Salient. An Organ of Student Opinion at Victoria College, Wellington, N.Z. Vol. 14, No. 6. June 7, 1951

"Relief"

"Relief"

However, only once 'since 1946 did the IUS members of the Executive have to vote against a decision of the majority of the Executive Committee of the WSR. That was when in January 1949 the representatives of ISS, Pax Romana and WSCF supported a decisoin to allot the allocation for the whole year for relief to the Philippines to pay a permanent staff member in the Philippines despite the obvious fact that the field worker had nothing to distribute, his salary absorbing the whole allocation and that according to the programme of action for Philippines the students needed books. Therefore it was clear that the decision to pay "a young Roman Catholic professor or university leader" to be found by World Student Service Fund (US) and Pax Romana and sent to Philippines had nothing to do with needs of relief of Philippine students. The IUS representatives voted against this in order to make clear their opposition to the use of relief funds for other purposes. But the decision was carried out. However, Pax Romana in particular attacked the idea of unanimity.