CORRESPONDENTS' VIEWS
SOLDIERS' DELEGATES
(To The Editor)
The suggestion of the Wellington Labour Representation Committee and of liaison officers in military camps for the airing of complaints by rank and file has been disap. proved by the Minister of Defence, Mr. Jones. Mr. Jones justified his disapproval by military necessities, but the principle of representatives for rank and file to consult and confide their wishes has considerable merit, as a large number of soldiers are young and the needs of army life are so different from civil conditions. Elected delegates from the rank and file, approved by officers, to whom soldiers could refer for advice and guidance in the strange surroundings could be helpful and salutary to all concerned, administration, officers and men. Chaplains are appointed for spiritual consolation and hope, and it seems appropriate that in these days of advanced democratic outlook and recommendation by authorities that delegates from the rank and file should be appointed for the soldiers to refer to and to represent them. F. G. BAIN.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 126, 30 May 1942, Page 6
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170CORRESPONDENTS' VIEWS Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 126, 30 May 1942, Page 6
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