- Title: U.S.A.: DRAFT LOTTERY HELD -- INTERVIEW WITH TWO STUDENTS WHO REJECT THE CALL-UP
- Date: 2nd July 1970
- Summary: 1. LV INT ZOOM INTO Man taking number from lottery drum and announcing date and number 0.21 2. SV INT Living room young people watching lottery drawing on television (3 shots) 0.43 3. CU Students (SOF) 1.17 TRANSCRIPT: (SEQ. 3): QUESTION: "What will you do if you are drafted?" STUDENT: "Well, I'll refuse to go into the Army, I'll probably split to Canada, or Europe." QUESTION: "Don't you feel you have any stake in this country?" STUDENT: "I feel I do. I fell that only by showing my objection to the war and resisting the draft that I will be showing how I feel and what I want this country to be like". SECOND STUDENT: "They can do all the calling they want but I will not pick up a gun and I will not learn how to kill. That's something that has to be taught and I will reject that teaching." Initials SAW/AW/MH Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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- Country: USA
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