The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 58, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 11, 1971 Page: 6 of 8
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Congress examines "volunteer army" concept and 2-S
By JOHN STRIKER and
ANDREW SHAPIRO
Since President Nixon seeks
extension of the draft now, it
is more useful to consider his
reforms proposed for the near
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future, rather than the volun-
teer army he dreams about for
the distant future. The Presi-
dent's reforms are contained in
his request for draft extension,
Senate Bill No. 427.
Chief among tile reforms is
abolition of the II-S deferment.
The II-S would not be phased
out for men who were enrolled
in college as of April 22, 1970.
They would remain eligible for
deferment under current II-S
rules.
As for students who enrolled
after April 22, 1970, their fu-
ture was predicted by Dr. Cur-
tis W. Tarr, Director of Selec-
tive Service., in receint testi-
mony before the Senate Armed
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Services Committee: "A young
man enrolling . . . after April
22 . . . would be eligible for
call when his local board reach-
ed his random selection num-
ber, with the understanding
that he be permitted to complete
the semester, term or quarter
in which he then was enrolled."
His induction might thus be
postponed — but not cancelled
and then reordered subsequent-
ly.
The end of the present can-
cellation procedure is foresee-
able, because Semate Bill 427
would also abolish the I-S(C)
deferment. That deferment is
currently available and acts to
cancel an induction order re-
ceived by a fulltime student who
is making satisfactory progress.
"There is no question in my
mind," Dr. Tarr testified, "that
the spirit of inquiry and the en-
thusiasm for scholarship on col-
lege campuses would be en-
hanced greatly if the compul-
sion imposed by undergraduate
student deferments were elim-
inated."
Dr. Tarr based his opinion
upon six years' experience as
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(1963-69): "I have talked with
countless numbers of young
people during my years as a
college president who would
have gained a great deal per-
sonally by interrupting their
college work to take time to un-
derstand their purpose in study
and how better they might
orient their 'lives. But whenever
I asked why they did not choose
to take time for this reapprai-
sal, consistently young men re-
ported that they felt bound to
continue college work so that
they might avoid induction."
Senate Bill 427 would also
phase out exemptions for divin-
ity school students (Class IV-
D). Should Congress grant
President Nixon the authority
he desires, "It is his intention,"
according to Dr. Tarr, "to con-
tinue all exemptions to divinity
students enrolled prior to Jan-
uary 28, 1971, but not to au-
thorize new ones."
So, if you are planning on a
IV-D exemption, but you were
not enrolled in a divinity school
prior to last January 28, your
plans may fall through with
the passage of Senlate Bill 427.
The Bill is also designed to
plug up a loophole opened by
the Supreme Court's decision in
United States v. Toussie (March
2, 1970). Under Toussie the sta-
tute of limitations bars prose-
cution of a young man for fail-
ing to register for the draft
within 5 days after his 18th
birthday, if no prosecution has
been initiated within 5 years
after the alleged crime, i.e., be-
fore the young man reaches the
age of 23 years and 5 days.
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The Toussie rule would be re-
pealed by Senate Bill 427. The
government could prosecute for
refusal to register up until the
refuser's 31st birthday.
. Senate Bill 427 also proposes
that the President be given au-
thority to substitute a "uniform
national call" for the present
haphazard quota system under
which draft boards call differ-
ent times. "Under the present
law," the President complained
last April, "a man with se-
quence number 185 may be call-
ed up by one draft board while
a man with a lower number in
a different draft board is not
called."
Dr. Tarr echoed the Presi-
dent's earlier sentiments and
testified in favor of the insti-
tution of a uniform national
lottery call: "Each local com-
munity would be protected
against having a disproportion-
ate number of its young men
called because we would hold to
the same random selection num-
ber everywhere in the nation
and only those men in the com-
munity with numbers below that
national number could ever be
called by the community's local
board."
Other than these few re-
forms, Senate Bill 427 is con-
spicuously lacking in any pro-
posals relating to conscientious
objection, alternative forms of
civilian work, right to counsel,
restructuring of the draft
board system, change in quali-
fications for membership on
draft boards, annual ceilings on
draft calls, or any of the other
major issues disturbing draft
reformers. We would appreci-
ate your reactions to Senate
Bill 427, since we are lobbying
for much wider reform. Send
your comments to "Mastering
the Draft," Suite 1202, 60 East
42d Street, New York, N. Y.
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Mauldin, John. The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 58, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 11, 1971, newspaper, March 11, 1971; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth245102/m1/6/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.