FARM WORKERS AND THE ARMY
Sir,—when war broke out it used to be said: “Introduce conscription and it will be fair for everyone.” How many would say that now? Take the clamour of some farmers to get their sons out of camp. Some have actually sacked their married couples so that the son can return home. Seeing that the shortage of manpower has been caused by the keeping of territorials in camp, surely the fairer way would be to release the boys under 20 and the married men with farm experience. There is something grossly unfair in a system which robs the woman of her husband and little children of their father and permits thousands of fit single men to stay at home. Surely there is something lacking in the latter class who stand back while the married men and boys in their ’teens go forward to face up to the hell of modern warfare.—Yours, etc., EQUALITY OF SACRIFICE. September 11, 1942.
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Press, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23742, 14 September 1942, Page 6
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