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Gillespie Montgomery: “I talked to the director of the Selective Service System, Mr. Banister, on Friday to be sure that I had my facts and…”

On the recordMay 23, 1994
I talked to the director of the Selective Service System, Mr. Banister, on Friday to be sure that I had my facts and statements correct. I talked to the Selective Service director himself. He said if you stopped registration of 18-years-olds, in 60 days after starting the registration back up again you could get an 18-year-old in uniform but it would not be fair. The underprivileged would be the ones that would be called up, as has happened in the past. It does not make any sense to shut down the system. It is like a car that you do not use for 2 years and then you go up and try to get it started again. It does not work well. The President of the United States, the Commander in Chief, says he wants registration to continue.
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Gillespie Montgomery
Democratic · Mississippi
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Editor's note · Context

Discussing the implications of halting registration for the Selective Service System.

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