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Karl Taylor Compton, standing, right, attends meeting with President Dwight D. Eisenhower as part of the National Security Training Commission. Stamp on verso reads "Published, Dec 15 1953, Boston Traveler". Original Credit Line: Associated Press.

Original Caption: "Ike Hears Lottery Draft Proposal--Members of the National Security Training Commission with President Eisenhower to whom they made a report on Universal Military Training. They said both the draft and UMT could be operated at the same time using a lottery. Left to right--seated--President Eisenhower and Julius Ochs Alder, commission chairman; Standing, Adm. Thomas C. Kincaid (Ret.); Lt. Gen. Raymond S. McLain; Warren H. Atherton; and Dr. Karl T. Compton, chairman of the trustees of Massachusetts Institute of Technology."