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Volunteer Army Must Be Abolished Draft, Parade Warns
PARADE urges Congress to end the draft as Nixon calls for abolition. The piece argues the system weakens the Armed Forces, fuels student and GI dissent from Ft. Dix to San Francisco, with mutinies, AWOLs, and court martial cases. It notes boards reclassify targets, deferments favor the college, and conscription sustains military manpower.
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Washington, D.C
Congress
Nixon
Ft. Dix
N.J
San Francisco Presidio
Lewis B. Hershey
Vietnam
Presidio Stockade
San Francisco
Ft. Dix Stockade
Pentagon
Danang
Ft. Lauderdale