Tag Archive: draft

An All-Volunteer Army?

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.

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Carpetbagger Draft Boards

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.

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