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This comes in partial contradiction to the statements of Assistant Secretary of Defense John A. Hannah, who recently told reporters that the draft would not only continue for the next six years, but that there would be little possibility of any cuts in the monthly quotas...
...When Hannah had predicted the long range draft at an increasing rate, he said "The cold truth of the matter is that we have been putting young men into uniform faster than the males in the population turn 18 1/2 years...
...induction, volunteering and enlistment continue at the present rates, the "bottom of the pool" may be reached within two or three years, Hannah added...
...Hannah also ruled out Universal Military Training as the answer to the problem...
...attributed the grim manpower outlook to what he called the "Unhappy legacy" of a lowered birthrate during the depression years. "The cold truth of the matter," Hannah said, "is that we have been putting young men into uniform much faster than the males in our population turn 181/2 years...