No Conscription

Conscription is raising further opposition. The Association has received a letter from the Young People's Club supporting the decisions reached at our Special General Meeting, and a Committee to Fight Peace-time Conscription with representatives from Trade Unions, various people's organisations and Student and Youth organisations has been set up. On the motion of Mr. Evison, the Exec. decided to support the aims of this committee, and Messrs. Evison, Heath. Butchers and Milburn will be the Association's delegates.

The Prime Minister has presumably been too busy to see the delegation from the Association to discuss our opposition to peace-time conscription, therefore Mr. Heath moved and the Exec. decided to write to Mr. Fraser pointing out the nearness of Final Exams and requesting that he see us as soon as possible. We understand that Mr. Fraser is going overseas shortly and that he is meeting the R.S.A. before he goes, so it is essential that we should have a chance to put before him the point of view of youth in order to balance the well-known views of the R.S.A.