Invalid Disruption Rules for CO Alternative Service
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FOR CO ALTERNATIVE SERVICE *
INTRODUCTION
Under the Military Selective Service Act of 1967,1 those conscien-
tious objectors (COs) whose beliefs preclude any form of participa-
tion, even as non-combatants, in war in any form, are classified 1-0
and relieved from induction for service in the armed forces. In lieu of
military training and service they are required to perform .... such
civilian work contributing to the maintenance of the national health,
safety, or interest as the local [draft] board pursuant to Presidential
regulations may deem appropriate .. ,2 And the President has de-
*By Bela A. Silard. The author, a non-lawyer, is Chairman of the,
American Ethical Union's Committee On Conscientious Objection.
1. Military Selective Service Act of 1967, 50 U.S.C. App. § 451 et seq.
(1967) (hereinafter cited as the Act).
2. Nothing contained in this title shall be construed to require
any person to be subject to combatant training and service in the
Armed Forces of the United States who, by reason of religious
training and belief, is conscientiously opposed to participation in
war in any form. As used in this subsection, the term 'religious
training and belief' does not include essentially political,
sociological, or philosophical views, or a merely personal moral
code. Any person claiming exemption from combatant training and
service because of such conscientious objections whose claim is
sustained by the local board shall, if he is inducted into the Armed
Forces under this title, be assigned to noncombatant service as
defined by the President, or shall, if he is found to be
conscientiously opposed to participation in such noncombatant
service, in lieu of such induction, be ordered by his local board,
subject to such regulations as the President may prescribe, to
perform for a period equal to the period prescribed in section 4(b)
such civilian work contributing to the maintenance of the national
health, safety, or interest as the local board pursuant to Presidential
regulations may deem appropriate and any such person who
knowingly fails or neglects to obey any such order from his local
board shall be deemed, for the purposes of section 12 of this title,
to have knowingly failed or neglected to perform a duty required
of him under this title.
Act § 6(j), 50 U.S.C. App. § 456(j) (1967).
In addition to this specific authorization with respect to alternative
civilian work, § 10 (b) (1), 50 U.S.C. App. § 461 (1967), gives the President gen-
eral authority to issue rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of the
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