From the Secretariat

of Rotary International
35 East Wacker Drive, Chicago, U.S.A.

 

INTERNATIONAL
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The R.I. Secretariat serves as a clearing house for information which may be
useful to Rotary clubs. This file and many others are prepared from various sources
of information. Suggestions are appreciated. F | [ E ¥ 26

 

 

 

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Suggestions for discussing seven questions posed by
the R.I. committee on participation of Rotarians in
the post-war world. See Chairman Head's article
"A Job for Rotarians" in "The Rotarian" magazine,
January, 1942, page 11.

 

 

The world is in the throes of a mighty struggle. Forces of freedom
are fighting, are making many sacrifices, not merely in self-defense,
but to protect and maintain fundamental principles of freedom,
justice, truth, sanctity of the pledged ward and respect for human
rights, and thereby to establish a more enduring world order in which
the welfare of humanity will be the great objective.

That better world order will not "just happen.” In sacrificing, in

fighting, in working to make it possible, we mst also give some

thought to outlining, however roughly, what that better world order

shall be. Problems of the post-war period should be: anticipated.

This can be done first by determining what those problems most likely .
will be and then by providing solutions for them,

For many months hundreds of Rotary clubs in Canada, United States,
Great Britain, Australia, India, New Zealand, and other countries,
have been studying problems of post-war reconstruction and reorgan-
ization. To arouse further Rotarian's interest in the subject and
stimulate their thinking, the R.I. Committee on Participation of Ro-
tarians in the Post-War World, through its chairman, has appealed to
Rotary clubs and Rotarians throughout the world to study such prob-
lems. Seven questions were suggested for consideration.

This file paper indicates how a Rotary club or a study group of Ro-
tarians can undertake a study of post-war problems. In smaller clubs
the entire membership has constituted itself into a study group to
consider these questions. The club president, or the chairman of the
international service committee, has acted as study group leader.
In larger clubs these questions have been considered by the interna-
tional service committee, or by a specially formed study group which
later reported the results of its discussions to the club,