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Show , Humphrey, Kennedy, McCarthy, Nixon Four Presidential Aspirants Speak ' " mm"" m'mmmlmaK - j. j ft r I hMMMMBMiMMHiMMMMAatairtBteM ,4 , w - - jii imnn nnt nitr-n-"! nrmritrii mrm ttfirmt-iatwiinu mm itui m nTfwrmnwiifnmilinr it min-ttrrinm'irimimTiionniliTnrrf'f t nut inivifnnri WASHINGTON (CPS) All three of the Democratic candidates for President favor some form of random ran-dom selection as a substitute for the present draft system, but all three have slightly different proposals. pro-posals. Republican candidate Richard Nixon favors abolition of the draft and institution of a volunteer army after the war in Vietnam. These positions were set forth in response to a National Student Association query of the four leading candidates on four major issues of special interest to students stu-dents the draft, lowering the voting age, higher education, and the role of youth in society. NSA also asked New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller for statements on the issues but they were told that he is not a candidate and that position statements were not available. avail-able. The Draft On the draft, Vice President Hubert Hu-bert Humphrey favors adoption of the Fair and Impartial Random (FAIR) system proposed by President Presi-dent Johnson last year but rejected by Congress. It would include a lottery and drafting of the youngest young-est first. New York Senator Robert Kennedy Ken-nedy wants a study of various proposals pro-posals for a random system, drafting draft-ing the youngest first, and experimentation experi-mentation with a system of alterna- A Univac 1108 computer is standing by to tally the votes in Choice '68, the nationwide balloting by college students. Sponsored by Time Magazine and Sperry-Rand, the voting will be today in the Union. tive service. He also called for rescinding a provision of the 1967 Selective Service Act which contradicted contra-dicted an earlier Supreme Court decision on conscientious objection. The new law requires that a conscientious con-scientious objector show that he is opposed to wars because of his religious re-ligious training. Kennedy said a change would "protect people whose conscientious objection is not based on traditional religious grounds." More Draft Views Minnesota Senator Eugene McCarthy Mc-Carthy favors elimination of deferments, defer-ments, permitting conscientious objection ob-jection to particular laws, permitting permit-ting conscientious objection "on rational ra-tional as well as religious grounds," and allowing a person appealing a classification to have personal appearances at all levels, instead of just the local board as f t present. pres-ent. McCarthy also opposed the present system of autonomous local lo-cal boards and Selective Service Director Lewis Hershey's memorandum memor-andum of October, 1967, which recommended rec-ommended that anti-war and anti-draft anti-draft protestors be reclassified end inducted as soon as possible. All four candidates favored k -ering the voting to 18 and sa ' youth was important in dealing; with American problems. On Education Only Kennedy offered major pro- posals for changes in the present federal assistance to higher education. edu-cation. He favors loan programs that make money available directly direct-ly to students, rather than through colleges and universities; exploration explora-tion of new means for repayment of student loans, such as assessing a percentage of income over a number num-ber of years; forgiving loans for young people who enter careers with greater social benefit (such forgiveness is available to teach ers in many present federal loar programs.)"; and expansion of the work -study program and up-gradinj the kinds of work students do ii connection with the program. Kennedy also advocated federa encouragement of programs ii which students might spend three months in school and three month! on the job, in addition to greato federal support for construction an improvement of educational facili ties. More On Education Humphrey said higher educatioi programs must be related to sucl. programs as Head Start and Up ward Bound in order to make edi cation available to all. McCarthy said he favors fed eral aid to education at all level and giving "every child a gooc sound, basic education and ever, adult a skilled trade or an ac vanced degree." Nixon submitted no statement o higher education. The three Democrats and the R publican join other political fif ures as part of the nationwide co1 legiate balloting, Choice '68. Wit-an Wit-an expected turnout of more tha. three million, voting in Choice '6 will take place today only. (Choice '68 voting on the Univei sity campus is being held in cor. junction with ASUU elections). |