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| COMMUNIST CONSTITUTION AND PERSONNEL! ARTICLE I Name 9 • . • Section 1. The name of the organization shall be Communist Party of the United States• ARTICLE II Purposes Section 1. The purposes of this organization are to promote the best interests and welfare of the working class and the people of the United States, to defend and extend the democracy of our country, to prevent the rise of.fascism, and to advance the cause of progress and peace with the ultimate aim of ridding our ..country of the scourge of economic crises, unemployment, insecurity, poverty and war, through the realization of the historic aim of the working class — the establishment of Socialism by the free choise of the majority of the American people• ARTICLE III Membership Section 1* Any resident of the United States, 18 years of age or over, regard- less of rp;ce, color, national origin, sex or religious belief, who subscribes to the principles and purposes of the Communist Party, shall be eligible for membership. Section £• Any person eligible for membership according to Section 1, who accepts the aims, principles and program of the party as determined by its constitution and conventions, who holds membership .in and attends club meetings, who is active on behalf of the party, who reads the party press and literature and pays dues regularly, shall be considered a member. Section 3, 'An applicant for membership shall be indorsed by at least one member of the Communist Party. Such application is subject to discussion and decision by the club to which it is presented. <„ Sect ion 4. Party members three months in arrears in payment of dues cease to t>9 members in good standing and shall be so informed. Members who are six months'in arrears shall be dropped from party membership after a personal effort has been made to bring such members into good standing* If members who terminated their membership for these reasons apply for readmission within six months, they may, upon approval of the club Executive Committee, be permitted to pay up back dues and maintain standing as old members. ARTICLE IV Ris-hts and Duties of Members Section 2. After thorough discussion in any club, committee or convention, decisions are made by a majority vote fo those in attendance, and all members are duty-bound to carry out such decisions. |