EQUALITY IN SERVICE
BRITAIN’S MILITARY TRAINING ACT. The Military Training Act is a first step toward realising the public sentiment in Britain that national service is a sacrifice to be accepted equally by all. writes the Bishop of Liverpool, Dr A. A. David, in the diocesan journal. There is permanent need, he continues, of national service quite apart from the possibility of war. Why should not all our young men be asked to spend six months on work, or training for work, such as may from time to time be required whether in war or peace? And we believe that women whose claim for equal opportunities has long been recognised, would welcome an equality of sacrifice. Such a development of democracy would strengthen and invigorate the national life, and would counteract an unfortunate but inevitable by-product of our social services—namely, the temptation to secure as much as possible from the State and do as little as possible for the country in return.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 1 August 1939, Page 7
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162EQUALITY IN SERVICE Wairarapa Times-Age, 1 August 1939, Page 7
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