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Box LG 2

 Container

Contains 1 Collection or Record:

Armed Services: Universal Military Training, 1951

 File — Box: LG 2, Folder: 22
Identifier: CAC_CC_048_1_2_22_0000
Scope and Contents Topics include lowering the draft age from 19 to 18 _ years; increasing the service requirement from 21 to 26 months; and establishing a stand-by program for Universal Military Training (draft). Correspondents include American Legion; the Committee on the Present Danger; National Federation of Business and Professional Woman's Clubs; National Farmers Union; American Legion, Department of Oklahoma; and Oklahoma Farmers Union, plus several letters opposing UMT/the draft.