LABOUR & CONSCRIPTION
A DEFINITE STATEMENT.
There is no ambiguity or hair-splitting about the following expression of view made by the Loco Record, organ of the New Zealand Locomotive Drivers, Firemen, and Cleaners:—"lt would be impossible for this union to take part in any conference which erects a stone wall against conscription, when it is provedto the hilt that the army is starved for want of volunteers. It would really mean that we would be assisting to murder our comrades at the front. We are NOT going to do that at any rate. We candidly say that conscription must be enforced if our men fail to enrol." "NOT JUSTIFIED." .At a largely-attended meeting last mght the Trades and Labour Council discussed the question of compulsory military service. The following resolution was adopted.-—"That legislation in favour of conscription is not justified by the present situation, and the council further expresses its opinion that a situation of sufficient gravity to justify this introduction will necessitate the nationalisation of all the resources of the country, to ensure that the sacrifices of one class will not become the souTce of enrichment of another."
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Evening Post, Volume XC, Issue 134, 3 December 1915, Page 8
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188LABOUR & CONSCRIPTION Evening Post, Volume XC, Issue 134, 3 December 1915, Page 8
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