The new Democratic-controlled Congress will not seriously consider reinstating the draft, even if concerns about the military's strength and resiliency grow, party leaders said yesterday. (Washington Post, Tuesday)
A mania for compulsory equality has swept this nation. It now applies to how we shall die or face death, as well as to how we shall live, work, and be educated. It is as illogical in the one instance as in the other. –Dean Russell, 1955
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The Conscription Idea by Dean Russell