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...review and analyze the mounting problems with the all-volunteer force, TIME held a seminar that brought together five of the nation's experts on the subject: Morris Janowitz, 60, Distinguished Service Professor of Sociology at the University of Chicago and one of the nation's few academics to study the military as a distinct group within society; Melvin Laird, 57, who as Secretary of Defense from 1969 to 1973 led the fight for the all-volunteer force, and is now the Washington-based senior counsellor on national and international affairs for the Reader's Digest; Senator...
...Janowitz: We want more recruits from the higher intelligence categories. We cannot run the Army without a significant number of them, if for no other reason than because some 40% of our officer corps is recruited from enlisted men. We want people who are smart, not just average. Moreover, those in the higher aptitude categories make those in the lower perform better...
...Janowitz: I am in favor of the West German system where military service is the first step in a two-step public service career. After eight to twelve years, you can leave the military and have priority for civil service jobs...
...Janowitz: You have to cut them down and give priority in educational benefits to those who have served in the military...
...Janowitz: In addition to compensation, prestige and political appreciation are important to the troops. Every unit in the U.S. ought to be visited twice a year by Congressmen and Senators who should talk to the troops on a person-to-person basis. It does a lot to increase the military's self-esteem and sense of worth...