Word: planning
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...delicate. His decision was not included in the Concil's official memorandum of advice to Hershey; he was perfectly willing to let the General take the criticism that followed. Although it was not announced publicly, Johnson is known to have considered two alternatives: * Prime age group of age-mix plan. Under this plan, all men losing their II-S deferments in June would be considered to be born in 1949 for draft purposes. These "constructive" 19-year-olds would be put in the pool with the actual 19-year-olds and selected out according to their months and date...
HERSHEY made it known that adminstering either plan would mean "bedlam" for the Selective Service, although last week he denied reports that he had said he could not do it. Some observers believe that his comment alone caused the President to reject the plans, but it was only one of the deciding factors. Another was that age-mix would have exempted the 200.000 men currently classified I-A who are older than 19 but have never held a II-S. The percentage plan was rejected for three additional reasons...
...began to look like a random selection plan to the President and his advisers without really being fair and impartial, the essence of random selection...
...Curriculum Subcommittee, chaired by Dr. Alexander Leaf, deserves praise for molding a plan which is acceptable to both students and Faculty and at the same time represents a radical step forward...
Students will also spend more time actually in the hospitals under the new program, said Dr. Alexander Leaf, Jackson Professor of Clinical Medicine at Harvard. Leaf is chairman of the Ad Hoc Curriculum Subcommittee which recommended the general outline of the plan to the Faculty in October...