THE PUBLIC SERVICE WAR FUND

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 180, 25 April 1919, Page 5

THE PUBLIC SERVICE WAR FUND

The Hon. Minister of Internal Affairs, as Chairman of the National War Funds Council, recently communicated with the Local Advisory Committee'of'Permanent Heads, on which the Public Service Association is adequately represented (says tho "Public Service Jourual" of this week), suggesting that consideration bo now given to 'tho objects' for which money v,-as raised 'by mem bet's of the Public Service for sick and wounded soldier civil servants. The Advisory Committee duly met, and .on March 7 submitted to a meeting', oi' Permanent Heads !nnd representatives .of the association the following suggestions(l) Assistance in ensps where pensions, and other resources are not sufficient for needs; (2) assistance for educational purposes to soldiers where special circumstances warrant it or to children of killed or incapacitated or partially incapacitated soldiers; (3) assistance for furnishing homes for deserving men who intend to get married and whose earning power has been impaired by war service. After full discussion it was unanimously decided to limit the eases in which funds would be available as follows.—To provide temporary assistance to biek >ind wounded soldiers and their depend-, ants and the dependants of deceased soldiers, such soldiers having been members of Deportments that contributed to the fund—(a) in cases where pensions and other resources are not sufficient for "needs; (I)) in eases where special circumstances warrant assistance for j educational or. vocational purposes. It; was _ further agreed that tho "Public ! Service Journal" be used as a medium : for making the provisions of the fund I known throughout the Service, and that; Applications for assistance to be made ] to the secretary of the section of the j Public Service Association in which the j member resides, or io heads of Depart-1 ments. I It will be necessary, thenfere, for any j public servant who desires assistance lo i place full particulars of his esse before ; bis section secretary. He will be as- j sural of n sympathetic million, and . any information given will Do treated , os strictly eonlidential and .submitted j forthwith to the committee administer- i ing the fund for its consideration.