What about the draft?
"If one can keep his head while everyone about him is losing his . . . ," and at least one has, a sensible proposal concerning Selective Service will be voiced. We have dribbled this draft ball from one end of reality to the other for years and we should listen to what an expert has to say. Col. Samuel Hayes is such an expert.
Before Col. Hayes made his proposal at a four-day national conference at the University of Chicago, Sen. Ted Kennedy's lottery plan seemed to be the fairest one around, in spite of its weaknesses. Under his plan the lower social stratum, which receives fewer II-S deferments, would be less burdened, an important point. Popular opinion teamed against his idea of tossing every draft-eligible boy's name into a hat and drawing as many names as the need demanded. The others who took the same chance as those who were chosen then would be relieved of their obligation and could pursue careers.
Just as Kennedy's proposal would establish certainty in our young mens' futures, so would Col. Hayes' plan. As the draft stands now a man's future is uncertain until he becomes 36 years old, though the probability of his being drafted decreases every year. College graduates are plagued with the possibility of employment difficulties resulting from their draft-status or
the chance that their newly started careers will suddenly be interrupted by military service.
Hayes, director of military psychology at West Point, said that annual draft calls should be limited to 18-year-olds, but suggested that 19-year-olds should be retained on the draft lists on a stand-by basis in case of emergency.
"Those best qualified for military service would be inducted in order of their qualification," he said.
Now what could be more logical or sensible than such a plan? Eighteen-year-olds are at their peak of strength-building capabilities and they are psychologically easier to mold into soldiers. The boys who are deferred could continue toward college degrees and carry the nation's strength in the certainty of education.
Twenty-one-year-olds and over, hear us out. This is our chance for peace of mind and the nation's chance to grab a good selective service revision. Your congressman would love to hear your opinion about this change, one which can be achieved without altering the basic structure of the Selective Service System.
Let's get this plan drawn up and solve the draft problems that have bugged us since we were old enough to understand what it meant.
By JOEL AHLBRANDT
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STONEHENGE DECODED, by Gerald S. Hawkins, with John B. White (Delta, $1.95)—An exceptionally interesting and informative book, with illustrations, on one of the great mysteries of western man. The conclusion in this persuasive book is that Stonehenge was not a Druid temple but was get this an astronomical observatory, designed to predict eclipses. The man who comes up with this notion is a professor of astronomy at Boston University and a research associate at Harvard College Observatory.
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THE END OF ALLIANCE, by Ronald Steel (Delta, $1.85)—An essay in which a former officer of the Foreign Service suggests that which has been occurring to a lot of people: the conditions in
Europe that prompted the Atlantic Alliance in the late forties are no longer relevant, and we should not weep and moan because De Gaulle, and others, want to get rid of the thing.
THE GINGER MAN, by J. P. Donleavy (Delta, $1.95)—Here, in unexpurgated edition, a book that has been somewhat of a storm in recent years. In this world of violence and sick jokes and hedonistic philosophies there may be a good deal in this book to prompt consideration. It's kind of a sick joke itself, and if you come up liking the hero, Sebastian Dangerfield, then you have moved miles away from the sweetness-and-light kind of fiction. The book is funny yet disgusting in a way, and you'll be worrying about life and its meaning as you blunder through it.