Boycott National Register! Defeat conscription!
- Bib ID:
- 8314618
- Format:
- Book
- Printer:
- 175-7 Campbell St., Sydney : The Forward Press Pty. Ltd.
- Description:
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- [Sydney] : Issued by Central Committee, Communist Party of Australia, [July 1939?]
- 1 sheet : portrait ; 25.4 x 15.8 cm
- Summary:
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A leaflet, printed recto only, with a caricature of Prime Minister Robert Menzies in the top left-hand portion, captioned: '"Patriot" Menzies | 1914 - "Cold-Footed" | 1939 - Conscriptionist'; signed: LF.
- Biography/History:
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The National Registration Act 1939 (No 11 of 1939, assented to 20 June 1939) was one of several acts intended to prepare Australia for war: it set up a registry of men between the ages of 18 and 65 liable for military service and mobilisation. It was repealed in the Defence (Transitional Provisions) Act 1946, assented 11 December 1947
- Notes:
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- Drop-title.
- Text continues: The Compulsory National Register spells conscription for war and military control in the factories - or industrial conscription. The Menzies government aims at the military control of workers' lives, at the same time refusing point blank to take a register of the wealth in the hands of their capitalist friends. ... Defend Australia, yes - but also let us defend the | people's freedom. | Fight against industrial conscription! | No military conscription! | Boycott the compulsory register!
- National Library of Australia copy has "July 1939" written in ink at the foot of the leaflet. There are some creases top right with one small loss, but it is otherwise in good condition.
- Subject:
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- Menzies, Robert, Sir, 1894-1978 -- Caricatures and cartoons
- Australia. National Registration Act 1939 -- Miscellanea
- Communist Party of Australia -- Miscellanea
- Australia. Army -- Recruiting, enlistment, etc. -- Miscellanea
- Draft -- Law and legislation -- Australia -- Miscellanea
- Manpower -- Australia -- Law and legislation -- Miscellanea
- Forced labor -- Australia -- Miscellanea
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscript labor -- Australia -- Miscellanea
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Australia -- Registers -- Miscellanea
- Australian
- Other authors/contributors:
- Communist Party of Australia. Central Committee, issuing body
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Conscription.
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- Since 2009 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1939
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