Anarchy and Anarchists: A History of the Red Terror and the Social Revolution in America and Europe; Communism, Socialism, and Nihilism in Doctrine and in Deed; The Chicago Haymarket Conspiracy and the Detection and Trial of the ConspiratorsSchaack, Michael J.
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Anarchy and Anarchists: A History of the Red Terror and the Social Revolution in America and Europe; Communism, Socialism, and Nihilism in Doctrine and in Deed; The Chicago Haymarket Conspiracy and the Detection and Trial of the Conspirators
4. The Board of Supervision is entitled to send one delegate to the
Congress under the same conditions as the Executive Committee.
ARTICLE IV. SECTIONS. Ten persons speaking the same language and
being wage-workers shall be entitled to form a section, provided they
acknowledge the principles, statutes and Congress resolutions and
belong to no political party of the propertied classes. They shall
demand admission from the Executive Committee by transmitting the dues
for the current month, and their list of members, their letter to
contain the names, residences and trade of members, and to show their
conditions as wage-laborers. At least three-fourths of the members
of a section must be wage-laborers. There shall be no more than one
section of the same language in one place, which meet at different
parts of the town or city for the purpose of an active propaganda.
Business meetings shall be held once a month. Each section is
responsible for the integrity of its members. Each section is required
to make a monthly report to the Executive Committee concerning its
activity, membership and financial situation, to entertain friendly
relations with the trades-unions and to promote their formation, to
hold regular meetings at least once every week, and to direct its
efforts exclusively to the organization, enlightening and emancipating
the working classes. No section shall take part in political movements
without the consent of the Executive Committee. Five sections of
different localities shall be entitled to call for the convention of
an extraordinary Congress, such Congress to be convened if a majority
of the sections decides in its favor.
ARTICLE V. DUES AND CONTRIBUTIONS. A monthly due of five cents for
each member shall be transmitted to the Executive Committee to meet
the expenses of the propaganda and administration. In case of need,
and with the consent of the Board of Supervision, the Executive
Committee is empowered to levy an extraordinary tax.
ARTICLE VI. GENERAL REGULATIONS. All officers, committees, boards,
etc., shall be chosen by a majority vote. No member of the
organization shall hold more than one office at the same time. All
officers, authorities, committees, boards, etc., of the organization,
may be dismissed or removed at any time by a general vote of their
constituencies, and such general vote shall be taken within one month
from the date of the motion to this effect; provided, however, that
said motion be seconded by not less than one-third of the respective
constituents. Expulsion from one section shall be valid for the whole
organization if approved by the Executive Committee and the Board of
Supervision.
All members of the organization, by the adoption of this constitution,
take upon themselves the duty to assist each other morally and
materially in case of need.
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