Word: draft
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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...West German government has had the reputation of being as full of holes as a slab of Tilsit. In fact, classified documents are so readily available in Bonn these days that a good spy need only read the daily papers. Two weeks ago, entire sections of the highly classified draft treaty between West Germany and the Soviet Union were printed in the Bildzeitung, a sheet whose ordinary preoccupations range from sex to crime...
Ulbricht may well have received advice or pressure from the Soviets, who are in the process of negotiating a renunciation-of-force agreement with West Germany. When Ulbricht was recently in Moscow, he is believed to have been shown the draft of the treaty, which the Russians hope will bring increased West German trade and technical assistance. The Soviets do not want Ulbricht to jeopardize their own relations with Bonn through his confirmed refusal to come to an understanding with the West Germans. Having assessed the Soviet determination to do business with Bonn, Ulbricht may have concluded that he must...
Americans have long respected those whose moral convictions forbid them to bear arms against their fellow men. When it comes to military conscription, though, the legal question is how to set a standard that exempts only sincere conscientious objectors-not mere draft dodgers...
Since her husband David Harris was imprisoned for draft evasion, said Folk Singer Joan Baez, she has made a career of all the causes-peace, civil rights, ecology. All, that is, except women's liberation. "I can't take it seriously," explained Joan. "I mean, if I'm carrying my guitar and my baby, and my husband's in jail, I'm not going to yell at some guy who holds the door open...
Next: The High Schools. Various explanations have been advanced for the relative calm attending 1970's rites of spring. Some observers point out that the most militant campus types often tend to be underclassmen-not seniors suddenly faced with work or the draft. Says one Princetonian: "Many seniors are out working for peace candidates. Graduation to them is irrelevant." Yet the reverse is also true: this year many students have shown a particularly keen interest in commencement-as amended...