FEAT is determined to help these young people of conscience. President Reagan reaffirmed the process a year later to show resolve tothe USSR over the crisis in Poland. In our age of gunboat diplomacy, registration for the draft is not only support for the threat of violence, it is an integral part of the violence of threats. There is no provision in the Selective Service System for registrants to make known their conscientious objection to war. In fact, at the time of registration, no possible exemption or deferment claims can be made, as had been the case for conscientious objectors.
Every registrant is placed in the pool of potential draftees.
For the individual conscientiously opposed to participating in even the preparation for war, nonregistration is a necessary response. Education FEAT administers supplementary loans to individual applicants. Priority is given to those who have no other sources of aid, either in the financial aid program of their school, from other agencies, or from their family. The loan program is a revolving fund. No interest accrues while the nonregistrant is in school.