ENLISTMENT OF FARM WORKERS
TO THE EDITOR OP THE PRESS. Sir,—l agree with “Ex Shepherd,” when he stated that the farm worker is not getting a fair deal-in regard to military service either in New Zealand or oversea. Recently I enlisted and was passed as fit, only to be informed I could not go away to fight for my country as the poor farmer needed me on his farm. What do I get out of it, if I do stop on his farm? So if, as the Farmers’ Union puts it, I must stay on the farm, I think it is up to its leaders to see I get better living conditions. If not, then no farmer nor his union can force me to stay on a place where the conditions are unsatisfactory.—Yours, etc., PLAYBOY No. 1. Springston, January 14, 1940.
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Press, Volume LXXVI, Issue 22919, 16 January 1940, Page 5
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