June, 1960 P H Y S I O T H E R A P Y Page 5 W O R L D CONFEDERATION of PHYSICAL THERAPY Seventeenth Bulletin to Member-Organisations Excerpts from P re sid e n t's M essage “ T h e life o f a n I n t e r n a t i o n a l B o d y s u c h a s th e W .C .P .T . w ill a g r e a t e r p a r t o f t h e tim e p a s s b y w i t h o u t m u c h a t t e n t i o n f ro m in d iv id u a l p h y s io th e r a p is ts . N a t u r a l l y t h e o ffic e rs w h o h a v e th e d a ily w o r k ( a t H e a d ­ q u a r te r s ) h o p e f o r a n d d r e a m o f t h e d a y w h e n t h e W .C .P .T . b e c o m e s f a m ilia r t o a ll p h y s i o t h e r a p i s ts t o s u c h a n e x te n t t h a t th e y feel a n d k n o w t h a t th e y th e m s e lv e s a r e a v ita l p a r t o f th e W .C . P . T . ; t h e s a m e is— I a m s u r e — t h e w ish t h a t a ll n a t i o n a l o r g a n i s a t i o n s h a v e w ith r e g a r d to th e ir o w n m e m b e r s . F o r t u n a te ly o n e o f t h e a im s a n d o b je c tiv e s o f th e W .C .P .T . is to a r r a n g e C o n g r e s s e s • a t r e g u l a r in te r v a ls a n d w ith e a c h C o n g r e s s m o r e a n d m o r e p h y s i o t h e r a p i s ts w ill h a v e t h e o p p o r t u n i t y o f e n jo y in g t h e fu ll p r iv ile g e o f b e lo n g in g t o a p r o f e s s io n a l g r o u p s p r e a d o u t in a lm o s t all p a r t s o f t h e w o r ld . D u r i n g t h e C o n g r e s s - w e e k w e t a k e p a r t in a c o m m o n w a y o f life . . . a n d w h e n w e r e t u r n h o m e b r in g in g b a c k o u r e x p e r ie n c e s a n d a fe e lin g o f p r o ­ fe s s io n a l fe llo w s h ip , t h e firs t se ed o f t h e v a lu e o f th e W .C .P .T . is so w n . T h e a c tiv itie s o f t h e W .C .P .T . w ill n e e d tim e b e f o re th e y c a n e x p a n d t o fu ll siz e , a n d in t h e b e g in n in g w e c a n n o t e x p e c t to fu lfil t h e o b l i g a t i o n s w h ic h r i g h tly s h o u ld be p la c e d u p o n u s. T h e p l a n n i n g o f w o r k is lim ite d b y o u t ­ sid e f a c t o r s a n d b y c o n d i t i o n s w ith in t h e C o n f e d e r a t i o n its e lf. O n e o f th e s e c o n d i t i o n s w ill b e e c o n o m ic s . N o o r g a n i z a t i o n , n a t i o n a l o r i n t e r n a t io n a l . , c a n w o r k w i t h o u t m o n e y , a n d y o u c a n n o t d e m a n d m o n e y u n til y o u h a v e g a in e d a c e r t a i n a m o u n t o f in te r e s t a n d c o n f id e n c e in a p r o j e c t w h a te v e r it m a y b e. T h is w a s n o t f o r g o t t e n w h e n a t t h e in a u g u r a l m e e tin g t h e a n n u a l s u b s c r i p t io n w a s fix ed a t a v e ry m o d e s t su m . I n t h e p a s t y e a r s w e h a v e b e e n v e ry f o r t u n a t e t o h a v e o n e M e m b e r - o r g a n i z a t i o n w h ic h h a s v o l u n t a r il y a s s u m e d th e b u l k o f t h e f in a n c ia l b u r d e n . N o w w e h a v e r e a liz e d t h a t a n e w fin a n c ia l p o lic y m u s t be e s ta b lis h e d . S o m e m o n t h s a g o a ll M e m b e r - o r g a n i z a t i o n s re c e iv e d f r o m t h e H o n . S e c r e ta r y a m e m o r a n d u m w h ic h e x p la in e d in d e ta il t h e f in a n c ia l p o s itio n o f t h e W .C .P .T . a n d i n ­ d i c a t e d t h a t s u g g e s tio n s f o r c h a n g i n g th e s u b s c r ip tio n t o a p e r c a p i t a fe e w ill b e p u t f o r w a r d a t t h e G e n e r a l M e e tin g 1963. R e a liz in g t h a t a c o n s o l id a ti o n o f th e W .C .P .T . f in a n c ia l p o s i t i o n o u g h t t o t a k e p la c e b e f o re 1963 t h e m e m o r a n d u m c o n c lu d e d w ith a n a p p e a l t o a ll M e m b e r - o r g a n i z a t i o n s t o t a k e a c t i o n t o w a r d s r e a liz a tio n o f t h e p e r c a p i t a s c h e m e a t t h e e a r lie s t p o s s ib le m o m e n t b y o b t a i n i n g c o m m i t m e n t s f r o m t h e i r g o v e r n in g b o d ie s a n d i n f o r m i n g t h e H o n . S e c r e ta r y a s t o t h e r e s u lt. “ O n ly w ith th is i n f o r m a t i o n c a n t h e E x e c u tiv e p la n its w o r k f o r t h e n e x t f o u r y e a r s ’ a n d I h o p e p r e l i m i n a r y s te p s a r e a l r e a d y t a k e n . ” R u d i e A g e r s n a p , P resident. g et va lu a b le assistance d u r in g convalescence; w ith the a id o f a com m ode a n d w heel c h a ir h ired fr o m C linical Em ergencies Telephone 2 3 - 8 5 8 5 O sier Chambers 2 3 - 9 0 3 9 cor. Jeppe & Delvers Sts. After Hours 2 3 - 8 5 8 5 Johannesburg R ep ro du ce d by S ab in et G at ew ay u nd er li ce nc e gr an te d by th e P ub lis he r (d at ed 2 01 3. )