DEFENCE APPEAL
RESPONSE-FAIRLY GOOD BUT ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT. PREMIER. SAYS IT IS UP TO EVERY MAN. • (By Telegraph—Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, This Day. Up till yesterday, over 2,000 men had answered the Prime Minister's broadcast appeal for recruits for the New Zealand Territorial Army. “The response has been good, but there is room for improvement," said Mr Savage, who arrived on an official visit to Christchurch this morning. “When I made .my appeal, I was hoping the Defence and Postal officials would not be able to hand out enrolment cards fast enough. However, a universal response on the part of the men of New Zealand is the best reply to those who advocate compulsory military training. It is indeed satisfactory that free men can combine in tjieir own defence system. The position today is very different from the old idea that men should be compelled to serve. When I. made my broadcast appeal I made it plain that men were not being asked to go to war, but to be prepared to defend their own country. Democratic institutions today are in the melting pot. It is up to every man to demonstrate the faith that is in him.”
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 30 May 1939, Page 6
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197DEFENCE APPEAL Wairarapa Times-Age, 30 May 1939, Page 6
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