Word: locally
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...marchers will congregate at the corner of Massachusetts Avenue and Beacon Street where they will be augmented by undergraduates from other local colleges. A brass band, torches, and all of the rest of the trimmings will send them on their way along the ten minute march to the Boston Arena...
...Local partisans will not be able to see the Crimson in action in the Stadium next year until October 8, 1949, when the team returns from New York City for a six-game home-stand, opening against Cornell...
...draft has been subjected to every kind of criticism since its enactment last June; Mr. Conant's opposition springs from his belief that it is discriminatory. He has said that the wide discretion vested in local boards may bring undesirable and unfair pressure upon them. By deferring college students until the end of their academic year and exempting married men, he feels that the law will turn both institutions into havens for draft dodgers. And drafting a man in the middle of his college career is disruptive not only to his education but also to the college or university itself...
...Draft could be carried on endlessly. The type of U.M.T. which Mr. Conant envisions, however, does not seem the best answer. Evening drill for ten years would put serious restrictions on the trainee's mobility; his work, his vacations, whether or not he travels would all depend on his local unit. The value of weekly training from a military stand-point might well be compared to Boy Scouting; it would be enormously expensive and highly complicated to set up; and, as a ten-year indoctrination program, it is wide open to the attacks of those who fear militarism...
...logical man for such support. Although he has never before run for office, he has been a leader in local politics since the war, serving as Chairman of Boston's Citizens' and Labor Committee to Save OPA in 1946, and leading the Boston Tenant's Council to keep rent control, prevent evictions, and create new housing. He also served as Port Agent for the American Communications Association (CIO) for three years, gaining considerable labor support from that post...