Newton D. Baker, Secretary of War, reaches into a glass bowl on July 20, 1917 to withdraw the first number in the draft of thousands of men for military service. Today, the big dispute about the draft is centered on whether smart college students should be deferred while those of scanter attainments put their lives on the line in Vietnam.

United Press International · [ca. June 1966]

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