UNITED STATES.
"WORK OR FIGHT" LAW. A LABOUR. OBJECTION. Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn. Receded 5.5 p.m., August 21st. WA.SHINGTON, August 20. Tho American Federation of Labour hns pit-tested to the House Military Committer; against the Man Power BUI pi ovision that all must work or fight. Objection is taken to the withdrawal of tho deferred classification accorded •to men under the Bill when absent from vcrk. This, amounted to a conscription of labour. It is likely that the "work or fight" amendment will be abandoned.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CVII, Issue 16612, 22 August 1918, Page 5
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86UNITED STATES. Timaru Herald, Volume CVII, Issue 16612, 22 August 1918, Page 5
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