06-18-2005, 07:32 AM
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King Of Wishful Thinking
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Location: Philadelphia Suburbs
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New Draft?
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Peace churches plan alternatives to military draft
The government stresses it has no plans for one - but urges pacifists to be ready.
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Leaders of the peace churches, which have their roots in Pennsylvania, say that what they may need to do now is prepare in-house programs in which their young men might perform two years of required civilian public service in exchange for not having to go into the military.
The draft ended in 1973. But the Selective Service System, which is charged with maintaining machinery for a draft, is encouraging the peace churches to make contingency plans.
"We do encourage it," said Cassandra Costley, who was appointed last year as director of a new alternative-service division within Selective Service.
"It's not because we expect there is going to be a draft in the next year - or the next five years," Costley said from her office in Rosslyn, Va. "But our mandate is that we be prepared."
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Last edited by richlevy; 06-18-2005 at 07:36 AM.
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