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DRAFT NATIONAL DRAFT DIRECTOR, LNEUTENANT-GENERAL LEWIS HERSHEY,
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SAYS THAT HE IS IN FAVOR OF GIVING CONSIDERATION TO CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS AS LONG AS THE NATION CAN AFFORD THE LUXURY. BUT HERSHEY TOLD MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE: " IF WE EVER GET IN THE LIFE BOAT WHERE EVERY ONE MUST PULL AN OAR, THEY WILL HAVE TO PULL TOO...OR WE WILL TXRENNX THROW THEM OVERBOARD." .: 7 . CUT: THE GENERAL'S TESTIMONY, I4IADE LAST FEBRUARY, WAS RELEASED TODAY. ********************** ****************************** ** *** THE CHAIRMAN OF THE HOUSE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE, ALSO TALKED OF THE WAR EFFORT TODAY....MENDEL RIVERS SAID HE THINKS MORE THAN 50,000 ADDITIONAL MEN WILL BE NEEDED TO WIN THE WAR IN VIET NAM. HE ALSO SAID TIA' HE THINKS CONGRESS WILL AUTHORIZE THE TROOPS, NtO MATTER WHAT THE COST.