CLOTHES FOR SOLDIERS’ CHILDREN
Sir—l have heard recently that the General Service Corps has been asked to assist by making and supplying clothes to the children of men in the armed forces. Surely, if it is true, this is an assistance which, if necessary, should be given by the Government as a right, and paid for by taxation, rather than be the subject of charity. The possibilities of claims on such a cause are limitless, and I hope that the General Service Corps will return the responsibility to its proper place.— Yours, etc., MARY BLUE. November 11,1942. [When this letter was referred to the chairwoman of the General Service Corps (Mrs Cecil Wood), she said any social work that was done by members of the General Service Corps had not the slightest suggestion of charity, but was an expression of gratitude to the men of the armed forces by a “good neighbour” interest in their wives and children in such emergencies as illness or temporary financial difficulty.]
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Press, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23799, 19 November 1942, Page 6
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