- Reference No:
- U DCL/16/3
- Dates:
- 1939-1940
- Description:
- Includes various correspondence about police involvement with pacifist protests, and a potential libel court case of Stuart Morris of the Peace Pledge Union (PPU); correspondence about a member of the PPU being charged with high treason, and the subsequent libel case; correspondence about the rights of conscientious objectors, and whether they have the right to refuse to do their jobs if that indirectly contributes to the war effort; correspondence discussing a PPU holding a poster parade and the concerns of police involvement and legality; papers relating to the case of Arnold P. Croxford fighting his dismissal over being a conscientious objector; papers relating to the case of Einon Thomas, a young quaker objecting on religious grounds being arrested and court-martialled; correspondence about the organisation of a peace parade on bicycles; correspondence discussing legal punishment for people refusing service; correspondence between the PPU and the United Council of Civil Liberties discussing protesting against the heavy sentences passed on conscientious objectors, specifically referencing the case of Lawrence Hislam; correspondence discussing the statutory rights of discharged reservationists; papers relating to the case of Elsie Page, dismissed from British Celanese Ltd for refusing to take part in an Air Raid Precautions Drill and subsequently denied unemployment benefits; correspondence about a proposed advertisement alleged to promote pacifism; papers relating to two more cases on workers being dismissed for refusing to take part in Air Raid Precaution drills.
- 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)
