Letters: Apr. 8, 1966

Doing the Job

Sir: So educators complain they have too much responsibility over students' lives because grades are a factor in draft deferments [March 25]. Draft boards must decide which men to take. Army classification people must decide which men to train for combat, which for jobs behind the lines. The Pentagon must decide which units to send to Viet Nam, which to noncombat areas. Leaders in Viet Nam must decide which units to send into combat. The platoon leader must decide which squad to send on patrol. I don't think it too much...

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