U.S.A. ACTION

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 05, Issue 68, 22 June 1942, Page 2

U.S.A. ACTION

DETENTION CAMP DUTIES NO FACILITIES UIIGED A decision to press for an undertaking from the Registrar of the University of New Zealand and from the National Service Department that no facilities be afforded to defaulters and deserters either inside or outside detention camps or prisons was made at last week's meeting of the Dominion executive committee of the Returned Services, Association. Concern was expresed at a report that defaulters and deserters who were in detention camps were given facilities to study for university examinations and that arrangements may be made for them to sit for such examinations Avhile under detention. It Avas pointed out that this privilege Avould place a defaulter at a considerable advantage over a contemporary whose studies were interrupted while he was loyally serving his country in the armed forces and who must necesarily wait until his discharge before lie could sit for any university examinations. In view of the Government's present policy of not depriving such dei'ultcrs of their eivi! rights, the committee stated, it was felt that exservicemen would be placed at a disadvantage in embarking on a professional career after their discharge as compared with those who had refused to serve their country.