Charges shall be filed against the member in writing ing forth the facts in the offense with which the member is char: The charges shall be read before the Union at the next reg meeting after the same have been filed.

Upon the reading of the charges the Union shall appoin elect a Trial Committee of five members from the floor of the meeting. The Trial Committee shall furnish the accused w a copy of the charges and a notice of the date set for the hear of the same. Copy of the charges and notice of trial shall > sent by registered mail if mailed. If delivered in person th must be delivered in the presence of witnesses and an acknowlezment secured from the accused that he has received a copy of charges and notice of the date of trial.

The Trial Committee shall keep a complete record of the er dence pro and con of the trial. The Trial Committee sta report their findings to the next regular meeting after the e clusion of the trial, together with a record of the trial, and Union shall affirm or reject the findings of the committee

Either party involved may take an appeal from the des of the Union within 60 days from the date of the meeting pas on the report of the Trial Committee, by filing a notice of with the Secretary of the Union in writing.

The Secretary of the Union shall immediately forward appeal, together with all the evidence of the case, to the GeneSecretary-Treasurer, who shall submit the same to the Geor Executive Board, unless the Union to which the accused bes is a Branch of an Industrial Union. In this case the ap shall be submitted to the Secretary of the Industrial i f by him to the Executive Committee of the Industrial Un ** their action.

Either party can take an appeal from the action of the Ex tive Board to the Convention and General Convention, and re the Convention to the general membership, if they so desire.

The expense, if any, in appeals on charges shall be bere the party taking the appeal, unless the charges are dis In which case the expense shall be borne by the respective izations to which the charges are transmitted on appeal.

In the event that a member of one Union desires to charges against a member belonging to another Union, th shall be disposed of in the following manner: The member ferring the charges shall present the same in writing before the

Union of which he is a member, and the Secretary of that Union all transmit a copy of the charges to the Secretary of the Union to which the accused belongs. Thereupon that Union shail proceed as hereinbefore provided.

ARTICLE VII

Section 1. Each Union shall be provided with a Seal by the General Secretary-Treasurer, which shall bear the number of the Union, and all official papers from the Union must bear an imprint of this Seal, and none will be legal without such impression.

ARTICLE VIII

Fees, Dues, Delinquency

Section 1. The initiation fees, and other fees, dues and assessments may be determined by Unions, but shall not conflict with the General Constitution.

Section 2. Monthly dues are payable on the first day of each month. Members who do not pay dues or assessments for sixty days shall be in bad standing. Members in bad standing are not entitled to benefits of any kind from the Union, nor from the Industrial Workers of the World.

Section 3. Members who become delinquent for dues and assesSments for sixty days or more shall not again be entitled to any benefits until thirty days after such dues and assessments shall have been paid.

ARTICLE IX

Withdrawal Cards

Section 1. On application, withdrawal cards may be granted to members in good standing whose dues and assessments are paid, provided said member has ceased to be a wage worker.

ARTICLE X
Transfers

Section 1. Members wishing to be transferred from one Union to another shall show their card to the Secretary of the Union of which he wishes to become a member, and upon paying all dues and assessments the Secretary shall receipt for same, and shall immediately send for the transfer.

Section 2. When a Union to which a member transfers collects for delinquent dues and assessments, none shall be remitted to the Union to which the member formerly belonged, but the same shall be retained by the Union making the collection.

ARTICLE XI
Meetings

Section 1. All Unions shall hold at least one regular meeti each month, and as many additional meetings as the Union may decide upon.

Section 2. Recording and Corresponding Secretaries sha... advise the General Secretary-Treasurer immediately of char by Unions in time and place of meetings, so that the of directory of the Industrial Workers of the World may be e rected at all times.

ARTICLE XII

Section 1. Unions shall have power to enact such laws for their government as they may deem necessary, provided they do 1 conflict with the Constitution and By-Laws of the Industrial Workers of the World.

ARTICLE XIII

Disbandment

Section 1. A Union shall not surrender its charter if tra members who agree to abide by the rules and regulations of the general Organization object thereto.

Section 2. Upon a Union surrendering its charter, the Gerral Secretary-Treasurer shall appoint a representative of te Industrial Workers of the World to take charge of the chart supplies, property and funds of said Union. Members or Of of said Unions refusing to deliver charter, supplies, property funds of Unions surrendering their charters to the authorad representatives of the Industrial Workers of the World shall be expelled from the Organization and prosecuted.

ARTICLE XIV
Quorum

Section 1. Not less than seven members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business of a Union.

RESOLUTIONS

Political Parties and Discipline

"Whereas, The primary object of the Industrial Workers of the World is to unite the workers on the industrial battlefield; and

"Whereas, Organization in any sense implies discipline through the subordination of parts to the whole and of the individual member to the body of which he is a part; there fore, be it

"Resolved, That to the end of promoting industrial unity and of securing necessary discipline within the Organization, the I. W. W. refuses all alliances, direct or indirect, with existing political parties or anti-political sects, and disclaims responsibility for any individual opinion or act which may be at variance with the purposes herein expressed."

ORDER OF BUSINESS

1. Opening and Calling Meeting to Order.

2. Roll Call of Officers.

3. Reading of Minutes.

4. Reading of Applications for Membership.

5. Initiation of Applicants.

6. Reports of Committees, Standing and Special.

7. Reports of Delegates and Officers.

8. Reading of Communications and Bills.

9. Monthly Report of Financial Secretary.

10. Reading of the Receipts and Expenses since the Last Meeting by the Financial Secretary.

11. Unfinished Business.

12. New Business.

13. Nominations, Elections and Installation

14. Good and Welfare.

15. Adjournment.

NOTE ON CHAPTERS VI, VII AND VIII

Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, Amalgamated Textile Workers of America and International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union Plan One Big Union

The plan of organizing "The One Big Union" for the neede trades was brought up at the second session of the convention of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America on May 11, 1920, and A. J. Muste, General Secretary of the Amalgamated Textile Workers of America, accompanied by a Committee, appeared before the Convention. The Committee came for the purpose of urging a merger between the Amalgamated Clothing Workers and the Amalgamated Textile Workers. Sidney H man, President of the Amalgamated Workers, is reported to have strongly urged "One Big Union" idea and an interesting report was filed recommending the formation of an industrial union involving all those engaged in the needle industry. This repert was signed by Sidney Hillman, Joseph Schlossberg, August Eel lanca, Hyman Lumberg, Alex Kohen, Samuel Levin, Lazarus Mariovitz, A. D. Marimmpetri and Frank Rosenblum. The report says in part:

"The Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America have alw stood for one international organization for all the workers, f all the workers in what is commonly known as the needle trais We are more firmly committed to this principle now than before, as the necessity of this type of unionism is becoming m compelling every day.

"The International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union, wh is now meeting in convention at Chicago, has before it a propo tion from its General Executive Board for the formation of a ance or federation of all the organizations in the needle tracing That does not go as far as we wish. Our ideal is one orga zation for all branches of men's and women's wear in the same sense as the Amalgamated is one organization for the werken in all branches of men's clothing.

"We do not, of course, presume to impose our views up others. If the proposition for a federation of needle trades orriti zations means a step in the direction of our goal, it is encourag and to that extent a victory for the principle of one international organization.