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Show ToOarify Policy Officers Meet Draft Director i By DARRELL LEO Chronicle Staff Writer The national draft classification policy and Utah's local draft boards underwent the close scrutiny of the University's student officials. This week, ASUU officers confronted Colonel Evan P. Clay, Utah Selective Service director, an the recent draft policy, which has become . a major concern among university students. ! Because of the controversy surrounding the status change of Uni- versity student Henry Huey, ASUU President John Kesler and Organizations Organ-izations board Chairman Mike Christensen arranged a conference with the director. Clarify Policy In a Chronicle interview Kesler revealed, "Our main purpose in meeting meet-ing Col. Clay was to get a clarification of the recent policy, to see if the policy had been followed by the local board and to discover the con-; con-; stitutionality of the policy." According to Kesler, the recent policy concerned the reclassification of individuals not acting in the national interest. Boards Followed Policy Kesler stated the draft boards had certainly followed the policies, as laid out by Gen. Hershey, in the case of Huey, who had been arrested for attempting to block the doorway of the Armed Forces Entrance and Examination Station. "Under present policies students cannot interfere with the law or break it," he added. "So, as far as we can see, there is no specific legal action that ASUU can take." 'Not Obviously Constitutional' He continued, "The system is not obviously unconstitutional; but then, it is not obviously within the bounds of the constitution." "A legal challenge to the policies through the courts might determine the status of such a policy," he added. Kesler concluded, "As a body, through the Student Affairs Commitee, we will advise students as to their rights. ASUU will be a center of in- (Continued on Page 8) JOHN "KESLER . . . sees Col. Clay. Students To Advise On Draft Continued from Page 1) formation for students. Our offices are now obtaining copies of the monthly Selective Service Bulletin for the students." Disseminates Information i By doing so, Kesler thinks ASUU will be living up to its responsibilities responsi-bilities of disseminating information informa-tion and representing the students as citizens, not only students. He added, "Every student should know where he stands on this issue." The Student Affairs committee is a student-faculty organization serving serv-ing as a general advisory board on student activities and enforcing Un iversity and student regulations regarding re-garding activities. When questioned about Columbia University's suspension of all on-campus on-campus recruiting by military organizations, or-ganizations, Kesler commented, "I wouldn't recommend this policy of exclusion of any individual from campus." Draft Counselor Also, acting on the controversy, April Committee has recently established es-tablished a draft-counselling center, located in the Campus Christian Center. April Committee spokesman Hal Noakes commented on the situation, situa-tion, "I feel the draft policies are violating the rights of the individual. individ-ual. As they are now, the draft serves as a punishment against students who oppose the draft." He continued, "Hank Huey was treated extremely unfairly." "Furthermore, Huey was not prosecuted or found guilty of charges against him," added Noakes. "Even though Col. Clay acted in accordance with the present policies, poli-cies, these policies are extremely unfair," he stated. |