IS IT IGNOMINY?
TO THE EDITOR. Sir, —I was absolutely struck dumb by tile report of Mr. Russell's speech on the Compulsion Bill on Friday. He said he hoped that it would yet be possible to exempt certain classes of men who were necessary to the country, without submitting those men to the ignominy of an enquiry by the .Appeal Board. Is thsi), Sir, this appeal that is provided for in the Bill an ignominy? Was this speech of Mr.' Russell's made with the. object/of deterring individuals bom appealing, or. was it made with the object of influencing Ministers to grant certain exemptions without public investigation/ by the board? There is something wrong somewhere when | a Minister of the Crown w\\{ allow himself to be a party to the introduction of a i^iU containing one provision on the just working or otherwise of v.'hich depends solely the success of the whole measure, and then calls the exercise of. this privilege thus provided of going before tilt Appeal Bomi by individuals an ignominious proceeding, for that is what it amounts to. —I am. etc., ■JUSTICK.
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Evening Post, Volume XCI, Issue 143, 17 June 1916, Page 6
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184IS IT IGNOMINY? Evening Post, Volume XCI, Issue 143, 17 June 1916, Page 6
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