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Eldon Gerald Smith, a rancher, regarded Census queries as an invasion of his rights. Last spring he refused to fill in his draft questionnaire, on the grounds that there was too much red tape in the Government. And he meant it. Alienists examined him. Draft boards harangued him. Finally he was indicted and sent to jail to await trial for draft-dodging. Nothing could budge him. Said he, still wrathy at the memory of the draft questionnaire that had started the whole fuss: "The tone was overbearing and impertinent. It asked questions I thought the Government had no right...
...ignoble than ordinary men. Some of them taught me a lot. I learned how to palm a deck of cards, how to cook spaghetti and even some valuable information on radium from a man who was jailed on confidence-game charges." Grinding out its grist for the Army, the draft struck some other strange sparks...
...Amarillo, Tex., Farm Boy Roy William Helfenbein was convicted of having six good teeth pulled to help him flunk the draft's physical exam. Penalty: three years in prison. Said the court: "He should serve in prison for the duration...
...dream of total comfort, elegance, and efficiency, Winston Churchill blossomed out in mirror-bright shoes equipped with zippers. His actress daughter Sarah, 27, joined the Women's Auxiliary Air Force of the R.A.F. (another daughter, Mary, is already in the Auxiliary Territorial Service.) ∙∙World War I draft dodger Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, who has served a little more than a year of his seven-and-a-half-year term in Leavenworth, became eligible for parole when all remaining Federal indictments against him were dismissed by the Government, ∙∙ Hero Alvin York's 28-year-old nephew...
Perhaps the most remarkable aspect of the poll was that the question of whether or not a student is of draft age has practically no effect on his opinions towards the war. According to the "Dartmouth," 26% of those of draft age favor war, as compared with 29% of those under draft age favoring that program...