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MUST be answered. «

We hope we may have word by the first return post of what can be done in your country in thls connection. t A e t t

sincerely yours,

, .d Ione Boulenger ; l SECRETARY;

ﬁen. H, Spence cor111rplete_d‘the_ps'esentat1o21:°£.,€the Chairmanfs report. V p . pp

The report of the iﬂxeeutiye Committee recommending changes in” oprganizati onal set-up was then read. Igwas as_fol1ows:" , tr e h , ‘ M

"That the National Office occupy itself solely with national px-ojects and administration.

\ "That in oonsenanee with tb,is,_the Natl-.onal Comtnittee edidoontinue participation in local activities and-the-tit dfsoontinue showings of films and organize ion of local meetings.

"‘I‘hat we recommend to the Executive Committee: the National Gomittee ermanent staff shall oompri so not more than one full time executive officer and an o flee assistant.

"That an a cal be made to Conference to induce national participating organizations to set up coal committees where these do not now ex1stg

It was moved by No:-man'Freed, seconded by Harvey Murphy ’’That we accept the Chairman's Report and the recommendations of the Exeoutitre Committee and discuss the same)? OARRED. Mr. Hazen Sine ré'ad’—“hl~s report from Montreal. It was as vfollows:

"These are certain bbseryadtions union the Montreal Committee feels should be made. A

(1) There has been a. growing feeling. of doubt amongst the de1ege3tes'~as'to exactly how the money sent to Toronto was being ex nded, what oportion

was being sent to Spain, what spent on propaganda n Canada, an what spent mereT?.y on administration expenses. In spite of re eated re uests from Montreal no ::‘i.na.neial statement has been received from the ati onal ommittee since that ending (‘sctober 1, e 37. The tendency has beengrowln , and has with difflculty oh::r='3k'ed, for t e delegates to ex ., ass thewzgsh .o themselves and then o:~g:a.n.iaa*ti one, to send money raised d1reotJ,y to Paris or Spain. A few organi-- zations have already withdrawn from the conxnittee some sending ntheirmoney to New York, some direct to Spain, the I',33'S,O!,'1'.giV311 __ eing lack of information about what the Canadian Committee is doing with -its"vfunds, I

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(2) The need for a gem lot by the National Corcnzdttee outlining not only how

much money it has 1- se , what sent to S ain and *what"spent on literature, *

meet5.n§§s, etc., but also givin in some etall what its money has accomplished

in ‘Spain has been stressed age. :1 and again as an absolute necessity for giving

out to steady contributors, who want to know, and have the right to know, these

thingsg» Such a pa phlet was recommended at the lastﬁﬁational Conference of the A COIIJ£Ili'b‘l'/33¢‘ More than enough time has elapsed to bring it out. o

The Montreal Cormnittee are glad to receive the second edition of the __nish-Canadian Bulletin. It was urgently needed. But a great deal more “*

1 terature is also needed. ‘The local Committees should not be left dependent 7 upon outside sourcesfor literature. The Montreal Committee, besides publishing

its own, has oonstantl written for and received pamphlets and leaflets from

London Paris, New Yor and Spain. Without this, the Committee could not

possibj. have suppliedthe demand for literature- and the education of the public

on the ssues in S in would have been badly neg ected with only the litera ure A receivedtfrom they ational Committee at its disposal. . , n a

£4 The Montreal Committee feel that the National Cozntnittee has not given anything 5. e an adequate lead to the work of the local Committees. Instead o sending out a tale rams urgently askin for money, which left doubt as to whether the need was for unds to cover admin stration expenses or for some crisis in Spain, the _ National Cozxmittee would have done well to adopt the practice of the North American Committee of sendl ng out, imnediatelyl upon receipt, verbatim copies of appeals frcm Spain. Such appeals can beused to rally support and to bring in funds a 7 ui£}1€l.}~': A mere tele rams from the National Office asking for ‘money are useless. ggaxn the Montreal onmittee found itself indebted to theNorth Ameriean Committee “ for such leads, and was able to utilize these appeals, to goodeffeot. , to y, In conclusion, the Montreal Cormnitteeyyfeels it to be most urgent that the ad1pi11:1:3‘%:ra.*‘tion of the National Committee beam lately revised and overhauled.» Fa.:x.3;‘z.n,r_;»; this, support will continue to dwindle ust at the time when it is most urgently needed.t ‘ t A l t “ ” t ‘ NORMANLEE. 7 Hazen Sise moved, * seconded by A. A. Macleod '*‘That the incoming meoutive be instructed

to make a survey of all National Organizations to find out what organizations desire to