Jacksonville University - Riparian Yearbook (Jacksonville, FL)

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TO THE PRESIDENT AND THE CONGRESS OF THESE UNITED STATES! WE, THE UNDERSIGNED, HEREBY PETITION FOR THE OUTRIGHT REPEAL AND REVOCATION OF THE NATIONAL SELECTIVE SERVICE ACT. CONSCRIPTION IS INVOLUNTARY SERVITUDE AND VIOLATES THE IDEALS AND PRINCIPLES OF A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY. THE FOREFATHERS OF MANY OF OUR CITIZENS FLED TO THIS COUNTRY TO ESCAPE CONSCRIPTION IN THE ARMIES OF EUROPE AND SOUGHT HAVEN IN A MORE DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY HERE. IN PRACTICE, THE DRAFT HAS PROVEN INEQUITABLE AND UNFAIRj IT HAS BEEN USED AS A COERSIVE TOOL TO STIFLE DISSENT5 IT HAS KEPT MILLIONS OF YOUNG PEOPLE FROM PLANNING THEIR LIVES ACCORDING TO THEIR OWN WISHES AND KEPT THEM IN LIMBO, INCAPABLE OF SELF-DETERMINATION. THE DRAFT HAS PROVIDED THOSE WHO CONTROL FOREIGN POLICY WITH AN UNENDING SOURCE OF AMERICAN MEN TO USE IN A MASSIVE INTERVENTION OVERSEAS COVER 1.5 MILLION MEND. FOR THESE REASONS, WE URGENTLY REQUEST AND PETITION FOR THE IMMEDIATE AND OUTRIGHT REPEAL AND REVOCATION OF THE NATIONAL SELECTIVE SERVICE ACT. LCSTHE Hosp-lCffN5 JUHQJVIW C- HUIUEL GQHX QQ x Qgjnxw-.Q0'3 XFN ,K I. TL . ,f fad Xfif