht, up for re-election as Cook County state's attorney, was in for trouble himself if he tried to protect Paschen. Democrats feared that the county treasurer's trouble might even hurt Illinois' Adlai Stevenson...
Doing the Right Thing. Last week the roof blew off. The Sim-Times disclosed that Paschen had failed to account for a $4,000 contingency fund. Reacting swiftly, Gutknecht subpoenaed Paschen to appear before the grand jury. That brought Dick Daley down with both feet. Said the mayor flatly: "His running would be injurious to the entire ticket. I hope he does the right thing...