WOMAN OBJECTOR
A woman whp was selling soap in a department store pleaded conscientious scruples against wrapping it in a factory, when she appealed before the Manpower Committee against the decision of the Lower Hutt manpower officer. Appellant objected to being directed to any industry, claiming the right to choose her own occupation The appeal was dismissed. The appellant, Mrs. G. J. P. Shaw, had refused to report for work at the soap factory. She said that soap making' might seem quite harmless, but glycerine, which was a by-product, was used in high explosives. Her husband was in a defaulters’ detention camp, and she held similar views. She objected to being directed to any kind of work.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 20864, 17 August 1942, Page 2
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117WOMAN OBJECTOR Gisborne Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 20864, 17 August 1942, Page 2
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