—Lancaster Farming Saturday, January 13,1968
24
S WASHINGTON REPORT igf
Congressman Edwin D. Eshleman llßy
14th Disfricf-P«imtylvan!« RvHffßl
The business of the Congress
will begin officially again on
Jammy 15th. Our adjournment
break is nearly over and the is
sues and problems to be faced
seem to be mounting daily The
New Year has not by any means
brought with it a solution for
all of the old areas of national
concern Perhaps, and we may
be hopeful, as 1968 piogresses,
at least some of the problems
will be meaningfully resolved
One subject of heated debate
has most definitely earned over
into the new year—the draft.
Duung the past month or so,
the conti oversy has grown ex
tiemely intense on the matter
of diafting young men for mili
tary seivice Most of the lecent
arguments centered around the
Selective Service ruling which
would end the defeiments of
youths participating in illegal
demonstrations and make these
young men eligible for the
draft However, looking beyond
just this present disagreement
the leal issue would seem to be
the desirability of keeping the
Selective Service System indef
initely
Wrth the war in Vietnam mak
ing demands on manpowei
strength, the basic question of
the possible elimination of the
draft system must be deferred
for a time But, it is a matter
which should he considered in
any discussion of future mili
tary needs The draft was creat
ed to produce manpower for the
armed sei vices. If today we can
devise -a better method for ac-
complishing the same purpose,
then we should begin to reeval
uate the Selective Seivice Sys-
tem
I tend to believe that some
worth while suggestions have
been offered toward the crea
tion of a volunteer army. These
plans would significantly boost
the rate of military pay and
therefore increase the desirabil
ity of a mrlitaiy career The
number of young men volun
teering to serve in the military
would then ruse to such Levels
that the draft w ould no longei
be needed Of course, the mat
ter is not quite as sample as at
might appeal'. For instance, the
cost factor would be of tremen-
dous significance The higher
pay levels would increase de-
fense spending by several bil-
lions of dollars which would he
iffset only by the reduced costs
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brought on by the draft elim
ination Nevertheless, when the
national' welfare in times of cris
is is considered, the profession
al military concept would seem
to be vastly superior to the ser
ies of protests and illegal ac
tions with which we are faced
today
It might be well to stress
again that revision of the pres
ent draft law could not be ac
complished at least until the
hostilities in Vietnam are end
ed. Our piesent efforts m South
east Asia direct that our man
power procurement remain bas
ically unchanged Also, it
should be stressed that any draft
revision is not a sign of giving
in to the demands of misguid
ed youths Then' behavior paes
enitly is deplorable and in many
cases illegal Whether or not
they are to be punished by the
courts or the draft is yet to be
determined There is no doubt
that these youth s should he
properly penalized f>. ‘ neir ac
tions However, their display of
disrespect should not prevent
us from making a meaningful
s*udy toward the possible future
elimination of the Selective
Service The end result of such
a study could be a valuable con
tribution to the armed forces
and the nation as a whole.
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Amos H. Funk
Funk Reelected
Conservation
Dist. Chairman
Amos H Funk, Mdlersville
Rl, was reelected unanimously
Monday evening, to Ms 16 th
term as chairman of the Lan
caster County Sod and Water
Consei ration 'Distract
/Also reelected at the direc
tors meeting at the County
Courthouse were vice chairman
Henry H. Hackman, Manheim
R 2 and secretary-treasurer Rich
ard Hackenherger
In other business at the regu
lar board meeting a letter from
Robert G. Bartlett, Pennsylva-
Cope & Weaver Co.
NEW PROVIDENCE
786-7351
nia secretary of highways, was
read, announcing a public hear
ing Thursday, Feb 8 ait 10 a m
at ‘the Lampeter Strasburg High
School about Legislative Route
36007, from Smlthville to Wil
low Street The letter said in
part: “The purpose of the hear
ing is to determine the econom
ic effect on communities affect
ed by the construction of Legis
lative Route 36007, Section 5,
Traffic Route 272, Lancaster
County, beginning on Route
36007 at a point south of Snuth
valle and terminating at a point
north of the traffic Route 272
at Willow Street.” The plans for
this route can be viewed at the
Lampeter Hugh School on Feb.
6 & 7 from 3 to 8 p m.
J. Everett Kreider, board
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Richard Hackenberger
member from Quarryvalle Rl,
announced the District mrtrmaJ
meeting will be held Tuesday
March 5, in the Quarryvilie
Methodist Church The reserva
tions will be limited to 250 per
sons.
Farmers and township gov
ernments who submitted appli
cations for approval as new co
operators included; Ivan'S. Wafr
wer, Blue Ball; William F.
Grube, 112 E. Main 'St., New
Holland; W. Roger Thome, Eliz
abethtown R 3; Joseph, Russell,
Mit Joy R 2; Preston H. Hamiah,
Lancaster R 6; C Walter Hassel
Jr., 2153 West Ridge Dr.; Wayne
Miller, Mft Joy Rl; Chester SD.
Ranick, Paradise Rl; 'and Lan
caster, East HempfieM and
Paradise Township.
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