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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."