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1. Teenage Draft: Correspondence between John H. Barr (Suber Drug Company, Piedmont, S.C.) to Senator Burnet R. Maybank, October 21, 1942

Teenage Draft: Correspondence between John H. Barr (Suber Drug Company, Piedmont, S.C.) to Senator Burnet R. Maybank, October 21, 1942
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1942-10-21
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A letter from a South Carolina druggist to Senator Maybank protesting eighteen and nineteen year old boys being drafted for the war. He states that there are so many within the draft age who have not been called yet, men with no children, ex-criminals, and the "negros." A response from Maybank is included, stating he appreciates the letter but no one will be exempt from draft.

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