The Next Step: A Plan for Economic World FederationNearing, Scott
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The Next Step: A Plan for Economic World Federation
Nearing, Scott
Economic history
c. Each industrial division would be entitled to at least five
members of the parliamentary delegation from that particular
industrial group, but the details of representation from each of the
major industrial groups would be left in the hands of the group.
3. The world parliament would be elected in June and would meet in
July of each year. Since the world congresses of each of the major
industrial groups would meet in the preceding January, they would
have six months to thresh out their individual problems, before they
were called upon to consider the general problems confronting all of
the groups.
4. The world parliament would select, from its own membership, an
executive committee equal in size to ten per cent of the total
membership of the parliament.
a. On this executive committee each of the world industrial groups
would be entitled to at least five members.
b. The executive committee would be the steering committee of the
world parliament, and when the world parliament was not in session,
the executive committee would be the responsible body.
c. The executive committee would meet once in four months, or oftener
at its discretion.
5. The executive committee would select, from its membership, a
number of administrative boards, at the same time naming the chairman
of each board. Each of these administrative boards would be charged
with the responsibility of handling a unit problem, such as the
control of resources, the control of transport, and the like.
6. The chairmen of the various administrative boards would constitute
the executive heads of the world producers' federation. They might be
called the world producers' federation board of managers. This board
of managers would be responsible to the world parliament executive
committee.
a. If, at any time, the board of managers failed to secure a vote of
confidence from the world parliament executive committee, on any
matter involving a question of general policy, the board of managers
would be automatically dissolved, and the executive committee would
proceed at once to select a new board that would replace the old one.
b. If the executive committee failed to select a board of managers
that could secure a vote of confidence, the world parliament would be
automatically summoned to meet one month from the day on which this
failure to elect occurred.
c. As soon as it convened, the world parliament would proceed, as a
first order of business, to the election of an executive committee
which would function.
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