Sir Thomás Inskip's statement followed a suggestion put forward by a Member that the various public services asking for recruits were "outbidding each other,"
The Minister's statement evoked prompt and. strong criticism by Labour i: embers on the grounds that it foreshadowed conscription in the event of war, Sir Thomas Inskip said he did not know that any plans existed for industrial conscription, but indicated that Mr, Ede was correct in assuming that, on the day an emergency arose, legislative machinery would be all ready for implementing a conscription act.—Reuter.
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