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...tape of this interview with Secretary McNamara will be broadcast at 7 p.m. Thursday on WHRB...
...reforming the draft, McNamara recommended "work on two fronts simultaneously: one, building the feeling of obligation, and two, making it much easier for individuals to find opportunities that fit their skills or interest" whether in the military or alternative service...
...evidence of the inequity, McNamara pointed out that only 30 perment of young men with less than an eighth grade education and roughly 25 percent of those going on to graduate school ultimately serve. But about 70 percent of the men who attain some level of education between these two groups see military service...
...lottery, McNamara said, would require that every young man take his chance with the draft at some time, most likely at age 19. "Every 19-year-old would be subjected to it," he explained, but deferments could continue for educational and other reasons. Thus, after drawing at 19, every man would know precisely where he stood...
...proposal for reform must be based on what the Pentagon has gradually learned about its manpower supply, McNamara insisted. He divided the 1.8 million men who reach eligibility for service each year into three parts...