THE MEN WHO SAID NO | ROAD TO CONSCRIPTION | CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION | PRISONS | SENTENCED TO DEATH | TRIBUNALS | WIDER CONTEXT | INDEX
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THE MEN WHO SAID NO | ROAD TO CONSCRIPTION | CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION | PRISONS | SENTENCED TO DEATH | TRIBUNALS | WIDER CONTEXT | INDEX |
| JOHN GRIFFIN |
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| Even though Islington Tribunal granted John leave to remain at his work with the Post Office, they moved to have his wages reduced to that of a Private soldier. Tribunals commonly wanted Conscientious Objectors to suffer for their convictions. This vindictive behaviour was excused as “The Principle of Equal Sacrifice” where a CO was expected to have just as hard a life as a soldier. As obliging deadly violence could not (usually) be found, this was mainly through lowered wages. Luckily for John, the Pelham Committee, which oversaw Work of National Importance for COs refused to order that his wages be cut. Despite great pressure from both the Local and Appeal Tribunals on his work, John remained with the Post Office for the rest of the war.
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