TUESDAY, AUGUST 30. 1966 -THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE NINE As Nation Seeks Equity in FillingArmed F orces ,, In the nation's search for equity in manning the armed forces, more and more people have pro- posed some sort of lottery or uni- versal service. Either men are to be chosen by chance or all are to be taken. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara in a speech suggested inequalities in the draft might be remedied "by asking every young person in the United States to give two years-to his country," in uni- form, the Peace Corps, or similar service. U.S. officials filling in on the speech later said the secretary was against substituting any ser- vice for military service. Desire To Serve The officials stressed that Mc- Namara's intent was to;introduce into the minds and hearts of young people, particularly young men, a feeling of obligation to serve in some fashion. They emphasized his use of the word "asking" and "volunteer" to throw down any impression that he was suggesting some sort of compulsory universal service for young people. At the same time, officials said that McNamara sees a new appeal in a so-far stillborn program to rehabilitate, medically and educa- tionally, young men who cannot qualify for military service even though they have volunteered. This indicated a new impetus behind what the Army used to call its "step" program-a plan to re- habilitate about 15,000 young would-be volunteers and bring them up to physical and mental standards which would permit them to serve. Officials discounted the likeai- hood of any legislation to back up McNamara's proposal of service for every young person, saying this service is a moral obligation, not one growing out of law. They said McNamara had in mind service in usch groups as VISTA,' local and state helping agencies, and such private service organizations as the Society of Friends. But officials at the University Twenty-five Republican mem- bers of the House, the so-called Wednesday group of liberals and moderates, issued a position pa-, per declaring that the present program of deferring college stu- dents results in "inevitable dis- crimination between the rich and the poor." The paper also points out the many changes within the country since the law was written in 1951 which might tend to out- mode the present system and make it entirely inappropriate. The Republican statements as well raise familia'r issues: -Whether it is fair to tavor those who marry early or who are wealthy enough to attend college; -Whether men with "trick knees" now often exempted should not be allowed to perform clerical duties, and -Whether mental standards should be lovered with the :rmd troin many of the nenbers of the services providing special t'ach-1 ing for those below a certain level.i Hershey commented hat. he sees some congressional electon- eering behind Capitol Hill's de- mands for an investigation of tie Selective Service investigation. One 4lternative the Republican group and many others would like discussed is a peacetime Ai -' my based solely on volunteers. Op-. ponents of this proposal include, however, most professional miii- tary men. A voluntary sysem, many claim, would work only if military pay, fringe benefits, and prestige are made commensurate with civilian occupations. One un- official estimate is that it -vould take $6 billion to make abandon- ment of the draft feasible. A final alternative which sour- I ces say met with sharp opposition Pentagon study committee w'1s the ilea of non-military options. llough appeal on ideological grounds is high and endorsemnents ftromn Peace Corps and VISTA of- licials lhave been favorable, objec- tions are being based on s;rictly practical grounds. It has been argued. for example, that there are not enough non- military jobs to fill the demand. Further, the Peace Corps and sim- ilar programs might be damaged by making them a haven for draft avaders. It the United States decides to adopt a lottery or other conscripl Live form of hale youth service, it would be among one of a Land- lul of nations in the world to have such a system. Universal conscrip- Lion today is more the exception than the rule. M7 ii mE 1, 'U'Sends Rankings To Selective Servie (Continued from Page 1) whether to hold the vote, b but under past procedure the stu- is expected to happen on Se dent had to ask the University to WSU's action not to c release the information. ranks next year came after Officials commented that stu- ings between students and a dents will probably be given a istrators and faculty. form in the future authorizing the Keast's position was that University to send class rank to set of class standings shat draft boards. compiled for those who he The University rushed every- registered for the draft ex thing - allowing the students on- tion because they expected ly two weeks to request the infor- high in class standings. mation be withheld - because WSU il cotinet they had not realized Selective WSU will continue to c Service wanted the information standings of graduating ci until they met with each other, Keast said "that the adde according to officials. phasis on grades and class They had been expecting some ings produced by the Se communication, they said. How- Service procedures intensifi ever, other schools, such' as Mi- eral undesirable features< chigan State University, had al- present system of higher ready informed their students of tion." the situation. The fact that Selective SGC's referendum on the policy boards can simply go dire will probably be held near the end the students and force them of September. Edward Robinson ly to submit their grades gave as a rationale for the vote: legally set up new criter "this is something that affects on- deferments makes Keast fe( ly students and it is thus some- the problem lies directly wi thing that they should decide for fact that the school gives themselves." in the first place. He adv SGC had not actually voted on stidy of a pass-fail system. THE NATION SEEKS the best way to determine who men in pictures like the above will be drafted. e/ ut this ept. 15. ompile meet- admin- a last uld be ad not amina- to be ompile .lasses. ed em- stand- elective es sev- of our educa- Service ctly to legal- and/or ia for el that ith the grades vocated and elsewhere praised the idea of giving two years of service in ei- ther a military or civilian role. Vice-President for Student Af- fairs Richard Cutler emphasized that a national service require- ment should be universal and apply toboth sexes. Cutler wrote a lengthy proposal on thep ame subject six months ago. "So long as national security permits - until such time as we have a bona fide national mili- tary emergency, there ought to be a variety of service options of- fered," Cutler said. National Problems "There is plenty to be done in the world," he continued, "and we have resources to do more than we are doing. Nationally, we have urban redevelopment problems, inadequate education, the Appa- lachia problem, all of. which need attention." Cutler urged that some means be found whereby individuals who are either economically or intel- be penalized by the fact that they lectually less privileged should not have been more likely candidates than others to be tapped for na- tional service. "We should have a system in which persons who are able to go to college do not gain doubly by both avoiding the service and get- ting the consequent economic ting the consequent economic awards and status privilege," Cut- ler said. "For example, I could see some- >ne earning a Ph.D. in physics giv-, ing two years to his country with little remuneration," he added. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D- Mass.) urged the consideration of a draft lottery, as did other offi- cials and educators. But Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, di- rector of the Selective Service system, said a lottery was used during World War II and "it just didn't meet things." Kennedy called for a general congressional study for a generrrr congressional study of the Select- ive Service system with particular emphasis on the feasibility of a lottery. He said, "I feel that the present system provides inequality, provides a lack of certainty." He said that under his concep- tion of a lottery system when a person reaches age 18 or 19 he would register with his draft board physical examinations would then and after passing mental and receive a number. A drawing would be held and all .e numbers picked. Those drawn rst would be drafted first. Under the present system, Ken- edy said, "those who have the tellectual capacity or the boys ho have the economic resources go to college are provided with deferment." 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