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LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS
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Heaven forbid to be linked
with such an anarchist!
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And then there was the story
of the young and beautiful
starlet wrilh radical ideas such
as helping all of the oppressed
people in the world She really
wanted to come to the quiet
southern town because if any
place in America needed a little
stirring up. this was it In-
cidently. the quiet southern
university in the quiet southern
town paid her e lot of money, or
at least said that they would dig
up the cash somewhere if she
w oulB come and bestow some of
her insight on the intellectually
hungry students of the
university
All of the conservative people
in the town were very upset at
the news of her coming because
of all the publicity that the town
would receive It was felt that
Mastering the draft
© Copyright 1970 by John Striker A Andrew Shapiro
The C.O. ’'Disruption" Policy
During a recent interview
with this reporter, draft
director Curtis Tarr remarked
"There's a substantial feeling in
the country. 1 understand,
against conscientious objection,
a feeling that you d rather not
help a conscientious objector if
there's a chance to help
somebody else In Michigan the
other day I talked to the state
director of selective service,
and he said a fellow came into
his office and said. *1 just
finished my civilian work as a
C.O I'm the father of three,
happily mamed. but I can't
support my family Nobody
wants to hire a conscientious
objector That's a tragedy
Yes. it is And there is irony in
the Director's very recognition
of the tragedy Dr Tarr.
himself, is inadvertantly
helping to cause the tragedy by
failing to end a reprehensible
and long-standing policy of
Selective Service the *.©called
"Dis ruption policy of
governing a C O's civilian
work
C O ‘s in class I-4J 'opposed to
both combatant and non
combatant military service
may be called igxn to perform
two years of civilian work in
lieu of induction The Selective
Service act and regulations
require only that the civilian
work be in the national health
safety, or interest There is
absolutely no mention of
disrupting iCO'i life
While the state directors of
selective service maintain lists
of approved civilian work, local
draft boards have the final say
They decide ultimately • which
job an individual C O. can take
The only guidance a board has
m deciding whether! particular
job is appropriate lies m Local
Board Memorandum No 64
General Hershey issued this
LBM in 1962 and Dr Tarr tuts
not yet seen fit to change it
LBM No 64 provides in part
“Whenever possible civilian
work should be performed
outside of the community in
which thg registrant resides
The position should be one that
cannot readily be filled from the
available ;,bor farce and
should constitute a disruption of
the registrant's normal way of
Ufe somewhat comparable to
the disruption of a registrant
who is inducted into the Arn>vd
Forces."
This "disruption policy
implies a vindictive judgment
on the part of Selective Service
namely, that civilian work
which punishes serves the
"national interest " In essence.
l.rf.M No 64 asks draft boards to
treat a CO as if he were bring
sent to a civilian boot camp
Such a policy tends to dr
emphasize if not ignore, a
C o s indiv idual talents and the
availability of work that
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by Tyler Hammett
the very presence of such a
radical thinker in such a bastion
of conservatism would do
nothing but cause trouble since
some people, noting her obvious
femininity and good looks might
start to follow her around This
would not only be bad for the
morals of the community but it
also might make some pcopir
think that she really did have a
following in the town If this
happened, many, people might
get worried about what their
friends would think about them
not joining this movement,
which was obviously so popular,
and so they might even join the
movement themselves And
heaven forbid if the town and
the university should get linked
with such a dangerous anar
chist tas this sweet young thing
obviouftly was •
The word leaked out to the
local press only two months
after her engagement had been
anr-junced by the university
and several local groups began
to worry that they might miss
out on the free publicity The
local American legion post
passed a resolution asking that
her visit be cancelled Un
fortunately the mayor let the
actual day of her visit slip up on
him and instead of devoting his
usual dailcy invective to her he
released a few humerous
remarks about invoking the
U.S. problems necessitate
people to stand--not run
by Sandy Wilbanks TMEVSEST GEORGIAN West Georgia ( ollegr. ( arrolton
Everything is under control
or is it* Our nation is in-
destructible-but so was the
Spanish Armada In our self
centered minds, every country
is an ally-yet in China we are
known as "imperialist pigs
There is a very real war going *
on over in Asia hut don't worry.
Asia is a lifetime away People
are killing over there and
people are being killed for
exactly what no one seems to
know except maybe God
That's all right too. just as long
as it isn t our father, son or
brother And as for God. didn't
Me go out when the Beatles
came in*
CONCERNKQ
Yes, the American society is
concerned, not to mention in
volved We do take time to
notice the starvation of our
fellow citizens, don't we* <Jh.
yes. starvation in our own
country has been taken care of
so don't get uptight We have
done our part when we give
Thanksgiving baskets Star
vation is oniy a once a year
problem, tsrut it*
DISCRIMINATION
Discrimination has been
abolished, too We now hire the
blacks, the long hairs . even an
Indian or two we've done our
pact, haven t we* Just because
we refuse to sit by them on the
way to work. or because we take
our children out of school due to
the teacher i dense collection of
pigment, doesn t mean we are
discriminating, does it*
The looting jnd rioting will
also cease After all. isn't it just
a small minority * I guess the
policemen let them alone just to
be nice" or could it be that the
policemen are all of a sudden
the minority*
As for hate that s
unamencan We love our neigh
hot As a matter of fact we love
one another so much we will
kill each other over a petty
squabble And our children Ah
yes. everyone loves the children
of America yet on Hallow eer.
we killed four of them by
treating their candy with nl
poison But don t worry a joke
never hurt anyone The old
razor blade in the apple trick
was a little more humane
wasn t if*
S< ARED
How long will it take WHAT
WIU. IT TAKE for America to
*ako up’ To face reality*
We re running scared We look
for an escape -a Icohol. drugs
even suicide, anything to dull
•Kir senses or problems But
everything is under control
America you can run but
you can't hide The problems
are here to stay The solutions
arc up to you It is up to you
whether we begin to stand
ui til'd again or if we completed
fall divided
local ordinance against
soothsayers and fortune tellers
against Jeanne Dixon, another
clairvoyant who was speaking
that night
Meanwhile, hack at the
university, a certain well known
campus organization had
agreed to foot the bill for this
obviously sexy young lady so
that all of the students at the
university could look at her and
know that she was sponsored by
that certain well known campus
organi/ation Unfortunately. it
was discovered that the certain
well known campus
organization was short of funds
A happy solution was finally
found however, when the leader
of that certain well known
campus organization came up
with the idea of blaming the
shortage on the failure of a
spaghetti dinner which had.
been served in the university
cafeteria <The university
cafeteria was not well liked
among certain dissident groups
on the campus i
The local paper then sent its
most professional and ex
penenced speech reporter to
cover the story so that all of the
interested groups would get the
appropriate amount of
publicity At last all was ready
When the brilliant young
starlet finally arrived it was
noted with approval that she
was wearing suede bell bottoms
because this obviously placed
her on the extreme left and
helped her to fit into the role
that all of the people had picked
out for her
And the pretty young starlet
talked and talked, almost
without pausing for breath for a
lul| hour But very few people in
the audience heard what she
was trying to say because she
was doing exactly- what they
expected her to do in the first
place And in the second place
the people were too busy try ing
to figure out how to react to it
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