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Deferments
Discussed
Thursday, January I'.i, 1966
A Complex Problem
The article submitted to us from Dr. Sharp
this week is rather disturbing. It is disturbing be
cause the indiffenence he has described is much
too evident to be denied or to try and escape it.
This is a serious and complex problem, and any
one affected by it at all cannot afford to sit back
and not attempt to find a solution.
This problem seems to predominate among
the freshmen. It is as though these students who
act indifferent are simply robots in that there is
little awareness about anything other than the
physical side of life, which can even be seen in
the process of memorizing. But the mental and
spiritual side of life is lacking in these people.
Stated opinions are few and far between, and if
an opinion is expressed the expressor is usually
unable to support it. Even more significant is the
lack of the individual to ask himself and others
the greatest question of all with regards towards
learning, the question "Why?"
The description of the problem could go on
and on, but probably most of us are aware of it in
one form or another. What must be answered is
how these people got this way in the first place,
and what this institution and we as individuals
can do to solve it.
Indifference can be caused by many things in
cluding fear. It is not unreasonable to suggest
that fear is the main thing affecting these indif
ferent people. It is entirely possible that the great
pressure applied to students in the secondary
schools to do well so that they will be able to
get into college and live a successful life is heavy
enough to cause much doubt and worry. Though
this fear may be sub-conscious it makes people
afraid to take chances, to be opinionated, and to
be aggressive in the pursuit of an education and
the true values in life.
In dealing with this problem this institution
needs to make a stronger effort in stressing the
discovering of the true values in life. There is a
great need to try and get these individuals to ex
tend themselves into activities and matters which
will require that they formulate their ideals and
values, and give much valuable experience in
living life itself or to gain an awareness.
The roots to this problem undoubtedly lie in
modern day society. It is much too evident that a
false value system is being created in many ways.
A major portion of the responsibility for the cor
-rection of this situation rests with the colleges
and universities of the country, and the time to
act is now.
A Realistic Rule
The recommendation on a possible change of
the drinking rule adopted by the Exec. Board
this week is a welcomed and needed new look
at this old and controversial rule. This recom
mendation is both practical and realistic, which is
more than can be said about the present rule.
Despite some various student opinion it is
rather evident that the present drinking rule is
more for the defense of the college than it is for
the witch hunting of students. Apparently the
college feels that this rule is necessary in order to
present to the public that institution is trying to
prevail the highest moral character on its stijdent.
In short, it is saying that to drink is to sin.
It is doubtful many people on this campus
would agree with that particular theology. And it
should be clear to most thinking people that the
recommended change would in no way weaken
the college's interest in the high moral character
of its students. In this sense, what's wrong with a
realistic rule?
<CPS> — The question of stu
dent deferments from the draft
will be discussed at four meet
ings during the next month.
A spokesman for the Selective
Service System said the Wash
ington meeting wouid begin on
Jan. 13 and continue though Jan.
14 if necessary. Attending the
meeting will be officials of the
American Council on Educational
and other Washington-based edu
cation associations. Officials from
the Office of Education, the
Department of Defense, and the
Department of Labor will be on
hand.
The meeting will discuss the
possibility of setting up a set
of guidelines for use by local
draft boards when they consider
student deferments.
Such a set of guidelines has
been urged by the American By LYN COLE
Council on Education. John URBANA, 111. (CPS) — A ma
Hear No Evil! See No Evil!
Drink No Evil?
SDS Gatliers
F. Morse, director of the ACE’s
commission on federal relations,
sent three letters to Selective
Service Director Lewis B. Her-
shey in December asking that he
issue a statement of “guidelines”
to local boards for “orderly
procedures” for the classifica
tion of students.
The council asked for a state
ment that would help clear up
“confusion on both the rights
and responsibilities of students in
connection with their draft stat
us.”
The council noted that “local
boards must still make their own
determinations” but suggests”
unless some guidance is pro
vided them, I fear they will
make them in a vacuum.”
After the ACE’s request, Gen.
Hershey issued a statement
which appeared in the January
issue of the Selective Service
publication that is sent to all
local boards. Hershey said the
Selective Service System will
try to defer as many students
as possible “but this is not a
one-way street.”
“The student must prove by
his contributions to society after
college that the training was
worth the time. He must demon
strate during college that he is
progressing toward the objec
tives for which he is being
trained and that he is an in
dividual that should be trained,”
Hershey’s statement said.
The student classification is
one that could be reexamined
at an early time, a Selective
Service official said. He noted
that the need for more man
power in the 1-A had already
caused an examination of the 1-Y
category, or those who will not
be called except in a national
emergency as declared by Con
gress.
Selective Service officials don’t
expect to announce any decision
on student deferments until after
the Feb. 8 meeting. If a set of
guidelines is established, it will
be cent to state directors from
the national office.
Oddities Of
Government
(CPS) The office of Rep. Edith
Green (D., Ore.) sent out a news
letter recently that reports on
the strange things that go on in
government. In an article titled
“Consistency is the Hobgoblin of
Little Minds,” the news letter
said:
“In order to produce more to
bacco, the federal government
spent $5,280,000 in fiscal year
1965 to improve tobacco farming
techniques and methods of mar
keting. In addition, the U. S.
tobacco subsidies to growers
amounted to $373,341 in 1985 and
$11,517,064 in 1964.”
It was then added:
“In order to warn the public
of the possible relation between
smoking and cancer, the feder
al government spent $3,335,300 on
researching tobacco health haz
ards in the same year. U. S.
law requires as of Jan. 1, 1966
every cigarette pack to carry a
warning to smokers, the wording
of which the industry will draft.”
jor change in emphasis from
demonstration to education was
planned by the Students for a
Democratic Society (SDS) at
their December National Council
meeting. (Dec. 31 - Jan. 2).
The National Council rejected
two proposals and part of a
third for militant action pro
grams against the Viet Nam
War and instead adopted three
calling for more research and
petitions to protest the war.
One of the three, the much-
publicized “Freedom Draft,” pro
poses a three-part “draft card,”
one part to be sent to Presi
dent Johnson, one to be carried
by the signer, and the third to
be sent to the national office of
SDS. The card would say, “I
want to work for democracy. I
do not want to fight in Viet
Nam, because the war is de
stroying our hopes for democra
cy both there and at home. I
want to build, not burn. The
work done by many young Am
ericans in Alabama and Missis
sippi is a prime example of
what I want to do.” The NC
decided however, to submit the
text to legal counsel to deter
mine if it violates any law
against counseling men to avoid
the draft. If there is “any dan
ger” of such a violation, the
proposal will be submitted to
the membership in referendum.
A second adopted resolution
would establish a committee to
do research and prepare ma
terials on “the transfer of re
sources from public needs to the
miUtary budget.” The third reso
lution, adopted as a “political
defense” for the 32 University of
Mchigan students arrested for
sitting - in at the Ann Arbor
draft board Oct. 15 (and for
which 12 have since lost their
student deferments), calls for
SDS chapters to petition local
boards not to “use the draft to
silence dissent” and to “chal
lenge the draft board members
to public debate.” A clause call,
ing for sit-ins at the local draft
board offices.
A $75,000 Radical Education
Project proposed by Nations'
Council member A1 Haber, re
search assistant in the Institute
of Labor and Industrial Rela
tions at the University of Michi
gan, was adopted with the stip
ulation that most of the money
needed to finance it be raised
independently of SDS. The REP
would organize research and stu
dy groups on “problems, ideolo
gy, analysis, and strategy” felt
to be important; publish a print
ed bi-weekly bulletin containing
“analysis of important problems
for radicalism in America,” bib
liography, and other educatinal
and research aids; “establisb
speakers’ bureaus on issue ar
eas important to the movement”;
and organize speakers’ tours and
conferences.
The Rep is needed, accord
ing to Haber, because “the
(SDS) national office is not able
to give priority or adequate at
tention to educational needs be
cause of the heavy demands of
action and organizing work.”
Other proposals passed include
those on farm labor, an oil proj
ect, and art exhibits. The one on
farm labor would have the Los
Angeles and San Francisco re
gional offices of SDS distribhte
literature in support of the
strike by grape pickers in Dela
no and Kern counties of Califor
nia. The Austin, Texas, regional
office wll plan and coordinate
research on “the power oil cor
porations exert in this country
and the world” and a teach-
in program on the opening day
of the International Petroleum
Exposition to be held in Tulsa,
Oklahoma, May 12-21.
The National Council approved
the credentials of about 50 new
chapters, bringing the total to
more than 125, and an SDS
spokesman estimated the total
number of SDS members at
about 3500.
ah4 Vieu>A
By DWIGHT WAGNER
The death of Prime Minister
Shastri of India comes this week
at a most difficult time for the
world as weU as for India her
self. Shastri had the diffiult job
of trying to take Nehru’s place,
and despite many difficulties he
was able to gain some success.
At this moment India is ex
periencing some rather serious
problems which might reach
epidemic porportions in the near
future. Chief amoung these prob
lems is the present food short
age which is threatening mass
staruation. India has appealed
to the United States, and we
are now in the process of ship
ping millions of tons of surplus
wheat to these people.
This program will continue
through out the year with an
average of one bussel of wheat
out of every three that is grown
going to the Indians. It can be
clearly seen that this food crisis
is no small matter, and the feed
ing of some 480 million people
may prove impossible from pre
venting many from starving.
The problem of starvation is
not helped by the fact that mil
lions of rats and other rodents
and animals eat vast quanities
of the available food. It is esti
mated that there are about five
rats for every individual in I*'
dia and the situation is not an\
made better by the many be
lievers of the Hindu
who will not kill any living tiuHo
because they believe that it niav
contain a decendant’s soul.
While India is the world’s larS'
est democracy it is also
world’s most disorganized dem^
cracy. Now that Shastri has ai
the process of breaking in a new
prime minister must start aga ■
The central government has
ways had a problem in governing
the separate states because
a lack of power, and this m
be corrected along with a
dred other problems before s
cess is found.