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Wairarapa Times-Age, 10 June 1938, Page 4

“We British sometimes look down on Continental countries because they conscript all their young men to do a year or two’s service with the colours,” said Mr Harold Gorton, in a recent broadcast talk. “Having talked with a few young men who have done their military service, I know that the picture is not entirely black. But if these countries can do this for military reasons, can it not be done for other purposes? It seems to me that the real problem of the present time is not how to fight a war, but to learn how to live at peace, and by peace I mean something more than an absence of hostilities. What better way of training the people of Britain for peace can there be than by conscripting the youth of the nation, men and women, at the age of about 21 or 22, and enlisting them for a compulsory year's service in a State university? There can be no doubt that the future citizens of this country would be a greatly-improved product.”