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Veterans of Foreign Wars backs draft and Europe troop boosts
The Veterans of Foreign Wars national official James W. Cothran urged support for General Eisenhower’s request for more troops in Europe and for drafting 18 year olds. He spoke at the North Carolina VFW council banquet in High Point, denouncing world government and urging repeal of UN funding changes while stressing poverty as a defense against communism.
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Veterans OF Foreign Wars
Council of Administration
Sheraton Hotel
James W. Cothran
Bishopville
8. C
A. C. Ingram
High Point
E. D. Knauff
Jacksonville
Mary A. Moody
Greensboro
Otis Brown
Eisenhower
Europe
Veterans Organization
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National
The
North Carolina Department
VFW
Cothran
Military Order of Cooties
VFW Honor Society
General Assembly
United States
United Nations
State Council
Charlotte Observer
Ruppert Gillette
North Carolina
W. F
E. Z. Jones
Winston-Salem
Raleigh
Humber
Brown