By Jack Anderson, The Washington Post, Saturday, Jan. 6, 1973
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ILLEGAL DRAFT – For years, the National Guard had been illegally drafting young Eskimos in Alaska. Under the law, the Guard can accept only volunteers. But about four years ago, the local unit in Bethel, Alaska, fell behind in recruiting volunteers. An Eskimo village council member, who also happened to be a lieutenant in the Guard, quietly began supplying the Guard with names of “eligible” young Eskimos. Local recruiters selected gullible Eskimos from the list and signed them into the Guard, without informing them of their legal rights.
