MARRIED MEN'S CAMPS
(To. tht Editor.) .Sir,- —It has been said that the home life is the bulwark o£ thp British nation. The sanctity of the horne1 and the far-reaching influences of parents over children is still a vital factor in society. '. > It was never more needed than amidst the distracting influences of poverty and distress. My executive believe that, 'wbatever benefit someone may receive from these men's labouf, if they are separated from their families and put into camp, the results will not be in the interests of the State or family life, and from an economic and social point of view is not desirable. If the _purpose of sending married men into; camps was,to prepare a home for their' families in* the , country where they 'would, have permanent work and a decent wage,, the proposals would be justified and no compulsion needed, but no hope of this nature is held out to the men. /..:.-, We believe that it is undesirable and improperf'that men should" be eomp'ulsorily separated from their families, and that the psychological effect of herding men together under camp conditions is not in the interests of the State, and is morally wrong to the family life.—l am, 6 Q '' •■' J. R. DUNNETT, , ■■'■' Hon. secretary, a Dominion Settlers' League.
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Evening Post, Volume CCX, Issue 145, 22 June 1933, Page 10
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