Reawakening resistance to draft registration : some implications for the 1980's.
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Authors
Jackson, Paul Joseph
Subjects
Draft registration
conscientious objection
U.S. Selective Service System
Conscription
Draft resistance
conscientious objection
U.S. Selective Service System
Conscription
Draft resistance
Advisors
Butler, Phillip N.
Date of Issue
1980
Date
December 1980
Publisher
Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
Language
en_US
Abstract
On July 21, 1980, after a five year suspension, draft
registration returned to the United States amid scattered
protests. Men born in 1960 were to register the first of
a two week registration period, filling out cards with
their names, addresses, Social Security numbers and other
information at local post offices. Those men born in 1961
were required to register the following week. Men born in
1962 will be required to register the week beginning
January 5, 1981. After that, men will register as they
turn 18 years old.
During the initial two week draft registration period,
individuals and organizations opposed to registration held
rallies, leafletted and picketted the nation's post offices,
conducted counseling sessions for registration-age males,
and sponsored meetings to discuss and answer questions about
registration and alternatives to registration.
The focus of this thesis is the reawakening resistance to
President Carter's registration plans as demonstrated by
meetings on registration and alternatives to registration
sponsored by anti-registration groups, as well as by antidraft
literature oublished by national anti-draft organizations
The objectives of this research are (1) To determine who
the leaders of local draft registration meetings are; (2) To
determine the extent of their support at these meetings
;
(3) To gather data on the alternatives to draft registration
offered at these meetings as well as in current anti-draft
literature; (4) To gather data on the effectiveness of such
meetings in convincing draft-age youth not to register or
to register under protest; (5) To offer predictions, based on
the history of draft resistance in America and on the observations
made above, on the impact of such groups on future
attempts to bring back the draft.
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