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...traditional God. Several Harvard CO's checked neither yes nor no and skipped to the next question. which mercifully allows a full exposition of an individual's beliefs with respect to a Supreme Being and the reasons which prevent him from participating in war. This is the approach which Seeger used. It will be upheld by appeal boards and in the courts, but most local boards, unaware of the Seeger decision, will deny CO status to anyone who does not check yes to God. Consequently, draft counselors advise CO's to answer yes if they can possibly conscience...
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 belief that is sincere and meaningful occupies a place in the life of its possessor parallel to that filled by the orthodox belief in God of one who clearly qualifies for the exemption. Where such beliefs have parallel positions in the lives of their respective holders we cannot say that...
Sunday, November 20 LAMP UNTO MY FEET (CBS. 10-10:30 a.m.). Starting its 19th year on television, Lamp will light on Folk Singer Pete Seeger at the Shaker Museum in Old Chatham...
Duehay's draft includes the wording of a September New York Court of Appeale decision in which the East Meadow. N.Y. School Board was denied the right to call off a Pete Seeger concert in a school after it had allowed other acts...
...simplicity of emcee Pete Seeger along with Ali Akbar Khan and the Kweskin Jug Band saved the Sunday night concert. Khan displayed an amazing command of the sarod and improvised brilliantly, building a raga that totally engrossed the third of the audience that was seriously listening...