File. Conscription

Reference No:
U DCL/1/4
Dates:
1937-1939
Description:

Press cuttings about:

a) rallying against conscription; secret agents at rallying events and women agitators; Roosevelt's response to protestors; the rising international political tension and the collapse of appeasement; the Conscription Bill; objections to compulsory service; conscientious objectors; formation of the No-Conscription League; the conditions for which men could be exempt from being conscripted and rules against using conscription in trade disputes; criticisms of the policy of appeasement and the lack of interest from the government in fighting fascism; the proposed Soviet Alliance; youth protesting against conscription; Chamberlain's breaking of his predecessor's pledge against conscription; the rights given to men after they are called up to service; the potential consequences of conscription to university students; the National Register; disputes over the new war objectors clause of the Military Training Bill; the Emergency Powers (Defence) Bill; opinions on Churchill and Chamberlain; Goebbels' Nazi propaganda; compulsory army training; rise in juvenile crime; armed forces recruiting in schools; underage recruits in the army; public perspective against fascism in Germany; availability of shelters; arguments for and against labour camps in Britain.

Format:
Archive Item
Extent:
1 file
Language:
Access Conditions:
Access will be granted to any accredited reader
Repository:
Hull University Archives
Collection:
Records of Liberty (formerly The National Council for Civil Liberties)