All Posts Tagged With: "volunteers"
The Conscription Idea
Dean Russell is a member of the staff of the Foundation for Economic Education.
“The principle of voluntarism should not be compromised.” That policy on civilian manpower was recommended to the National Security Council in a May, 1954, report from the Office of Defense Mobilization.
The report suggests an extensive program of voluntary incentives as [...]
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