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It was still peacetime, this was a year and some months before Pearl Harbor. Possibility of war was there, but this was a peacetime conscription act. And the most effective way, many of us figured, of protesting against it was to refuse to register under the law. It was an act of civil disobedience. The seminary sent telegrams to all of our folks saying, "Your son, despite all of our efforts, has decided that he will disobey the law....Can you stop this tragedy?" - CO George Houser | |||