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...estimated 1,050,000 18-year-olds, she figured that 800,000 would go into military service. Most of those physically unfit for military duty could probably be drafted for "some work" in the nation's service. For the first three years of the program, the President would have authority to defer 75,000 students annually so they could finish collegebut only after they had completed four months of basic training and agreed to serve the other 23 months after graduation...
...Physically, mentally, or morally unfit...
Though the new proposal would still not touch the estimated 20% of the 18-year-olds who are physically unfit for service, it followed closely along the line laid down by Harvard's President James B. Conant, who wanted to draft all teenagers without exception (TIME, Dec. 18). In addition, the Defense Department hoped to raise the term of service from 21 months to somewhere between 27 and 30 months, and to plug some of the deferment loopholes which had all but depleted the 19-to 26-year-old group of potential draftees...
...bill is not aimed at any particular Person," MeCarthy started, "but it passed, 1 doubt that Professor Shapley would be fit to teach." Last year, McCarthy accused Harlow shapley, director of the College Observatory, of being unfit to teach because of alleged Communist affiliations shortly after Senator Joseph A, McCarthy (R-Wiscongin) asserted that Shapley "maintained Communist connections...
Under the association's program, there would be no exemptions. The physically unfit could be given useful jobs in noncombat branches of the armed forces. After two years' service, every man should be assigned automatically to a reserve unit. To get started immediately, the association urged a ten-year extension of the Selective Service...