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In the last war there was a provision in the draft law exempting from armed service only those indi- viduals who belonged to certain religious sects. In Practice Woodrow Wilson extended exemption from armed service to people of other denomina- tions and even to those who were opposed to war on grounds other than religious. The present conscription act’providing for con- Scientious objectors is evidence of the characteris- tic American determination to preserve individual religious freedom, It is a traditional Amcrican be- lief that a stable society can be built only if the integrity of its members is maintained and devel- oped. The interests of the state require that the conscription law be administered so as to discover those services which individual citizens are, under the dictate of their conscience, best fitted to render to their country and fellow men, Thus wili the integrity of its citizens be maintained and their loyalty to the state be enhanced and given its most adequate expression. ED 3 No 165 20M 10-40 WHY THEY CANNOT GO TO WAR... Poo) F