Extension of the Universal Military Training and Service Act: Hearings, Nintieth Congress, First SessionCommittee Serial No. 12. Considers the extension of the Universal Military Training and Service Act to provide for the conscription of men for compulsory military service, and considers possible technical changes in the Act to provide a more equitable means of drafting servicemen. |
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