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After the CO signs the required statement, he faces a series of questions which try to determine whether the basis of his claim is religious. The present Selective Service law requires that conscientious objection be based on "religious training and belief." It then defines religious training and belief: "...in this...
Most Harvard CO's would have been ineligible for CO status under the Supreme Being clause before the Supreme Court handed down the Seeger decision in March, 1965. In that decision the Supreme Court said, "... the test of belief 'in a relation to a Supreme Being' is whether a given...
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...