Word: inductions
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...those called upon to register to refuse, and to refuse loudly. The arguments against registration are sound--it is militarily foolish, coercive, and motivated in large part by President Carter's re-election campaign. Registration now will trim by only a handful of days the time it takes to induct Americans--on that ground alone even former Calif. Gov. Ronald Reagan opposes the plan. As a sign of "national solidarity" in the wake of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, draft registration is a part of Carter's dangerously confrontational stance of reviving the cold war. And as a part...
Some of Whitten's colleagues are predicting that, when and if they start to induct, as many as half those drafted will go c.o. (conscientious objector). It won't be easy to go c.o., Joan Lamb tells me back at the SSS, and the draft will be different this time around. No student deferments; the only people that are going to miss this one are those in or studying for the ministry and the real objectors--who will have to go work in some kind of socially redeeming job. "Don't worry," Lamb soothes. "If you're in college...