THE WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER

VANCOUVERITES’ FAILING

UNITED APPEAL

Any union man can tell you
that getting what you are
rightly entitled to is a hard,
long struggle, even with solid
hacking and the help of
brothers in action.

It’s even harder when you
are twelve vearg qld -b---i_
cally but, because of retarda-
tion, have a mental age of
four or five, and no assurance
other than the patience and
skill of those who work with
you that you will ever reach
beyond that. Then the going
is really tough — and not for
‘just a few months, but all
your life. It’s a sobering
thought.

There’s a very real link be-
tween these two points, be-
cause both are indicative of
a concern for people, for a
better, happier life.

The labour movement’s
struggle to improve working
and living conditions, and the
United Appeal’s efforts to
help those who need help,
have a close affinity. Both in-
volve dedicated, voluntary
effort, both depend on united

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action and both have the wel-
fare of people as their primary
aim.

Association of union mem-
bers with the Greater Van-
couver United Appeal and its
member services has been
longstanding and beneficial.

This year, goal of-the
Greater Vancouver United
Appeal is $3,650,000. Many
hopes and dreams rest on the

realization of that target —-

hopes of youngsters in the
Children’s Hospital that soon
they will be well again;
dreams of a cerebral-palsied
boy that some time in his life
he may be able to leave his
wheelchair and graduate to
the comparative freedom of
crutches; hopes of a pain-rid-
den pensioner that one day a
cure will be found for the
arthritis that cripples her.
Many people benefit from
the “neighbour-helping-neigh-
bour” concept of the United

_Appeal, for its compaigns on

behalf of more than 60 serv-
ices plus local branches of the
Canadian Red Cross Society.

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and Ernie’s..-
and Frank’s...

What is
your
fair share?

Just one hour’s pay
per month...whether
you give it or not.

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And this year, for the first

‘time, the Appeal will include

the Association for Retarded
Children of BC. and its
branches in Vancouver, Bur-
naby and Richmond, and the
Vancouver Indian Centre
Society.

More than 60 services. If
each were to hold its own
separate fund drive for oper-
ating expenses, canvassers
would.be calling every five or
six days, year round, each
presenting a cause worthy of
support, The waste of time,
effort, and money would be
enormous.

Greater Vancouver’s United
Appeal claims to be economi-
cal, efficient, and needed —

and it’s a winner on all three
counts.

Economical, because only
5.7% of every dollar donated
goes towards campaign costs.
This compares with up to
25% campaign costs for indi-
vidual fund drives.

Efficient, because built-in
safeguards of checks and re-
views carried out by local
volunteer citizen committees,
which include labour revre-
sentatives, ensure that dunli-
cation of service is avoided.
Standards are maintained, and

’ only those agencies answering

a proven need retain member-
ship. 2

Needed? Yes, indeed!
Strong arguments can be
made for the financing of cer-
tain services by government,
and United Community Serv-
ices, co-ordinating organiza-
tion for the United Appeal, is
first in line when it comes to

this kind of talk.

But, even in welfare states,
there are some services which

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cannot and should not, in a
domestic society, be taken
over solely by government. A
strong voluntary movement
is necessary to pioneer new
projects, to represent the
average citizen and the needs
of the community, and to in-
fluence decisions being made
at high levels of government
and industry. Through the
United Appeal and its mem-
ber services, the voice of the
volunteer comes through loud
and clear,

Working people in Greater
Vancouver have been gener-
ous in supporting services
provided through their United
Appeal. It’s interesting to
note, however, that in 22
North American cities of our
size, the average support to
the campaign from employed
persons amounts to 61.6 per-
cent of total proceeds, while
in Vancouver that amount is
down to 44 percent.

And of Canada’s four major
cities, we stand last in per
capita support to United
Appeal. Torontonians gave

just over $6.00 per capita;
Winnipeggers, $5.52; Montre-
alers, $5.02, and Greater Van-
couverites, $4.74.

Helping your neighbour is
easy the united way. Careful
studies in which labour repre-
sentatives have participated
show that an hour’s pay a
month donated to the United
Appeal on a payroll deduc-
tion basis will ensure that
needed services will be pro-
vided in the coming year. One
hour’s pay a month is not a
large amount, but it’s a “fair
share” and it really helps.

There is not one of us who
can truly say he will never
need a free blood transfusion

‘provided through Red Cross,

treatment for arthritis or
blindness, or help in caring
for a retarded child.

Our pledge now to the
United Appeal is the best
guarantee that, should we
need a helping hand in the
future, it will be there for us
to grasp. Give your volunteer
canvasser a smile and a-pledge
when he comes round!

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