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Draft Poll Summary

The following represents the most important results of the CRIMSON Draft Poll in capsulized form. Approximately 43 per cent of the senior class--529 students--answered the questionaire.

* 61 per cent said they would "serve" if all their applications for deferment were rejected.

* 11 per cent said they would leave the country if their applications for deferment were rejected.

* 6 per cent said they would take their cases to court if their applications for deferment were rejected.

* 11 per cent said they would go to jail if their applications for deferment were rejected.

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Second Section

* 59 per cent said they would "make a determined effort to avoid military service."

Third Section

* 94 per cent said they did not approve of present U.S. policy in Vietnam.

Of these:

* 1 per cent said "the military effort should be increased."

* 19 per cent said the "military effort should be continued with an increased effort to achieve a negotiated peace."

* 42 per cent said "the military effort should be reduced on the assumption that it will lead to a negotiated peace."

* 38 per cent said the U.S. should withdraw immediately.

Fourth Section

* 37 per cent said that they would not follow orders which sent them to fight in Vietnam.

* 78 per cent said that they would only enter the Armed Services with reluctance.

Fifth Section

* 85 per cent of those seniors who are enlisting next year do not approve present U.S. policy in Vietnam.

* None of the seniors who plan to join the Reserves next year approve of present U.S. policy in Vietnam.

* 88 per cent of those seniors who said that they plan to start some form of military training next year (ROTC) do not approve of present U.S. policy in Vietnam.

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