ALLEGED SNOBBERY
WOMEN TERRITORIALS QUESTION IN PARLIAMENT TWENTY-ONE TITLED OFFICERS LONDON, Nov. 18 Allegations of snobbery in the women's auxiliary of the Territorial service were revived by a question nsked 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. M iss Wilkinson: Do you think that having 40 per cent of the ofiicers from tho narrowest social set is wise in a national force? Are the qualifications of Mavfair hostesses the only' ones necessary ?» Mr. 11 ore-Belisha: A grave injustice is being done to these public-spirited ladies to say that they suffer from disqualifications. They an not confined to one social order. Lady Astor: Is Miss Wilkinson trying to get Labour women into the Territorials? Miss Wilkinson: Not while it is in the hands of a social set like yours.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23201, 22 November 1938, Page 11
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196ALLEGED SNOBBERY New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23201, 22 November 1938, Page 11
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