Temporary Increase of Military EstablishmentU.S. Government Printing Office, 1917 - 46 sider |
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... better to let them serve their country in such ways than to imprison or otherwise punish them ? I am not suggesting any particular amendment . I am urging that these points be considered . I was very much interested this morning in ...
... better to let them serve their country in such ways than to imprison or otherwise punish them ? I am not suggesting any particular amendment . I am urging that these points be considered . I was very much interested this morning in ...
Side 8
... better for a few slackers to be enabled to shirk than that honest men should feel that their consciences are coerced by the State in the name of democracy . Sometimes we have to pay our prices for freedom . A democracy is denied by its ...
... better for a few slackers to be enabled to shirk than that honest men should feel that their consciences are coerced by the State in the name of democracy . Sometimes we have to pay our prices for freedom . A democracy is denied by its ...
Side 14
... better by not compelling people against their wills . The CHAIRMAN . Do you want that report of the post - card refer- endum inserted in the record ? Mrs. EVANS . Yes , sir . ( The report referred to by Mrs. Evans is here printed in ...
... better by not compelling people against their wills . The CHAIRMAN . Do you want that report of the post - card refer- endum inserted in the record ? Mrs. EVANS . Yes , sir . ( The report referred to by Mrs. Evans is here printed in ...
Side 15
... better not go into the war , but now that we are in it I want to see it succeed . I am not here to throw obstacles in the way of carrying out a victorious war . Also I am not interested very much in seeing the Government lose many of ...
... better not go into the war , but now that we are in it I want to see it succeed . I am not here to throw obstacles in the way of carrying out a victorious war . Also I am not interested very much in seeing the Government lose many of ...
Side 17
... better lost from America if you let them keep their consciences clean and their devo- tion to their country untouched by not forcing them to something which their hearts can not be in and which they ought not to be forced in . I thank ...
... better lost from America if you let them keep their consciences clean and their devo- tion to their country untouched by not forcing them to something which their hearts can not be in and which they ought not to be forced in . I thank ...
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appeal army Australia believe bill boys Britain British Cannon cent Chairman and gentlemen CHEYNEY Christ citizens Commonwealth compelled compulsion CONGRES THE LIBRARY CONGRESS LIBRARY CONGRESS THE LIBRARY conscientious objectors conscription in Australia declared democracy democratic desire duty electors EMERGENCY PEACE endeavor engaged England favor Federation feel Fellowship of Reconciliation fight follows force freedom German going Government hear interests KRUSE labor movement liberty of conscience LIBRARY OF CONGRES LIBRARY OF CONGRESS lives loyalty ment method migratory workers military service millions minister Miss FREEMAN Norman Thomas October October 27 opposed patriotism PEACE COMMITTEE Premier Hughes President principles psychology question referendum representing scription sect selective conscription slackers Society of Friends Spanish-American War speak speaker spirit STATEMENT thing Thomas tion to-day Total number tribunal Union Against Militarism United voluntary VOLUNTARYISM volunteer system vote Yes woman Woman's Peace Party women young
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Side 10 - Act— (a) on the ground that it is expedient in the national interests that he should, instead of being employed in military service, be engaged in other work in which he is habitually engaged...
Side 10 - ... serious hardship would ensue, if the man were called up for Army Service, owing to his exceptional financial or business obligations or domestic position...
Side 9 - That all men have a natural and indefeasible right to worship Almighty God according to -the dictates of their own consciences ; that no man can, of right, be compelled to attend, erect, or support any place of worship, or to maintain any ministry against his consent; that no human authority can, in any case whatever, control or interfere with the rights of conscience ; and that no preference shall ever be given, by law, to any religious establishments or modes of worship.
Side 19 - The labor movement stands firmly by the voluntary principle. We declare that at no time have voluntary institutions been given a real effective and conclusive test. Until such a test shall have been given there is no good reason for abandoning the principle which was born of the spirit of 1776 and which has enabled us to establish the ideals and the traditions that have given this Republic meaning as a country, free, efficient, and capable of meeting any condition or emergency.
Side 9 - Congress shall make no law respecting the establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
Side 33 - It would depend upon the patriotic feeling of the younger men of the country whether they respond to such a call to service or not.
Side 9 - ... for the ultimate peace of the world and for the liberation of its peoples, the German peoples included: for the rights of nations great and small and the privilege of men everywhere to choose their way of life and of obedience. The world must be made safe for democracy.
Side 36 - FELLOW CITIZENS: After more than two years of the most dreadful war the world has known, Australia is called upon to face the test of manhood. We, boasting our freedom, are called upon to prove ourselves worthy to be free. "Though Europe has been drenched with blood, innocent noncombatants foully murdered or subjected to unspeakable outrages, millions of helpless men, women, and little children driven from their homes, their beloved country ravaged by fire and sword, not the faintest breath of such...
Side 1 - An Act to authorize the President to increase temporarily the Military establishment of the United States", approved May 18, 1917, or any.
Side 10 - Any certificate of exemption may be absolute, conditional, or temporary, as the authority by whom it was granted think best suited to the case, and also in the case of an application on conscientious grounds, may take the form of an exemption from combatant service only, or may be conditional on the applicant being engaged in some work which in the opinion of the Tribunal dealing with the case is of national importance...