SNOBBERY
WOMEN TERRITORIALS LONDON, November 18. Allegations of snobbei’y in the woman’s auxiliary of the Territorial service were reviewed by a question askea in the House of Commons by Miss Ellen Wilkinson, Labour member for Jarrow. Miss Wilkinson wanted to know whether the newly-formed women’s auxiliary was run on democratic lines or whether it was not a. fact that well-to-do women were getting most of the commissions and executive positions.
The Secretary for War, Mr L. HoreBelisha, replied that the auxiliary included 21 titled ladies. He did not /think that they had been appointed on their husbands recommendations. Miss Wilkinson: Do you think that having 40 per cent of the officers from the narrowest social set is wise in a national force? Are the qualifications of Mayfair hostesses the only ones necessary ?
Mr Hore-Belisha: A grave injustice is being done to these public-spirited ladies to say that they suffer from disqualifications. They are not confined to one social order.
Lady Astor: Is Miss Wilkinson trying to get- Labour into Territorials?
Miss Wilkinson: Not while it is in the hands of a social set like yours.
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Hokitika Guardian, 3 December 1938, Page 5
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