WOMEN FOR THE ARMED FORCES

Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 172, 23 July 1942, Page 4

WOMEN FOR THE ARMED FORCES

AN urgent call for the enlistment of women in the armed forces has met with a poor response, according to the Minister of National Service whose statement is confirmed by Mrs. \V. H. Cocker chairman nf the Auckland Women's War Service Auxiliary. It is not surprising that badlv man"tpd a 'th f e ii he cam P ai 8 n for enlistment has been so rw & IE? av! L m >g ht quoted as a perfect example of "how not to do it. A bald announcement of the need for women in the forces reeriiUintf v f om ® tlme a - Efforts by the newspapers to stimulate R k y obtalnin 8 information which cculd be passed on to the S„. Z?l fie , aC h IVe interest was sought met with no response. Mrs. Fraser made a broadcast which a relatively small proportion of the population heard and that was that! No effective effort was made 11 Jo infuse vitality into the campaign for recruits bv ronnirftinn® f° f the , news P a P«rs, no effort was made to secure their fin ?ho impressing upon those who might be induced to join up the incalculable value of their services to the nation if authorities had stressed day by day the urgency of the need and had r^-Prf 8 /t0 patriotic instincts of women who have proved themselves ready for any sacrifice in the cause of freedom, all the needl of thl .on.pSftoTTh?™ u The k SS forces have first claim, but if they will not press that claim thlmfii failuns'wW^^i/^o^ow.^ 61 ' 8