About Registration for Military Service

Recent news reports have informed us that President Carter, because of the international crisis, wants to reinstitute registration for compulsory military service, or, simply, the draft. This, you will recall, was given up soon after the Vietnam War. These same reports tell us that the intention at present is only registration in the interests of preparedness, not an actual draft. It seems, further, according to these reports, that the president already has the power to inaugurate such...