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VOL. IV, No.THE 4$ Serving the OBSERVERNotre Dame and Saint Mary’s College Community TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1969 Losers become winners in lottery WASHINGTON (UPI) Lt. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, 76 the birthday lottery may vary priority. S electiv e Service said the America’s first draft lottery in year old outgoing director of the from locality to locality. Local Following is the order of the representatives of Michigan and 27 years yesterday decided by draft, spoke briefly following draft boards will continue to be alphabet to be applied to the Alaska refused to come and take the luck of the draw which of the opening prayer and the first assigned draft quotas to be first letter of last names in part. 850,000 young men of military capsule was drawn by Rep. filled. determining the order of call for Before drawing his quota of age will be called to service next Alexander Pirnie, R. of New Therefore it is possible that a inductees with the same birth capsules, Jonathan Crawford, year. York, a member of the House local board may use up all of the dates: 1-J; 2-G; 3-D; 4-X; 5-N; N o tre D a m e ’s senior class “ September 14th,” was the Military Affairs Committee. calls under a certain birthdate 6-0; 7-Z; 8-T; 9-W; 10-P; 11-Q; president, said, “The youth of first birthdate to be called out as Members of the Selective and another may use only part 12-Y; 13-U; 14-C; 15-F; Indiana are proud to youth representatives of the Service’s Youth Advisory Board of those born on the same date. 16-1; 17-K; 18-H; 19-S; 20-L; participate,” and added that he various states drew, one by one, were called by name to the side To deal with this, the drawing 21-M; 22-A; 23-R; 24-E; 25-B; hoped the random selection the large blue plastic capsules of the bowl and one at a time included the random selection of 26-V. system would be the “first of from a big glass laboratory jar at they pulled out a capsule which the 26 letters of the alphabet to Of the 56 youngsters many needed reforms” in the Selective Service Headquarters. was opened by a woman from establish a priority within a scheduled to draw capsules, the draft. Then in rapid order came April the Selective Service staff. 24, Dec. 30, Feb. 14, and Oct. The Defense Department has 18. given this breakdown of its Lottery guidelines presented With a third of the 366 manpower needs for 1970. Of birthdate capsules drawn, 17 the 850,000 eligible 1A WASHINGTON (UPI) - Here that you’ll receive' your draft barring national emergencies represented days in December - registrants, 290,000 are is a rule of thumb guide for draft board notice. There are varying If you are temporarily meaning that those born in expected to volunteer instead of age youths to determine what factors such as the quotas deferred because of college, your December, 1951, would be being drafted, leaving a Selective the birthday lottery drawing assigned to your local Selective exempt status continues but the highly vulnerable to the draft Service pool of 560,000. means to them: Service board, deferments, during 1 970. The Pentagon believes that an You are involved if your whether your birthday comes priority level in which your Under the new lottery system, estimated 250,000 of these will birthday falls between Jan. 1, high or low in this middle birthday falls in the drawing will a registrant’s birthday would be be drafted under the new 1944 and Dec. 31, 1950. grouping. be effective for the year your the key to the order in which he lottery. Thus the remaining If your birthday is drawn in exemption expires. would be subject to the draft 310,000 would not have to serve the first 122 numbers and you 1f your birthday is drawn in Thus if you lshould graduate call. Basically, it was first drawn, and would be able to plan their have no deferment such as the bottom third from 245 to or drop out of college in 1973, if first called; last drawn, last — lives in the expectation they will college, it is almost certain you 366, there is small likelihood your borthday was the 15th and probably never - called. see no military interruption. will be called for induction in you will be summoned in the number drawn in the Monday Those affected by the third However, should the number of 1970. draft and you can probably plan lottery, you would be placed in lottery in three generations volunteers fall below the If your birthday is drawn your life and career in the the 15th level of call ups in 1974 consisted of 1A registrants prediction, the number needed between number 123 through knowledge you will have no even though a different birthday between their 19th and 26th as draftees would increase. 244. the outlook is touch and go m ilitary service requirement was drawn 15th that year birthdays. The priority situation under ‘Ten’ trial to continue; court option to be decided The newly ratified University Riehle. members should be necessary to Court convenes this morning to u p h o ld Riehle. After being h ear th e decision of each But he felt this was unfair to amended to include the individual member of the Notre the party that seeks action possibility that a student may Dame Ten as to whether he before this Court and choose to go before the old wants to be tried under the communicated his beliefs with appellate body, it was passed. University Court or by the old the additional comment that if The University Court at tripartite appeals board this section was amended to a Wednesday’s short meeting was contained in the old Judicial simple majority he would favor unable to dispose of preliminary Code. the change in his letter to the matters of discussion and failed A directive from the SLC SLC. to hear opening motions from ordered the University Court to Fred Dedrick, Student Body the defense. extend the option to the Vice-President, at the SLC Instead the meeting consisted defendants which was presented meeting made a motion which of introductions of the ten to them at last Wednesday’s would have made it necessary defendants and the six members preliminary hearing before the for five of the six Court of the Court, the reading of the University Court. members to vote for conviction SLC directive to the defendants, The SLC directive was of the “Ten” in order for Father and a motion for continuance formulated at last Monday’s Riehle’s actions to be upheld. from Gary Mclnerney, Defense oto by Doug Madel meeting after the SLC had The motion was voted down. counselor for the “Ten.” Gary Mclnerney ratified the University Court and Professor Massey made a Professor Leslie Foshcio of the sections of the new Judicial motion incorporating Hesburgh’s the Law School and chairman of Code pertinent to the hearing of belief that a simple majority of (Continued on page 6) the case of the “Ten.” Court action The SLC action was prompted by a letter from Father The University may press for junction is sought by the Uni either a temporary or a per versity. Hesburgh to Professor James On the Inside, The five demonstrators Massey, SLC Chairman, stating manent injunction, but it is not Fieldhouse story known which will be sought by who were involved in the Dow- that Hesburgh had not had time to review the recently passed the administration. CIA protest,and named in a Page 2 The persons named in the court restraining order, have Judicial Code. court order, Brian Mclnerney, been granted an extension which Hesburgh said that he had no SLC meeting Rick Libowitz, Tim MacCarry, postpones their hearing until objections to specially approving Page 3 Fred Dedrick, and Sister December 11. Several of the the sections of the Judicial Code \ Joanne Malone, have now protesters appeared in court last which would effect the hearing of the “Ten.” Editorials acquired a lawyer and will Monday, November 24, to enter Page 4 present their case on the day a plea for an extension of the The SLC also sent to the appointed by the court. hearing on the grounds that the University Court an amendment At least three of those named five needed more time to arrange to the proposed Judicial Code Lottery dates did .not actually participate in legal counsel for the presenta saying that the Court will Page 5 the blocking of the office as tion of their case. require a “simple majority” of was chraged in the court order. The hearing is to be held to the six members to overturn However, the restraining order decide whether or not the res Father R iehle’s orders of O’Brien new Alumni training order should be declared suspension and expulsion. must name specific persons in President Page6 order to be legally effective. either a temporary or permanent Father Hesburgh said that he The five could not predict just injunction prohibiting such interpreted the original wording what action will take place in demonstrations. The five must of the new Judicial Code to the hearing on December 1 1, but present reasons why such an mean that five of the six Irish cagers win opener Donald F. O’Brien the action will most probably injunction should not be members of the Court would be Page 8 depend on what kind of in brought against the protest.