RECRUITING SYSTEM
POSSIBLE BREAKDOWN
PROBLEM FOR BRITAIN HINT OF CONSCRIPTION By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright (Received December 27, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, Dec. 20 A hint that conscription may be finavoidable is contained in an article by Mr. A. Duff Cooper, Secretary of State for War, published in the periodical Home and Empire. The Minister emphasises that the enlistment of only 5 per cent of Britain's able-bodied men is required in order to solve the recruiting problem. He says the voluntary system must justify itself in face of the challenge from the conscript nations. "L rannot too strongly emphasise," says Mr. Duff Cooper, 'tliat, under <he system on trial, recruiting is so tinsatisfactory that it will break down unless there is a large and immediate improvement."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22612, 28 December 1936, Page 9
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124RECRUITING SYSTEM New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22612, 28 December 1936, Page 9
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