§ 38. Mr. JOWETTasked the President of the Local Government Board, concerning the decision of the Central Tribunal not to grant exemption from military service to J. W. Muff, 57, Sandbeds, Cullingworth, Yorks, the only son of two blind parents aged sixty-seven and seventy-three respectively, a decision which appears to have been based partially on the fact that the two aged blind people have a married daughter who resides in London, whether he will call the attention of the Central Tribunal to the fact that the daughter in question, whose husband is away at sea, is obliged to go out to work to maintain herself and her child, and when last heard of was residing with her husband's mother, presumably to secure care and attention for her child which she could not herself give during working hours; and if he will ask the Central Tribunal to reconsider their decision?
Mr. WALSHThe Local Government Board has no power to compel any tribunal to reconsider a decision, and as the Central Tribunal is a body appointed under the law any action savouring of 1684 interference with their authority is to be deprecated, but I am forwarding a copy of the question and of my answer to the Central Tribunal.