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A Service Draft of All Youths Would Strengthen Nation

Now that President Bush and congressional leaders have declared "war" against the terrorists who finally invaded our country, after attacking our personnel and facilities overseas for many years, it is time to strongly urge Congress to bring back the draft.

In 1947, at President Truman's behest, a commission studying Universal Military Training (UMT) unanimously recommended that every young man serve in our armed forces. Truman believed UMT would give our youth "a background in the disciplinary approach of getting along with one another, informing them of their physical makeup, and what it means to take care of this temple which God gave ...

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