It might, however, be more plausibly viewed as an instance of his political acumen and/or of his skills as a fund-raiser.
To this it would appear must now be added, perhaps in first place, his ability as a fund-raiser.
The duty placed on the professional fund-raiser is to disclose certain information when soliciting funds.
The top man may be tempted to hire a fund-raiser to relieve him of the burden of that work.
The idea of trying to obtain support for a local health service as such would make any fund-raiser shudder.
Presumably that person will not be a fund-raiser if he or she is paid as a collector in respect of a public charitable collection.
The key factor is that the fund-raiser is the agent who makes the appeal and gathers in the funds.
That sum represented the float which was given to the professional fund-raiser who was employed to run the appeal.
