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| 103 COMMUNIST CONSTITUTION AND PERSONNEL!, The State Committee shall elect from, among its members a State Board, Chair- man., and such other officers as it decides upon. These shall all be responsible to the State Committee* Special .State Conventions may be called by either a majority vote of the State Committee, or upon written request of Clubs representing one-third of the membership of the state. Section 3. District organizations may be established by the National Committee* Where these cover two or more states, the State Committees shall be under the jurisdiction of the District Committees, elected by and representing the Party membership of the states composing these districts* The rules for convening the District Conventions and the election of leading committees shall be the same as those provided for the state organization* Section 4, State and District Committees shall have the power to establish all necessary subdivisionsf such as county and city organizations and tommittees, and the rules for election of such committees shall be provided in the .By-Laws. Section 6. All offi«ers and leading committees of the Party, from the Club Executive Committees to the highest committees, shall be elected either directly by the membership or through their elected delegates* Committees and officers must report regularly on their activities to the body which elected them. Section 7* Any Party officer may be removed at any time from his position by a majority vote of the body which elected him, or by the committee to which he is responsible* ARTICLE VII National Organization Section 1* The highest authority of the Party in the National Convention. Regular National conventions shall be held every two years. The National Conventions are authorized to make political and organizational decisions binding upon -the entire Party and its membership except as provided in Article VII, Section 6* Special conventions may be called either by a two-thirds vote of the National Committee or by a two-thirds vote of all State Committees* Section 2* The National Convention shall be composed of delegates elected by the State and District Conventions. The delegates shall be elected on the basis of the numerical strength of the state or district organizations* The basis for representation shall be determined by the National Committee* Delegates to the National Convention shall have been members of the Party in continuous good standing for at least two years* |