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Republican Senate veterans like Robert Packwood (R-Ore.)deserting Reagan's cause. As the Administration's cuts in social services hit home, the political mood of the nation has shifted further from the right, Sensing this, the press will be less fearful of tempering what once could have been deemed "subjective liberal" criticism...
...Mark O. Hatfield (R-Ore.), a leading Congressional opponent of registration and the draft, said during a hastily called news conference that regardless of Reagan's pledge, the president "is issuing an invitation to institute a peacetime draft...
...peacetime draft. More American citizens under arms will not improve international stability, and if a legitimate national emergency were to surface, enough would doubtless volunteer to defend the nation. Furthermore, only the Selective Service System is confident that registration would help in mobilization. As Sen. Mark O. Hatfield (R-Ore.) has pointed out, a real crisis requires efficient, well trained soldiers, not lists of 18-year-olds. Even some supporters of draft registration, such as Sen. Sam Nunn (DGa.), acknowledge that cutting waste in the defense budget and improving conditions for professional soldiers are more important than the sign...
...Mark O. Hatfield (R-Ore.), Jimmy Carter's chief foe in the fight to reactivate registration, has urged Reagan to fulfill his promise, providing the president with memoranda describing the simple process of issuing an executive order rescinding the government's right to register young...
...Senate floor today, Sen. Mark O. Hatfield (R-Ore.) will probably introduce another in a long line of amendments he has written to filibuster President Carter's plan to register young men for the draft. If observers' predictions hold true, Hatfield's amendment will do little but delay his colleagues from giving their stamp of approval to the measure. Given House and Senate consent for registration, Carter may be able to sign the proposal into law as early as next week. A little more than a month later, officials say, the government would ask 19- and 20-year...