Honest Abe in
Meredith debut
OCTOBER 8, 1980
THE TWIG
PAGES
by Ann Stringfield
Abraham Lincoln, six
teenth President of the United
States spoke to a captive
audience Wednesday night,
October 1 at Cate Center. The
gathering was a celebration of
President Lincoln’s recent re-
election. Mr. Lincoln seemed
quite pleased with his re-
election, observing that the
wartime election shows the
strength of the nation.
Mr. Lincoln was in rare
form Wednesday night. His
stories were numerous and
humorous. As Mr. Lincoln
said, “Levity changes the
heartbreak of this terrible
world.”
Mr. Lincoln again spoke
against slavery, saying, “K
slavery is not wrong, nothing
is wrong.”
Afterwards, Mr. Lincoln
answered questions from the
audience and the press. One
small boy asked Mr. Lincoln
about his favorite color.
“I have three,” Mr.
Lincoln replied. “Red, white,
and blue.”
Mr. Lincoln concluded the
evening with his Gettysburg
address, per request a
member of the press.
And thus ended Richard
Blake’s performance as
Abraham Lincoln. Mr. Blake
has starred in over 2000
portrayals of Lincoln, in
cluding the recreation of the
Lincoln-Douglas debates
during the Bicentennial
celebration.
Mr. Blake wore a three-
piece black suit with tails and,
of course, a stovepipe hat. His
stance was decidedly Lin-
colnesque, his accent
definitely Kentuckian.
Mr. Blake fielded all
questions well. At one point he
was asked whether he had
been to Ford’s Theatre
recently. As the audience
laughed, Blake as Lincoln
observed that a new comedy
must be playing at the
theatre.
“A Day With President
Lincoln” is a national touring
program under the spon
sorship of the National Lin
coln Life Insurance Company.
Richard Blake, as Abraham Lincoln in the national touring program “A Day With President
Lincdn.”
CCCO warns of the dangers surrounding draft
The Central Committee
for Conscientious Objectors,
the nation’s largest draft
counseling agency, warned
^is month that the start of
draft registration has added to
the increased likelihood of an
actual draft.
Larry Spears, Director of
CCCO’s Youth and Con
scientious Objection Cam
paign, says, “This past
summer’s draft registration
of men born in i960 and 1961
was just the first step toward
returning to the draft. This
coming January, Selective
Service plans to register those
men born in 1962. After
January 5, men (and perhaps
women) bom in 1963 will be
required to register as they
turn 18. It should be noted that
the U.S. has never ha.d _a
registration without a draft,
and rarely a draft without a
war.”
“The need for young
people to be informed and to
consider going on record as a
conscientious objector to war
has never been greater that it
is this Fall,” says Spears.
“The Supreme Court’s
decision on Goldberg vs. Tarr,
a sex-discrimination case
involving the draft and
registration, will be final this
Winter,” comments Spears.
“It is especially important for
women to realize that they
could be ordered to register
for the draft, and perhaps be
drafted. They too must con
sider their position on war.”
CCCO has sued Selective
Service for their draft plans
and learned that they plan to
allow registrants to claim
hardship, medical, and
conscientious objector status
only at the last possible
moment after induction or
ders are issued.
“Unless students begin to
think about, and collect
evidence for, conscientious
objection claims and other
options, they are certain to be
caught unprepared,” says
Spears.
“There is also growing
sentiment within Congress to
begin debate early next year
on whether a peace-time *aft
should be started,” he says.
“It is important for young
people to realize that under
the current draft law, all men
between the ages of 18 and 26
are eligible to be drafted.
Also, students should know
that there is no longer a
college student deferment
under the new draft laws.”
“Young Americans must
start thinking about whether
they could participate in the
military.” Spears states that
CCCO has already registered
over 20,000 young people
through its conscientious
objection card. “These cards
are available, free of charge,
from CCCO, P.O. Box 15796,
Philadelphia, PA 19103. They
simply state ‘Because of my
beliefs about war, I am op
posed to participating in the
military’.”
“The usefulness of this
card,” says Spears, “is that it
provides a record of an in
dividual’s opposition to war
and the military. This CO card
will help to demonstrate to the
military that hundreds of
thousands of young people will
not serve in the military.
Conscientious objectors, along
with the large number of non
registrants and the vocal anti-
draft movement may help to
deter Congress from
establishing a peace-time
draft.”
CCCO was founded in 1948
as the Central Committee for
Conscientious Objectors and
is a national, non-proit agency
counseling young Americans
facing the prospect of military
service, or those already in
the military.
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