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...college age may soon be drafted into active military service for six months instead of the current two-year periods, Assistant Secretary of Defense John A. Hannah said yesterday...
...shortened term of active duty, together with extended service in the reserves, is essential to fit the present national emergency, "when we are neither in all-out war nor at peace," Hannah declared. "Our military potential must be geared to our present day conceptions of warfare," he added...
Abrams will lead a delegation to Washington next week in hopes of convincing Air Force and Defense Department officials to reverse their position in denying the commissions. Among those he intends to see are Senator Leverett Saltostall '14 (R-Mass.), chairman of the Armed Services Committee, and John A. Hannah, Assistant Secretary of Defense...
...Hannah Statement...
According to Abrams, Dr. John A. Hannah, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manpower and Personnel, told a press conference on August 31, 1953, "Legally there is no contract but morally there is, and, of course . . . with youngsters of any age, there is nothing more important than a high value on commitments, even though it is inconvenient...