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Proposed Motion
Hits Recruitment
By Armed Forces

By Rod MacDonald
Cavalier Daily Staff Writer

In response to a selective
service directive from the office
of General Lewis B. Hershey,
the Student Council will vote
Tuesday on a motion to recommend
the barring of military recruiters
from Newcomb Hall.

The motion, submitted by
Councilman Jacques Jones, asks
that the University administration
suspend all military recruiting
until the government will assure
that no opinions aired will
be used against a student.

Reclassify Dissenters

The text of the motion reads:

Whereas, we consider that
University placement offices are
operated solely as a convenience
to students choosing jobs and
careers; and,

Whereas, the directive of General
Hershey that students who
obstruct military recruitment, including
that at University placement
offices, should immediately
be reclassified by local draft
boards and conscripted, considers
military recruitment under
University auspices as a government
matter that calls for the
imposition of governmental
penalties; therefore,

Resolved: That it is the desire
of the Student Council that
the administration suspend all
military recruiting under their
auspices until the government
assures them that nothing students
do or say about any University
activity will play any part
in determining their draft status."

Urged At Columbia

Mr. Jones, in an interview with
The Cavalier Daily yesterday,
said that his motion was prompted
by a letter published in Sunday's
New York Times. The letter,
written by the faculty of
Columbia University, urged such
action for that university against
penalizing students who dissent
from the draft process.

He added that a directive
from General Hershey has already
been sent to local draft
boards, saying that "Any student
or eligible male who obstructs
the process of military recruiting
should be immediately reclassified
and conscripted."

Bar Recruiters

"The Student Council can bar
recruiters from Newcomb Hall,
even representatives of the military,
as we control that building's
use," he said. "My motion, however,
urges that the administration
suspend military recruiting
at the entire University until we
get assurance that students' rights
will be protected.

"Hershey's directive abridges
the rights of freedom to dissent,
free speech, and due process of
the law," he went on. "We
should pass this resolution to
recommend that the University
protect the individual rights of
its students."

The Council tabled the motion
Tuesday, and will take up
the matter again next week.