Word: draft
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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With the completion on of his work as the University's special adviser on the draft, John S. Steele will inaugurate a new Vocational Advice service in Phillips Brooks House, it was announced yesterday...
...party will continue to fight for its objectives after the war is over, the candidate stated. He also promised protection of the existence and rights of minor parties, opposition to the draft and involvement in the war, greater socialization in American industry and economy...
...They put the draft over beautifully and painlessly," he observed, "but now the novacaine is wearing off and opposition is developing. It is probable that after the election the government will crack down on this and all other opposition or criticism...
Last week six Dallas men, who had registered for the draft, sat down to talk things over. They came to a solemn conclusion: "In no other field has safety engineering been as much neglected as in warfare." To rectify this situation, they organized on the spot the Honorable Order of Cannon Fodder, Ltd. Motto: "Peace, it's wonderful." Attorney Douglas E. Bergman issued a nationwide invitation to all registrants to join, imposed two conditions : 1) they must favor the draft; 2) they must have no political aspirations, since he has already had himself elected national president...
...assignment of order numbers to some 4700 members of the University in yesterday's draft lottery calls immediate attention to the effect the Selective Service Act will have on Harvard's future...