▁any ▁circumstances ." ▁The ▁reg ulation ▁further ▁stated ▁that ▁" E v idence ▁of ▁active ▁and ▁genu ine ▁membership ▁of ▁a ▁pac if ist ▁religious ▁body ▁may ▁in ▁general ▁be ▁accepted ▁as ▁evidence ▁of ▁the ▁conv ict ions ▁of ▁the ▁object or ..." ▁Active ▁and ▁continuous ▁membership ▁of ▁the ▁Society ▁of ▁Fri ends ▁or ▁Christ adel phi ans ▁prior ▁to ▁the ▁out break ▁of ▁war ▁was ▁taken ▁sufficient ▁proof . ▁The ▁App e al ▁Bo ards ▁set ▁up ▁under ▁the ▁reg ulations ▁t ended ▁to ▁take ▁a ▁very ▁narrow ▁and ▁sometimes ▁contradict ory ▁view ▁of ▁cons cient ious ▁object ors . ▁After ▁an ▁April ▁ 1 9 4 1 ▁British ▁court ▁case ▁those ▁de emed ▁to ▁be ▁polit ically ▁based ▁were ▁unlikely ▁to ▁be ▁accepted . ▁The ▁continu ation ▁of ▁cons cription ▁must ▁have ▁been ▁ir onic ▁for ▁B ax ter ▁as ▁many ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁now ▁gover ning ▁Labour ▁Party ▁had ▁been ▁imprison ed ▁during ▁World ▁War ▁I ▁for ▁oppos ing ▁cons cription . ▁The ▁prime ▁minister , ▁Michael ▁Joseph ▁Sav age , ▁had ▁been ▁very ▁vocal ▁oppos ing ▁cons cription ▁during ▁that ▁war . ▁ ▁During ▁the ▁war ▁B ax ter ▁was ▁an ▁active ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁Dun ed in ▁Branch ▁of ▁the ▁New ▁Zealand ▁Peace ▁P ledge ▁Union . ▁ ▁Later ▁years ▁After ▁the ▁war ▁the ▁B ax ters ▁continued ▁their ▁invol vement ▁with ▁the ▁peace ▁movement . ▁They ▁lo bb ied ▁against ▁nuclear ▁weapons , ▁supported ▁Am n esty ▁International , ▁and ▁wrote ▁against ▁the ▁Vietnam ▁War , ▁about