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Amnesty stance praised by NCCB USCC head
Bishop James Rausch hailed President Ford's call for leniency toward draft evaders as a welcome sign and constructive step toward national healing. He noted bishops supported 1971 1972 positions but suggested unconditional amnesty for conscientious objectors might be warranted given time since Vietnam involvement.
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Washington
Gerald R. Ford
James Rausch
National Conference of Catholic Bishops
NCCB
U.S. Catholic Conference
USCC
Ford
Rausch
National Convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars
VFW
Chicago
Peace Corps
United States
U.S
Paul VI
USS
National Council of Churches
The
American Jewish Congress
Synagogue Council of America
Executive