THE BATTALION
Wednesday, February 14, 1968 College Station, Texas
Page 3
AP Answers Draft
Questions On War
By STAN BENJAMIN Q. What are those “other sub-
WASHINGTON <^) — Draft jects?”
calls are climbing again as the A. The National Security Coun
armed services face the task of re- cil has not yet identified any other
placing the two-year men drafted graduate studies,
at the start of the Vietnam build- Q. Do a student’s marks mean
up in late 1965 and early 1966. anything?
Concern over the draft was cited A. Class standings and grade
repeatedly by editors responding averages do not determine defer-
to a recent Associated Press Man- ments. But the student must be
aging Editors Association survey of “satisfactorily pursuing” his
what readers are talking and wor- studies.
rying about. Q. What does “satisfactorily
For youngsters about to turn 18, pursuing his studies” mean?
for older youths wondering when A. He must be steadily earning
they may be called and for par- credits toward obtaining his degree
ents with sons in those categories, in normal time.
here is a wide-ranging guide to
the draft.
Who is being drafted now, how
many draftees go to Vietnam, who
is being deferred — the answer to
these and other questions posed by
The Associated Press come from
Selective Service headquarters in
Washington and the Department
of Defense.
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Q. Precisely who is being draft
ed now — what age ?
A. Most inductees are between
20 and 21. In recent months, the
average age has been 20 1 /£.
Q. Is marriage or fatherhood
ground for deferment?
A. Neither is ground for defer
ment without further qualification.
If a man maintains a bonafide fam
ily relationship with a child or
children he has ground for defer
ment whether or not he is actually
their father. As for marriage, it
is frequently a factor in deferment
on grounds of hardship.
Q. What are the ground rules
for student deferments ?
A. The law provides that any
one “satisfactorily pursuing a full
time course of instruction at a
high school or similar institution of
learning" shall be deferred until he
graduates or reaches age 20, which
ever is earlier. Regulations permit
the deferment of a full-time college
student “satisfactorily
his studies until he
jects necessary to the maintenance
of the national health, safety or in
terest as are identified by the direc
tor of Selective Service upon the
advice of the National Security
Council.”
Puerto Rican Wins
A&M Chess Title
D. M. Perez-Fernandez of Puer
to Rico bested faculty and student
competition alike to take the
Texas A&M chess championship.
The graduate student in physics
won five matches to take first
place trophy in the annual Mem
orial Student Center chess tourna
ment.
Second place went to Dr. Du-
san Djuric, meteorology profes
sor, and Dr. Steve Pejovich, eco
nomics professor, won third. The
three chess champs emerged from
a field of 16 entries, according to
Norman Gabitsch of Bi-ownsville,
MSC chess committee chairman
who directed the tourney. He is
a junior physics major.
‘Quotations From Chairman LBJ 9 Draws
Much Attention In White House Circles
Q. Are students being drafted
out of college?
A. Dropouts, including those
who have failed to earn their cred
its, may be drafted but we are not
taking satisfactory students out of
college.
Q. What constitutes a hardship
case and how is it handled ?
A. The regulations provide for
deferment for “any registrant
whose induction into the armed
forces could result in extreme hard
ship to his wife, divorced wife,
child, parent, grandparent, brother
or sister who is dependent on him
for support, or to a person under
18 years of age or a person of any
age who is physically or mentally
handicapped whose support the
registrant has assumed in good
faith.” The term “extreme hard
ship” is not defined.
Q. How big are draft calls ex
pected to be in 1968?
A. We are not in a position at
this time to comment on the out
look for the next fiscal year but
calls so far this year totaled 34,000
for January, 23,300 for February
and 39,000 for March.
Q. How does this compare with
last year?
A. For the first half of 1967,
the calls were at a relatively low
level, averaging about 15,000 per
month. In the last six months of
1967, the average rose to about 22,-
pursuing” 000 a month.
graduates, q Will the calls balloon when
drops out or reaches the age of 24, becomes necessary to replace the
whichever comes first. Also per- two-year men rushed into uniform
mitted is the deferment of gradu- at the beginning of the Vietnam
ate students in medicine, dentistry, build-up?
veterinary medicine, osteopathy or A With the Army now in the
optometry,” or in such other sub- midst of a major replacement cycle
for draftees originally inducted in
the calendar year 1966, we can ex
pect a relatively high level of draft
CYCLOTRON VACUUM CHECK
Acceleration of particles in Texas A&M’s cyclotron re
quires the machine be evacuated of virtually all air mole
cules. The cyclotron vacuum system is the responsibility of
a crew of technicians, which includes Harry M. Elmendorf
of Houston, who received Air Force training - on pumping
equipment. He checks a vacuum gauge directly under the
accelerator chamber. Stainless steel pipe (right) is part of
the accelerator's ion source.
AF Veteran Wants
Service Career
calls to be required through June.
Beyond that it is difficult to pro
ject because of variations in en
listment and re-enlistment and be
cause planned military force levels
also affect draft calls.
Q. How are draft quotas set for
each local board ?
A. Each local board reports how
many men it has available for in
duction. Each state adds the re
ports of its boards and gives a state
total. A nationwide ratio is cal
culated between the total draft call
and the total number of available
men. Each state and local draft
board is then required to draft that
same percentage of its own avail
able registrants. In other words,
the number drafted by any board
is the same in relation to the num
ber available to that board as the
national call is to the number avail
able nationally.
A Texas A&M sophomore with
four years military service has
his sights on the university’s
ROTC program, an Air Force
commission and career.
Harry M. Elmendorf of Hous
ton, an aerospace engineering ma
jor, entered Air Force enlisted
ranks following 1963 graduation
from Houston’s Wesbury High
School.
A PHYSIOLOGICAL training
technician at the School of Aero
space Medicine, Elmendorf works
as a vacuum technician for A&M’s
Cyclotron Institute while study
ing. He works 40 hours a week,
attends class 25 hours and has
a 1.9 grade point ratio (3.0 is
perfect).
“The hours are unusual,” re
marked the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Ed H. Elmendorf, 5431 Lymbar,
Houston. “I’ve been on a mid
night to 8 a.m. shift. My wife
Anne is getting used to it.” They
have a one-year-old daughter,
Debra.
Harry is from a family of Ag
gies. His father was in the class
of 1938, graduating in 1948 fol
lowing World War II service. Ed
Elmendorf was assistant sports
editor to Harold Schwertiz at the
San Antonio Light.
Harry’s younger brother Dave
is an outstanding freshman stu
dent. The “fish” football stand
out had all A’s last fall and posted
the top academic average of 440
AFROTC cadets.
AN OLDER BROTHER, Pat
rick, works at the NASA Manned
Spacecraft Center and plans to
enroll as an A&M undergradu
ate next fall.
The well-built former All-
Houston football end said he
hopes to enter the Air Force as
an officer after graduate degree
work at A&M. He takes the Air
Force Officer Qualification Test
in mid-February, preparatory to
entering the AFROTC program
as a junior.
The AFOQT is prerequisite to
an advanced ROTC contract.
Elmendorf says he wants a 1-P
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TODAY
The Bell County Hometown Club
will meet on the steps of the Me
morial Student Center at 7:15
p.m. for the club picture.
The Aggie Christian Fellowship
will sponsor a talk and discussion,
on “What Should You Do With
Your Life” by Dr. McIntyre of
the Cyclotron Institute at 5:30
p.m. in the YMCA.
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President Johnson’s closer advisers
are scrambling these days to ob
tain copies of a new red-covered
volume called “Quotations From
Chairman LBJ.”
The midget-sized 189-page pa
perback is patterned after a simi
lar-appearing volume, “Quotations
From Chairman Mao Tse-Tung,”
which has enjoyed popularity in
some hippie and collegiate circles.
When one of Johnson’s key aides
saw a reporter with the book, he
fairly snatched it away for his own
perusal. Just about everyone
around the White House, it seems,
wants to get hold of it.
The cover features a portrait of
the chief executive dressed in Mao-
style military tunic.
The quotations range from a re
mark Johnson is said to have made
15 years ago—“I’m not smart
enough to make a president”—to
a one-sentence final chapter, titled
“Ultimate Reflection” which cites
a phrase Johnson often has used:
“I’m the only president you’ve got.”
Published by Simon and Schuster,
the $2 book is the product of Jack
Shepherd and Christopher Wren,
who list themselves as “transla
tors” rather than editors.
In a preface, they urge workers,
peasants, students, housewives and
Republicans to “memorize and di
gest the exhortations of Chairman
contract for pilot training after Johnson.” The preface cautions
graduation. Neither the test nor “N 0 effort has been made to
physical should be a problem, j-ework these heroic thoughts into
grammatical English.”
Some quotations, culled mostly
from the official record of the Pres
ident’s public appearances, are ser-.
ious and inspirational. Others are
humorous and occasionally ludi-
“ANNE LIKES service life and crous. More than one, it seems
I do too,” Elmendorf said. “Her apparent, has been wrenched out of
father is a retired Air Force context for maximum effect.
Colonel (Edward C. Tarbutton of In retrospect, one rib-tickler is
San Marcos). The colonel was the statement Johnson made at his
Gen. Bernard Schriever’s pilot.” Texas ranch on Aug. 1, 1965:
TT , , . ,. , . “Mr. Peter Hurd and Mrs. Hurd
Harry s goal is grandiose, but , . • j
, . are here from New Mexico spend-
attainable with his background.
While at Brooks, the Westbury
athlete played service sports. He
started with the freshman foot
ball team last September but de
cided his cyclotron job would
mean more.
At Brooks, he helped train flight
surgeons, nurses and pilots in use
of high altitude pressure equip
ment.
The San Antonio-born airman
who attended basic medical school
at Greenville, Miss., said the cy
clotron job resulted from his Air
Force training.
“With that, A&M degree work
in aerospace engineering and pilot
training through the ROTC pro
gram, I have hopes of getting in
to the astronaut program. If I
don’t get too old too fast,” he
grinned.
ing the weekend with us. They’ll
be going back when they have had
enough of it.” On the following-
page is the remark attributed to
Johnson after he viewed a presi
dential portrait by Hurd later:
“That’s the ugliest thing I ever
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father to attend a popular extrav
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chorus. While President Lincoln
watched his son left the presiden
tial box, changed into uniform
and on stage with the chorus. His
father laughed.
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