Moynihan Memo Press Leaks Stir NixonClimate Fight
A Moynihan memorandum to President Nixon, dated January 4, argues ending the draft and transforming the urban lower class into a stable working class. It cites Vietnam defeat, racial tensions, and the need to maintain economic growth to prevent instability. The Newark News and New York Times publicized leaks, highlighting debates over race, draft policy, and domestic calm.
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Brown assails Defense Department leadership in Sacramento speech
Democratic Senate hopeful George F. Brown Jr. charged officials running the Defense Department show incompetence, saying billions are wasted on guns that don’t work planes that can’t fly and ships that can’t float. He compared defense policy to a Maginot Line of false security delivered at Sacramento State College.
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