Word: draft
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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IGNORANCE, they used to tell us, is bliss. For anyone facing up to the Selective Service System, ignorance can be death. In a nation where information is always a considerable advantage, there are few places where the uninformed are as routinely victimized as in the draft system. More than the courts, the schools, or the businesses. the draft is utterly merciless to those who don't know its ropes...
Because of the literally vital need for draft information, several books on the Selective Service have straggled out in the last few years. Their quality, unfortunately, has varied widely. Some, like the S1 "Draft Physical" leaflets that are now selling briskly at Cambridge newsstands, are seductive but hardly useful. Others, with more obscure titles. contain absolutely essential details. As the end of a school year brings another shipment of students to the packing plant, it may be helpful to point out some of the best current offerings...
...basic survival manual. the Guide to the Draft by Arlo Tatum and Joseph Tuchinsky is unsurpassed. True to its title's suggestion. the book covers nearly all the pertinent areas-from the organization of local boards to the perils and advantages of emigration...
...authors. two veteran draft counselors. obviously hope their book will give draft-age readers "some control over your own destiny," But they do not let their purpose taint the quality of their research. They set out in laudably thorough fashion all the rules under which the draft registrant must play. For anyone who foresees rough relations with his draft board. the Guide's explanations of appeal procedure, classification systems. and conscientious objections can be immensely helpful...
Tatum and Tuchinsky have appended wads of useful material to their book, including lists of local draft counselors and a large collection of Selective Service documents. In all, the Guide is indispensable...