Word: objectionable
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Once they skirt the stark alternatives of the Supreme Being question, Harvard CO's take advantage of Seeger's invitation to individualism, often enlisting the help of philosophers and writers to help them express their objections to war. "It's really amazing the people they bring in to support their...
The AFSC has been in the business of distributing literature on conscientious objection since 1917. A little over a year ago, responding to the increase in CO's, the New England office decided to supplement this service by training people to advise prospective CO's. Overnight Cambridge has become the...
Although AFSC provides counseling on all phases of CO procedure, Harvard CO's have only gotten as far as filing form 150. The draft boards invariably acknowledge receipt of 150 and proceed to defer the student, II-S. CO claimants are eligible for all the usual deferments and draft boards...
Given temporary reprieves from the CO classification system by virtue of II-S, most Harvard CO's expect to have to go through a fight upon graduation. It is unlikely that a Harvard CO would win his case at the local board level because his unorthodox basis of objection is...
According to Stephen Hedger of the AFSC, nearly all CO claims, even unorthodox ones, are being won somewhere in the appeal process or in the courts. Nevertheless, there are about 40 CO's now imprisoned because their claims for I-O status were turned down. Others pay for their conscientious...