Word: hershey
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After a three-week series of negotiating sessions between Hershey and the Justice Department, mediated by the White House, Hershey agreed to exclude "lawful" protesters from his Draconian draftsmanship. Then, though it had been understood that in the interests of discretion no one would publicly elaborate on the compromise, Hershey told newsmen that he had won the fight. Justice, undone, now feels it must let the courts decide the legality of Hershey's decision...
...threat to mere demonstrators. House members planned similar bills, including one already offered that would bring Selective Service under White House supervision. None of the measures, of course, can be acted upon until 1968, when the next session of Congress convenes. Eight Representatives, however, signed a statement urging that Hershey himself be drafted-into retirement...
Boon for the Buzzards. That, too, is highly unlikely. After 56 years in the Army and a quarter of a century as head of the draft, Hershey is-like FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover-a Washington monument...
...most powerful supporters, House Armed Services Committee Chairman L. Mendel Rivers, came out in favor of Hershey's harshness. "When," he asked, "did it become a disservice to serve in the armed forces...
...best thing General Hershey could do for these buzzards...