Tuesday, April 8, 1969 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Prag Tuesdy, ApI ,16 TEMCIGA AL Court upholds non-religious CO The Justice Department is about to decide whether or not to appeal the key court decision ! made last month that draft ex- emptions may be granted to consciertious objectors on the basis otf profound moral objec- tions without a basis in reli- gion. Of primary concern is the possibility that the case will lead to review of the 1967 draft law which 'excludes non-reli- gious objections to war. That law was passed by Congress even :fter the Supreme Court had extended the definition of con- sciencious .objection in the 1965 Seeger case. The new .ruling by U.S. Dis- tict Court Judge Charles E. Wyzanski raises other questions. In his decision on the case of John Sisson, Wyzanski pointed to these issues: - the assumption that Cpn- gress has the right to conscript in time of peace is "not fully supported" by the Constitution, Wyzanski says. A selective \C.0. might be more discriminating and have a deeper sipiritual un- derstanding than one who op- poses war in any form; - "The free exercise of re- ligion clause in the First Amendment and the due process clause pf the Fifth Amendment prohibit the application of the 1967 Selective Service Act to Sisson to require him to render compat service in Vietnam." The judge added that "the mag- nitude of Sisson's interest in not killing in the Vietnam con- flict" is greater than "the mag- nitude of the country's present need of him to be so employ- ed." In earlier times, C.O. exemp- tions were reserved for members of traditionally pacifist religious denominations. In 1940 the ex- emption was extended to all re- ligious pacifists. In 1948, t h e qualifying phrase about "relig- ious training and belief" was added, confining it to "belief in a relation to a Supreme Being ." The Supreme Court in 1965 liberalized the definition to in- clude "beliefs that hold the same place in an individual's life as a belief in a supreme be- ing," but Congress reacted by tightening the definition. The Seeger decision held that a person does not have to be- long to an organized church to be a C.O., but the S u p r e m e Court avoided the issue of broadening the exemption to in- clude avowed atheists. If the Sisson case is appealed, the Supreme Court may decide whether non-religious persons can conscientiously oppose war and be ,exempted from the draft because of their convictions. If the Supreme Court declares the C.O. provision of the Selec- tive Service Act unconstitution- al, the issue will presumably be thrown back into the lap of Congress. It will have to enact an acceptable provision for non- religious 4conscientious objec- tion, or for none at all, a spokesman for the American Civil Liberties Union says. HISTORY STUDENT ASSOCIATION Important Meting for All HISTORY MAJORS 3:00 P.M.-Auditorium B, Angell Hall Core about the quality of your educatior Come and express your views and elect representatives. -Summer Sub! etters Don't forget your sublet ads must be prepaid. Come to The Daily to place your ad. ; > : Study this summer at The Brooklyn Center of Long Island University. It's the smart thing to do. More than 400 undergraduate and graduate sections will be offered in two sessions: JUNE9toJULY 17 and JULY 21 to AUGUST 28 Course content for each six-week session is the same as during the regular academic year. Visiting students are welcome; credits are transferable to most other accredited colleges and universities. The Brooklyn Center is located just across the East River from lower Manhattan - only minutes, by subway or car, from Times Square, Rockefeller Center, Broadway and Off-Broadway theatres, museums, libraries, and other places of interest in the metropolitan area which help make life at this urban campus stimulating and rewarding. On- campus dormitory accommodations are available. All classrooms are air-conditioned. UitOOKLYN - CENTER LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY ge Seven r- M 'i:DAI"LY ,OFF'ICIAL B UL-L TUESDAY, APRIL 8 Day Calendar Arson Detection and Investigation Seminar and Training Course: As- sembly Hall, Michigan Union, 9:00 a.m. Trumpet Student Recital: School of Music Recital Hall, 12:30 p.m. Baseball, U-M vs. Bowling Green, Ferry Field, 3:30 p.m. Computer and Communication Sci- ences Lecture: Dr., Tom Westerdale, University of Michigan, "Theorem Proving and Adaptive Systems," 4051 L.S.&A. Building, Coffee 3:30, Lecture 4:00. School of Music Lecture: Bertram Turketzky, lecturer, University of Cali- fornia, San Diego, "String Technique - Mid-Century Inventory": Rackham Asr sembly Hall, 4:00 p.m. Poetry .Reading: David Young, A's- sistant Professor of English, Oberlin College, reading his poetry: M'ltipur- pose Room, Undergraduate Library, 4:10 p.m. Center For Russian and East Euro- pean Studies: Aleksander Bait, Pro- fessor of Economics, University of Ljubljana, Yugoslavia, "Market Social- ism and Economic Reform in Y u g o - slavia": 101 Economics Bldg., 4:10 p.m. New Music for Double Bass: Bertram Turetzky, contrabassist, University of California,'San Diego: Rackham As-, sembly Hlall, 8:00 p.m. GeneralNotices Doctoral Candidates Who plan- to graduate May 3 must observe the fold lowing deadlines: (A) Three unbound copies of the dissertation, complete in every way except for binding, and three abstracts must be submitted to the Rackham, Dissertation Secretary, by Monday, March 17. These copies are then circulated to the candidate's doc- toral committee for evaluation. (B) Two corrected copies of the disserta- tions - one bound and one unbound -, two abstracts, and the chairman's report on the final oral examination must be submitted to the Dissertation Secretary by Monday, April 14. F e e s must be paid and paperwork complet- ed by the second deadline. "Educational Testing Service French and German Test. The Educational Testing eSrvice Test in French a n d German administered by the, Graduate School for doctoral candidlates is scheduled for Tuesday night, May 20, at 7 p.m. in the Rackham Lecture Hall. ALL students planning to take the test must register by 4 p.m. Tuesday, May 20, at the Information Desk in t h e lobby of the Rackham Building. The fee is $6.00. For further information call the Information Desk, 764-4415." The UM Chapter of the American# Association of University Professors final general meeting of the academic year: Wednesday, April 9 at 8:00 P.M. Mimes Room of the Michigan Union. Assoc. Dean Alfred Sussman will speak on faculty tenure - and related issues. The meeting is 'open to the public. Botany Seminar: Co-sponsored with the Department of Human Genetics Dr. R. W. Allard, University of Califor- nia, Davis will speak on "Isozyme Poly- morphosms in Plant Population", Wed., April 9, 1969 at 4:15 p.m. in 1139 Nat. Sci. Bldg. WCBN Radio (650 KHz) Mass Meet- ing: Wed., Apr. 9; 7:30 pm; 3524 S.A.B. Metropolitan Area," on Tuesday, April 8 at 10: 00 a.m.. in Room 4040 L,S.&A. Building, Co-Chairman: R. D. Duke and J. D. Nystuen. Ronald Wiegerink, Education and Psychology, Dissertation:' "A Compara- tive Study of the Teaching Behaviors' of Advantaged and Disadvantaged Mothers," on Tuesday, April 8 at 10:00 Doctoral Exams Planning and Conservation, Disserta- tion: "An Urban Economic Base An- alysis of the Rochtester, New Ydrk, a.m. in 1600 U.E.S., Chairman: W. A. Ketcham. Anthony Rankin Fisher, Physics, Dis- sertation: "Six and Seven 'Particle Final States inoPi-nDe Final States in Pion?Deuteron Interac- tions at 3.65 BEVffC," on Tuesday, April 8 at 10:15 a.m. in 1035 Rapdall Lab., Chairman: -Daniel Sinclair. Henry George Reichle, Aeronomy, Dis- sertation: 'The Effect of Several Infra- red Trans.arent Broadening Gases on the Absorption of Infrared Radiation in the 15 um Band of Carbon Dioxide," on Tuesday, April 8 at 10:30 a.m. in Research Activities Building, Chair- man: F. L. Bartman. James Anderson Chalmers, Econom- ics, Dissertation: "A Model of State and Local 4overnment Portfolio and Real Expenditure Bleh'avior: 1952-1965," on Tuesday, April 8 at 1:00 p.m. in Room 19 of the Economics Building, Chair- man: H. T. Shapiro. Robert Lewis Rammseyer, Anthropol- ogy, Dissertation: "Takachiho, 1868- 1968: Evolving Patterns of Community Decision-Making in a Developing Na- tion-Stat," on Tuesday, -April 8 at 1:00 p.m. in Room 108 Lane Hall, Chairman: R. K. Beardsley. Virginia Marie Morzenti DeBenedictis, Botany; Dissertation: "Apomixis in Ferns," on Tuesday, April 8 at 3:00 p.m., in Room 1139 Natural Science, Chairman: W. H. Wagner. Raymond Gerald Roble, Aeronomy. Dissertation: "A Theoretical and Ex- perimental Study of the Stable Mid- Latitude Red Arc (SAR-Arc)," on Tues- day, April 8 at 3:30 p.m. in Room 2323 East Engineering Building, Co-Chair- man: P. B. Hays and A. F. Nagy. Placfment GENERAL DIVISION 3200 S.A.B.' 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