ALTERNATIVE SERVICE
CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS ALIENS IN STATE EMPLOYMENT [BT TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION] WELLINGTON, Wednesday The council of the Wellington Manufacturers' Association last night unanimously decided to support the attitude of the Christchurch Returned Soldiers' Association in urging the Government to implement the regulations for alternative service by conscientious objectors, asking for an immediate definition of conditions of service, and urging the alternative service to be at soldiers' rates of pay. The president, Mr. G. H. Jackson, said there was no desire on the part of the council to be dogmatic, but the question had been brought forward purely from a common sense viewpoint. The retention in employment of enemy aliens, particularly in Government departments, was aiso discussed, and a suggestion was made that they should be interned. Business men. it was stated, were becoming concerned at the persons being left at large or working in important positions.
The feeling of the council was that no general statement of assurance by the Government was enough. It was all very well for the Attorney-General to say that such things were being investigated, but the fact remained that aliens were still working for the State.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23995, 19 June 1941, Page 8
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