EX-SOLDIERS’ CALL
CONSCRIPTION. URGED MAN-POWER & RESOURCES AUSTRALIAN CAMPAIGN (Reed. Nov. 20, 10 a.m.) SYDNEY, Nov. 20. The Returned Soldiers’ League at the Federal conference at Brisbane decided on an Australian-wide conscription campaign. The league wants Australia to conscript all industries, man-power and wealth immediately. A move planned by some returned soldier Opposition members in the Senate to force the Government’s hand on the conscription of manpower for overseas service is expected at Canberra in the next few days. It is expected that an attempt will be made to amend the National Security Act by deleting the clause which forbids the Government to impose compulsory service for overseas. The Opposition has a majority in the Senate, but if the amendment is passed there it will have to go to the House of Representatives, where the Government’s majority is the two Independents, Messrs. Wilson and Coles. South Australia has formed an Australian War Service League, whose aims are the conscription of man-power, woman-power, wealth and all other resources.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20618, 20 November 1941, Page 5
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