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All-Volunteer Force in Trouble Six Months In
Nixon's no-draft VOLAR plan, six months old, faces enlistment shortfalls and growing criticism. Army recruitment lags, bonuses rise amid calls to revive the draft. Officials warn of socio economic bias and rising costs threatening the volunteer force's viability.
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Ben A. Franklin
New York Times News Service
Washington
Nixon
Vietnam
William C. Westmoreland
Army
Volar
Defense
Roger T. Kelley
Defense Department
Brookings Institution
Brooking
Congress
Pentagon
Rep
F. Edward Herbert
Louisiana
House Armed Service Committee
White House
Melvin R Laird
United States
Laird
Kelley
Harley L. Moore Jr
Fort Gordon
Westmoreland
Joseph A. Califano Jr
Johnson
Califano