Word: hershey
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Lewis B. Hershey, director of the Selective Service, told a news conference in Washington last night that the "odds were strong" that a system similar to that used during the Korean War would be re-instituted...
...yesterday's news conference Hershey emphasized that a return to the old system would mean a return to an amended system. In other words, the results of the test and the information about class standing would serve as guides for the local boards but would not necessarily be the basis of the boards' decisions...
...reply Hershey emphasized that the Selective Service law was amended after the Korean War to provide that no local board should be required to defer any student solely on the basis of a grade on any test or his standing in class or "any other evaluation of that character." He added that this was done to preserve the local boards' authority over draft classifications...
...second ACE letter, sent on Dec. 13, reiterated the request that Hershey issue a statement of "student rights and responsibilities." It proposed reinstatement of the Korean War guidelines for determining student deferments. The third letter, on Dec. 27, renewed Morse's request once more...
...Whatever the merits or demerits of the Korean War criteria, they had general public acceptance. I urge that they be reinstituted immediately," Morse then wrote to Hershey. He added that local draft boards must still make their own determinations, but "unless some guidance is provided them, I fear they will make them in a vacuum...