Word: induct
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Last January 28, President Nixon asked Congress for a two-year extension of his power to induct men into the armed forces. (This would be the first two-year extension since General Custer's time-all previous extensions have been for four years...
...Nixon also asked Congress to limit to two years the extension of the Selective Service's authority to induct draftees. If this request is enacted, the Selective Service's power to draft men would end on July 1, 1973. Normally, Congress renews this authority for a full four years...
...procedures were often used to punish a wide variety of infractions -failing to report a change in address or marital status, for example. Delinquents faced immediate induction. When the war protests began, Selective Service Director Lewis Hershey (who will retire Feb. 16) reminded draft boards of their power to induct delinquents who failed to carry their draft cards. Were such procedures legal...