ARMY DEFAULTERS
R.S.A.'S STRONG VIEW
MARCH ON PARLIAMENT P.A. WELLINGTON, this day. A march on Parliament to present the association's views on military defaulters and their treatment, was suggested at the R.S.A. Conference to-day.
After many" delegates had spoken and emphasis had been laid on the number of defaulters not behind barbed wire — those in essential industry, for instance —it was decided that when Mr. Fraser returns a special meeting of delegates be called to present the association s unanimous demand for action. The Dominion president, Mr. B. J. Jacobs, moved the resolution, and stated that the council had always advocated that the people of New Zealand should be called upon to make equal sacrifices. The association originally also urged the Government to introduce conscription, thereby permitting the Dominion to maintain loyally the obligations to Britain.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXVI, Issue 146, 22 June 1945, Page 6
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