Word: withdrawal
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Eventually a group of local home rule advocates, including the Washington Home Rule Committee and the League of Women Voters, issued a statement advising home rule proponents to accept a modified Sisk plan as the only reasonable hope for home rule. Most people expected the Senate to withdraw its own bill and pass something similar to the Sisk Bill in order to expedite final passage of home rule in some form...
...would the draft work without the 2-S? The names of all men of eligible age would be put in a large hat, and that frowsy, grandmotherly creature, the Clerk, would withdraw as many names as General Hersey suggests. A simple lottery -- it is the only equitable method. Ideally, the selection could be made but once a year, thereby guaranteeing the non-selected twelve months of security. But under war conditions, man-power needs fluctuate erratically, and more frequent lotteries would no doubt be needed. Still, it would be possible to continue the 1-S deferment, providing most...
Civil Side. There was also the question of where NATO's military and political headquarters should be located. The French, blithely explaining that they plan to withdraw only from the military side of the Alliance, would like the NATO Council to remain in Paris. Some members agree, hoping that leaving the civil side of NATO in Paris would make it easier for France to rejoin the military side at some later date. But the British have not given up hope of getting the Council moved to London...
Nevadans, said Democrat Grant Sawyer, host to the conference, favor a strong military posture, but are "upset over the possible fall of the South Vietnamese government that we have supported, and feel that if the government changes and we are asked to withdraw, our position there will be untenable." In neighboring Arizona, reported Democrat Samuel Goddard, public opinion reflects a similar blend of support and concern...
Fears of a Gap. Still unsolved was another problem of the NATO crisis: the fate of the two French army divisions and two air wings now stationed in West Germany. When De Gaulle withdraws his forces from NATO on July 1, will his soldiers stay across the Rhine or go home? Understandably, the Germans are loathe to see the French forces pull out and leave a gap in the NATO armor. De Gaulle, of course, would like to leave French forces in Germany under the old occupation status. To gain leverage on the Germans, Paris has hinted that if French...