Conscription & Commitment
February, 1967
a u. s. congressman proposes a revolutionary plan that would end the draft yet meet our military needsThe American military establishment is blessed with a vast array of the most sophisticated weapons that the world has ever seen, yet it persists in processing its most important weapon--manpower--through a system that has proved itself inefficient, inequitable and undemocratic.The draft, with its 4061 local and autonomous draft boards and its antiquated machinery, is an anachronism in the Cold W...
