CCCO warns of dangers surrounding draft registration
The Central Committee for
Conscientious Objectors, the na
tion's largest draft counseling
agency, warned this month that
the start of draft registration has
added to the increased likelihood
of an actual draft.
Larry Spears, Director of
CCCO's Youth and Conscientious
Objection Campaign, says, "This
past summer's draft registration
of men born in 1960 and 1961 was
just the first step toward return
ing to the draft. This coming
January, Selective Service plans
to register those men born in
1962. After January 5, men (and
perhaps women) born in 1963 will
be required to register as they
turn 18. It should be noted that the
U.S. has never had a registration
without a draft, and rarely a
draft without a war."
"The need for young people to
be informed and to consider go
ing on record as a conscientious
objector to war has never been
greater than it is this Fall," says
Spears.
"The Superme Court's decision
on Goldberg vs. Tarr, a sex
discrimination case involving the
draft and registration, will be
Highacres SUB
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Dr. Michael Santulli was
honored this year by being in
vited to teach at State College on
a visiting professorship. When
asked if this was ever done
before, .Dr. Santulli replied,
"This is the first case I've ever
seen." There are exchange pro
grams, but invitations by a
specific college are rare. While in
State College, he will be teaching
Symbolic Logic, Ethics, and a
graduate course in American
Philosophy. During his stay at
State College, Dr. Santulli hopes
to work on his book on the
philosophy of music.
Dr. Santulli, who during fall
term at Highacres taught
Philosophy, Humanities, and
Arts, will be replaced by Mr.
Campbell.
Dr. Santulli said there are ad
vantages and disadvantages to
his leaving Hazleton. The ad
vantage is that while in State Col
lege, he can use the library for
research for his book. Disad
vantages? Well, he'll be leaving
his family (during the week but
will be coming home on the
weekends), his colleagues, and
the Hazleton Campus. "Students
on campus have a certain charm.
... that is, they seem relaxed
and friendly and are sometimes
enthusiastic about their studies.
Some are naive, and to teach a
naive student is fun because you
can see the process of
discovery."
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final this Winter," comments
Spears. "It is especially impor
tant for women to realize that
they could be ordered to register
for the draft, and perhaps be
drafted. They too must consider
their position on war."
CCCO has sued Selective Ser
vice for their draft plans and
learned that they plan to allow
registrants to claim hardship,
medical, and conscientious objec
tor status only at the last possible
moment after induction orders
are issued.
"Unless students begin to think
about, and collect evidence for,
conscientious objection claims
and other options, they are cer
tain to be caught unprepared,"
says Spears.
"There is also growing senti
ment within Congress to begin
debate early next year on
whether a peace-time draft
Dr. Santulli to go
to University Park
Sue Nocchi, President of the
Highacres Student Union Board
(SUB), has announced plans for
two major events to be held on
campus during the upcoming
months of November and
December. Having completed a
successful schedule of events
during the month of October,
SUB will now focus its attention
on sponsoring Las Vegas Night on
November 7 and Ted Steranko on
Decmeber 8.
SUB will hold Las Vegas Night
on the evening of November 7. A
large variety of games and
events are planned to allow
everyone to try their luck or
perfect their gambling skills.
SUB will be joined by the
Residence Hall Council (RHC) in
its sponsorship of a Ted Steranko
performance on December 8.
Two separate performances are
scheduled for that day. The first
show will be held in the Commons
during the lunch break and there
will be no admission fee for this
performance. Steranko will per
form again at 8:00 p.m. Tickets
will be required for admission to
the second performance and will
soon be available from any SUB
or RHC member.
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should be started," he says. "It is
important for young people to
realize that under the current
draft law, all men between the
ages of 18 and 26 are eligible to be
drafted. Also, students should
know that there is no longer a col
lege student deferment under the
new draft laws."
"Young Americans must start
thinking about whether they
could participate in the
military." Spears states that
CCCO has already registered
over 20,000 young people through
its conscientious objection card.
"These cards are available, free
of charge, from CCCO, P.O. Box
15796, Philadelphia, PA 19103.
They simply state 'Because of my
beliefs about war, I am opposed
to participating in the military."'
"The usefulness of this card,"
says Spears, "is that it provides a
record of an individual's opposi
tion to war and the military. This
CO card will help to demonstrate
to the military that hundreds of
thousands of young people will
not serve in the military. Cons
cientious objectors, along with
the large number of non
registrants and the vocal anti
draft movement may help to
deter Congress from establishing
a peace-time draft."
Students may
register early
Official registration for the
Winter Term is scheduled for
December Ist. In the past,
students who failed to register at
this time registered late and paid
an additional $lO.OO. Although
this procedure is still in effect,
students may choose to par
ticipate in "Early Registration,"
if they meet all of the following
requirements:
1. Students present a paid fee
receipt for Winter Term.
2. No schedule changes are
planned.
3. Any holds placed on
registration have been dealt with
prior to early registration.
If all three requirements are
met, students may register
anytime November 17 through 20
in the Administration Building,
Room 211.
Quarterly economic roundup
The second quarter of this year
brought some deterioration to the
economy of Lackawanna and
Luzerne counties; but compared
with the area's performance in
past recessions, its performance
to date in this one has been excep
tionally good.
Local industries expanded
their job offerings between 1977
and 1979, and then maintained a
relatively high level of jobs in
1979. By and large, the level was
a bit better in the first half of that
year than in the second half; but
by the end of the year the level
had reached a new seasonally ad
justed high point. This was main
tained for a month or two in 1980,
and then the level began to drop,
as did activity in the Nation as a
whole.
The important part of this
report is that so far the level has
not dropped very far. At the end
of the first half year it was no
lower than it had been about the
third quarter of last year, which
was very good indeed. The drop
in 1980 has been nowhere nearly
so sharp as it was in 1974, when
the last recession was picking up
steam. ,
Whereas total employment of
area residents delayed some
months in turning down during
the last recession, the downturn
for the Northeast Area this time
coincided with that of the Nation.
Even the unemployment situa
tion is not as agonizing as it has
sometimes been in past reces
sions here. It has been gradually
rising for about two years, partly
because of expansion in the size
of the labor force. While its
behavior in the second quarter
has been startling up sharply
in April and May and then down
in June this may be the effect
of an imperfect estimating pro
cedure. On the whole the
unemployment level in the se
cond quarter has not been all that
bad.
For an area that has proved
especially sensitive to national
downturns, this behavior is
somewhat unusual. A possible ex-
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planation may lie in the fact that
until recently certain industry
sectors such as steel and some
of its products, construction, and
apparel have been much more
in the doldrums than have other
industries. This area may no
longer be so dependent on these
industries In comparison with
others.
At any rate, so far the profile
for this area looks more like that
of other areas in Pennsylvania
than it has for a long time.
It appears that Luzerne County
has fared a little worse in
manufacturing than has
Lackawanna County. Luzerne
had 18 percent fewer Jobs during
the second quarter than it had, on
average, during 1972. Lackawan
na County had 15 percent fewer
than it did then.
On the other hand, Luzerne
County factories are averaging a
longer workweek about one
percent longer than they did in
the year of comparison.
Lackawanna's average factory
workweek is down about six per
cent. Local industries in
Lackawanna County are supply
ing now, as they did a year ago,
just about as many jobs as they
had in 1972. Luzerne County in
dustries, in contrast, are supply
ing about four percent more jobs
than in 1972, although a year ago
they were supplyhig even more—
about eight percent more than in
1972.
The size of the labor force in
each county is larger now than a
year ago.
In both areas the job contribu
tions of nonmanufacturing in
dustries have begun to weaken.
Presumably there will be more
sag in both the major industrial
counties of the area in response to
national conditions, but so far so
good. ---
Excerpted from the Penn
sylvania Business Survey
published monthly at the Center
for Research in the College of
Business Administration at The
Pennsylvania State University.
Alice Warne is the editor.