Socialism and Democracy in EuropeOrth, Samuel Peter
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Socialism and Democracy in Europe
Orth, Samuel Peter
Democracy; Socialism
3. State pension for every person over 50 years of age, and adequate
provision for all widows, orphans, sick and disabled workers.
4. Free, secular, moral, primary, secondary, and university education,
with free maintenance while at school or university.
5. The raising of the age of child labor, with a view to its ultimate
extinction.
6. Municipalization and public control of the Drink Traffic.
7. Municipalization and public control of all hospitals and
infirmaries.
8. Abolition of indirect taxation and the gradual transference of all
public burdens on to unearned incomes with a view to their ultimate
extinction.
The Independent Labor Party is in favor of adult suffrage, with full
political rights and privileges for women, and the immediate extension
of the franchise to women on the same terms as granted to men; also
triennial Parliaments and second ballot.
ORGANIZATION
I.--OFFICERS
1. Chairman and Treasurer.
2. A _National Administrative Council._--To be composed of fourteen
representatives, in addition to the two officers.
3. No member shall occupy the office of Chairman of the Party for a
longer consecutive period than three years, and he shall not be
eligible for re-election for the same office for at least twelve
months after he has vacated the chair.
4. _Election of N.A.C._--Four members of the N.A.C. shall be elected
by ballot at the Annual Conference, and ten by the votes of members in
ten divisional areas.
5. _Duties of N.A.C._--
(_a_) To meet at least three times a year to transact business
relative to the Party.
(_b_) To exercise a determining voice in the selection of
Parliamentary candidates, and, where no branch exists, to choose such
candidates when necessary.
(_c_) To raise and disburse funds for General and By-Elections, and
for other objects of the Party.
(_d_) To deal with such matters of local dispute between branches and
members which may be referred to its decision by the parties
interested.
(_e_) To appoint General Secretary and Officials, and exercise a
supervising control over their work.
(_f_) To engage organizers and lecturers when convenient, either
permanently or for varying periods, at proper wages, and to direct and
superintend their work.
(_g_) To present to the Annual Conference a report on the previous
year's work and progress of the Party.
(_h_) To appoint when necessary sub-committees to deal with special
branches of its work, and to appoint a committee to deal with each
Conference Agenda. Such Committee to revise and classify the
resolutions sent in by branches and to place resolutions dealing with
important matters on the Agenda.
(_i_) It shall not initiate any new departure or policy between
Conferences without first obtaining the sanction of the majority of
the branches.
(_k_) Matters arising between Conferences not provided for by the
Constitution, shall be dealt with by the N.A.C.
(_l_) A full report of all the meetings of the N.A.C. as held shall be
forwarded to each branch.
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