ARMY DODGERS
RACKET IN BRITAIN POLICE INVESTIGATIONS CHARGES IN COMMONS (Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Reed. Nov. 29, 1.20 p.m.) LONDON, Nov. 28. Scotland Yard has been investigating charges of “reserved occupation racketeering” made by Captain C. S. Taylor in the House of Commons and action will soon be taken against a number of people. Captain Taylor told the House of Commons that men of military age paid as much as £I,OOO to have their names put on the pay-roll in reserved occupation firms. He had overheard an offer to secure a man, due to be called a reserved job, worth £SOO a year in return for 25 per cent, of the salary. He had seen the man make the first payment. He had received scores of other complaints of racketeering to escape war service. Some involved the medical profession. He was investigating reports that doctors had been paid big sums to issue questionable medical reports to men of military age who wished to evade service.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20627, 1 December 1941, Page 7
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