The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, November 24, 1919, Page 17

pr) - League National Committee to Meet Supreme Governing Body to Discuss Platform and Cam- paign Activities at St. Paul Session, December 9 mag| ATTERS of the utmost F | importance to the Non- up for discussion and ac- tion at the annual meet- ing of the national com- mittee of the League, which will be ~held at national headquarters in St. Paul, Tuesday, December 9. The national committee is the su- preme governing body of the League ‘and consists of the chairmen of the state committees in the 13 states where the League is being: organized. Under the League articles of associa- tion, the national committee must meet at least every December. This committee has power to amend the articles of association, elect members of the national executive committee, the supreme administrative body, govern the League’s expenditures, audit the books and accounts and re- port the result to the membership, and to decide on all policies and ac- tivities of the organization. . The chairmen of the various League state committees, who compose the national committee, are the leading League farmers of their respective states. With other members of the .state committee they are chosen, un- der the articles of association, by the state conventions of the League mem- bership. The St. Paul meeting, however, will not be confined to the chairmen of the state committees. All the state com- mittee members in all League states have been invited to’ attend, and there will also be present prominent League farmers from many states not mem- bers of the state committees. COMMITTEE TO DISCUSS POLICIES IN ELECTION At its coming meeting the national committee will audit the books and ac- counts and report the result to the membership. Matters pertaining to the articles of association and rules and regulations for government of the League. will doubtless be taken up. The platform and campaign activities and policies for the elections next year will be discussed and decided upon. The last meeting of the national committee was in December, 1918, and was epoch-making in the history of the organized farmers’ movement. At that meeting the present articles of dssociation were adopted. Mr. Town- ley’s term as a member of the national executive committee expiring, he was re-elected to that post by the national committee, but on his request the na- tional committee submitted its action “in renaming Mr. Townley to the mem- bership of the League. A referendum of the League membership was in con- sequence held in January, 1919, re- sulting in the action of the national committee in regard to Mr. Townley being overwhelmingly approved by the League membership. The nation- al committee was sustained by the membership by practically a unani-- mous vote of the farmer members.. At the last meeting also the books and accounts were audited and a re- port made to the membership. Since the meeting a year ago the League has gained in members and influence in every state where it is ac- tive. The year has been marked by great events for the organized farm- ers. Since the last meeting the North Dakota legislature finally enacted the League program into law and the peo- ple of the state approved the laws at a state-wide referendum; League leg- islators, constituting a strong minor- ity in the legislatures of six other states, have made enviable records and gained friends everywhere for the program of the organized farm- ers. The reports of the coming-national partisan league will come . committee meetings will be of great importance and interest to League members and they should watch for them. The Leader and its state edi- tions will handle the doings of the convention in full. 3 A SIMPLE MOUSE TRAP Fill a crock or other straight-edge vessel to within -three inches of the top with water. On the surface of the water sprinkle a handful of oats. Then lean a barrel stave against the top of the crock so that the mice can run up the edge. The mouse will smell oats and jump into the crock with the impression that he has found the farmer’s oat supply. The floating .oats, of course, do not maintain the weight of the mouse or rat. POLITICAL PRISONERS Seattle, Wash. Editor Nonpartisan Leader: The inclosed resolution was read and adopted at a meeting of representa- tives from Scandinavian churches and fraternal societies at Odd Fellows’ hall. C. MATTSON. EDITOR’S NOTE: . The resolution condemns the imprisonment of persons arrested for political offenses growing out of the war as contrary to the high ideals of America, and demands am- "nesty for them. WASHING SPOILS EGGS - Eggs should not be washed, as this removes the gelatinous film of the shell that keeps out the air and germs. 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