. Bell telephone magazine . volving themselves in moreand more volunteer activities. Andthere is no evidence to indicate thata business slump puts the brakesto this long-term trend. Both business managers andspokesmen for voluntary organiza-tions agree on this increased par-ticipation. Said one businessmanrecently: Within my own span,its changed. We cant pull downthe shades and play within our owncompanies anymore. This has notalways been true, but it is today. Furthermore, this volunteering isnot of the chairwarmer or letter-head variety. Businessmen almostuniversally reject that kind of par-


. Bell telephone magazine . volving themselves in moreand more volunteer activities. Andthere is no evidence to indicate thata business slump puts the brakesto this long-term trend. Both business managers andspokesmen for voluntary organiza-tions agree on this increased par-ticipation. Said one businessmanrecently: Within my own span,its changed. We cant pull downthe shades and play within our owncompanies anymore. This has notalways been true, but it is today. Furthermore, this volunteering isnot of the chairwarmer or letter-head variety. Businessmen almostuniversally reject that kind of par-ticipation, and the executives ofvoluntary agencies say that, thoughthey do have problems with busi-ness volunteers, absenteeism andinactivity are not high on the list. I do not mean to imply thatbusinessmen are stepping forwardvoluntarily in response to the callmore than others (actually, theterm volunteer is misleading, itshould be recruit). These recruitsrespond positively to requests forhelp from organizations when con-.


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