EXEMPTION FROM MILITARY SERVICE
to xaz T-wroa or the pkess. Sir, —In replying to “Volunteer,” I would have him know that I am folly aware that thousands of young farm ♦ workers have volunteered, refusing to bide behind the screen of a reserved occupation. The day of enlisting has gone, however, and conscription has been thought necessary. Why so? Why does any Government pass this measure? The ballot includes town as well
as country workers, and it is to be hoped that both parties get the same consideration. Such was not the case after conscription was brought in during the last war, "Volunteer” suggests a shortage of farm labour; yet the Placement bureaus consistently advertise for men fo fill vacancies iii all branches of farm work. These men are evidently not being readily accepted. As to the farm worker being underpaid, well, i't seems to be a grievance with "Volunteer" and yet an incentive to Join the ranks of the higher paid.—Yours, etc,, CONSCRIPT. October 1, 1940.
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Press, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23140, 2 October 1940, Page 12
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