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DESERTERS. There were 10,115 deserters at large when the Ford program opened. (Interestingly, the Ford commission reported that less than one-tenth of 1 % of those who sought review deserted when their units were actually under fire). More than half (5,555) applied for and received undesirable discharges. They had the option of getting them changed to special "clemency" discharges if they completed their alternate work service. Many did not perform such work, since the distinction between the two types of discharges did not seem to them to be worth the effort. Another 660 deserters serving in military prisons...
...following Bicentennial Essay is the tenth and last in a series that has been appearing periodically, surveying how America has changed in its 200 years...
...proposed individual review of deserters' cases would inadvertently discriminate against those for whom he expresses concern. It would ostensibly distinguish between those left for reasons of conscience and those with less idealistic motives or who deserted under fire. However, President Ford's Clemency Board estimated that only one-tenth of one per cent of all deserters left during battles. The government also concedes that interviews with deserters do not reveal true motives, but rather the individual's ability to say what the review board wants to hear. This ability clearly relates to class, race and education...
...billion of foreign capital has poured in: mostly gifts from Jews abroad, reparations payments from West Germany and U.S. aid. The foreign money spurred growth that has given Israel a G.N.P. only a shade smaller than that of Egypt, though its population, at 3.3 million, is less than a tenth the size...
...forth a cheerful magazine-sized volume called The Jewish Catalog. Modeled after the countercultural Whole Earth Catalog, with a breezy text embellished by sprightly cartoons, the work was a do-it-yourself primer on Jewish customs and religious practices. It also turned into a runaway bestseller, currently in its tenth printing, with nearly 200,000 copies sold at $5.50. Inevitably, readers poured in new ideas. Inevitably, there had to be a sequel...