The New Republic, April 10, 1971
THE OTHER DAY I received a telephone call from a harried civil servant named Wayne Thrush. Mr. Thrush works in the department of the Internal Revenue Service that tracks down delinquent taxpayers, of whom I am one.
The New Republic, May 9, 1970
END-THE-DRAFT advocates have succeeded in directing the nation’s gaze towards the beguiling goal of what, it is claimed, would be a painless military. Alas, it is a prospect that under present conditions is neither attainable nor desirable.
The New Republic, December 20, 1969
TO RECTIFY the preponderance of military recruiting on the airwaves, San Francisco peace groups have asked TV stations to broadcast anti-recruitment ads (“See your draft counselor, not your recruiter”) as well. Their basis is the Fairness Doctrine.
The Nation, September 8, 1969
CAN A MAN be classified and inducted by a draft board whose members do not live in the area of the board’s jurisdiction? According to two federal judges in Northern California, the answer is no.
The New Republic, July 5, 1969
THERE WERE TEARS of joy outside the barren one-room courthouse on the afternoon of June 7. Fourteen GI’s charged with mutiny for conducting a peaceful sit-down demonstration at the San Francisco Presidio stockade had just been given light — by Army standards — sentences.
Newsweek, June 2, 1969
LAST TUESDAY, I was gassed twice in Berkeley. It hurt. The police and National Guard no longer bother with simple tear gas. They are using a chemical called CS — the kids call it pepper gas — that the Army uses in Vietnam.
The New Republic, May 24, 1969
FOR THREE-AND-A-HALF million American citizens in uniform, justice is what the brass say it is, damn the Constitution and full speed ahead.
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