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Report of the Publishing Committee. 
Two meetings have been held, 17th~ July, present Maude,
(in chair), Headlam, Sanders and Secretary, proeeeding• vr which have already been reported by circular, and c~pt. 17th when Maude (in chair), Guest, Miss Hutah'ine, Headlam, Standring,Dodd and Secretary were p~·~nt. The following bu•incu8 has b2en done: 
(1) 	
::; ixpenny Edition of' l''abian Essays are to be issued fin our 
terms about October 15t''· 


(2) 	
Fifield Serie • 
Common Sense of ~unicipal Trading is selling well 
considering ~eason. 


No. 	Vl. Women and Factory Acts is in preparationunder Miss HutchinA' editorship. 

(3) 	
Tracts printedo Noo 139. Socialism and the Churches, 20,000No. 5. Facts for Socialists. evised Edition. 20,000. 

(4) 
Trac·t s in preparation


{a) 	A Welsh Transl~tion of Tract 139 (above)will be made 
(b) 	Pan-Anglican Congress. A Tract of Extracts &c. is being drafted by the Revo A. J. Carlyle ,which it is proposed to send out to the Clergy.
(c) 	Child Labour. A MS. on this subJect by I~so Hylton Dale is under revision~ 
(5) 
Catalogue Raisonne of Tracts is in type. 

(6) 
Guest's 	Report on Lambeth School Feeding.


It 	was dec i ded to put this in type, in t he first place to provide copies required by the Lo C. C. 
Aylmer Maude Chairman. 


Report of the Finance and General Purposes Committee.
Private. 
Meeting September 23rd. Present: Yrs. Reev~.~inf~~;r>
Miss Yurby, s. G. Hobson and Secretary. ' 
-t:lme, C!uo::at.. 
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Porty-four candidates (two months) were elected• average 8Ub&cription of 37 ordinary members, 15/­Resignations of K. St. Maur, D.L., K. Hamilton •Tfe,Miss Dorothy Richardson and 5 others received. 
2.-Fi nance. Bank Balance reported £1~. It was agreed to reoemmend 
grant of .. 21/-to the Sabation Arrirr Sweatina 
agitat on. 

3 .. -Group Grant. Application from the Education Group for.grant to cost of Clifford'• Inn for 6 lectures and for &dve~isements in Educational Papers was considered. It wae agreed only to grant the cost of four lectures at Cl ifford's Inn £5.10.0 for the present. 
•·-Dr. Guest'• School Feedin& E~eriment. On report frcm hilll it was agreed to advance deficit of £1••2.10 (eubjeot to audit) making total of £39.2.10. Against this came utensils expected to be sold for £5. and proceeds of any article in the magazines, (subJect to any pay­ment to be made thereout to the .athor,) It was decided not to make any public appeal fory the present. A vote of thanks to htm was ordered to be recorded on the minutes. 
5.-Autumn Lectures. List, as printed, was ap~o•ed, including Shaw 
who had agreed t.o do•oap1t.al • ~ Proof tickets were appro'Ved. Arrangements as to Ytal-... auggested in •News• were appro'Ved.Arrangements for 1909 were deferred. 
6.-Draft list of 	Oommittee meetings drawk up by the Secretary 
was appro•ed. 

7.-Krs. Reeves and Kiss Kurby were appointed delegatea to the 
Women'• Industrial Council Conference at the 
Guildhall, October 6th. 

llaude Ree•u Vice-chairman. 


Report or the Propaganda Committee.
PriT&t e. 
Keetin& Jul y 13th. 1908. Present: nsa Jlllrby (in oha1r), Bland, Headlam, Sander• an4 Peaae. frbe main prooeed1n&• were reported at lensth by oiae '•> 
_ Prcwil»ial leoture;;:--;;1;;;;-;;;;;;;:-ciutoN Sha:rp, ant1 • H. B. Sohloeaaer were appointed proY1DOial leoturera OD term• already fix.. by the ExeoutiYe Ca.aittee• 
2.-Leoturea 1n Bayar1a. It waa asree• that the Org. !eo. ahoal• 
eooept imitation from the Boo 1a1Ut P~J of :ltwarta to 
li'f'• leoturea on the English Soo ~lloTellleD' aM that • 
the Society pay expenaea le•• any ... that ailb' be pal•
by the .....ariua.. 

3.-oraanidng. (a) Rew GrCNP formH at l!a:rrow. 
(b) 	Oraania1Dg Seoretar,r to hol4 a for\ai&b''• leoturina tear 1111der the ••ptoea of the Gluaow Pab1u So01ety 1n feb~I'Oh liOt. 
11., lllarbyChalNan. 
~fol~Report will be preaent.. to the ae~ aeettaa or the Sub..COIIDittee: 
(a) 	ProTlMlal leoturea. Arrancementa are beiDC aacle for Coaraoa or ~tur.. to be 11YeD by Keaara. JMJtaoa, ShaJ7 _. SOhleeaaor at Letohwort.h, •1tohin, Iatoa, L1YeJ7001, llrten­he.., Bootle, St. •elen1a, Cardiff, Kaao~ter, ftrk, Shef­field, •11, Kewoutle, Bath, TeoTil, CoYentr,r and lri&ht•• Applioatlou frcm other pl.Mea are under oouUeratiea. ID 
moat 	ouea the leoturea will be &l'f'a under the ••Pto• of 
the local fabian Sooietiea. 
(b) 	
Suburban Leoturea. Arranaementa haTe been ...e ror OOUNea to be 11Yen at KeneiD&toa, LeWiaha, 0..,._, St. Panoru,Cl•b•, forHt Gate, Pa4•1n&ton, Walliqt•, Woo4 Gr.-,Ilfor4, an4 l!arrow. Other plac ea are aaor oo•1•arat1ea. In all JiM •• ouea emept oae tbe Ocntrll" are to be li'f'ea '~~Mer tbe ••p1oe• of fablaa sooleti" •• 1r-.a. 

(o) 	
Rn Soeietiea. A fablaa Soo ie'y la to be fora.. aa the lOth. lnato at lrtatel. Stepa are belq taltea to fona a Sooie'y


at Re..iq. 
(d) 	
'!'be Orpabiaa S•retar,r haa leotur.. at 1111'n!Nra-hrt.la lllllbera, aM hf. •e alae addre..ed the GomaD !ooial' leaeora,lo Cpacreaa u ropreaen'a'l'f'e ot tbe fablaa s..t o'y

(o) 
Letter• etrer1q leoturoa to Sooietioe ~o boon aeat ' •


the Labour Party and the I. L. P. 	' 
110 .....apore and Jou.rnala. 

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Spade House ,Sanclgate, Kent. September 16th. 1908. 


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Repor t of Propaganda Committee.
Private. 
Meeting 28th. Sept. 1908. 
Present: Miss Murby,Headlam (in chair), Robson, Pease and Sanders . 
1.-Reports as to provincial and Suburban lecture Courses; formation of new Soc ieties; letters to press offeringlectures; were received. These reports have already been presented to the Executive Committee. 
2.-Queen's Hall Meetings. Queen's Hall not being available for meetings before Xmas, it was decided to invite Webb to givehis lecture on the Unemployed at st. James's Hall. It was decided to recommend that no steps be t aken at present to bold the second large meeting. 
(Webb has since written that he ~cannot give the leotur~ before the Poor Law Commission Report is published and when~at will be is still uncertain.) 
Stewart D. Readlam Chairman. 
Report of the Publishing Committee.
Prm_te. 
Meeting Ootober 2nd. 1908. 
Present: Aylmer Maude (in chair)~ Miss Hutchins, Guest,Sanders, ta dring, and Secretary. 
· 1.-New Tracts.
Child Labour by Mrs . Hylton Dale was eo sidered on report t'Wca Miss Butchi a. (Later: Uisa Hutohins proposes that it be set up).
p -Anglican Congress d Me ical Profession. Progress being made. 
Old Age Pensions. Proposal by Webb for Tract was consid.red and held over for fUrther r port from htm after the regula­tions had been see~. It was thought that our Tract weuld 
ot sell, ~ia competitton with many other penny issues,and that any special infor~ation should be put in an article iR •Fabian News•. 
2.-New Welsh Tracts. 
Noo 139. Socialism and the Churches. By Dr. Clifford. 
Translation arranged for. 

Special Welsh Traot. Recommended that the offer of a MS. oa Socialism and the Old Testament, reporte as quiteunfit for English readers, but well adapted for Welsh,be ecoepted, the author undertaking to out it down and translate into 7000 Wellb words. 
3.-PifAel• Publications. New Voluaes. 
Women and the Factory Acta. Progre~s was reported.
Wastage of Child Life by Dr. Johnston. 

It was a reed to ask the author lt he would cut to t he right length, and omit passages la.iag excessive stress Gn th evil f alcohol. {The author h s sine cons t d to do this. The action of the C~ittee should theref4re be confirmed or otherwise)
4.-Pifield fublications. Aooounts of sales were presented sh~wingSales 16,645 of Nos . l -4 out of 20,000 priated2,076 of Commonsense • " 6,000 • •75 of Ballads • • 3,000 • The laat two are exclusive of 650, and 1300 cepies on sale by Smith & Son. The coat .r all six, already paid to Pifield is £27• 

Receipts from Fifield of sales to 30th. Sep.£227Sales by F. • estimated at 49 £276 
Rough lstimate of value of Stock in hand (and paid for) £151 Tract Sales for Six Months. 
Distributed ~or six months to 30th. Sept. 53,695 Less ~ree to Members ann to Parish Councils 19,300 Sales about 34,395 
Previous six months sales about 66,000 
Same six .anths 1907 (but this included 25,000 Workmen's Compensation Tract) 70,000 
j 
Proceeds oa sales including .2!:!!., Fifield 
sales £14,6. Same period 1907 (including £65 ~or 
Workmen's Compensatio Tract £208 Total Receipts, six months: our Sales £146 Fifield payments ~ £3_72 
6g-Tracts nearly out o~ print.
117. London Education. Agreed to drop. 
, / 120. After Bread, Education. Out o~ date owing to new 
~ legislation. On report by Sanders,agreed to drop.

29. What to Read. Nearly out of print. 
7.-Pa,ment for New Tracts. It was agreed to recommend the Executive that a standing o~~er be made at intervals in •Fabian News" of the eum of £5. for any MS. accepted for publication as a tract. 
8p-The New Age Company Prospectus. It was resolved by a majority o~ one after considerable debate, that a list of members and others on our books, who are possible subscribers to the Company, be supplied to the promoters. 
9.-International Meeting. St. James's Hall. October 14th. As a matter or urgency, Ald. Sanders was appointed to 
represent the Society. 



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•eport ot the pabliahiA& Ca.a~••• 



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4..-0 '1'b.11 llille.J of Boot••· On t.he intimation of a propoaeC aerican plrateC ..iti it ••• re•ol••• t.hat Mr. Well• •• infonaed. 
5.-Circulation of Trao'• bJ Local Societies. 'l'he Seoretarr was order 4 to cet into tioa. to ~. ter.aa on whio the I. L. P. auppl1tl1te 'b h••· 
1... Papent for Traot• pietereao• baolr.J It. wu cleoid.. to ooa.•U tll.e Jluottl7 • tllu
ftbJ•'· 
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Private. 
Repow\ Of ~ke Finance and General 
lleoU~:a& 1-'~ Oo~ebH, 1908. 
P:reeen~: Webb (ill Cllai.:r) lire. l.ewee, 11111 Murb7,Eneor, X.beOA, Band•••• Bllaw A Seore~UJ'• 
1.-Pll\7 candidate• were o1..~... with averaso eubecr1pt1on ~or Z9 or4inu7 bere of 16~. Tlu'ee nlianationl were aooQhd.Letter ~ran Hamilton P7fo 1tating he re•isnod beoau1e ke did not believe 1n ~o C pensation, wa• re~e•rod \o Sh&w. 
2.-Co~erenoe to to a Central London Right to Wo•k C it\eo. Three delegatee were appointed. 
3..-New 0~~1ou. Secretar.r wa• authoriled to eee wh~t he oo¥ld get tor £150 a 7ear. 
-'·-Spring Leoturoa. 
The proposal to hold a meetinge in St. Jamea' Hall to replace three Eeeoz Hall Keetingl was oonliderod and approved, 10 tar ae the G. P, C ittee i1 concerned. For the r..aining datee the following were propoeodt-
Eeeling to be invited to euggest a subJect Lord llilner to be aeked on hi• return to epeak on Sane ~perialiem. Railwar Nationalil.tion Societ7 (Galton) to be aeked to ••ggeet lecturer on Practical Plana ~or Ry. Nationaliea-
J. 	01 Grad7, II.P. or Joaiah Wedgwood, II.P. (tion on C-.puleor7 ~11tar7 Service. 
5..-Labwr Pa:rt7 ••inatime: For Ezeoutive Committee E. R. Peaee For delegatee to the Portemouth Conference 
G. B,. Shf.w 
w. Sandere & E. R. Peaeo. 

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~oaecl lfot:l.oe iD Pabla:D • .,.. Pablaa ParU.aaentai'J' l'lld. 

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eration with the Lab r Part7 with all Sociali•t foroe• 1n t e looalitr, aa, t•••1b1F be able ea­



Report of the Pub1ith1n& Committee. 

Kee~tna 6th. Nov.aber 1908. · 
Pr..ent.: Kr•• Shaw (in Ohair) , KiU l!Utohint, Do44, G\leat, ea41Ul, Shaw, ltandrin&• and Seor•tur. (llaude ant landert ab..nt. 1eotuft.aC)• 
1.-Si enny ••••7•• AD ei'HJ'(I,i_4nq Ollvler) In the Cove Jaa?1q ~·-aotloecl, 1t wat reulvecl t. ••' be o rl'eO~H. . 

(c) 	!41!11 lrtfeelion. aittee on Layton'• MS 
. wae reoeiY.., nd t • p8Per ••• referred t • t tor addtt1ona on 
linet •uae te • 
(4) 	
Dr. u4ek1a' I offer to &et ua ·a Traot on State I uraaoe in German7 waa ao epted. 

(e) 	
Btn\ uct Jatge•t.. trut b7 lire. saw, be1na Yellio !f • firlt Pab1an w.aa, wa1 oon­a1cltre4 illl approY..t. It wa aareeC t.o aet up&floW oert&ill alteratloa. b7 the aa r . 


lln. ~haw and JU.u Kutohiu were ..Pointed a C~ttee to draw up 11tt. of Cour••• et • u47 &Dd llllseet...t 1011p11ere. 
•·-	rwbat to Read• 
~·-_._....~.•su• HIU.I nne. 
, .. qree at it be oalled 
•Tract 	Index (lar&• trpe) and Catalogue Baiaonne (am.&ller)•, and '\hat prioe be 3d. 
·-
Cil'oulation of '!'raot.il. It 1P&I asreed to report that the P.S. alrea4J &1Yel 
better term• to 1tt ~ale than the I.L.P. to 1te branohet, anct t hat no further re4uot.1on et prile 11 praotitable. Purther that the ealel bJ Looal Sooietiee appe~ on examiaation to be tat1afaoto17~ · 
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'1 .-•'fho•• Wret.ehed ate•• . I t waa agreed to pr1nt a new •41t1on of 3000 . 
Charlotte P. Sbaw . Vice-chairman. 
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2.-orthern Co ~e e e. 
111 g .eoretary to atten4 the noheater on NoY bar !Oth. to d to take pa~' 1D 
3. -uburb Leoturea. 
er couraea arranaed at H r •1• R1obao
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•·-eetin • at t. J 
11. 

e tollowiag ubJeota a1• apea\era are reo •• ~thee• eeti a• :-
Ja • 22. The Politioa ot ooial haw ( la ohair) 11~1 ere 
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Private.  Report  o~ the Publishing Committee.  
---------------------------­ 
Meeting 27th. Novenber 1908.  
Present: Yaude (in chair}, Dodd, Guest, Shaw,Mrs. Shaw, Standring and Seoretary.  
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1.-Tract Index.  This was passed  ~.r the press and 5000 ordered  

to be printed. 
Tracts. It was resolved by • to 2 to report that the O~ittee had invited the opinion of the Nurseryon t he proposal to offer £5. tor approved KS. tor Tracts and the Nursery replied that they approvedthe tlan and considered the £5. sufficient; that the Publishing Committee reoommend that a speoialotter be made in Fabian News tor six monthS only, as ~an experiment ot a payment ot £5. tor anyapproved MS. submitted by a member. 
3.-MUch other business was transacted, which was advanced a further stage in the next report. 
Meeting 11th. December 1908. 
Present: Kaud• (in chair), Dodd, Guest, Headlam,Kiss Hutchins, Shaw, Mrs. Shaw, Standringand s eoretary. 
1.-Pifield Series. (a} Socialism and National Min~ was passed ~or the press and 5000 ordered. ~) Wastage o~ Child L~te was ordered to be set up in Galley and sent to Exec. 
(o) Ch~tian Sooiali~. It was agreed that Dearmer's 
•New Age• articles are bot good enough and that the proposal for a volume be dropped for the present. 
2.-Tr acts in preparation. 
(a) 
Child Labour under Capitalism. It was agreed to 

print 10,000 of this. 

(b) 	
Rent and Interest. It was agreed that this, being a version of Fabian Essay No. 1, be published without a name, and that it be put down for the Members' Meeting January 8th, but that proofs be only sap-


plied for the meeting 
• I Tr ~~ n re aration (Continue ) 
(o) 	Pan-An llo C e• tr t • On repor\a itw 
that (unlea• cl cli..entl ) fteY. A. J. Car~le 
tor hia aenio•• an lllfo eel t t we 4o not think it o•a1ble to • ett tlYt t t ou\ ofthe extr t1 tr t~ report. 
(cl) S. on the Coal Trade the e 1oal Prote..ion were 
repor ed. nearl7 reaclJ. 
1,-ats-enDJ I I&JI. 
I ,.. aareecl to k Soott to not1f7 ate ot ubl1oat1on ill o~er that the • e &7 be the • e 1D eland. an4
u.s.A. (The ate w 1 e ber 16th•• an oo opiel • alreaclJ 1n atook here.) 
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FABIAN MEMBERS' MEETING 
JANUARY 8th. 

On motion by S. G. HonsoN. 
Amendment by BERNARD SHAW. To substitute:­
That this meeting, whilst approving the affiliation of the Fabian Society to the Labor Party; congratulating the Party on the accession of half a million members to its ranks dur­ing the year just ended; and recalling with undiminished satisfaction the active part taken by the Society in the formation of the Party, is of opinion that the time has come for the Party to give immediate consideration to the following propositions, namely: 
1. 	
That parliamentary parties in England no longer depend for support on the strength of their names or of tbe class from which their members are drawn, but stand or fall by their programs. 

2. 	
That a party without a program may influence legislation in t.he House of Commons but can do nothing to influence public opinion in tbe country. 

3. 	
That 'l-Labor Party, in order to justify its detachment from the two Capitalist parties, and its calls upon tbe funds of the Trade Unions, must put forward a Labor program which not only differs from tbe programs of the Capitalist parties, but consists mainly of measures which cannot conceivably be added to those programs. 

4. 	
That until these conditions are recognized and complied with by the Labor Party, it will be increasingly difficult for the Fabian and other definitely Somatist societies to secure the unanimous support of their recruits for con­tinued affiliation with the Labor Party, and to combat that tendency to break away and form new sections which has impaired the solidarity of the Labor move­ment in France, and may easily do so in this country if the views of the La.bor Party in parliament remain in­distinguishable from those of the left wing of the Capit­alist parties. 



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Report of the Publishing Committee.
P~e. 
Meeting Jano 15th. Present: Mrs. Shaw (in chair}, Dodd, Guest,Miss Hutohina, Shaw, Sandera, Standring, and Secretary.Meeting Feb. 5th. Present: Maude (in ohair}, Barker, Dodd,Readlam, Miss Rutchins, Shaw, Mrs.,Shaw, Standring & Sec-r-et~ 
1.-Fifield Series. Vl. Socialism and National Minimum. Ready for Press. Vll. Wastage of ChlJI Life. Proof undergoing revision. Miss Muirhead engaged to check the statistica, which have proved to be inaccurate. Publication to be made as soon as possible. 
Volume on Reform otLocal Government promised by Local Government Committee. 
2..~ New Tracts No. 140. Child Labour under Capitalism. Published. No. 141. Socialism and the Churohes in Welsh. Published. No. 142. Rent and Interest. Proofs sent out for approval by
Executive. No. 143. Welsh Biblical MS. Being set up.3.-Beprints.
132. Guide to Books for Socialists. 2000 ordered. 
41. 	Early History of Fabian Society. 3000 ordered 
126. Abolition of Poor Law Guardians. 1000 ordered. 
Preparation of new edition of 9What ~o Read• in hand. 4.-MSI. ffered under the £5. aoheme Twelve have been oon.Sdered and rejected one (by Sobloesser on Machinery) is still under oonaideration. 5.--..&a Lectures. A proposal to reprint the report• in •Fabian News• as a commentary on the Basia was rejected. It ia proposed to publish Ensor1 s lecture and perhaps others. -----~ 
6.-Tracts proposed. Emil Davies' lecture on Railway Nationaliaatioa, if good enough.C~al Trade by Miss Gardner. Many other• 1n hand. 7.-Shaw'• letter to •Times• on Mallook. It is proposed to reprint th1a and circulate for the information (and ed~ieat1oa) of members. 8--Granville Barker ... deputed to dra~ a propoaal for Sub-committees 
on Tracts: draft annexed. !.-A large amount of detailed business has been tranaacted, not of auffioient importance. or not far enough advanced for report
to the Exeo. 
Aylmer Kaude Chairman. 
c. 	F. Shaw Vtoe-chairman. 

'!'he resnlt of •:c offer of .£5 for a tract has been l'nsati··f·,;tol':'. '"'he !.'SS . se .t in, whether thei:-quo.lity rose al eve cec on'-clans J O\H"w.1.:.sr.1 or not, v:ere never distinc "ivel:r ~· 1 ian . 1 er racter' !he Exec tive proposes therefore to r,;·er.d t'1e ofier. 
i' • .1e•: series of tracts is ro,;ected under the ("eneral title vf C• cio.li:.:n :.:.·1< ( •;·.c Staple) Trade( s) to deal >:ith such 
nl1Jectf:l au the Soci"..li., 1 of the ~oal Trade, of the r1il k trade , cf 'he 1>:::-ead t:~:c:...:.e, Cl c' <' .. u aect as Socialism c:.nd the s::nall 'vlTder. 
I. is pro!Jcsed. to prep~e these b:; the meth(A of a Con­mittee of Enqui~·:·. A c:·v irr-:an a!1d four or six members vrill be 
o>~;i'1'1.tcd :md a s~cj:c•ar • 
The '>ccretar:'s d·1t:• \ . .:11 be to convene meetinrs, procure cxpc_·t evid •:1ce ~it'.er fl·o: \:itl'in or uithout the Societ , a!ld nlti at•ly to draft t' ~ report in the form of a tract. For tris 
is offered . 
. plic·· t ... for the secretar:•ship ~hould \;rite or :!.nter­
vie ,p ee. 

te. Re ort o~ t he Prop anda Co ittee. 

1.-Leo urd. 

2.-Provinotal Leot 1re~. F.xoellent Report rer.e1wed fr~ Gla ow on Sohloe~ er• leoture • 

Meet na anuary 2Ith. 1 09. 
Preeent: Y1~• Nurbr (in ~hair), F.n•or, Re dl~, 

1.-luburban Lefltur... Cour!les were arranaed at P1nnhltt]' anti Kingston . .,. Proposed Cour11e at Dulwioh po~t.pon~ ttll Autu.::1n. 
Hall )ieetinga.
The receipta .for the first meeting (Jan. 22nd.)amounted to £28. Expenditure about £20. Total cost ~e9 of tour meetings (eat~ated) £70. Tioketa sold to date tor tour meetinga £ C.C?//'. o {~' 
3.-New Societies. Org. Secretary arranged to •isit Edinburgn on ~ Feb. 9th. to f'orm Edinburgh City F. s. (Since meeting of Committee the Manchester Universit7 
F. s. ha• been formed.) 
Speoial Meeting February lat. 1909. 
Present: Mi~s Murby (in ohair)~ Dodd 9 Ensor. Hobaon. Peaae,and Sandera. and by in•itation, Montague Fordham. 
Rural Propaganda. Pordham urged that the Societ7 should take advantage of the present stir in rural distriota in connection with small hol~inga. After a long discu~aion Fordham proposed to aubmit a pamphlet embodyin~ his •iewa tor publication by the Societyfurther action being poatponed until the productioaof the pamphlet. 
M. B. Murby Chairman. 

-
Private. · Report of the Pin&DOe ana ~eneral ~poaes C~itte•. Kee\inl 11th. January ltOt. Present: Blan• (in chair), Enaor, Hobaon, Kiss MurbJ,Mrs. Reeves; Sanders, Shaw, W~bb, & Seoretarr. 

1.-Kembership.
January oan4i4ates, eleotea, 23 ordinary, lt other, total •2. Average ordinarr subscriptions 10J3, inorease o~ 2Jl over last month. 
Resignations (in most oases on application ~or subsc~iption) o~ Arnold Bennett, P. Brooklehurst, A. R. Orage, and lt others near11 al~ elected in lt06 or lt07 were accepted.
J. F. Matheson was asked to remain and subscription excused. A Committee to oons1der a list o~ 120 de~aulters was appointea.2.-Pinanoe. 
Aocounta to 3lat. December were presented.Subscriptions ahowed a decrease of £60, accounted tor b1 the absence o~ a parment ot £100 maae in lt07. 
3o-New Office. 
Draft lease, 1noludin« payment o~ £5o5.o tor same, which was ~ound.. to be the minimum charge, was approved and ordered to be signed.
A C~Xlttee on Furniture, (Mrs. Reeves, Mrs. Shaw, and the two Secretaries) was appolated with power to expend reasonable s~. 
•·-Sooietr Keetings.
It wu &8reH to ml&rate to Kemor1al ..11, and in addit141111 to arransements noti~ie• 1n •Fabian News•, to arrance S•enaer W1lk1nson on Compulsorr Military fra1n1ns 
& Mrs. c. M. Wilson on the Economlo Disintesratlon ot the r..111
Suggeste• lectures bJ Mias Atkinson on Communal Housekeeping & P. w. Hares on C~iacation were held over. 5.-The Essex Hall Vote on the Labour Partr. On a letter from 
s. G. Hobson claim1ns a referendum of the Society on the vote of 68 against the amendment to his reaolution, after a full debate it was reso~ved, (with Hobaon alone dissentin~ 
That the Bzeo. be reoommenaea to repl1 that a referendum 
cannot be arante4 because the oase does not oome within the rule 11v1na the rtsht to olaim a referenaum
6.-hle as to le~eren•-· • 
On the prepoaal to raS.e the mtll:laum vote and to alter the ~orm it was agre.. to refer the matter to the speoial Committee on 
the Constitution. '·-Publication o~ Ad•resaes of Candidates. ' 
It ~: agreed that the addresses o~ oan•t4ates be no longer pr ea in the •News•, tor the same reasons which le• to th )cessation of the publication ot the •rinted list of members~ 

PdJttt. Jleport. oi the jinanoe A General Purpoee CoCIIlittee. Keeting lOth. Pebruar,r.Preeent: Kre. lleeTea (in chair), Bland, Bnaor,Kiss Murb7, Shaw, Webb and Seoretar:r. 

1. -Membership: 7• candidate• were elected: averase aubeoription of 
45 ordintrJ meMber• 8j!: 20 univerait7 • 9 local • 2/6. Average of total 5/6.PiTe reetsnationa were accepted.  1~,  
2., ...  Pinanoeo  Aooounte iDo~lete owing to large takings inolu•ingnearl7 !80 for Kinorit7 lleport. Subscriptions £56 lees than last :rear, owing to one apeo1al subscription of £100 last year.  
3o­ Social C~ttee.  A grant of £5 for period to end of ~11 wee Yote•.  

•·-Sooiet:r MeetinSB. It wae agre.. to fill the remaininc •ate (to e~ of June) with lecture b7 K. D. Karben on Endowment of Katernlt7 (aeport of a Comaittee,suitable for a !r~et) and to hold a meeting in Jul7 for a paper on Communal Housekeeping b7 Kiss Atkinloe, o~plementar,. to Mra. Wileon'• 
paper. 
5.-Programo A Committee waa appo1nte• ooneisting of Shaw, Bland and !nsor to draft a political program. 
6.-Summer SOhool. On information that an iDTitation weule probablJbe reeeiT.. to nominate two representat1Yee on the Committee, 1t was agre.. to reoommen• Kra. aeeTee an• KAQ•e. 
7o-Taunton Bleot1ono Speoltl Report annese•. 
Maud ReeTee 

Strictly 'onfidential. 
Bye-Election at Taunton. 
This will take place within the next fortnisht owins to the re<Jianat1on of' the sitting Conservative ,.! ember. At present the Hon w Peel (C) leader o~ the Moderates on the L.C.c•• is to have a walk o;er. The 9 Eleotorate is about Z600, and the Conservative Majority iD lt06 was 339. 
The Labour Party Off1n1ale a ked us (uno:ffio ially) some time ago if we would be disposed to put up a candidate: now again they say that there is a strong a•e.Re local demand by the Socialists, and in the absence of a Liberal Candidate a good vote for a Labour Candidate is probable. There is sa~d to be local dissatisfaction with Mr. Peel. 
The election could be well fought for £250, being one or the cheapest in t he country, and the fight would be short. 
The I.L.P. wou~d rai~e a fund, (from which little could be ex­pected) and the L. P. would oontribute perhapa £25 (t Returning Officer's f ee) and send speakers anrl literature tree. . 
The oandidate at present suggested is Frartk Smith, L.C .c.• he 
·91ould fight a fellow London County Councill or, (who is much disliked)
with effect: would be agreeable to Liberal Nonconformists, and is be­lieved to ~ make a good candidate. He is ptpular with the I.L.P. an4 
i Ron. ~ecretary of the Risht to Work Committee. The Election would 
be largely f'ought on Uneoploymeot question. Bt.tt hie consent has not 
been obtained, and any other candidate could be considered. He has 
been a F~bian since 1891, with an interval. 

The General PurposeB Committee af'ter coneiderat1on of the above 
were of opinion that the aubsrribere to and supporters of' the Parlia­
mentary r'und would be glad to see a~tion taken, and that the constituen­
cy is in oany respeots a favourable ene9 they theref'ore unanimously
agreed to inform the rJabour Party that they would rec01!1!!len4 the Bxeou­
tive to put ~orward Frank Smith or some other oandi~ate, if a fisht 
was deoi led on. 
The Rxecutive of the Labour Party, which has absolute power un•er 
t he new rules, to decide whether a Labour Candidate shall be run at a 
Bye-Ele:tion, will meet on Monday next. 
I~ the foresoinl Repnrt is adopted the leoretarr auggeats that a 
Committee be appointed with full power to eon•uat the election, either 
the General Purp--ees Commtttee or a smaller Committee to be selected
f0rthwith. 
The Sooietr (which would be require~ to undertake to find all 
the election expenses, apart from the L. P. Contribution,say £225)
has at preqent £~0 in the bank. 
ror the General Purpoi9'11J Col!llllittee 
Edw. R. Pease 
Secreta17. 

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The Pabian Soeiety. 
Dear Maelllll'Y Sir or Madam • Taunton Bye-Eleotion. 
You have no doubt already aeen in the Preee, that Co~mittee has reeolved to a~t upon the deois1on of the
the Executive 	........ exercise their right of nominating a candidate for
membera. and to Parli~ent under the auepioee of the Labour Party in the approaching bye-eleotion at Taunton. They have adopted thie course with the cordial ap­proval of the Labour Party Executive, and our candidate receive• ita endorsement and hearty support. The Fabian Executive ooneiderl that thie is a favourable opportudity tor the firat Fabian Parliamentarr Conteet on aeveral grounda. The oonetituenoy is a very emall one, and the ooat will be extremely moderate. The looal _Socialieta are eager to take part in the conteat, but the plaoe is not auitable for a Trade Onion 
...,....,.,.~7 
Official and the Fabian Society is the only body able 4 1 klf? to bring forward a candidate. The Conservative nominee, the Ron W R. Peel,~a L.C.C., Leader of the Moderate! Party is a bitter opponent even of the .aall instalments of practical Socialism which find a plaoe in the pro­gram and policr of the London Progresaives, and it would be a viotory for the ~•••i•BaP,P foroee of reaction if he were returned to Par­liament without opposition. 
We are fortunate in having available at a mament'e notioe a candidate admirably auited for this particular ..~•~·~ contest. 

L.c.c. was ele0ted to our Society ao

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long ago as 1891. He ha~ Rinoe 1892 qerved four terms on the 
London County Council and at the last election in 1906 he •~••~ed North Lambetlh .f'r:m a Msdti er\le as a Labour-Socialist Candidate and snored the only victory againlt the Moderates. 
As Honerary Secretary of the Right to Work Committee he has made a special studf of unemplorment, and it is on thil great problem that t he contest will chiefly turn. 
The Executive Cnmmittee is conf·dent that it is the desire of the subsflr ibers to the Fabian Parliamentarr Fund that their willingne~s to contribute towards the promotion of Parliamenta.1'1 Sonialiam sh0Uld not be fruitless, and thewefore with confidence nalla on them for their promiaed support. 
We are aware 'that some of the of~erl of oontributie~ were conditional, but we do not consider it our business to decide whet~er thi~ contest oomes within the conditione epeoified, or whether any member noncerned will oontinue to stand by them. we therefore 'iend to all those pP who promiaed, the request that they will forthwith pay up one year1a contribution, and we believe that 
t he  a~ount eo  received will be amply sufficient for t he present  
contest.  
We are, Your truly'tHubert Bland  
rj/~~£1  Edw. R. Pease  

Sidney Webb 
~Peas~ of t_e Fabiam Parliamentary Fund. 
Tr.e Amount Pl'0mised by you for one year (one fifth of the total) was £ _________________ 

PARIAN SOCIF'I'Y. 
T~ the ~ era ~ t~e F.xeoutive. 
The peoi 1 ueetin called for Wednesd y 17th. inst. will ~
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be held. ~e followins letter ~~q been reoeived
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olioitor. 
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In reply to your lettet o~ the 13th; in tant with reg r to· "thl!l ropoaed public tion o the ino 1ty Report o~ the Por.r Law -eo~ aion. I direoted to into you that the ue tion haa -b en ~~ly ons11ered by the Trea,ury. nd th t althou~ the 
•pr posed pu liG tion 1nTolve a ri~k o~ ~inanoial loa to the 
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GoYer ent. yet h via re ard to the desirability of making

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e•err portion o~ the Report readily aooes thle to the pu lio 


•their Lnr sh1 • do not propo e to pres~ thei~ obJection further. 
I • "lir,
Your obedient setvant 

(3) 	Taunton ~leotion. Everyth1n lA oinp, well . Th L boUr P rtyf·xt«'utive reoeived om· p1opo 1 corn lly• " ctioned the oc.n­te t un!Ull 0u117 nct w1 thcmt w rd of de r. a ointed their Aaent. to l)t for our Gandlrlate. ('\rtlerert the usu 1 anifeeto to be i 11ued. nd deeitteti to aend t their o n ex •enee as •peakera.the C' 1 n o~ the P rty. A. 'Render on. the C 1r 311 ot' the Rxeouti\'e• J. Keir Rartl1e, rld the Aeoretary • J. H. lolar.don ld. 
8ernard Shaw wrote lone pas~ase. whioh I believe to • the bulk o .::11th' P.leotion artdre'l : the rel\t was oon!lidsred byander and myAelt. with haw. 
I h v . iven Peters 0 for the eturntnr. Of~ioer'a ree. ~o . and ma i~suing the oall to the Pa 11 entary Fund Subscribers. Already £30 h been r~·eived nrl le tere PO~e in by every post.Sanrler will be at T unt~n oo~t of the w k. Other spe kera will b rran ed. o!' aa neoe!l'4ary. 
(•) The I ew O~fioes w 11 be re dy ~ r u on ~r!lday. 
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Re ort o~ the Propav. nds Co~~ttee. eeting onday Mareh 8th. 1909. Present: M1~e ~~T (~n ~h ir). Hlsn~, Rnsor. 
Pea~e n~ ~an~e~. 
1.-Org niqtn seoret ry'q S~otoh Leoture Tour. 
Orgnn1.Rtn0 f\eoret ry reported that he had held ten leotures under the au,.pioe8 o~ the Glas~ow Pabian So<\1 t7 with f 1rly satisf f•tory results. 
2.-Arran ment" re bein made to hold the Annual Northern Pabian Conference t ·~he1"f1eld 0n Mar l!tt. D1 ,ring the week prevtou~ to the Confereone :rs. We~b and Sidney Webb will addre a meetingR under the au~pioea of the 1ooal Pab1.sn Sooietiu at Liverpool, auohester, Hull,Leeda w\ heff'ield, on t.he P0or i sw Re. ort. The OrR. Seo. will pro tly . old qtmilar meeting t BurnleJ. n rwen, York d Huddersfield. 
8.-New Sooietiee. The Organisin:, Sec: 1etary h" v 1 ited Edinburgh and fnr· ed a '\or: iety.A Soa tety 1q in oourRe of o~~tion at Ll~ndudno aa a 
reRult nf Cl! fford ; harp 1 !'! leoturee. 
4.-The date o~ •. e ~ir t oeettng f the Con titution C lttee has been ~1xed for Mon~ay Matah 22nd. 
fi.-Annu~l . o1ree. In v1ew of the oomparative failure o~ la•t year• a Soiree ~nrt the inore serl ~aoilit1e8 tor meeting e~h other now open to ille~bera of the q~oiety, it ta reoom­~endert th t the A 1nu 1 Soiree he ~bandoned. 
6.-A.'1llual c~n1" enne. It 1 r ot:Oended t . 11t the A ntll\1 C~nferenee 
e held on Saturd~y July lOtb •• plaee to be fi:&ed after it hM een a. <~ertained ht~w :-::~any repre'lentat1vee will at.t.en1. 
7.-Bt. J~ea•a Hall eetln a. The rece1 t'l to date ~nr the four meettn a ~ount to hout £116., o~ ~hi~h ~u~ about £65 wa~ re eived ~or Webb's eet•ng on aroh 5th. The tot 1 ~o"~t of the r0ur ·eetinge will ne about £70. 
Net profit will prob bly be oYer £50• 
• -Provino! al T.eoturer.-. Report• 1on !U.arp, ohloe !ll!tr and Jaokaon 
1'1 erson~ of Juclg ent. 

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PriY&te. Report o~ the Publiehing Committee. 
Keetinl 19th. fehruary. Preeent: Maude (in ohair),Barker, M18S Rutohins. Sh••· re. Shaw, Standring & Secretary.
eeting 5th. arch. Pre ent: Kaude (in oha1r), Dodd, ~teat, Readlsm, M1qe Hutohins, Shaw, Kra. Shaw,Standring, and e'lret.sry. 
1.-fif teld 	Seriea. Waatage of Child Lite. alt!rltione 
ExteneiYe and expensive correotione sod 11111-IGI in hanrl, but oaue1n delay. ~.-Tracts Publi~hed. No. 142. Rent and Value. 10000 printed. 
• 	143. eleh Old Testament. !'iOODordex·ed, and about to ne published.3.-~. suhmitted unrier L~. O~~e • 
A large number have been oon~i~ered and so far not one has been found suitable and only one is still under ooneideration 
Letter on Mallnok 
After further cons1 eration and ooneultation with the author, the Committee adhere to ita ~ormer deo ~ion to i~que the letter aft an oooaaional publication 'for the in~or ation o~ member only. 
5.-Covers of Traota. 
It was resolved by a oaJority to reoo~end that suitable trante be i~sued in oYere: aaoh cover to have the a~e~ esign, but to be differ·~~--­
~--~~~~~~--~~~~~~. oo~ov~; ~n• cover t~ oe 1nae ennent or the body or the tract~ so thst it osn be reaoved for binding and copies to be sent to me~bers need not have the cover. 
Standrin 1s estimate of ooat of rover is £1. per 1000. The coat of a first edition 10000, 20 pages, coat £23,12,6. Prooeeda, 7000@ 8}d. per doz. £19. Loqa £4.10. Wtth oover1 on 7000, Loa 
£11.10.0 20000, 16 p&fieS, cost £32. Proceeds 17,000 ~. per dos. £46.0.0. Profit £1•. With oovera on 17.000 LOltl £3. 6.-Interpretation of Buts. Proposed reprint ot the reports of Ba81e Leotures 1n 
•Pabian NewB ' with author'• oorreotions. Referred baot. 
The 	Comatttee reports that on full consideration it adhere• to ita for~er deolaion to reject the propoeal.
7.-Minority Deport. !he number ordered by ua was 2000 of eaob. Webb printed
and sent aooo. Delpatohed to date:-~e lt50 Part I Poor Law 8150 Part II Unesployment.
Reoeipta in oaah £17•. Many aceounts not rendered. Paid to ~1dney Wobb £150. Leavtng £50 to completepaTment for 2000 and £150 for 3000 8.-American Royalties. The Ball PubliShing Co. of Boaton has paid £7.10. for moral right to publi~h 'Fabian E ~aya"and •f.bie 
_______________________41serr of Roots.________ 
•·-•An Unauthorised Prosr~•. 
A propo l by P. J. Reid tor a volume on tbla subjeot ha loos been under oonaideratlon. Hie dra~t outline baa been approved and he baa been invited to oomplete the book. We have pr~ised to do an7thins we oan to assist in gettin it published and o roulated. 
Ay 	er Maude Chairman. 



!'rivate. Report of t._ ..bllahlal o...lttee. 

Keetinl 26tho March lt09. 
Present: -de (in ohalr)t Illss Jlutchins, Dodd, Gueat, Jleadlam,M.oner, Standr1ng9 and seoretar7. 
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1.-Cro7don Bleotion. Aa a mat.ter of urgeuc7 the publioation of partot a letter fraa ~· Beorotar,r to the Liberal A&ent (P. W0 Galton), ancl the replJ of the Beoretar7 there'o was clt.oua•ecl~ and a reao­lution ~117 encloretng the repl7 waa adopted.Particular• are 1B .,abian Rewa •. 
2.-Pifield Seriea. •••'*~ Bclltione of ~00 onl7 of Tell. Tl & Vll 
wore acre..... ancl publioat.ion of tbeae Yol• after Boater waa ~rovedQ 
1.-Shaw on lall..k. Pormat of th1a aa an ooo..l p~er waa approved. 
•··!reat Ko. 14ao Wel1h llblieal IS. waa announoecl aa publiahecl. 
5.• Colo~ CoYerl. It WM &~reed to aak Gill to prepare a cleai&DI to lahe Tract I ,•raot.a for Socialiat.a•, with d..1&Jl 011171 Ho. 51, •sooiallem True and Palae• with Webb1 a portrait on deaipl and to def'or oeleotion of Traot with Sbaw'a portralto 
&.-Medical Proteaatoa. IS. b7 heat. woo oubmitt.ecl. 
qlmer Kaude Chairman. 
Prbate. Plnance and General Purpoeee COIIIU.ttee. 
Report ot Meetin& 17th. ~h, 190t. 
Preaent.: Blue! (:La Chair), Baaer. SaDden cl Seeret&rJ. 
1.-Candidat.ea. umber elected 52. Lut. JeU' 88. AYerac• ..baoripti.. 18 ordln&rJ member• £1•••1. ~erace t4 all U/11•
Re•:Lanat:L of f m•bere were IIOO..ted, aad repert. rece:LYed that 111 1J1Clud1q Ceoil a.estert.., B. E. Dell. and '· R. Marr a4 been etruok ert for aoa.p.,ment. of lubeorqt1••· 
a.... Acootmt•.,. to end ef rebi'U&rf were reported, eubaert.ptioM Ucnria& 4eoU.ne f'rca QC>M to GOlf, and Traot ealu f'rca 
t. £15lo 
1... Offiae hmlture. I'P'eU.ea an4 e1tS..tea te the ea\ent of &bftt 1&8 were appreYe4. 
•·-Be. 8 Ajo. In ......eaoe f the relipatlen ot s. G. •obloa aad tbe del1re of •· w. Maoreet7 to be releaaed ..._ ~et the 4•\71 it waa reaolYed to reo.-m... that a. e. K.....r and B. R. Peaae be appelated tr.ate.. toae,her with Hubert Blaad ne retai.D.e the pelt. 
5.-Bleot1oa luad. It waa acre.. to tleoe the balaaoe la 11&114<••' QM)) to a 4epol1\ uea.at la the n~aea et 
\lae ,.,_\eel. 
lo.. CroJdeB Bleotien. A propolal fr• CroJ4• rablaal that we loia tJle I.L.P• la p.-t:Lnc rrank Slaltll'• Candtlature waa oo•ldered and releoted. 
7o• Deleaatleaa. r..lt-'lona to lend 4eleaatea to aa Iate.aati.-.1W•en'• fre..• Le...e D...U\rat:L• wero refel'l'.. to \he Wcaea'• CJnillp tor Repe.t. (Report Jau beea reodYed ancl will be eullaitt..). 



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Meeting 22nd. April 1909. 
Present: Bland (in chair), Webb and Secretary. 
lo• Candidate• for Month were elected. 17 ordinary average auba ription 8J2. Average ot all candidate•. 35 candidates •Jlo. 
2.-Resignation• were w:oepted from 
P. 	w. Galton, who will probably become an aa8ociate,and 8 other membera. 
3.-A Report on the method of reminding members in arrears with 
subacription was ordered to be prepared.
(Aa r~inder rorms must be reprinted at once the 
Report ia annexed). 
•·-Minority Report.
In 	Yiew of the new cheap Government 8vo. Edition it was decided with Webb'a approval to reduce the price of the 2/-Voluae to 1~ from April 26th. Webb to be paid at a correspondingiy reduced rate. 
5~-Auditor. It waa agreed to accept Hector Thomsen's offer to 
audit the accounta and to plaoe hia name nth the 
other offioera. 
6.-The Annual Meeting agenda was considered and adopted. 
H. Bland Chairman. 

Reminders re Subscriptions. 
The system hitherto in force has been to remind members, associat es and subscribe s the month following that in which their subscription falls due (Fonn 1 annexed). In the case of subscribers if ther e i s no response, say within a month or o, their car ds are removed from the list. Associates {who~e minimum subscription is 10/-) are allowed a little longer grace. 
Until ecember last year, members generally speaking were allowed t o r emain on t he list amd remi nded again in the following year.
I, is now suggested that in addition t o the ordinary re­minder! in the month following that in w ich the subscription becomes due, members should receive ~ay three months later a second reminder marked •second application" (Fol~ 2 annexed). Should the fail to 
r eApond t o thi s , within say tw~ months, the special letter {Form 
3 annexed) should be sent. Failure to Pe&~se reply to this should 
be followed b¥ report to the Finance and General Purposes Commiittee 
and Executive tor removal from the list. Members six months in a 
arrears would thus come up for review periodically. 
~ne present practice regarding ordinary subscribers might be continued. In the case of associates, the tonn No. 3 might be sent say after 3 months, failure to respond being followed by 
remOYal under report. 
Edw. R. Pease Secretary. 


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EXE CU T IV E CO MMITTEE 
1909 10. 
~llss ~lABEL ATKINSOI\ L. CJ LIIIOIZ\ "01\F) \I.P. 
H. GRA:\VILLF 8.\RKFR \11ss )1. B. Ill RBY 
D•. ETHEL BF.NTI!A\1. EDWARD R. PE \~I· 
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F. LAWSON DODD. \\'. STEPH F:'-1 S.\1\ DHlS, 
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R. C. K. ENSOR. CI.IFFORD D. S II .IRP 
L. HALJEN GUE .T G. BF.RNARD Sll \\\' 
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A\DIFR \ 1.\llll .. SIDNE\ \1'1-Bll 

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STAND I NG COMMITT EES. 
Finance and General Purposes Committee. A\ U.tEk :\1.\l J•E (l hairman). R C K E:'\~Ow (\'ice-Chairman). Dr 1-.THEI. BE:-.iTIIA.I 11 UJ::.IH Bt."'· 

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Private. Report of the Publishing Committee. Meeting 30th., April, 1909. Present: Maude {in chair), Barker, Dodd, Guest, Miss Hutchins,standring and Secretary. 
1.-	Colou•ed Covers for Tracts. 
A. 	E.~Gill was interviewed and design offered by him was considered. It was agreed:­(&) That the heavy border proposed would be suitable for a 
Tract without portrait, and he be asked to canplete it for Tract 5, •Facts for Socialists". 
(b) 	
That no such design is technically possible 1n combina­w6~ tion with a half-tone portrait block, and a line design for No. 51, •socialism True and False• be pre­pared by Standring for the new edition now required.

(c) 	
That as none of the Tracts actually but not nominallyby Shaw is suitable for wide circulation, he be asked to allow his portrait to be used on a cover for No. 1~2. 


•Rent and Value•. 
2.-	The following Tracts practically out of print were or•ered to 
be dropped:­No., 28. {Leaflet) Rural County Council Q,uestions. No. 97. ( • ) Municipal Steamboats No.l02 ( " ) Questions for Metropolitan Boro' Councils. No.lll. Reform of Reformateries. 
No. 15. English Progress Towards Social Demooraoy (1888)Seo. reported quite out of da~e in style, thoughthe substance is of value. Agreed that Webb be as~d whether he would be disposed to re-write. No.l07. Socialism for Millionaires. Edition of 3000 to be reprintedNo. 76. Houses ~or the People. To be suspended and revised when new Act is passed.No.l22. MUnicipal Milk. Dodd to be asked to report on 
what revision is needed.
3.-New Traots. Socialism and Machinery By Schloesser and Game. Approved and ordered to be set up. First-fruits of £6.offer. 
Public Nurseries. Mrs. Townshend. 
Generally approved but ordered to be turther read. Tracts on Education (by the Group) and on Medical Servioe by Haden Guest were further considered. 
~.-	A large amount of other ••••-* business was oobaidered, none of 
whioh need be reported yet or at all. 
Aylmer llaude Chairman. 


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Standift« Order• and Ordere o~ Reference to Sub-Committees. 
1.-Each member of the Executive Committee shall preside ~ turn at 1\8 meetings, in alphabetical order, (the name of the member(whose turn 
~ 
it is being stated in the agenda of each meeting). If the Chairman eo designated 18 not present at the t~e for belinning business, aeme other member then present shall be voted to the chair, which he ahall retain throughout the meeting. The Chairman shall have a vote •• m~ber of the Committee but no casting vote. 
2.-The Meetings of the Executive Committee ahall be held at the Society's office, and normally at 5 or 5.30 p.m. on such Fridays as mey be fixed from time to ttme. A Special meeting may be called by the Senretary whebever required. An Agenda (including as far as may be practicable, such reports of Sub-committees as may have been prepared) 
thqn the morning delivery o~ the day of oeeting. Any member of the Executive Co~~ittee wishing to move a resolution on any subject (other than matters arising out of the report o~ a Sub-Committee, or other item in the agenda) shall give notice thereof to the Secretary two olear days before the date of the meeting. Except by1 the unanimous consent of the members present, no resolution (other than afore&ain) shall be moved without notice. 
3.-Thatproceedings of the Executive Committee and of its Sub-committees, 
and any statements made thereat, are to be regarded am absolutely 
private and confidential, exoept in so far as any publication 


de~and of any fi?e members present the terms of any resolution put to the Executive Committee and the names of those voting tor or against tt shall be specially entered upon the minutes and shall thereupon cease to be confidential. 
4.-Exoept in oa e of urgency, to be decided by vote or the Executive Committee. all matterq for ita decision, including all lettere requi~ing attention or reply shall stand reterz·ed to one or other ot its Standing ~ub-Co~ittees or to a Sub-Committee specially appointed, and shall be considered by the Executive Committee only on report8 from the appropriate sub-committees. 
5.-Eaoh Sub-Committee shall submit to the next ensuing Executive Com­mittee a succinct report of the proceedings at each of its meetings, arransed in numbered paragraphs, ann including definite recommenda­tiobs on the points on which it desires the ExecutiYe Committee to decide. The report shall be prepared on the authority of the Chairman of the Sub-Committee, and shall bear his signature. It shall state the names of the members of the Sub-committee present 
at the meeting. 
6.-It shall be open for any member of the Executive Committee, to mo?e (without notice) with reference to any paragraph in the report of a Sub-committee containing no recommendation,, either an expression 
of the opinion of the Executi?e Committee upon th
e •aragraph, or merely that it be referred back to the Sub-Committee for turther consideration of the subJeot. 
2. 
C~ ttee ahall be put to the Executive Co~tttee n the usual way , anrl t e resolution• oome to on auoh re~o~endation shall etand re~er~ed to the lub-Co~ittee concerned or execution. 
e.-Any member o t he F.xeoutive Committee may subject to notice move that any subjeot be refe red for consideration and report to t-e appropriate Sub-Co~itteee and any euoh motion , if adopted , ehall be taken into oon !deration by t he Sub-Co~ttee at ita next meeting, when the member movin sh 11 be entitled t o attend. 
9.-Any member of the Executive Committee may be pre ent at t he meeting of' any Sub-COl!ll!littee , bnt, unle" a nember t hereof, he shall not vote, --nor, ~ t by permission, speak. 
10.-Ra~h Rub-comm ttee shall eleet a tandinp, chairman for the year (or such shorter period a 1t a.y rl ec ..i.de) ; who 11hall be responsible ~or mov ing at the Rxect tive Co~ittee the reoeption of t he report of' the Sub-Co~ttee. Each Sub-Comm1 ttee may , if de !red , elect 
a standing Vic..Chai~an. 
11.-E eh S1•b-co tttee •h 11 l)onf'oi'l!l to the tanrting Orders r 01• the t ime being jn for< ei •hall cieal only wtth attez· within its referenoe and a t by a majority. 
It may fix ita own time and place of meeting. nd its own quoram. 
authority specially given to it by a resolution of the 

Rxecutive Commdttee and to the ape~ifio authorities in the 
&rders of the Reference), 
(a) 	To discuss and make a recommendation to the Executive Committee on, any matter within its own Order of Reference. 
{b) 	To carry out any explicit decision of the Exeoutive Com­mittee on matters within its own Order of Reference 
(c) 	
To take on the ma1tere within its own Order of Reference any action urgently required in the interests of the Society, which will not permit of the delay involved in awaiting the next Executive Committee; but subject to the foregoing , no Sub-Committee may , without having first obtained an explicit deoi ion of the Executive Committee: 

(x) 
incur any expense or liability exceeding £10; 

(y) 
make any new departure in policy or practice• 

(z) 	
publish anything in the name or on behalf of the Society. 


13.-~he Honorary Treasurer, Hubert Bl~nd, and the General Seor•••rr Edward Reynolds Pease, shall be authorized to sign cheques on behalf of the Society and to conduct the Banking Bu~inees of the Society, and the said Edw. R. Pease shall be authorized to endorse cheques and other instruments payable to the Society. 
4. 

A. 
There ~hall atand referred to the Fe & G. P. Sub-Committ.e Co~ittee for oonaideration and report all attere relat1n to 
(a) nnanoe 
(1) 
The 	re cipt and custody o~ the Sooiety'a funds• 

(2) 	
The aubs&riptiona and donations of ~em era. aseooiatee and other ~ 


(3} 	The keepinl of the Soriety1 a ancounta. and the prepara­t~on o~ ll neoes ary financial tatement • 
(b) 
The 	election of new member• and as~oniates. 

(o) 
The 	representation of the oo1ety at Conference • &o . 

(d) 
The 	preparation of the Annual Peport. 

(e) 
The 	~anagement of the Society'• offioe and offioe staff. 


(f) The 	supply of inf'or~ation in respoiUie to enquiries i 
(1) The 	Local Government In~ormation nureau. 
(g) 	All Rills and ot er ~arliauentary matte q . 
C! aula. Book Boxes .

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(1) The 	arr·angel!lent or lectures. 6· t h 
~c . a t e regular ~eetinga of the Society. 
(j) Any 	other busine~s not fallina ithi th 
o w n e reference to another ub-o "l!l!D.i ttee. 

B. 	
Propag nda Sub-Committee. There ~hall stand referred t


oone1derat1on ~nd report, o the Propaganda Sub-Commctttee for 
11 matters relating to:­
(a) 
Leoturea: 

(l) 
The 	organ1aat1on 0 ~ 


Propagandist lecture•• courses, &Q. for the OOiety as a 
whole and 	otherwise. 
(2) The 	supply of leoturcrR • &ll • t~ h
"ot 	er orp,anisatione. 
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oe ~&Ken ~o ma1n~ain and increase the membership•
c weau• liO 
(c) 
The prOYlnoial Societies ann the London Group • 

c. 	
The Publ i htng Sub-committee. There shall ~tand referred to the Publ ahing ub-Committee for 


consideration and report all matters relating to+­(•) The Tracts~ reports and books t hat the Societ;r places on sale. 
(b) 	
The preparation of new Tracts, reports and books for publica­tion by the Society. 

(c) 
The literar;r property of the Society 

(1) 	
The Sub-Co:nm.i ttee shall, before taking steps to commit the Society to any new Tr cta, &c. submit to the Executive Com­mittee a reco~endation as to the subject9 authorship and other details. 

(2) 	
The Sub-Committee hall circulate to t he me bers of the ExecutiYe Committee in good time complete proofs of all publications whi~h it proposes to recommend the Executive 

(3) 	
The Publishing Co~ttee shall be authorized to decide (aubJeot to report tn ear.h case to the Executive Committee) the details as to the reprinting, revising, and re-issuins of the tracts, booka 9 ~eporta, &c . already authoriaed b7 the Executiye Comm "ttee to be placed on sale. 


But 	it 
shall not, Without the explicit authority of the Bxeoutive 
Committee in eaoh oaae, issue or publish any new matter, 
or co~t the Society to such issue or publication 
(d) The oontrol of•Pabian News•. 
Repert of ~e ,.blianlDC Committee.
PrS.vate. 
Keet1Dg l~th. KaJ 9 1909. Present: Bland, Barker, Sander•, Sbaw, Mr1. Sbaw~ standring, and Seoretarr. Also Guest • 
•-~land was elected Chairman and Krs. Shaw Vice-chairman for the 7ear,and Friday at 5. 30 p.m. was fixed as the regular t~e for meetinls 
request the Executive to add Haden Guest to 
d Kra. Reeve• (inteotioua) 

4.-Reprint. It was resolved to reprint 2000•Manioipal K1 
./ from Stereo&. 

5.-Coloured Covers for Tracts. 
~ Purther -··•••-w•••..,. arransements were made 
It wa1 agreed to aooept Shaw's otter to write a tract on 
Socialism to be issued with portrait cover. 

/~.-Tract submitted b7 the Education Committee. 
~ On further report& that this was too aolid to print as drafted,it was agreed to ask the Group to re-write it 1D a stJle suitable for publication. 
~Public Kedioal Service. It was agreed to ask the Executive to appoint a Committee oons~at~ng mainl7 o~ la~en, and to include Dr. Wheeler,/ to 
cons1der th1s subleot, and the drart traote ereon. 
a.-Care-committee Leaflet. 
L 
It was agreed to &end out with •Fabian News• a leaflet drafted bJ Webb, approyed and to be signed. bJ a number of L. c. Coun­oillora, and members of the Education Committee. Guest was authoriaed to oonault Webb aa to amendments proposed. b7 him,
to be adopted if approYed • 
• -Pabian Poster Form. A auggeation bJ Letohworth r. s. that a deal&D for poster• be prepared, was oonsidel'M and re~ected. 
Hubert Bland Chairman. 
Private. Report of Propaganda Committee. Keetins Mondaf Kar 17th. 1909 at 5.30 p. m. 
Pre~ent: Miss .Urbf (in ohair) Miss Attinson, Dodd, Ensor,Sharp and a 'r w. Sanders. 
1.-Chairman and We have re-elected Miqs Murbf as our Chairman Vi0e-Chairman. and elected Clifford Sharp Vice-Chairman. 
2.-Day and hour of eeting. We have decided to meet on the 2nd. and 4th. Monday~ in the month at 5. 30 p.m. 
3.-Title of Committee. We have oobaid8red t his matter referred to ua by the Executive Committee and recommend that the title of the Com­mittee in future b' •The Organising and Propaganda Committee". 
4.-Preliminary Proposal of Co~ittee on Amendments to the Constitution. 
We have received a re~uest from the Committee on Amendments to t he Conatitution that oertain preliminary propoeala drawn up by them should be submitted to t he various Societies and Groupa for them to consider and to give their views thereon. We have ordered the preliminary proposals to be printed and recommend that theybe circulated to the Societies and Groups as requested. 
5.-Conference of Group Secretariea. 
We have decided to call a Conference of the Secretariea of London local and ubjeot Groups with t he object of increasing their effioienor and pre•enting overlapping of work. 
6.-Poor Law Report Campaign.
Arrangements have been nade for Mr. & trs. We b to address meetings on the aubJeot of t he Poor Law Min•rity Report at Hampstead~ ~xford, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Newcastle. 
7.-Suburban Lecture Courses. 
Prel1m1nary atepe have been taken to ho1d Suburban Lecture Course• a~ Gree~eb, Bethna1 Green, (m1d41e olaaa por~ a)Dulwich, Southall, Ohiswick, Camberwell, Willea4en, Cr1oklewoo4 and Wood Green. 
B.-Provincial Sooietiea. 
Preliminarr atepa ha•e been taken tof form Pabian Societies at Bolton, Nottingham, Watford and Hale. Intereating enquiriea aa to forming Societies at YotQbama, Budapeat and Vienna were reported. 
9.-Pro•incial Courses. 
We ha•e reo1evd an application from the Llandudno I.L.P. which organised the Provincial Course recentlr held in that town for a contribution toward the local expenses of the Courae which was somewhat hea•y. As the course resulted in the formation of a Fabian Sooietr we recommend that the Societr p~ the sum of £3. being about half the looal expense~. 
MurbyChairman. 


PriYate. Report of the Finance and General PurposesCommittee Meeting on Ma7 20tho 1909. 
Present: llaude (in ohair), Bland, Guest, Sharp, Shaw, Webb, Sanders and Secretar,r.Absent: l!naor (excuaed) lllsa Benthaa and Kone7. 
1.-~ewas elected Chairman and Bnaor Vice-chairman , and the meetinga were fixed for ThursdaJs at 6 p.m. 
2.-Candidates were elected. AYera&e lt\lb&oription of 11 ord1narJ candidates 19/9. Last month a~: aYerage of all 40 candidates Yjl: last month •Jlo. 
3.-OQtline Accounts for April were submitted showinl subscription•of members and associates £1~: laat year £63. 
•o-Auditor's Report.This not being quite read7, was ordered to be broughtbefore the Executive direct. 
5.-Soiree and Dinner. An expeoted profi~ of about £2. was rep6rted. 
6o-Pordbam's Resolution on Land Gl•b• and Rural Program.
It waa resolYed to ask the Executive to appoint a 
apeo~A1 Comm~ttee to oonaider and r eport on this
subJect wi~h a Y1ew to a tract. 

7.-~Chairman for Spenaer Wilkinson at Memerial Hall. Bland. 
8.-Parliaoentar.r Fund. Balano e on hand of £171 and about £18. shortlJ 
expected was reported. 
t.-Po11t1o&l Po11o7. The important deo181ona arrived at are ~bodied 1n a
apeoial Report annexed • 
.Vlmer Jlaude Chairman. 
Striotly private. 
Copies should not be taken from the Office. 
RepQrt on proposed Electoral Policy. 
(prepared by the Secretar,). 
I. Taunton. 
Letters from the Taunton L.R.C. asking whether we proposed to put a candidate into the constituency for the General Election. f rom t he Labour Party Chief Agent advising us to do so, and from others were oonsidred. The Secretary reported t hat Prank Smith put hicselt entirely in our hands, would stand if invited, or stand aside for any other candidate. The suggest ion that the constituency was su tabl e (by its cheapness and otherwise ) f or a Fabian Candidate of 
the r~s1Dc-70UD&-m&D t7P•• was eaa.~dered. Finally in view of the hopelessness of winning the seat i t was agreed that,the Executive be recommended to inform the Taunton 
L. R. C. that the Fabian Society was not at present disposed to take any responsibilities in the matter of a candidature, and to express the hope t hat they would be able to obtain a suitable candidate otherwise. Also that FDha& Smith be informed of the decision and th~nked f or hi s courtesy i n the matter. 
II. Portamouth. 

In responae to requests from local Fabians a report was 
aubmitte• {by order) by Sanders to the following effeot:­He has been adopted as Labour Candidate for Portsmouth on the nomina­tion of the r.L.P. who have accepted technical responsibility for the 
election expensea: at the last election the figures were 
T. A. Bramadon Lib. 10,500 
Sir John Baker (aged 81) • 102236 
Sanders Lab. 8~172 
Hll~ Con. 7,970 
Whitelaw • 7~752 
Jane ~~) 1~859. 

Baker will not stand again, and may die before the General 
Election. There is no local Liberal obvi ously suitable for t heir 

•eoond candidate, no steps have been taken to eeleot one, and it may be anticipated that the Liberals will not put up a man against San~era either at the General or at a B7e-electicn. On the other hand the Conservative• and Liberal Unionist• have embarked on a bitter quarrel~ the last phaae of which is that they have each repudiated the other's candidate. 
At the general election Sanders' expens es (with 5 other 
candidate• in tbe field) were £205, all raised locally except £17 
sent through the Fabian Society. On December 31st. 1908 £127 

was 
in hand, collected for the next oontest by the local organisation 
which is in many ways far more efficient than in 1906 and has 

2. 
aeoured a seat on the Town Council against a combined Liberal and Tory. 
It waa etated that the I. L. P. would probably be glad to be relieved of the financial ~~.~~~~~~burden of this candidature, and would thua be free to put forward another candidate elsewhere: and that ae Sanders is an official of the Fo s. it is more appropriate that he should look to it, rather than the I.L.P. for financial support. 
Purther he stated t hat a paid registration agent and local organiser ou.ht to be engaged, and neither the I. L. P~ nor the local organisation could find funds fo~ this. 
On these and other consideration• the Committee unan~ously agreed on the following recommendation to the Bxeoutive:­
1 -That the I. L. P. be informed that the Fabian Society is prepared to take over from the, the responsibility for Sanders' candidature at Portsmouth. 
2.-Thatf, on reoe~pt of the~r consent. the Labour Party be 
asked to transfer the no~nation ot Sander• to the Pabian Society, and be informed that the Sooiet7 aooepte full financial reapnstb1lity theretor, in accordance With their rules. 
s.-~t the Portsmouth Labour Party be notified of the lhange, 
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{to which it understood that no ob3ection will •e made) and informed
A that the Fabian Soo1et7 has put asi•e the sum ot £200 tor Portsmouth, and that this sum may be used durtn~ the next t 
o wo years tor paying a Resietration Agent and organising Secretarr. (selected sub3eot to 
our approYal) on the understanding that every effort be made locally to replace this aum in the election fund durtns this t~e. 
It may be added that a looal workman is available and in ~ Sanders' opinion very suitable for the post. 
It these recommendations are adopted and the necessary negotiations oompleted, it is proposed that the dec ision be reported in •Fabian News•. 

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Private. Report of the Organising and Propaganda Committee. 
Meeting Monday June 7thv 1909. 
Present: Miss Murb;y (in chair), M:Lss Atk:Lnson,Dr. Ethel Bentbam, Dodd, Headlam, Mrs. Wells &9ft sanders, and Sharp. 
Suburban and Provincial Lectures. 
(a) 	
We have instructed the Org. Sec. to prepare a new Course ot lectures tor next session based upon the doctrine of the National Minimum and the MinorityReport of the Poor Law Commission. 

(b) 	
Provincial Courses have been booked at Plymouth and Glasgow and District. 

(c) 
Suburban Course booked at Forest Gate. 


2o-New Society.A Society has been formed at Bolton (Lanes) by organisingsecretary. Tunbridge Wells F. s. revived by Dodd. 
3.-Newcastle Fabian Society has been wound up and its cash balance handed to the parent Society. 
4.-Ar.L~ual Conference 
(a) 	
It was decided to book University Hall for the Annual Conference on July 10. 

(b) 	
I~ was decided that the proposed Amendments to By-lawsrelating to Groups and Sociaties, and the MinorityRepQrt Campaign should be discussed at the Conference {Proposed Agenda for the Conference will be submitted) 


5o-Request tor Literature from Liberia was considered and suitable 
tracts ordered to be sent. 
6o-Request from the Society tor the Promotion of Physical Welfare ot Children that they might be granted 300 copies ot Tract No. 140 (Child Labour Under Capitalism} to send to 300 selected members of Parliament was &ea&~ 6ft& ~~& 
considered and granted. 
7o-Lectures by Shaw. 
Arrangements have been made for Shaw to give lectures during the winter at \'lalaall, Leicester, Rutderst'ield and Llandudno u4der the auspices of the local Fabian Societies;also at Sidcup under the auspices of the local Fabian Group. 
M. B. MurbyChairman. 


Report of the Finance and General Purposes Committee.
Private. 
Meeting lOth. June, 1909. 
Present: Maude (in chair), Bland, Ensor, Guest,Sharp, Shaw, Webb, and Secretary. 
lo-The 33 	Candidates were all elected. 
Average Subscription:-ordinary members 10/5, all members 6/-· 
2.-Accounts to May 31st. were submitted, showing Subscriptions £173 (last year £155). Sales £30. (Last year £6~). 
3.-A circular letter was ordered to be issued to the local Societies and Groups asking information in relation to their salea of our literature. 
4.-Auditor's Report.
Letter from Auditor was read approving the accounts, but commenting on the outstanding balance (£27.9.8) of the loan to the School Feeding Fund. After discussion Guest desired to be put on record that he accepted personal liability for the amount and he undertook to send a l etter to the subacrtbere, to be drafted by the Secretary, asking them to pay the out­standing balance. 
5.-Parliamentary Candidatures. Portsmouth. It was reported that our proposals were acceptedby all concerned. 
Oldham. An invitation from the local L. R. c. tp provide a candidate was discussed at some length, and adjourned pending rece~pt of further information. 
6.-Autumn 	Fabian Lecturea. 
Proposals for a course of 5 lectures by Nursery members on 

•A 	Restatement of Socialism", and for a course on" A Political Program" were considered• 
• -Delegates. It was decided not to send delegates to the Committee for the Hyde Park Demon•tration on Land and the Budget, ~ecauee the Demonstration was on July lOth. the date of 
our own Conference. 
Aylmer Maude Chairman. 

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Repo.&l ~t t he ubl1eh1n& Co 1ttee. 
Uee\ing ~tb. June 1909 . 
Present: nland (in oh 1r), Barker, Feadl , " • Reeve•,an-iere , Shaw, r • Shaw an eoretary. 
eet1n 1 th. June 1109. 
Pre ent: Blan~ (in o air) , Rarter, Keadlam, ~ande • • Sbaw 
•· Shaw , tan ring and Secretary. 
l.• Coloured Cover t~r Traotl . A red and 7ellow Co..-er with 1Jebb•1 ortl·ait hu been eoided on, subjeot to eta11s to be ettled b7 r . & •· Rernard haw. A ~e isn tor ooYer with~1t portrait by A. • • Gill baa been aooepte ubj ot to R e o lble mod1t1oationA . 
2.-aohinery, ite tere and its Rerv ta. !hi new traot bae een p-... paaae t9r pre e: 7,500 
o e · , t e • of • was ~rdere to be paid to t e authore. 
1. -Public Nur eries. 
Proof 	ot Traot on th11 subject by re. Town hen4 is •ent herewith for the o ente of the Bxeoutive Co ttee. 
~.-A large &Aount ot det iled hu in••• haa been tranlalted but no 3&ttere be7aad the abOYe re ripe for report. 
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Meettna June 28tho 1909. 
Preaentl Sharp (in chair), DrQ Eo Benthamo Mial Murby, 11118 At.k1Daon9 Dod4, Bn8or, and Sandera. 
1.-Pabian Coaferenoe.
We haYe lll)proYe4 A&enda, oopiee of' llhioh baYe been oiroulated, and propoae to nominate Sharp to take chair. 
2.-Per1o41oal Conf'erencea of' London Groups. We haYe arransed to hold periodical Conf'erencea of' the London Grolll)a in order to oo-ordinate and etrensthen their work and to ezchance _... Yiew with regard to eateneion and ~rOYement of aotiY1tiea. 
s.-Provincial Lecture Coureea . We have agreed to t.he Orsaniling Secretary g1Y1Dg two leoturea for the Leiceater Pabian Sooiet7 on the 
Minority Report. 
•·M Toronto Fabian Societ7. We haYe rece1Yed an intereeting letter fran KoEillop 
-----••111-t.ha r.e~er.oo• tg the Pab:Lan 9&oi.~t.;y i.D 'l'oront.o and etepa are beinc taken te keep in touch with it. 
fi.-New Society. The Orsaniaing Secretary will open a new Pabian Societ7 
at Goldera Green on July 9th. 
6.-Pabian Law Gr019. A •usseation by Webb that a Fabian Law Greup be t'ormed 
ha1 been diecuseed. An unaucoesatul attempt ha1 been made to rorm a Sooialilt Law Society. We have decided that no uaetul purpoae wou1.<1 De served-by the t'ormation of the propoa.. Grcnq». Certain lesal per10111, however, were to be approuhed with t.he Yiew of settq thea t o 
Join the P. s. 
011f'ford SharpVioe-Cbairman. 
R-.,ol"\ or the Publ1ah1Ja& Ce~a1.ttee. 
Keetiag Bad. JulJ 1109. 

Pr..ent: BlaDd (in ohail'), Barker, Oueat, Beacllam,Mise HutobJ.Da, Sandera, Shaw, Kra. Shaw,Standrina and Seoretarr. 
1.-Gill'• deeign for Coloured Co•er for traota without portrait.On report that he wu not mcllned to r...out the p1llarll,it wae agreed to aooept hie deeign with thanta, and to proceed to iaeue 10,000 •r..ta tor Soo1alieta• therewith. 
2.-'l'raot 	bJ Shaw on llalloolt. On report of readere, it waa agreed to re-publilh a 
•Portnight~ Re.iew• article of aome J eara ago bJ G,B.s.,whioh he undertook to reviae, to be iuued with portrait 
oover in red and fellow. 
3e" Tract 	No. 146. •Public Rureeriea•. 
It wae agreed to ut the Ezeoutive to aend in ocaaenta on thie, and to proceed With oompletinc tor preea unleaa aubstantial Ob~eotioaa were made. 
~.-•Paota for Kensington•.
Letter trom Xra. 'lonahend re KS. on above aubjeot b7 varieue writera, eetlmated at 15,000 worda, and propo1ed to be publiehed with map at Id. Roush estimate b7 Jifield that 3 ,ooo would ooat •u. Ulhopt -. and would 
aell tor as. 
Acree4 to inform Kra. Townahend that the Ezeoutive ia prepared to approve the proJeot in prino~les to proceedw1th the oompletion of the work and to get quotat1oaa
tor the map. 
Bubert Bland Chail'l!lAn. 
Report o~ the Pinn ~• and General Purpoeee Commit~••·
Priva~e. 	Keo~i g lat. Julr. 1909. 
Preaont: Kaude (in ohair), Mise Bentbam, Bland, Bnaor, GReet. Sander• • Sharp, Shaw. Webb md Secretary. 
Sixteen candidate• were elootod, laet year the number wae 48.
1..-(a) 
Average eubeoription of ordinary member• 13/-and of all 
member• 9/1• wh1oh oom.paree with 10~ and 6/-laet month. 
(b) 	
Robert Dell who eent £10 for unpaid 8Qbeor1Jt1one wae re-1Ditated,and reeignat1on8· of Jerome x. Jerome, Georae Samuel and three other• were aooepted.

(o) 	
A lie~ of IS defaultere wae oon81d•red. and a ~yped pereonal let~er wu ordered to be eent the before tho:y wore •truok f4f. 

(4) 	
'l'ho Seorotar:r wu authorued to oleo~ oandidatee during ~e holidaye, roeerving anr oaeee ae to whloh anr eort of •oubt arole 


1.-Pinanoo• to date were ooneidered. Member•' Subeariptione ~or (!Uarter £281, an 1noreaeo f4 £51. .Aaeooiat.. £38, an illorea•e of £18. Traot aalee ~9, a deoreaee of £16. 
&.-Labour Party Antl-oaar'e Viei~ Demonetration. Bernarcl Shaw wae appointed epeaker for the Sooiet:r at Tratalcar SQuare on Bunda7 Jul:y 15th. 
•·-Conetltuenolee. 
Oldhfm. Kr. Petere, Election Aaent of the Labour Part:r. attend~ and further oorr•epondenoe wae oone14ered. It wu deoided. with hie oem,leto oonourronoe. to dooline to offer a candidate to Oldbam. 
Hammeremith. Proposal ~or a Pabian Candidate wae ooneidered ----------and reJeoted. 
5.-Nezt Seaa~on'a Leoturea. 
a. IAll.· l:t. wu 4M1cl.. no~ ~o reven ~~ •••u Kall and ~· 
otntiaue •~ the Memorial Ball al.••• ..me~hilai
prefora'ble oould be foUD4. 
b. lgoialle' in ~he tp~urt. Of~er b7 ~he •ure•r:r of the 
ollowlna 	oouree wu aooep~ed:.. !he Bear~ of Sooial18DI.. Clolegate
The future f4 Induetr;r. Sharp
the future If National Pinanoe. Blaaoo White. fhe New ~iroament. BeJ:'ben. !he Po11tioal future. Bohl•••••r 
All leo~ur•• to be written b:y the leo~urere 1n • ooneul~atlon, and with a view te •ublioatitn.
LMtur" to be monthl;r. 
o. !he »ropo••• Po11t1oal Couree ..... not :ret reaA• for oon­
eideratioa. 	­


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Meeting Monday July 1£«<h. 5.30 p.m. 
~~• Murby lin chair), Miss Atkinson, Dr. E~hel
Presen : 
Bentham, Dodd, Ens or, Sharp and Sanders • 

--------------------Excused.
1.-Letter from Headlam absent on L.c.c. Business. 
2.-we have considered ~he follow~recommendation referred to us • 
for report from the Finance and General Purposes Commi~tee.­
•
That the Executive raise the subscription of 1/-per

•
annum asked from University Members and t hat this 

•
resolution be reported to the Propaganda and Organising

•
committ ee: and t hey be re~uested to forward it t.o the 

•
E:nouti.Ye withf their opinion• • 


and we reo~ead that the Executive should m&Ae no changein the subscription charged to members of Universitiea other than Oxford and Cambridge and t hat Oxford University Pabian Society be asked to f ix the subscription to the parent _ 17_ . • Society of its members at 2/6 the amount paid by the~ Cambr idge University Fo s. ~ ~ 
3.-	Suburban and Provinc ial Lecture Courses. 
We have carefully considered the 11uestion ot meeting t he cost of these courses for the next session for which there is already a heavy demand although very little advertisement of them has yet been made. Laat session 52 Courses were givell in all, the total cost being £456 -£170 for Suburban and £286 for provincial Courseao Towards this sua £100 was advanced by the Trustees of No. 2 account. We are of the opinion that at least the same number of course1 &houl4 be given next aessiOD and that t he Trustees of No. 2. account should be requested to make a grant to cover anyportion of the cost which cannot be met out of the ordinaryincome of the Societyo We would point out that the proposed courses will in the main deal with the proposals of the Minority Report of the Poor Law Report and will therefore not only be educational but Will be or aaaietance 1n an agitation for ~ediate ends. With regard to grant• fran No. 2 account i t was W1derstood that the Trustees were pre­pared in 1907-8 to meet ooet of Suburban Courees given bu~ it was not necessary to apply to them and no grant was made in that Jear. The £100 paid last session was much under the amount that the Truateea agreed would be advanced it neceaeary
We reca:!l!llend 
(a) 	
That the Courses of Suburban and Provincial lecture• should be arranged at least to the same 

number as last year

(b) 
T 	~t the Truetees of Noo 2 Account be re~uested to make a grant luff'ioient to cover that portionof the coet which ea mot be me~ out of the ordinary income of the Society


4.-Ue Societies. 
The Org. Seo. has f ormed a new Soci ety at Golder Green 
~nd arrane~d o vi~it Rochda.le to form Society there. 
, .B. Murby (Chairman). 



aepert ef Ylnanoe and Gene~ Pazpeaea Oemmtttee. 
---------------------------------· 
~~•~n4. JU17• 1909. ~ ----------------
Preaent: llaude (in ohair). Jliaa Bentbam., Blan4, ....... Guest, Sandera, Shart, Webb and Secreta~. 
One reaignat1en wu aocepted, and the Seore't&l'f
1.-Kemberlhi•. 
reported that T. P. Riohardl :rvt. P,. ha4 •aU 
up arreara. 
1.-Circular on Traot Salel bJ Seoal Booietiel. It was ~ee• that Sandera draft a letter of &4·noe base4 en the repliel te t.hil e1realar., to be sent to Local So~1etiel after the ho1:Uara. 
1.-Br1t1ah Association for Labour Les181at1en. 
It wu agre.. to atq eur annual aubsorl.tlea d 11/-. ~.-!he Csar' • Via1t.
It was agre.. to un4 out the Labour Partr leat1et with •rab1an Newa•. 
5. -	Conatitution Committee. I~..!~.flr~..~-!lt.!! ~~~~;1~ter the 1.-Parl1amentarr Cand14aturea. A reQueat from But Nerthanta for a oan41da'te waa oonaidered and order•• 'te be retuae•. 7.~ Aatumn Leoturea. The fellowing were decide• on:­Oct. 8. B. D. Barbell. Bn4owment _, Uat.n·n1'tJ' • 22. L. !laden Gueat. A rear in a Sluat. Dilpenaal')'• Nov.12. Colegate. Nurael'J Courae. 1 
• 26. llemberat .Ueetinc. Conatitution Ctmmittee R..ert• Deo. 10. lha17. Nurael'J Courae 1 • 
• 17. A Leoture. 
a.-!he OGilllai ttee &4lourned. over the heli.•ar•,. 
AJ'lm.er Kau4e Chairman. 

Private., Report of the Publishing Committee. 
-------------~--­
eeting 16tho July, 1909 
Present: Bland (in chair). Barker, Readlam, Miss Xutchi..,Sanders,. S aw, Mrs., Shaw and Standring. 
1.-The Secretar a sent throu illness,sent apology. 
2.-It wal decided that 10,000 oop es of Tract No4 14 (Sh~w on Malloo ) sboul ne pr t ed when ready., Arising f rom this and the turt~er faot that we are repr i n in~ 5000 
t No. 51 an 10, 00 of o. 5 we have decided that efforts be made to eoure advts9 n the Wh le issue ot 2 ,000 t o the value of £10. 
3.-We have 	decided that t e new tract by • Towns end on public
Nurseries should be entitled, With her permission, 
w ational ~urseriea" and that 5,000 be printed. 

4.-We have 	oonaid•red replies to the circular on Sale ot Tracts 
sent to Societies and e..~¥ Groups and have dtoided 
to print and issue to Groups and Societies posters
advertising Tracts. 

5,.... M a matter of urgency we have appointed Miss Rutchina ~a 
representative of. the Soclety on a Committee eallng 
with Halt-Time and instruc ed the secretary to secure 
another representative (Mrs. HYlton ale has aooepte4

appointment).
We have also appointed Headlam as tb •P ak r to represent the Society at the Htde Park Demonstration on Saturday July 24th. 
6.~ We have 	considered letter tram Webb pointing out that the 
heavy cost of printing the additional 1,000 copies
of the Minority Report entailed a loss to him if 
the Society pai less than 9d. per copy for each 
volume and we recommend that 9d. per copy be paid. 

Rubert Bland 
Chairman. 



Private. Report ot the Or anising and Propaganda Committee. 
Meeting onday September 20tho 1909 at 5o 30 p. m. Pre ent: Mi s Murby (in chair), Miss Bentham , Mrl!l. Wells,Readlam, Dodd, harp, Peal!le and Sanders • 
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Private. Report 0~ the Fin nee and Ge~eral Purpose Committee . 
Meeting .... 3 t . .. Septe'!lber , 1909. Present: harp (in o. air), 41 s ent am, ander ~ e retary. 
1.-Can 1 ate ~or 3 n~~
t. Averar.. •b'3~ 8/J ~or all. 
2.-e i~n t!o~ o~ Mr 0 ~" 111", 
e~'re r_ • .L 0 • e 

11 te t '"l e true' of>f in ul7 • ,.d 
to 
4.-Aceou..'l 	
62). Traot Sal £72. (de­
-....,......__ ~ • Ir~' re se 118. 5.-S~ani h R -eq~io~. 
Propo e t'·. :!ureau. on vote o~ u:"~nr ~e T-e lution o~ ensure Secret'.,.~/i 
on p e~Q:ed y t e 

und. 
auntnn. 	L.R.C., askinJ u~ to 

1 o pu ~or~ard a coriespond~nl'e it wa the ~xec. not to alter 
(b) Ro "ale. 
7.-t< e po ition o~ The "' ent ~rom 4 conseou­o..e, Ma 21, une 25 ,of ab ence ranted 
fr-x1 4 oon­.la u..... 10, 
Lt-tter ""rom .• o'ley r a i mem er ... P, an u.~. .1.ng e Ce.l,)tion as on f or a senoe. 
arree t~ reco~en t e Exec. to gra t Mo~cy leave of eence Par July 2Srd. a~d t at l ave of b enoe ~ram t e Pinsn e Co."mJlttee ~or··July ~2nd. e g &.tlt d to him. 
B.-Con titution Co~ ·ttee. 
It a~ agree to asl. t e F1:eo. to fix a
date for thi Co ittee. 
9 -Day of Finance Co~~ttee 	eetinc • It as ~eo~~ed to ask the member 
to fix thia at the Executive Meetln • 



Pr1•ate. a.,ort of the Publiahins Cosaittee. 
Keet1D& _.th. September 1109. 
Pres ent: Barker, K1~a Hutohina, Btanclrin&, Sandera and eoretar7. 
1.-Fifield Seriea. Reprint ~f 1000 eaoh of No. 1. Sooi al1.. and Reli gion, and No. •· !aaia and Poli OJ of Sooialiam. 
1.-New Traota. 146. 1 The Caae f or Publio Nureeriea~ haa been publiahed. No • 1~6. Shaw'• •sooialiam and Superior !ra1na•. Proof aent to l&eoutl•e. To be author Ued for •reaa No. 1~7. •capital and C penaati~• 1 Peaae, ordered to be aet \ll)e 
3.-Coloured Co•era. 
No. 51. Sooialia True and Palae. Webb'a Portralt.lluo. Noa 5. raota for Sooialiata. Gill Doai,n. Bed. Both read7 for Preaa. No.l~7. Sooialiaa and au.erior lraina. Shaw. Portrait. Orance. Blook 1n preparation.All awaiting advertiaementa. 
•·-1 Wh&t to Read• Reprint. Practically ret47. 
Mi aa 	Hutohina and Sandera to be a C~ttee to r evise .-A draft •repar e4 b7 leor etar7 . 
5o-Enaor on Libertr. 
Lett er read aa7ing that he hae no t ime to write it. 

6.-•summarr of Seven Paper• read to the Women'• Group•. (Cop7 of whioh hae been alr ead7 aent to Exeo. Membera)Requeet b7 .~.&haw that it be aent out with the •N...• 
'After a lens debate it waa reaelveC •r t~ee votea 
•
to ; oao (one bein& ••tral) 'l'hat in view of the 

•
taot. that iroulatioa YitJa the 'Ben• la •notloallJ •oertaln to lead to pblioat.ion in the •r•••~ and 'that oertain paaaas•• ~&ht be liable to •••••an 

•
aeri01d m1aoonatruot.1on 1f regarclecl ae the •illiona •of the soo1et7• the COlllllittee :la unable to reo-oncl 'the Elteout1Ye to aont eat the lhammarJ in ita •rMont 

•
to~ with Jabian Men•. 'The action of the Women'• Gr-.. 1n •rint1D& 1000 oopiea of 

•
the llummarJ nt.hout oon•ultiq the Bzeo•tivo waa on the


•a1encla, but no action waa taken,• 
(Ieo Bzecut1yo A&encla for further clevol.,menta) 
Graoville Barker AeU.. Clhairman. 


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•ere atru k oft. 
2.-Aooounta 	to lOth. Sept..ber were prea te , ahowtns wube tptiona
61. L t rear £608. 
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atiataotorr Report fr oraaniat 1 w rk waa re 
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1.... fraata 1n •r...rau•. Hoe JAa. Soo1&11• aD4 s-.erlor lraln8• Co·t'er with Shaw'a portrai\ ,.. apprcwecl, and it ,.. acl"eocl to aed oepJ with ••••r toe \he meabera. 
'lhe \hree traota wta -.Jearocl oweN are uow "~• 
•~•pt for .&Yertl•..ent• on oo.er•• 
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Sent wt to the laeo•t1'Ye. C...14eratiea t.rerrocl. 
a.-IBS.~er oon•1derat1on•
.. ................ ... Paota for Ie~laetoa. lira. Townahend and othera. Ua...lo,aent bJ Webb. Offer aooeptedWhat a Health C..Uttee oaa do. Ill. offered ., Melll.l-" Leaflet on ••w..aper Correapondence. 11 a llallohe•ter Yltor. 
a.-fraat Sal• for I aoatha to 10\Jae s..t. llepwt et P'•t d.Mr...•. lllaber of fraota (U. & oyer)oiro1datecl f• •u ••Uw 85,.-. hae •u months 
~t , ......, •• 'l'hol! !J'tohd Bl!,ea. Salea 1n 6 months 15 oopieaAcre to &1Ye •••1 the r ...ind.er.
Shall it be put 1n •Hewa• r 
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Meeting 5th. November 1909. 
Presents Bland (in chair)~ ~s• Rutc~na. Mra~ Qhaw, ~-·•••• 
Headlam~ Shaw, Standring, Sanders and Secretary. 
Covers.
The ecretary reported advertise~ents obtained to the value of £8.10.0. Ralr page re~uired for ourselves. Total £10. All now ready for press. 
~.~Tract 147. Capital and Compensation.After fUrther criticisms by Shaw, whioh were discussed at length, the Tract was passed for the •ress . 
3.-Advertiseme~ s. It was agreed to take a page in the I.L.P~ Year Book for £3.10.0. 
4.-•Facts for Kensington•. Mrso Shaw reported the MS. ·excellent. Mrs. Townshend attended to confer with the Committee upon it. It was agreed to have a map and to consult Fifield as to 
publication: that it be issued with a good title at 3d. or 6d. to sell in Kensington: and that an index be addedo 
5.-A number of other tracts 1n preparation were briefly discussed,but none were sufficiently advanced for fUrther action. 
Rubert Bland Chairman. 

Organising and Propaganda Committee Report.
Pr va te. 
eet1n 9t .tovember 1909. 
Present: •ur 1 (in ohair), Atkinson, • Benth odd and anders. 
iven o Courses fini .e or in p o ress at Gate, 7denhnm, 1 era Oreen, Wood reen,k, Il ord, rie lewood, Will aden, atford, e , Ply:::~o th, e ford, tle7, Ell nd,enerall7 udienoea d een goodrest had been arou d in e subjeot8 

K. • · urby
_______________________________________________Chair~n. 

a. 	Ruddera~ield. Letter re organiser, a king if we expectto ~ind him eoploy...ent ~or more than three months, because the be t man would have to 
give up hiS job. 


Approaching contest•
• 	Portsmouth. Date, e~d of ovember or early in December. 
Returning Officer1 a Fee £600 Coat of Contest or 2 Candidates say £550 
Le~s payable by Labour Party --2§. £4.75 
for Z Candidates say £450 Less payable b;r Labour Party ~ £400 
Qalk ~ Aane ·-~ePt&asVtA 	£100
Cash in han at Portsmouth Fabian Parll entary Pund 156 
£256 
(Koney also praniled to Rudders~iPl~' 


I 
Fabian Parliamentary Fund. 
Dear Sir or Madam~ Portsmouth Bye-Election and the General Election. 
As explained in· a Circular issued to all members of the Society a contest has been forced upon us by the death of Sir 
J. Baker, Member for that t-own, and the Executive Committee has to appeal to those Who promised subscriptions to this fUnd to send their second insta~ent • In view of the probable approach of the General Election, a very considerable sum will be required within the next two months, but after that date owing to altered circumstances it is not expected that &n7 large expenditure Will be necessary. We therefore venture to ask the Guarantors of the Fund to pay if th~ oan without serious inoonvenienoef, not only one ye~ instalment, but as man, more as they can afford either now or in January. 
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------------~w~ar~________________ Yours faithfully,Hubert Bland, )Edw. R. Pease,) Trustees. 
Sidne;r. vrebb 
Fabian Society. 
To the Members and Associates. 
Dear Sir or W~dam, Bye-Election at Portsmouth. 
Tbrough e sudden death of Sir John Baker, a vacancy has ~ccurred for Portsmouth, and our Candidate Ald. w. Step en Sanders will be compelled to fight for the seat. 
It will be recollected that at the Election of 1906 the figures were Bramsdon (L) 10,500Baker (L) 10,236SANDF.RS (Lab) 8,172 Hills (Con)Whitelaw(Con) ~ 

Jane (Naval) 1,859 In these cirCumstances the Labour Candidate's claim on the second seat was so good that at the coming General Election the Liberals would probably not have adopted a candidate to replace Sir John Baker, who did not intend t o stand again. 
This Bye~election alters the situat ion, and Ald. Sander s 
is comp.lled to fight 1n order to retain hil ola~ on the seat,
• 
whether he is opposed by both the other parties or only by one 
of them. 
It is unluok~ 'hat we have to appeal to our members at onoe for fJnd• for this bye-election, although we ma~ have to fight the same election again in a few weeks t~e. 
But in the o:1.rcum­stances no other course 18 possible. 
It is expected that the election will take place at the end of Novem•er or early in December. 
The cost of the oontest 1(ill be £450 or £550 acoordin.., as there --2 are two opponents or only one. 
Par t of this will be provided by local contributors. Another part, £50 or £75 will be patd bJ the Labour Part1: and a certain amount is al ready in hand. But uring the next two months we shall re uire to rai e a sum of about £1000 for electoral purposes for the two candidatures to wl'lio we are pledged, and therefore we must sk ou1 member to contribute ever1 penny they can properly afford to is purpose. 
It is hardlJ necessary to point out to our members the claims of Alderman Sanders to Fabian oonsideratione At our last Executive Electi on he tood 9th. on the poll out of 21 successful candidates, and his name was on 881 out of 1148 voting papers. He has sat on the Executive Committee since 1904, has been Org niaing Secretary since 1907 and Educational Lecturer since 1903. He has served on the London Count1 Council a Alderman for the past six years. and has speo ally interested imself in their Fduoational work. He is a member of the I.L.P • and was an official in their Metropolitan Dis­triot till his Fabian enga ement oooupied all his time. He is Seo­retary of the British Section of the International Socialist Bureau. 
His return to Parliaoent will add a life-long Socialist• a man of exceptional administrative exp rienoe, to the Labour Part7. and little doubt can be entertained that he will rapidly make his presenoe felt not only in the Labour Party, ut in the House of Commons 
and in the whole oountr,y. I am, Yours truly.Por the ExeoutiYe C~ttee Edw. R. :Pease Secretar7. 

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Private. Report of the Publishing Committee. 
Meeting 19th. November 1909. 
Present: Bland (in chair), ~!isa Hutohins, Barker,Guest, Headl m, Standring, and Secretary. 
1.-Facts for Kensington.
Fifield submitted a very pessimistic opinion as to probable sales; stated that a preface was necessar~; and suggested a 2/6 book would probably yield better results. It was decided t hat the IS. must be read by more members of the Committee beto~e fUrther ..t1.. . 
a.-Webb'• •English Review• Artica. on Minority Report.
On adverse report by Mr. and Mrs. Shaw (absent lecturingin Wales) and others, it was agreed not to proceedfUrther with this project. 
3.-Newspaper Correspondence.
Brief IS.by Ltke on the way to write letters to newspapers was read and it was agreed that it was suitable to send t o members with the Newf Year's letter and not f or any other more permanent
form of publication. 
4. -Eight other proposed Traotl • were considered and action in 
~a~~ relation thereto ordered. 

Kubert Rland 
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Meeting Hovember 18th. 1909. 
Present: Maude (in chair), Dro Bentham, Bland, Sharp,Bnaor and Secretary. 
1.-Candidates and Resignations. 40 elected:~ast year 86. Resignations of Miss Tina and 14 others accepted.Three pleading poverty, retained. w. J. Pincombe recently
struck off, reported to ~ave paid up and been re-instated. 
2
0-Ac~ounts to 31 October presented.Subscriptions £561 . Last year £505. Parliamentary Fund at date £186e 
3.-Lectures to Society.
Agr·eed to ask Mrs. Tonshend or Dr. Marion Phillips to lecture on Care Committees. Agreed to defer date of Miss 8ondfield1 s lecture fixed for January 14, if she be busy electioneering. 
4.-Huddersfield. 
Telegram read saying local EaeoutiTe had decided subjectto our approval to appoint special organising Agent as per our original offer: already in touch with likely man. 
Agreed to accept this proposal. 
5.-Portsmouth. 
Proofs of circulars appealing f or funds submitted and 
or~ered to be sent out at once. 

6.-Resolution at Members' Meeting on Forcible Feeding of Prisoners . 
Secretary reported that Miss Atkinson, mover of the resolution requested that it be sent to the press and the Government. He had done the former, and asked instructions as to the latter. 
After debate agreed that the matter be referred 
to the Executive. Dr. P.entham intL~ated she would give notice of resolu­tion on Resolutions oarrted at Members' Meeting•, but 
has not done so. (Since then the annexed letter has been received from the 
Home Office, and put lished widely in the press.Instructions for answer required.Copy of reply by w. s. P. u... •• m' .) 
~. 
Aylmer Maude Chairman. 

11. 
l I 
Resolution as sent to the Press. 
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The following resolution was passed by a large maJority at a meeting of the members of the Fabian Society on November 12th. 
That in view of the su~render of the Home Office to Lady Censtance Lytton on the evident ground that forcible feeding is an outrage too disgusting to be offered to a woman of rank this meeting assures the Government that public opinion makes no such class 
distinction and is equally revolted when the same 
outrage is offered to poorer women. Also. that 
the meeting recognise• that the discontinuance of 
forcible feeding will compel the Government to 
oho~se b etween allowing the prisoners to starve to death and allowing the law to be defeated. It 
therefore invites the Government to avoid this intolerable Situation by giving the Suffragists 
the assurances they demand and giving them the 
benefit of anr distinctions that may be in use 
between diffe~at olassee of prieonere. 



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1.-Ia recard te the frao~e oonaldered the ~ellowlac dHieione were oome toa­
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Coaaaittee be oonadted thereoa. 


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. Private. Report of the Publishing Committee • 

Meeting 7th. January, 1910. 
Present: Bland (in chair), Guest, ~ss Hutchins, Barker,Standring and Secretary. 
).-Tracts out o~ print.
(a) 	
No. 123. Revival of Agriculture. Reprint of 1,000 ordered. 

(b) 	
No. 48. Eight Eours by Law. By H. W,. ltfiacrosty.Agreed to drop it. 

(a) 	
No. 70 . Report on Fabian Policy.
Agreed to reprint 500. 


(d) 	
Agreed al so o ........,. ~:1.-t.:t..~ be .......... for the Copenhagen Conference, including the first part of the old tract and more, if possible by G.B.s., on the same lines, and omitting the second part now out o't date. 

(e) 
No. 146. Socialism and Superior Brains. By Bernard Shaw. 


Secretary 	reported as follows:­Sent to member• 3,500Sold 5,200 
Stock 1,300Total 10,000 
25. 0. 0 
£11. o. 0 cash loss 
Value of 3,500 to members 	9. o. 0 
at wholesale price i £2. 0.0 Loss on product on ---------­int 10 000 and to try to
Agreed to repr 't f r the advertisements. 
get a 	further paymen ° 
2.-Tract• in the Press. R -A" and rwbat a Health Committee can do"
Revise of ~at to e~ 
Printer reporte4 not ready. 76 ~ see for the People".
3.-Revision of Tract No. • do~e had re-written the legal part: . The Secretary reporte A t d it was agreed to r ~ 
0
as 	a.l~ered 1lJ the new ' an 1 th old
the Traot with the 4esoriptive part, as n e edition ~~ August 190&, reprinted from stereos. 
4.-Facts for Kensington was further considered9 and adjourned for 
another reporte 

Rarben•e Endowment of Katernity. 
i.e. 28pp •
• -Length roughly 12,000 words, is 24pp.)
{Tract 1~6 above reported on 
of 10,000 with oover,

Estimated cost of production 
£38.
would be roughly 	-62
Estimated receipts for 6,500 at 2d. £ 6
Cash loss 
Large and rapid sale unlikely. 
The Committee considered four alternatives:­
~;&.~~w:Lbh voteS" 
£ 6


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Estialated cash Loss 
(b} To publish at 2d. without cover 

Estimated 2.l!h. Loss £ 2 {o) To out into two penny tracts as was done with the Municipal Drink Paper
F.stimated oash Loss 	£ 2 
(d) 	To publish at ld. without cover Estimated cash Loss 822. 
The Committee recommends the firat of the four9 the cover design to be that used for Tract 5. 
6.-Bailway Nationalisation. By Emil Davies. Another KS. of 10,000 words t Received and under consideration. 
7.-Art. Vernon Lee. Courteous letter from her declining to write a Tract, and indicating that the proposedreprint is impracticable. She makes alterna­tive suggestions which the Committee resarded as futile. 
Propo•al therefore ab~doned. a.-Advertiament Agent.
It wae resolved to trJ to f1DI through •Fabian News• a member who is an advertisement agent, who will advise the Committee. 
9.-Urgency Business. Re~ueat from A. K. Bulley (Mem-•r of LiverpoolFabian Society only) asking use of our list of members to send out appeal tor money and help for hioself as Women's Sur~rage Candidate for the Rossendale DiYiaion of Lancashire. 
ae~ed. 
Wubert !Uand 
Chairman. 

Report of the Finance and General Purposes Committee.
Private. 
Meeting 13thp January 1910. Present: Maude (in chair), ebb, Shaw, Guest, Dr.Bentham,Ensor, Sharp, and Secretary. 
1.-Forty-seven candidate• were elected, 5 more than in the corres­ponding month last year. 
2.-Sixteen resignatio s were considered, mostly of members of one or two year's standing, resigning because they no longercared to pay subscriptions. Two were adjourned over the election; two were allowed to remain without payment for a year . Rf . Da was to be invited to become an&H associate. Eleven (including Geo. Raw) were accepted.
3.-Accounts to De0ember 31st. were submitted showing increase 
of sub criptions for 9 months £92. 

4.-Parliamentary Fund Report was submitted showing balance of £178 in cash (in (a~dition to about £40 of promises for Januar y) after payment of sums asked by Sanders and pr omised to Snell. Letter read from latter saying more than £250 could be usefully Rpent. Secr etary's action in intonning both candidates that if money was really re~uired, t hey could exceed the proposed limits was approv~d.
5.-It was decided (somewhat informally) to change the day of meeting
to ednesday.
6.-Raggerston est. 
By-Election 1908. c.2867. L.l724. s.~~P. 986. 

etters from 
ert~and several others were read 
~aplaining
(a) 	
That R.G,. Chancellor, a Fabian, was running in opposition to Herbert urrows(S.D.P.~ 

(b) 
That it wa reporte that Ch3.ncellor had is'lued a 


placard with t e words "Socialism is a nream". 
It was generally agreed (though not by f ormal resolu­tion) that vnder the constitution and praotioe of the Society no objection in principle can be taken to a Fabian opposing a candi­
date of the S.D.P. The allegation about the poster was regarded as serious,
and the Se,.,retary was directed to ascertain the facts. 
Later develoWAents. :Further letter -rro:n Rev. E. Swann with more details. ChancelLor's Election Agent states by 'phone that he 
put out one issue of the poster in question without consulting Chancellor, and Chancellor had instructed 
him not to attack Socialism. Chancellor h~selt by'Jhone confirms the above: states that he ordered that and another poster to be stopped: that he instructed his agent as above: an~ when questioned in public about the poster repliedthat Sooialis.n was a dream he had been trying to 
realise for 25 years. 
6.-(Continued) Haggerston Contest. 

Webb wrote on his own initiative suggestingChancellorls resignation. Chanoellor info~1s the Secretarythat r.e is willing to resign ~orthwith (and will confir.m by letter) provided no public use be made ~~till after Monda • Re leaves the matter in the hands of the Executive. 
The Secretary suggests:
(a) 
That this resignation be not accepted.

(b) 
That the annexed state ent be sent to objector•,

(c) 
That it be read at to-night's meeting. 


Aylmer Maude Chairman 
The Secretary alone is responsible for draftingthis report and for "The Later devel. pmentsw o~ the Raggerston Case. 
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c.1t lf,l rger...ton h:"':-. !->0 Cl"lllplt t('\~ floort>d 
them th"t they no longer Jan· fare it, but ttake n·fug-c in fabchooU. .\t the Brotherhood Church meeting they dcni(!d that the Liberal ag-t·nt•.,. name wa.,;; on the bill. Beaten on this, thrv tried to di\'crt atll'ntion to other thin~s. .They thought to ..,cortt a point by demanding-thl~ name of the oJ]icial Liberal who stated that Herbert Burrows was paid bv the Tories. .\-:, b. well known, the state-n~cnt was made br Liberal.'> at the Cat and 'hatton Bridge ~ecting early in January. The as'icrtion as to mine inn·... tments and sweated miners wa<:; also made by Liberal can\'assers. It is nn old trick to demand names. There would in1mt:diately be a denial on the same line~ a... \lr. Chancellor's drnials. Then there was a large amount of talk on another side is•me, a letter which Frrd Hanham wrote, as secretan of the Shorc-L itch I....R.C., simply sayinc-. what course would be likelv to be taken if \Jr. Chancellor pt.•rsisted in -his candidatun·. This was trumpeted as " threats and H•iled intimida­tion." The whole of this Liberal bluff was simply to divert attention from the main issues-the bringing in of 1\Ir. Chancellor at the last moment in oppo~ition to Burrows, 
alrcad) in the field, and '' Sociali...m 
3 ~ream." To this the Liberals have no pos-Sible an~wer, ~o they wriggle and cquin)Catc. 
Comrades should lose no opportunity of a_skmg Mr. Chancellor whcthtr, if hi-; a'>scr­t&~n _?e tru.e that. he •• wilhdrt:\V " the po...tcrs. he "ill "3~ how &t came about that Lhl') went 


Candidate• : !luinetu (C) K. G. Ch noellor (L) and Herbert Jlut·rowe ( .o.P.) 
Laat Hleotion 1908. Guineas 2867 Lib. 1724 !\urr~ws 986. 
The attention ot the ExeoutlYe c~ 1ttee ha• been oalle tl to the at t. ent.: 
(a) That H. G. Chano~llor, a Fabian. i~ running in 
oppoaition to erbert Rurrowa. (~ ) That a potter haa been 1 aued n Chanaellor' • 


• 

e~0re the o paign opened C noellor wrote to the ~earetar, 
atat1ng t hat he wa~ n~~nated by the Liberal~ on ~eptember 7th. 
and a~opted on Rept~her 28th. and that this faot waa well known in ~~\he 41v1e1on through the looal preea, and had the S.D.P. made a ••ve ~ ~1• period he (Chancellor) would not -.ve run 
aaainat Burrowtl. 
fturrowe• candidature wae not annouaoed till two 4•T• a~ter Cbanaellor' • rati~iaatian when it wae too late ~or Chancellor te withdraw. 
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Prlnte. 
Keet1n1 Kond&J Jan. 2~h. lilO. 
Present: JO.aa K•r-J (ill ohair), Dr. Bentbam, ~.. Atklneon,ClifforC Shart, Bea 1~, Do4d and Sanders . 
1.-ProTinclal Lecture.a. 
ReJlies to the notice in •Fabian Newe• that prOTlaol al leotarere milht be require« after General llection were considered. TheJ were from Mrs. Stan~rJ, Mise R. Gard­ner. J. H. GreenwooC, s. D. Shallard. 
It was deoided to reoommend that Krs. Stan-urJ -e offeree one co.rse and if latllfaotorJ she be encaaec wheneTer neoe1sar,r. Other retlies held oYer tor t.rther oonsiCeratton. 
2o-ProTinoial and •~urban Leo\•rea. 
(a) 	Courses haYe been arran&eC tor February an4 .lfarch •• llowa:­l) ewton Ab~ot, Taunton, YeoY11. leaamont 2) Walsall, CoTentrJ, Stourbrid&e. Beaumontt3) Merthp TJdfil, Aberdare, Treharria,
Cetnooed. (not detinttelJ fixed)
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Kanoheeter. 
5) CliiFlauh SiCcq, Hanler, Aahford. andere. 
~Greenwleh Snell 

(b) It , .. deoiCed that Co•r•e• be conttnueC if JOasible 
t.hro•lh .qru. 
3.-New Societies. New Societies have been formed at Southampton, and Cheater fielC~ Toronto Fabian Sooi etr aoce,ts our Basil. SteJa are beina taken to form Sootetiel at PlJIIlO.t.h ant 
Beaoonafielt ant Gerrarda Crosa. 	1 
"·-SoaietJ dlesolTet. Bouthtort Pablan Soc ietr CiSaolYeC. C•••, GraJSonlsm 
and other IJ9o..lb1Usu. 
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Report o~ the Pablishin& C~ittee.
Ulyate. 
Keetlnl 21st. Januarf 1110. 
Present: llan4 (in ohair), larker, Guest, Kiss llutohins,Shaw, Ste.n4r1n&9 Sanders and Seeretar7. Also Dr. Bentbam. 
1.-Bndowaent o~ Maternity.
It was deoide4 to £et this throu~ ~irst, and to defer the new edition of "\Yhat to Read". 2.-Tract No. 76. Xouses for the People (Revised Edition).It was agre.. to trint 2000, t&rtll from Stereos ana partly reset. The new part ... JaSie4. 3.-What a Health Committee Can do. 
Proofs s .ttte4 and Jasset. Title apJrove4. Number to be trlnted 6000. Proofs or4ere4 to be sent to the Exeoutive. 
As thls must be a Sooietr Tract, it was a1reet to move a vote or urgenor and t&ke aYthoritJ to Jrint at the next ordinar, meeting of the SoeietJ. 
•·-Railway Nationalisatioa. 1~. further considered. Lentth 10,000 words. 
5.-•Facts for Kenslnaton•. After r-11 418oussion, it was acreed to reoommend as followe:­
(a) 	
!o omit the map and all speoial att~t at lar1e sale 1n Kensington.

(b) 	
To issue as an ordinar, Traot 1n the fo~ of a stud7 of a London Borough (Title perhats •The Anatom, of a London !oroush").

(o) 	
To out dowa. Sec. retorted he had out out some 1200 words out of ,-oo both terhaps under estimates. 


Action approved, the Secretary ardered to out turther 
and oo ~ete tor tress. 
6.-Price of Lon1 Tracts. 
On report of Dr. Benth~ that experience shows that 

2d. traot1 sell much better than Zd. it was aaree4 That the lxelutive be recommended to rescind the decision '• 'sa11e •The Endowment of Matern1tr• at Zd., and that a line of 2d. traots be tri~, to 1nolade, ~babl,) •Jn4owment o~ KaternitJ'•, ••acta for Kensiacten•, and la~war Nationalia&tion. 
7.~•soo1alism and Suterior Brains•. 
Re.ort on a »rQosed e41t1on dt luze of this, made b7 P;l.field waa cona1dere4. Pif1el4 reoommencled a 1/-nlume and &ave •articular• as to coat. Shtw demurre( to publica­
tion as a ••arate vol11111e by •uield, as thU iq11e4 he 
was ohanaing his .-blieher. It waa aareed that he consult
Constable .. to •ublioation. (Suba~ent~ Fir1el4 recommends iDolulion 1n Pab1an Series (M PJ· thiol ...er 1& enou&b a&atter) a Jlan to wbioh Shtw 
had •X~reeae4 w11l1n£nesa to oonsent.)
B.-•News•. It was -ere.. to insert ~ree an order ~orm tor the Hew

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Pr lVate. Report of the Finance & General Purposes C~ttee, 
Meeting 3rd. February, 1910. 
Present: Enaor (in ohair) . Dr. E. Bentham, Bland, Kaude,Shaw, Sharp, Webb and Secretary. 
1.-Candidates Elected 26 (last year 74) with high average subscriptionof 13/10 for ordinary an& 10/). for all members. 
2.-Resignations &e. Krs. D. G. Ritcbie, and two others accepted.Fourteen members 1n arrea a were ordered to receive the 
final letter: Walter Coffin was excusedo 
3p-Account• to 31st. Januarr were qubmitted, showing subscriptionsfor 10 months £990, an4 increae of £83 on last Jear. 
4.-	Parliamentary Fund. 
Report from Sanders recommending that Portsmouth be abandoned was considered. It was agreed to terminate the Portsmouth Agent's engagement on March 31st. 
Snell'• position at Huddersfield was also discussed. It was agreed that the Trustees of the Fund present a report to the Sub-committee on further activities. 
5.-	Lectures to the Societr. 
The following wewe fixed: March 4. Dr. Veidl. Municlpal Sooiali&m in Vienna. Ka7 27. Dro Broda. Co~op~~~~~ ~ Societies in France. 
6o-Newport Labour Partr Conference. Shaw reported he could not leave London and Sanders 
was 	appointed in his place. 
7.-Julius 	West. Ris application for a rise from 21/~ was agreed to 
and 	his wages fixed at 25J-. 
8.-Social 	Committee. A grant of £5. was made on a good r t ~ ~­
epor o~ use~ul work done. 
R. 	C. K. Ensor. Vice-chairman. 

Private. Report of' Organising & ..opaganda Committee. 
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Meeting ~bnday February 14th. 1910. 
Present: Misa Kurby (in chair), Dr. E. Bentham, Ensor,Sanders. Headlam and Dodd excused. 
1.-Provincial and Suburban Lectures. 
(a) 	
Difficulty has been experienced in booking lectures beyond March, organisations considering it to be too late tor indoor meetings.

(b) 	
Courses have been arranged at Bath, Swindon, Sevenoaks and Side~ tor Maroho Courses in South Wales have been canoelled by local peopleo


(o) 
It is recommended that the Society organise professionallecturing in the open air this surumero 

(d) 	
The Organising Secretary, at a result ot a hi!hlyaucoesstul lecture course at anley, is likely to be invited by the local Socialist and Labour bodies to Q~dertake a month'• lecturing campaign in June next,the local people to pay expenseto It is recommended that if the 1 itation be received the organisingsecretary be allowed to accept ito 

(e) 	
Sunderland I.L.P. reQuest assistance towards the local ~xpenaea ±n ou~t~n with Pabian Course last November. Appeal oaueed bJ heavy coat of General Election. 


It is recommended that Ghey be granted £10 2. o. being about halr th,. -fllll nn±ALuo...LL~­
2.-New Societies. 	Li 1 Univeraity.
A Fabian Soc4~~Y has been f'ormed at the verpoo
Ita ina~ral meeting will be addressed by Webb. 
At N•-caatle-under-L,me the or& sec. has formed a Society. 

J. Wedgwood, M.P. is president. 
a.-Bow to organise a big public meeting.
A draf't circular bJ Webb on this sub~eot has been considered and it is recommended that after certain amendments ha•e been made it be x»rinted and ciroulatec! amona Societies and Groups. 
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Private. Report of the Publishing Committee. 
Meeting 4th. February. Present: Bland (in ~ir) ,Headlam, Miss Hutchins, Sanders, Shaw, Mrs. Shaw Standring and Secretary. 
Meeting 18th. February. Present: Bland (in chair),Read1am, Standring, anders and Secretary. 
(I. 	& II. after an item indicate the meetingat which the decision was taken). 
1.-	Facts for Kensington.
On a strongly adverse report from Shaw it was agreed to recommend that this KS. be not issued by the Society in &n1 form. (I) 
2G-	Advertisements. 
Lv J. Burke, an expert member, attended to confer with the Committee and on his advice it was agreedto recommend 
(a) 	
That the practice of the Societ7 of confiningadverti ement in tracts to literary subjectsbe discontinued and that the ordinar7 (Cocoaand Soap) advertisements be accepted.

(b) 	
That an agent be empl~ed to obtain advertisements at a commission of 10~ or 15~. 


Mro 	Burke undertook to arrange for an agent if so desire • (I) 
3.-The 2d. Tracts. It was agreed to use the old Walter Crane design for the covers of the9e Tracts and a superior paper was 
selected. (I)Endoranent of Maternity. Proof sent herewith for approva1.Edition to be 7,000 and advertisement• for cover t o be obtained by the office. 
Railway Nationalisation. On a favourable report byBland, it was agreed that this tract be set upforthWith. Edition to be 79 000. Al9ert1•ementa for the cover to be obtained by the
office. 
4.-What a Health Comm~ttee Can lo. 
This having come out 17i pages, it was decided 

that it be out down to l6pp. (II). 
5.-Fitield Series.VIII.Shaw's Superior Brains. It was resolved to publish the Traot and nothing else, as Vol VII I, edition to be 4,000. (I)Details as to oover, portrait &o. were dealt with. 
6.-Traot 	131. "Decl$ne of the Birthrate•. It was ag~eed to reprint 1,000. 
W.-Socialism tor the Aristooraoy.
Subject to approval ot chairman (ainoe accorded) it was agreed to ask Mrse F. C9 Bentinok to enalrge a ~. submitted by her with a view to its issue as a Tract (II). 

8.-Minority Report.
The Secretary reported that the Protit on 4000 copies was £87, including £26 outstanding accounts, and not allowing for postage, carriage &o. £23. of this ~ been t aken credit for last year. 
99-Infringement ot Copyright.
On report ~hat •The Liberal•, weekly ~d. paper,hadreprinted in full "Soct alism and Superior Brains•,it was agreed to ask Shaw to demand (or give us authority to demand) £5. tor intringment ot Copyright.(Sh.w has since authorised us to demand £25.) {II). 
Rubert Bland 
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This c~ttee baa not met, because, though there 1s 
plent1 ot work in hand, it il all arranged tor. 
Tract No. 48. ~at a Health Committee can do• 1s publlahed. 
Tract No. 1•9. •The Endowment ot ~.~, Motherhood• il awaitinl advertisements tor cover and will be printed aa soon .. these are obtained. 
Tract No. 150. •RatlwaJ Nationalilation• 1s set up, a cop7 1& sent herewith tor the approval o~ the Executive. 
The Reprint o~ •Wbat to Read• il set up, and awaiting rev111on. 
Pltield Seriel VIII. •Socialism and Superior Bratna• il 
published. 


Professor Gedde1 has accepted otter ot KSo With cordialitJ. 
Bdw. R. Pease Secret 
Report of the Organ1s1n& and Propaganda eo tee.
Privat!!... 
Meeting 28th. February 1910. Preaent: Mis~ rby (in chair), Dr. 

tlti.Daon 
and s dera. 
1.-Leoture• 
(a) 	
Satisf'aototy Report w re reoeiYed with 1e at•d to c<'ura... giyen by Bea nt at Taunton, Newton Abbot. and Yeov11. Remaining Couree of the 1eaeion being given t Wallall. 8touz·brid&e and Coyentrr )J Beaumont; Rwindon, Sevenoalte,Oxbridge and Sidoup b7 the Org. se~; and Rath by Soh1oeaee • 

(b) 	
Outdoor Leoture • It wae deoided that ae an exper ent t our oour1e1 of outdoor leoturee be arransed1-t-.ooursel 1n London and 2 in the proY1noee; that Beaumont be a1ked to 


take the 2 oour es 1n the proYinoee and that Dr. Marion 

a.Mbew be a aed to take the two oour1es in L0n on~ and that the Bxeout ve Co ittee be recommended to vote the eum ot £2~ to meet the expen1e o~ thele tour oour~••· 
2.-Pabian Conference. 
It 1~ reoo ended that the Annual Conference be held on 
Saturda7 Jul7 2nd. at Cl ~fords Inn Rall. 

3.-Hatgereton El~t1on. 
A le·tter f'rom Rurnley Fabian fioo1et7 prote ting against the aotion of R. G. Chanoel1C>r 1n stallding at Raggerstoo aga1o•tHerbert Rurrowe &nQ oallins on the Rxeoutiye Committee to take aotlon on the matter. It wae 4eoi4ed to report the reoeptionot the letter to the Exeout1Ye Co~ttee. 
• llurbyChairman. 
PI'1V&t.e. aepert. o~ the Pt nanoe A General Purpo•e Committ ee. 
Meeting Thureday lOth, aroh 1910. 
Pre•ent: ude (in chair) , Dr. Benth~, Bland, Bn•or,Oue•t, Shaw, ~harp , Sannere and Secretary. 
1.-Member•~ip.C ndidatee elected 33. Resignation• aftGepted 11. Defaulter• etruok off 2. 
2.-British Aseoc ation for L bour Legislation.Deleroat3e wanted April 13th. Caxton Hall, • p.m. Left to the F.xeoutive to appoint. 
~.-Finanoee. Aooount waa presented showing a over £600 expended on Leoturea , chargeable to No. 2 ajo. and of whioh &100 or £150 would be required to meet liabilitiea and to leave a working balanoe. It wae agreed that the Truetees ot No. 2 ajo be requeated to sell £100 DerbyStook worth £250. leaving £e00 atilt in hand , and t hat the neoe~~ary amount be drawn from thi ajo. 
~.-	InfrinR~ent of Copyright.
The Secretary reported that Stmpkin & Co, after correa­pondenoe and an nterview d1aola1med responaibil i ty to t he &ltion of •The Liberal• , and Shaw undert ook to conduct further prooeedinga in the matter. 
5.-	L. c. c. Ele~tion . und. 
It waa resolved in accordance with precedent, that the expensee of printin? and postage be not paid out of Ule f'uncl. I t. • -t'urt.he a. ae4 t. at the unallocat ed 
part be divided equally, g1v1nn £1,39 9 t o eaoh oandida 
The 	reault was as fol lows :­Dr. Rentham £1. 3. 3 Mi~a Hond~ield 11.1•• I 
J. Gilbert Dale 1. I. 9 
R. c. K. Bnaor •· 9. 9
G. Lanebury 15. o. t 
P. ~mith 1. 8. t 
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·~-Annual Meeting. ,--q;
Letter from Shallard indicating the pe••~~~~~, poeeiblecalling of a epeoial meeting on Election Policy wae eubmitted. 
Notice of Motion by A. D. Maophereon on the uee of titlee wae oonei deredo Proposal that the BxeoutiYe ehould refuee to a~cept it on the ground that the matter had been 4il­ouseed and deo1ded9 was negatiYe4~ and it wae deo1ded to write Maopherson that hi s motion is too long to print and if he will not lhorten it. notice oan onl7 be printedetating the eublect thereof. 
1.-Parli amentary Pund and Future Policy.Repor t was submitted by the Trustees with memorandum byBland on one p•int wae ooneidered. The opinion• ezpreeeed were fayoura-le to the proposal of the report to adoptCrook• .. a candidate fo r an7 approYed and hopetul b7­eleotion~ but no reeolutton wae adopted, and the Report as presented was referred to t he Exeoutiye. The Secretary wae ordered t o consult Snell as to the proposala relatins to him, and epeoially ae to the payment of the deficit on the Hudderesfield Election Account, the Committee bei ng faYourable to reparment if Snell approved~The Report referred t 0 11 annexed. 
A7~er Maude 
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by the to the Bzeout1ve Co 1ttee. 
Parl1 entar7 Pund. 
Income 3nd F.xpend1ture to date. 
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General Eleotion Re1ult1. 
Portlmouth. 	In Tiew o~ the drop in ~ander•' Tote, he hal decided de~initely not to conte1t the 1eat again. and there is no rea on wh7 we •hould run another candidate there. 
Hudderl~ield. 	Snell did better than W&l expeoted and the looal pe•ple 
wiah hi to atand again. The expen•e• to u1 were ex­tremely moderate and the additional £50 whioh we authoriled Snell to expend wa• not alaimed. The ele~tion account cloled with a deficit o~ £28.11. 2., whioh the local people propo••l to P•7· The ExeoutiTe might oonlider Whether they •houl4 not lend a ohe ue ~or it. 
Candidatea. 
Three Canrtidatel haTe been under conlideration 
Harry Snell Hudders~ield. 
Will Crooll:.l 

w. s. Sander•. 
Proposal•.
(1) In the eventof a General Election thil •ummer:­
Runderl~ield. We 1ugge1t that Harry Snell ahould be encouraged to continue hil candidature and that a •mall contribution i~ neoea1ary,be made to organiling expentea, aay in the ~irat oaae ~or 6 onth•. It 11 poasibleo1~ Snell remains in tha field, that the !oriea will not run a candidate. In that oaae Snell'• oa 1didature would be very pr~ising. I~ thought tit, we ight arrange with Snell that he should withdraw at the la•t aoment, unless prolpecte le ed ex-aept ionally good. 
Crooks. At the General Election he would preatunably qtand a ain tor Woolwtoh. We might arrange to supplement local ~unds, and promote
seneral appeal. 
Sanderl. Re has some idea or stand1ng again but it is too early 7et 
to oome to a~ decision. 
II. It there be no General Bleotion in the SUmmer. 
§!!ill.. The canrtidatur·e at 1Tudderat1eld should be keipim.nering. 
Crooks. Re is b~y tar the beat fighting candidate aTa able ~or the Labour Party, but he has no tunda behind him, beo se the Coopera ' Union whioh nominally support• h~ is too amall ~0 proTide eTe 
a ten pound note. n It is therefore augp,e1ted that th~ •· s. ahould intimate to Crooks and to the Labour rt7 ~-· ~ne Societ7 will be readJ to come forward in ~he e.•n~ .~ • _,-elec\ion whioh oftere reaaonabl a 
p.t· eots r auooes•. His strong peraonal:Lt:r and Wide popular!ty 
would enable the Societ:r to appeal for help beyo~nd ita own~­
mediate oircle, and we think the few hunrlred pounds re~uired tor a 
reasonably cheap seat oould be obtained without difficulty. , 
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Sandtra. 	As he has nothing det nite to eug est at preaent, his oase must stand oTer. 
We suggeat that Mr. Alltrey should be asked whether hi8 promiae of £&00 atill stand• good. 
Hubert Bland (aubject to memorandum below)
Sidney Webb 
Bdw. R. Pea~e 
Truatee•. 
I agree with the Beport exoept :Ln the matter ot our financingCrooks at a By-F.leotion.
It Crooks will personally announce himself as the Candidate tor Woolwich and will at onoe begin to work the Borough I think wt might undertake to tinanoe that Candidature. He would be pra~tioallycertain to win. We oould d~ that job pretty thoroughly and could pourin a lot ot canTasaera etc. when the time oame. But I should not oa~ to do even that unleaa it were made quit e clear that he waa a Pabian eandidate -a Labour Party Candidate too of course -but the Pabian name must be made quite prominent. I want the Fabian name to be asaociated with victory next time. The election iS sure to take plaoe soon -and I have n.., doubt whatever that he would win. I think we might well wait for the General Rlection and not bother about by-elections especiallydoubtful onea. Let us concentrate on one election and win it. 
Unlesa Crooks fight Woolwioh I:don•t think I care to baok him. He is not a lie candidate ot the•Fabian lne• in any wq. and the f'und waa 8pto1all;r ra1•t4 tor that t:rpe of oandidate: but I would overlook that dia~ualification f6r the aakt of a winning fisht. 
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Prj,va.te. Agenda for the Publishing Committe~ at Fabian Office on Friday April 8the at 5 p.m.(Executive at a. 45 p.m.) 
1.-Minutes of. last Meeting. 
2.-Apologie • if any. 
3.-Tra()tS 
4.-Tracts 
in press.
No. 149. Endowment of Maternity
A doubtful advt. offered. 
2i pages sold for ~. 5. o. 
1 page unsold. 
Otherwise ready for Press. 

No. 150. State Purchase of Railways.
Final revise in printer's hands. 

on hand. Educa.tion. Abandoned. Coal Trade. Do. Report thereon (if ready)Medical Service. Report (if received)Unemployed. Webb Urse Bent1nck's Letters. In active preparation. 
5,-Results of Sale of Tracts with covers:­1909. March to Sept.
No. 5. Facts for Socialists 1UO
• 51. Social!.. True and False 361 
Tracts without covers. 
No . 42. Christian Sooialism 489 " 69. Difficulties o Individua~~am 
<il.7 
6.-Cost of Traots with Covers. 10,000 Socialism and Superior Braina ~ pp. and cover from Stereos 
Proceeds 8 8d, per doz. (average price) 
Advts. on this edition £2. 2. 6. extra. 
No. 51, Socialism True and False 20 pp.5000 With wrappers cost 
Proceeds 5000@ 8d, per doz. (average price) 
Loss 11/-. 
1910. 
Oct.-Karch. 
2988 
1528 

560 
4.96. 
£26. 5. 0 £25.1.3, 0 
£11. 7. 6 £12.16. 6 
7o-Distribution of Tracts (other than leaflets)
Report of sales for six months Oot. to March 1910 47,862 April to Sept. 25,650 

Year 1909-1910 	73,512 
Year 1908-9 	89,196 
e.-Tracts nearly out of print.
"This Misery of Boots". Year's sales 729. Stook 244. 
No.l33. Dearmerts Soc. & Christianity.

Year1s sales 1946. " 274 
9.-Revise of"What to Read" 
Shall we have list of Publishers T 

10.-Weight of 2d. Tracts. 
Three ooursea To send usual "News" with traot @ ld. ( • ., extra)" • 4 page •News• " " To defer sending traot till Sept. when "News• is bal~ si ze. 
11.-~. on Prinoiplea of Socialism o~~ered. Report by Pease and Sanders. No good. 
12.-The 	Case ~or Municipal Drlok Trade by E. R. Pease Of fer by Kin& o~ remainder, 1067 copies, § U. -&13. 
13.-Any other business. 
Kr. Crooks hae undertaken to etand it called upon within a1x ~.aontha. 
It 1a quite posaible however, nd even likel7• t hat the local people will not without help, be able to raise tund• autticient to oonteat the aeat. aa their reaoroea have been greatly depleted by t~e parliamentary election 1n January and the L.c.c. election 1n March. A 'arli entary election in Woolwioh •e~ ooeta about £1000. 
They are ot opinion that it £500 were forthcoming tr~ any other aource they would be able to raiee another £500, and they are confident ot winning the aeat. 
They would guarantee the other £500 but the worth of their guarantee is a matter tor conaideration. They are further of opinion that if the seat is to •e contested the candid•te auat take the tiel• at once with tbe aaeuranoe that the neoeasary funds will not be lacking. 
Meetings of the Executive and 
Sub-Committees in April• &c. 


Friday April Bth. Publishing COill!llittee 5 p.m.Executive Committee 5. 45 p.m. Monday April 11th. Organising and Propaganda. Committee Fridm;z April 15th. Finance and General Purposes Committee. Friday April. 22nd. Last Meeting of Old Executive to adopt Annual Report. Monday April 25th. Organising and Propaganda Committee Friday April 29th. Publishing Committee. 
Thursday May 5th. Finance and General Purposes Committee 
Friday May 6th. Fi~st Meeting of the New Executive to appoint Committees &o. 

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Prtnte. Report ot the Ftnanoe 6 General Purpoee1 Committee. 
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Kee\inc 11th. r11 1 10. 
Preeentl K&ude (in oh&1r), S , Webb, Bnler, Dr. Bea~, Sharp, Clueet, Sander• and Seoretarr. 
1.-Kemberlhip' Candidate• were elected. La1t Je&r the number waa 15 tor 1ame month. A"1er-,e eubecr1pt1onl, ordin&rJ memberl 8Jl0. All member• 6f~l. 
Re•tcnatioae aooepted 12: not aoo ted 3. 
2.-Leoturel to the SootetJ. 
It wa1 a,reed 1n Yiew of probable eleott aot to f1& aa,leoturel Jet tor ~e and to deoUne ngae1t1ca fll leowre on the re ble la4e4 bJ Krle Ptalott. 
s.-£mendment to rules. 
The following amendment• were ordere4 to be reoommen4ed \o the Exeout1Ye f r propo1al at the Annaal Keetia& Rule 6. Pr 1 t rule (part)
•Relolat10D8 of whioh due notioe h&l be• 11Yen 1hall be plaaed on the aeeota of the f1r1t prlYate meetlaa of the Gooietr after 
..eh aotloo haa been p bllahe•.• 
aendllleat, to addl 'bat. wllen &DJ reaelwt.l• hu be• dllo....a and deotded the •-e w a 1ta11u' rllolatlon lhall not be plaoed on the ..oada b~ore ~he ••117 ot e rear Wi.thout the GOnlent ot the lxeout1Ye Co.aittee•. 
Rule 8. Pre1ent llule. 
~en a reeateitton 1110ed bJ not 1e11 ~ twentJ-flYo member• 1e pre1entet to \he ••­el'al looret&rJ, oa111a1 for a prlYate ...tlqto dliOull ~re1olut1oa. the BzeoallYo C~tteo aball order the r01o1at1.. to be priated 1n •rabtu New••, and •hall -.eut. for the aee\1.. the earlle•t OODY!Illent ..._
thereafter. ften a r ...181tloa uraeao,, •stDed bf not le•• thaa fiftr memben , 11 pre1ented to the ~eneral SeoretarJ, oalling tor a prtYatemeettaa to dilouel a 1peott1o nottoe of 
motion, he lh&ll •ummon IUDh a meetl.. fw a date withla fourteen d~e tram the reoetptthereof, and eball W1thin leYen d&J• noUfJ 
the •-e to &11 member• bJ otroular or
otherwt.1e•. 
1.-Amenctnentl to rulee (oont ed) 




•·-Parliamentar, Candidatea. 
ool.wi.qh. The 	'l'ruateea of the Parl~ellt.U"J J'w14 reportedthe eu atanoe of an 1nterriew ri Keaara. CJrlnlq •t Barefoot on behalf of the Woolwia Laboar B~reaentatlon 
A let.t.. tr.a the Labour Bzeoutt•e wae the B•1e'Q to ......-4er thell' &eo 
\bat Snell he4 done Yell. the aeat wo11ld ha•• to be f t again bJ Snell, aM U oandidaturea were t.-.n an dropped b7 the ~odtea aflllla ted to the Part7• w1tbeut full oona1derat10D of all ea oenoerned, ~ o 1.. Y d fallowo 
The c~ttee after full --1dM'at1oa a4opte4 'lllleai­----the f 1 reo-.DtaU-. 
1.-'!'hat aot1• with reg&M to Cro ' oane1..t. e be ooncU.tleilal en 1-.otoii'J pa:nnt.eel ~ellll ftrat .,r .a .._ Will lte 1& la to the L.ll.A. before ..U.tiea 48r and that the Woel..Uh LeBoA• undertake• to he&& • haamle•• be7ool 
.. a ..._. 
2.-'!hat ••b~eet to ..tufaetorJ undertaltlJIII betq
• , n:n. 1 ..... 1te reooanended to n•lnate to the Labour Part7 11r. Croeta • a Parliament..., Candidate t .. WoolY!eh 
1.-!hat a atn., eal be IIM.e '-r the a&• 1Ye, J01at~ ·~\be ~t•• et the tU'U.......,, ,_., \e tale I,..OI'1b•• M4 to e aabeN pneralallJ, to nue f• Cl'o a4 allo -.o snoUt ... • bo • ...e to ne
rt."•" te the ._4 to allw t.he 
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a.n 117 the 11114. tut. a • • t.he ~fill 
at ...._. to eb\ala the _..,... ..., 14 _. 
it. le ....nbS. tbat aeU• on the r latloM ... 
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Preaenta Lawen Declt obai:r), llbo Ata~. Dr. fthel ent _. Ora. Seo. 

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1.-Lecturea. 	Beporta ea Leotureo OoQraeo .. tollowa were -.oelYtd 
(a) 	Bath. S~eeooe:r hat a mo• •••••••tal Count n\h luW• leno... 
Wal al.l and Coventl'J. B..-ont'• C•neo tta.oe t...a had bee hi!hlJ euceaorul oial~ at Walaall. 
Stturbrl4ae. 	Beaumont'o ooQ:t'ae het bee t.l:rl7 well tende • Seveno.U aad U.briqe. !he Ora. IH.. had he14 well at,_..ed o ••· 
Swindon. Course bJ Ora. Seoo ha4 aeovet aelerate attendanoeo. 
(b) 	
e......U P:r ..aa4ao haft be lliMe 4efinlte1J Y1th Jbt. len PhlU~ hold en~r oouraeo 4urlna the ....er• \he twe trial oouraea to be held at ltreat~ and Wille•••n. 

(c) 
·~~• Ora. lee. had arranc,. to 11•• a ltnurH Coloheoter (iadoo:r) h:r1 aDd •laal• leotureo tor the lbdder 


cn...t.-f'J.eK-... -"~·~• •MiAa soe~e~s.... 
2.-Soolet1ea and ttr-.a. Orl• seo. Will tom a new Sooiet7 at DM'er thla month. Groupo ha•• beea fonae4 at Gla:lOMt Bt.:reatllla ... U'Ce 
a.-'"""al Coatereaee. CUtf•41e bill wall 11e• OMIU'et ~­---1~. t• • C.fereDOe. ~•• ~ual Soiree. We ••••..... a ..ire• be held tbla 1 and that we be WtRG\et to o •t the
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Proposed Fabian Teachers' Parliamentary Candidate. 
F. w. Goldstone. a m mber of the Executive of the Natioaal Union of Teachers, also a me~her o the Sheffield Fabian Society has been adopted by hls Union as a candidate to be ~un under the auspicesof the La our Part • e ~atio a Union o~ Teachers is not affilia­ted to the Lahour Part and therefore cannot nominate a person to be a candidate of t at Party. Goldstone has approached the Fabian Society through the Or anis1ng Secretary with a view o~ the Sooietyacting as the nominating body, that is to say, he shes to be put be~ore he Labour Par ty as a cru1di ate of the Fabian Society. The National Union o Teachers will provide the· elect on eXpenses as it does in the ~ase of Ygxall (Liber 1) and ray (Tory), who are the Union's other two candidates. ~ere is some slight dl~ficulty in connection wit t e sig~ ng of the Labour Party Conet tution by Gold-stone, which, owever, is purel t ee ioal in character and it is understood can be overcome. Goldstone is a Socialist of some years'standing. is the l eader of t e Socialist oo t ~ormed among teachers and is the reoogn'se poke man or the ~~ e• class-teachers through­out the country. In the opinion of the Organisiag Secretary he would make a creditable candidate and if the Fabian Society put h~ forward it wouli undobbte ly be a good stroke of business for the Socialist and Labour movement. It is very des1ra le that we s ould secure a footing among t he teachers and th promQt1Qn by us of Goldstene1 a candi­dature would help oonsiderabl to secure this. 
or course the Fabian Society would re uire an official guaranteefrom the National Union of Teachers that it would be responsible for the Election Expenses be ore any official tepa could be taken. Gold-stone has been informe of t is and be Will no doubt ecure the neces­sary document. 
It will be reme~bered that the Cbatham Labour Party have re-QUested us to find t em candi~ate for the next election. If nothingbetter oan be obtained, Goldstone iA prepared to fight the oonst tuenoy,his Union recognining that he can hardl expe~t to run far a fairlysafe seat on the flrst occasion. 
There seems to be every reason why this plan should be assented to. In s~ far as the Pabian Society appears at all as responsible for the candidature, it will gain political kudos free of cost and risk and may aseist in returning another Socialist to Parliament. 
Edw. R. Pease 
W~. Ste hen Sanders. 

Priyate. Beport of the Organiain &Propaganda CommQttee. 

Meeting Monday April 25th9 lt10. 
Pre ent: Ml~s Murby (in ohair), Dr. E. Bentham9 ss Atkinson, Readlam and Sanders. 
1.-s•tree. We have decided to consult the Social Committee with regard to the occasion, place and date of proposed Soiree and will report later upon the matter. 
2.-New Groups and oeieties. ew Gro,pe have been formed at Streatham and Deptford.A new Society has been formed at o•er and steps are being taken to form a Society at Cambridge (Town}. 
1.1. B. Murby 
-~"hairman. -., ----. ve -'<OUw~U<.;A. Le't~eJ.D ..... -"V\JJ."A\)7 and Soo1al1s 
, Ready for Press. Right length. To be fUrther ooneidered_m. 
Rubert Bland Chairman. 
PABIAN SOCIE'l'r. 
Standiaa Orders and Orders of Reference to Sub-committees. 
1.-Each member of the Executive Committee shall preside ia turn at ita meetiq•~ in alphabetical order, {the name of the memberf whose turn it is being stated in the agenda of each mee\iB&)• If the Chairman ao designated is not present at the time for belinninl bua1ne••~ aome other member then present ahall be voted to the chair, which he shall retain throughout the meetln!. member of the Cemmittee but no casting vote. 
2.-The Meetings of the Executive Committee shall be held at the Societr'~ office, and nonaall7 at 5 or 5.30 p.m. on suoh Prida7a as M47 be fixed from time to time. A S.eoial meeting may ~e called b7 the Secretar7 whebever required. An Agenda (including as far aa ma7 be practicable, aueh re,PGrts of Sub-clall!tteea as 1D&7 have been prepared} shall be aent b7 post to each member ao aa to reaoh h1a not later than the morning deliver, of the day ·of meeting. 
Azq member of the Executive Committee wishing to move a reaolutien on any aub~eot 
(other thall matters arising eut of the report ef a lhab-comm1.ttee, or other it.. in the agenda) shall liVe notice thereof to the Seoretar7 two clear d~a before the date of the meetiftl. 

unaniaoaa eonaent of the members present, no reaolatioa (other than 
af reaaid) shall be moved withoat notice. 
1.-Thatproeee41n8a of the Bxeoutive Committee and of ita Sub-committees, and anr statements made thereat, are to be regarded aa abaolutelJ private and eonfidential, except iD ao far as &nJ pUblleatioa 
ma7 be made Sn •rab1an New• b7 order of the BxeoutiYe Comaitteu and in that case• until such publication. PrOYided that on the demand of &DJ tiYe members •resent ~e terms of &DJ resolution 
•ut to the ExeeutiYe Com.ittee and the aamea ot those Yot1Ds tor or againBt it shall be specially entered upon the minutes and shall thereupon cease to be confidential. 
4..-boevt in case ot urgenoy. to be decided by vote of the BxecutiYe Committee, all matters tor ita decision, 1Dcludlns all lette.­reQui~DC attention or repl7 shall stand referred to one or other ot ita Stand1n& Sub-committees or to a Sub-committee specialq appointed. and shall be considered b7 the Exeout1Ye Committee only on reports fran the appropriate sub-committees. 
5.-Each Sub-committee shall submit to the next ensuina Executive Com­mittee a succinct report of the proceedings at eaoh of its meetings. arransed 1D aumbered paragraphs, and including det~te reoammenda­tiObs on the points on which it desires the Bxecut1Ye Committee to 
decide. 
The report shall be prepared on the authority of the 
Chairman ot the Bub-CCIIIIIlittee, and e&ll bear hla si~D&tve. It shall state the naaes ot the m~bera ot the Sub-cammittee •resent at the meetiJaa. 
6.-It shall be ..en tor a.v m!llber ot the BxeeutiYe COIIIIIit\ee • to awe 
(wltho•t notiee) With retereaoe to IID7 parasr..h 1n the revort of 

a Sub-cCIIIIlittee oontalniJll no reco-eDclatlonf, either a eQreaston ot the oplllion ot the BxeeutiYe CoaatUee qon the »aragraph, er mere17 that it be referred b..k te the Sub-committee tor farther 
eonaideration et the 8ubJeet. 
2. 
7.-The •e•eral reoommendationa contained in the report o~ a Sub-Committee shall be pat to the Ezet•U•e COUDittee i.n the u.lUil 
wa7, and the reaolutlon8 oome to on auoh reoommendati.on 8hall 
stand re~erred to ~e 8ub-comMittee ooacerned ~or execution. 

8.-AnJ member of the BxeoutiTe Committee may subject to notjae moTe 
that aDJ subject be re~erred for consideration and report to ~e 
appropriate Sub-committee• and anJ auoh motion, i~ adopted, a~ll 
be taken into consideration bJ the Sub-committee at it• next 
meetin&t when the member moTing shall be entitled to attend. 

9.-AnJ member of the BxeoutiTe Committee maJ be present at the meeting of &nJ Sub...Ccmmittee, but, unless a member thereo~• he shall not vote , nor, except bJ permission, 8peak. 
10.-Each Sub-committee •hall elect a standing ohairman for the Jear (or auoh aborter period aa it 11UQ' decideh who ahall be reapenalble ~or mo•in& at the BxecutiTe Committee the reception of the report o~ the Sub~ommittee. Each Sub-committee~' 1~ desired, eleot 
a atandinc Vic~hairman. 
11.-Baoh Sub-coa.tttee shall con~orm to the Stand1n& Order• ~or the t.lme beina in ~oroe; 8hall deal onlJ with matters within ita re~erenoe and aot bJ a aaJoritJ. It ..1 ~u it• own time and plaoe o~ meot.tna. and it• own pona. 
a. 
12.-...k Sub-Committee ahall be empowered, (in addition to any authoritJ apeoiallJ givea to it bf a resolution of the ~ Bxeoutive COIIIIIl1t'tee aad to the apeaific •thoritiea in the Orders of the Referenoe), 
(a} To dleousa and make a recommendation to the Executive COIDIIlittee on, anr matter within ita own Order of Reference. 
(b) 	To carrr out &nJ ez:plicit decision of the Executive Com­mittee oa mattera within ita own Order ot Reference 
(o} 	!o take on the mat tere Within itl own Order of Referenoe anr action ursentlJ required 1n the intere1ta of the Soc iet7, whioh Will not permit of the delaJ involved in awaiting the next Exeoutive Committee~ but lubleot to the foregoing, ao Sub-committee maJ, without havins firat obtained aD ezplioit decieion of the Executive c-ittee: 
{x} 	incur anr eXpense or liabilit;y exceeding £10; 
(J) 
make &nJ new depart•re in poUc;y or practice• 

(s) 
..bllah UJthina in the aame or • behalf of the Booiet;y. 


13.-The Hoaorar;y 'l'reuurer, H&lbert Bland, and the General l•r.-, Bdward ReJnolda leue, •!aall be &llthorlsed to alga ehequea on behalf ot the Sooiet7 aad to ooacluot the Bankina ~siness of the Sooiet7, and the said Bdw. R. Peaee shall be a•thorlsed to endoree Ohequea and other 1netrumenta p_,.able to the soo1et7• 
"· 
Order• of Refeeence • 

. A. f!""V?e and IJeneral Purtoaea Sub=i'cwn1tt.ee. 
There shall atan4 referred t.o the r. a. G. P. Sub-committee Committee for ooneideration and r~ort. all matter• relating t.o 
(a} Jtnaoge 
(l) 
The receipt and ouatodJ of the SotietJ'• tand•• 

(2) 
The aubaeriptiona and donation• of member8~ aeaooiatea 


ud 	othen~ 
(3) '!'he keQ1nl of the SocietJ'• acooWJt•• and the prepara­
t10D of all neoeuai'J finanoial etatementa. 
~) !he eleotion of new member• and aeeooiatea. 

(o) 
The representation of the SooietJ at Conference•~ &o. 

(d) 
The preparatiOD of the Annual Report. 

(e) 
The managament of the SooietJ'• offioe and offiee etaft. 

(f) 
The supplJ of information in reeponee to eD4siriee;

(l) 
The Local Go"Yernment Information Bureau. 

(I) 
All Billa and other Par11amental7 matters. 

(h) 
The Ciroulatic« Book Bozea. 

(i) 	
The arrangement of leoturH, &o. at the replar meetiDaa of the BooietJ. 

(2) 	
An1 other bue1neee not fallinl Within the referenee to another eub-a OIIID1tt.ee. 

B. 	
'"'M"'• Sub..Cpm'ttee. 


'!'here 	shall etand referred to the Propaganda hb..Coaattt.ee for ooneiderat10D and r ..on, all 11attere nlatinc to:­
(a) 
LHtarH: 

(l) 
The oraanuation of prop..andlat lecture•• ooureee~ 


a.c. for the SooletJ ae a whole and othenue. 
(2) The 81QP1J of leotarera, a.o. to other or1an1eat1ou 
5. 
(
c. 	The PublisN.gc hb...CM"'ttee. There .-.u stand referred to the Publillhln& Sub...COIIIIUttee for 
oonaideration and report all matter• relatinc tot-t•J The Traot•~ report• and booka that the Sooietr plaoea on aale. 
(b) 	
The preparation ot new Traota, report• and booka tor publioa­tion b7 the Sooietr. 

(o) 
The literarr propertr ot the Sooietr 

(1) 	
!he Sub-committee ahall, before takiD& atepa to eOIIIIlit the Sooietr to ar17 new fraet•~ Aoo submit to the !%eout1we Com­mittee a reooamendation aa to the aublHt9 authorship and other 4eta1la. 


(2} The 	Sub...Coaaittee ahall oiroulate to the member• ot the E%eoutiwe Committee in sood tillle complete proota of all which it propose• t~ reoommend the E%eoutiwe Committee to 1aaue. 
(3) The Publishing Committee ahall be authorised to deo ide 
(aubJeot to report in eaoh oaae to the B%eoutiwe COIIIIIlittee) the detalla aa 
to the reprint~. rewi•ia&• and re-1aauing ot the traeta, -oua9 i'eporta , Ao. alread.r aathol'i•ed bJ the lzeoutiwe COIDIIlittee to be plaoed on aale. But it 
•hall not, Without the t~lloit athol'itr ot the l%tout1we Committee in eaQb eaae. •-.., bl1 h 
y .-or pu • ~new matter, or oommtt the Sooietr to auoh iaaue or publioation 
(4) The oontrol ot•rabian Newa•. 
Stat ment of ohioe of Sub-coonittcea bymember• of the Executive. ----------------------------­ 
Name.  Pinanoe & G • .1?. (9) ----------------­ Publishing (9) -------------- Organising (8) ------------­ 

Barker 1 Be~t;blillm • :Dl:a I:j. 1 nAW1. 1 
1 
1 Idss Uurb;y 1 Shatp 1 Webb 1 
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Dodd 

2 
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The Members underlined are those who select a Committee on which they alz·ea it. The resent umbers of members is attached to each Committee, in al cases art from the two officials 
o are members ex-ottioio. 
Th following have not replied: their present Committees

follow their names. 
M9ney l'iaaa&& ~a. Reeve• Publi•h1Qg. 

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1.-Baden 	<tueet • at. hil re •t.• .... e.....,tecl a m•bl1"1 a11t»~eot t.e Baeout1Ye .,rwa1. 
1.-Rew TrMta. tt ,... r,..rte4 tbM ~t••· • !ado'WIIl•t of llet.U'IIlt.r 
.... pabllall.C, Uld Ro. 110, Stat.e hJ'ohMe et ..u,.... wae tlaUhe4 la all r ...eot.a • IIJt. t.at.1DC. 

6.-'fraote ta _.,..att•.
••· Bents..a•• .,u... 8haw reJOn•• lt. 1J0t114 clo, tt JllbU&•• wtt.Jl he• a-. &Dil ~ra1t.

Acr•,. t.o 	.., 
lle• ab•t t.llla • ..bert J•.. a !uat.s.. Oa tweurable HIRJ>~..1tw 

it. wu ..,,.. t.o ailll \he •t.llor, who att_.,.,
t.he t.r•t~OA t.b.e ~~AM Aeitowt... 
5.-!l.,ea• •ua.tte4 ~-14alt.e4•. Priat.e4 oop7 ...._itt.M b7 -.t.hor. wlt.ll of'f•• tor lea•• te repnat.. L!Dit.ll IIJJ. Agr11cl to cleoUAe9 iD Yln et le~a~t.h, ancl the poo• aalea of •'l'boae Wretohecl aat.H•. 
6.-Urseno7 Buwtne... 
It wu acreecl to 1100..\ 1DYlt.at.1• b7 s. De •• \e t.Me Jart. 1D T..ralaar Spare Demo..trat.i • PiDlancl oa Suad&J Mar IIth. Seoret.ai'J to tincl a 1peater. 

Report• of Or&aat•ial 6 Prepaaaada Coaalttee.
zuyate. 
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•••UDC8 .., -he &ftO. 
2.-.. IMiiN Dv of •et.s.a. 
a.-	Ret•ee• .. 
tu 	1oos.a1 Couatt.H heU 
• s... •tatt4 t.llat. •h• hM ··-tcl
•• t4 au ller Collal\tet for • l­tht --~~ *ertet· at.
'fbe 1-att.tt aptt4 to the fo1loWi.Da ......-.:­1.... ttCiD.. t.e be ,._ -.&I p.a. ... t.e , ...ut et 


(a) •••t.1• of p 
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(b) 	A abert. • (t b1r he 1led \o her --...). t.o be Mt... bJ' m•bera of t.he leoit\J'9 aDI I ._.. t4 M ·~ bJ' m•btrt or •rett..l..ala f •1 \he J.at.t.tl' • lln. Cano.dS.ah Bell\~ 1-. ~ertt '' 
•aJ' 	the ooat.:) wt. a t\riq baDe! whioh wwlt •laJ t.ht 1Dtena~ aDd 
(e) tr• 10.10-12 for cliiDOilll• 2.-ftlt date t.e be \be UJ' ••tore \he CoaftrtMt • 
•1• 	• ht.Qr 11117 1. to enable prortao1a1 ftPI"Htata­
\l•• att I -!be eat.=~~=~ U St:reet
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\1l ro.... \o refrolbltnta it u reo-•d.. that. 1t 
••.tttlo, • t.Mttt • t.Jae u.. et t-he ~or 2/-t..Uf• ~-•M ._.. n\ber \he ~· !bl• aS.cM t»o re .. ... Sill \e the "' et Ue~n. •• • t the ..., ., \M e\Mr l'­



,. ·-tut.. 
..., ., .01,..... .... _, ---eel
·~l 
for. 
If 
to cleo14e 
(a) 	Prlee of Uo~et.. ·~ .... ._ 'be lbarl••· 
('b) Jtef...baent•. It w aot • a.re to 1• tt.,ee&the 1/lcl. tU'1ft. 
fo) !bo r.-,t oa\orta-..nt. 
4..-.... Sooietr. !llo 01'1• 801. ~vllitecl C d4go and folll.. a ha looi"r for that t 
5.-Leoturo Cour101. ftae followlq 	bav be• ~.. 


hllaaa 	11••• ltreataa..
S'z-~'­
m.tnta~
wtll•l: 
lraDl.,
lfarJleb • 
•ort-
W. Balt..i 
••ttt..
Pore1t kto 
Re.,.ut.le-uncle~
Weatalauter 
•••ao••
Carlule
• Whether all of tbeae Will be 111at.tebav•
liven 	clep.-41 pon the euao•••
.._ 
_ of the f'our trtal oouwe•. _,..".___ 

1.-JiWI.&e 1a -.ohBeetet.r 

e oolet.S.• 

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and CJr...• \e follw t.he ....,. ••t. 'bJ t.he IIIIU,'Brtltol and other Pabtaa Soo1et1.. aa4 to •r..-r• a 

•
r-.ol't on the eoolal o-.1 ti-, heut1DC aa4 other ••eftoteaolel iD their dt•trict and the ao\lYitl.. 


•(it ~) of the YUt.. leoal la ..._.
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uac the•• eYila, and '-'her r eet• eaoh looal

•
a..letr aa4 ...UI to torwar• all ••oh tnfor.atl to "the Leoal Gwei'Daeat ~la Lw«•, ... la 

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t1011 the CGarereMe •etu••t• tbe Loool GoYe,__t 


·~... to lte• a 
r811•ter et all lull iDfoi'IUUoa fer ~·e• of •~_.a 01' ..bll 1-.• 
~) We •ro•_. that ... AttS.Uoa eho1114 read a e• wpoathe e et a Seooad ~e•1n the oonetttatloa. Aot to be eettle4 later. 
Co) Arq rdolutione tree the ExeoutiYe t 
'•'"" ReeS&natl• .t llllden Chaelt u a a.-bel' ot the CoJal\tee IIM 'been reoelYet with re,ret. 




Report of a Speoial Meeting Qf the Orsaniaina and Propqanda Colllllittee and the Social C..S.ttee on the proto•e4 Selree9 25th• ..,' 1910. 

Preaent: Kill MUrbJ (in chair), Mill Atkinlon, K.H.Sohloeller, llrl. IIJlton Dale, Mrl. Town1hend9 St. John 8.D"Y1De 
T. Willon, ASbley Dukea, and E. R. Peaae. 
The following recommendations were agreed upoa:­
1.-That a Soiree be held on Priday JulJ lit. at the Suffolk ltreet Galleriel fro. 8-12 p.m. if Qttn•ille Barker will oo&lfB\ to rea4 a p~, but unles1 he will do this, or some other epi•alenoharaoteri8t1oal1J Pabian attraction can be pro•tded, no Soiree be held. 
2.-Subject to the abo•e, that a band be engaged at £5.5.0.,LadJ SJbil Smith be a1ked to 11n1 two 10n11 and 
H. G. Barne• one. 
3.-That ticket• be 2J6, and the prioe be raiaed to 3/-a week 
before the date. 
4.-That refreahmenta be pro•ided at not exceeding lj4d. per head for 300~ Miss Atk1naon to get another eltimate from Kiss De Vere of Hampstead b7 Priday. 
The other propoaall are made in the Organ111ng Committee aeport 
of lla7 9th. and 18th. ann•y....­
11. B. llurbJ 
Chairman. 


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Prba'\t. a.,ort of ~ho Publishing Committee holden at the Jabian Of'fiOo c Jrida7 lOth. .Tuno • ltlO. 
Preaen'\1 Mra. Shaw (in ohair), •· Reovea, Miaa Hu'\ohina. 5haw, Dod4, . tandring, 5andera and Secretary. 
1.-Tract• in Prose. 	was 
•Mra. 	Bentinok'• Letters~ w.Pe ordered to be aont to the Foxeoutive for their oommente. 
2.-Reprint of 1,000 of •rabianiem and Jieoal ~ueation• waa ordered. 
a.-MS. Jonea on taxation. It wae agreed to aak him to add a paragraph about Land !axea, and then t hat it be aet up. 
~.-Cepenhagen Congroae.
Shaw atate4 he ooul4 not undertake to do an7th1ng •o the Report of 1896 (!raot 70) ann it waa agreed that the onl7 report be one on the progreaa of the Soo1et7, to be prepared by the Seoretar7. 
5o-Publication of Baaia &o. in •rabian Newa•. 
!he COillmittoe oona1/re4 th11 referenoo from the Annual Meeting: in view of the faot that the t1roulatiea of •Fab an Newe• ia 
To member• Ae. posted from Oftioe 1.200
• Looal Sooietiea 	lOO 
" 	General Publio thro' the trade not more than 50 
3,550. 
the Cemmittee 4oo14o4 that it would be waa'\e of 
apaoo to print the baaia and inY1ta'\1on to join
the Soo1et7 in o.oh 	1•-.•· 
6.-Annual Report. I'\ wa• agroo4 to make thi8 ~ pp. lonaor 1n order to allow roem for AmJl• no'\looa of the Looal
Soo1etiel. 
Gbarlot'\o r. Bhaw Chairman. 
a.,ort er tbe ~gan1•1q A Pr.,aaanda Oommittee.
frlyW. 
ee\ ....., June 11th. 1110. 

rre1ent: Kl•• AtkiaaeD (in ohair), Dr. BeRtham, leble•l•er, , .... and San1erl. 
1.-Open-air Leetur...
favearable ••port• have been reoetvet t Dr. Marion Pb1111•1• 11. Beaumeat and Ora. Seo. on the eqeriment et aten-atr 1ectare• on •The Abelition of Peverty•. 
1.-Aa\amn ant Wtater a...... et Leoture8. 
We have 1netnaeted the ora. Sec. to anneunoe u ua•l 1a the pr••• that the lootetr 1• •repared te lupplJ leotare ooureel between Ootober and Maroh . 
1.-Leotur•• b7 Bernard Shaw. 
lhaw hU prom 8 .. U in previou• Je&r8 to liVe a mllllber et leoture• under the auapioel of loeal Soo etie• an4 Gr~l next autumn and Winter. 
4..-fablan Annual Conterenoe 
(a) 
Aaenda annexed. 

(b) 	
Chairman. We reo• end that Bnaor be Chairman of the Coaterenoe. 

(o) 	
Do•• the Baeoutive 4elire te •lace &nJ fUrther bu•ine•• apon the A&enda f 


6.-Internatloaal Seaialilt Oengre88, Copenha&en, ~. 28 to s.,t. 5th 
(a) 	
We reonmoend that the Gomgr••• fee of 8/-per telegatebe pa14 tor a limited DUmber of 4elegate8.

(b) 	
That no or..ential• be liven to &nJ member unle.. the Beotet7 par• hie Oonare11 tee. 

(o) 
!bat ne 1D8truo\ioaa be liVen t~ teleaat••· 


1.-Lantern llldel. 
We have rHe1ve4 a re e•t troa ~I.L.P. fer the leaD 
11 &1ft .. laatera 1114..• We rHOIII!llell4 th& IU' 1\MJt 
ef laetera •11411 be »re•entet te \he I. L. P. 


Pa ian Annu 1 Oon~erenne. 
As nda a rranged by Or ani~ n an rop g nda C~littee. 

~.-Chairman• open n 
3. -Report ot the •rk of the several s n1et1e1 d rouplainoe the laat Conf'erenoe. 
• ·-notioe of Mt1on r m t.he Local Govel'nr.lent roup. 
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' !hat tle Conterenoe re ue1t1 all Pabi ooietlel 
'and nroupe to ollow the eaam le eet b7 t e 11. 
·~ri t 1 an~ othe fabian ooiet.ie and to repare
•
a ~e~ort on the . ial oond tiona. houain and •other def1n1eno1ee 1n t eir 41strtot nd the •aotivit·ee (if an7) of the variou looal author!• 

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tie 1n ec-mbatti theee evill. t\ furth r re­

• 
ue1t1 eaob lo al Soo •ety d Group to torw rd all 

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uoh in~o~tion to the L oal Oovernaent nroup in ~ondon. and, in addition tl Conferenoe re ue t 

•
the L oal Oovernment Oroup to ep a reg ter ot all 

• 
Ul)h 1nf'ol·rJat.Ion for the pu ·po 81 of propalanda or •f)ubli,ation. • 


~.-lotine o Motion fr m Olaph I'. s. 
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T t the Conference 1• o op1nlon th~t the poli 1 •of runnin rabian Pal•li entary Candirlatel ha 

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been a t ilure and reo ends that 1t should be 

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abandoned ~~ order that the eneraiel of t e 

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sootet7 mar be et free for ore etteotive ~ rk•. 


6.-Notioe o~ Motion tr m Goldere Green r. s. 
'What. 1n the opinion of: thle 0 nterenoe 1t. le 
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del rable that the Conterenoe lhall be hel4. 

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tn t.ure8 in uoh pla e a will pe~t. the oember of the Parent Sooletr• Societ. et and 


Group to attend•. 


Group. 
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That,ia the furtherance of aooial reform S0oialiete 

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CJho11ld oppoRe legislati ~'>n tenclin to innrea e t~e 

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economic ..dependence of women.,(Note. ExaopleA to be given if po ihle) 


B.-Notlo~ ~~ Motton from Lo~al Government G ou? . 
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That, having regard to the exi•ting confusion of 

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the area" of local ~Jthnrltie and the 1neft1ci enoy •of atblnstratton re ulttng t heretrom, this Con­

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terenoe of Pabtan Sooietiet and ~roupe ur~et t he 

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reeident of the Local Gove~1e t B ard to 

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appoint a dep t .!leatal C ittee to in;,au r e into 

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the ue,tion, givin apeo tal attention to the 

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desir bility of institution larner •reae tor 

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ur b&n ildoini&trat1on." 

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That in the opinion of thia Cont erenoe t e 

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(}over ent eboulrt t 1 eat the x·efol·:n of l r-cal 

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Ta ation and ot imperial ubventione to local •authoriti ee at a uest1on o~ urgenoy.• 




10. -notice of otioa f r fiill Ch1ew1ok 'ab tan troup. 
•
That the Conference depreoate• t he uee f the 

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Lon~on Meeting ~or the pas in~ of Re olution •on m ttera affeotin the politioal policy ot 


•the Whole ~ociet,. and 11 o~ opinion tlat the 
•
proper plaoe r~r the pa -lnc of tu~ reeolu\~on 

•
1 , 1n the !.1rat plaoe • \he Jablan Oonf'erenoe•. 


11.-M1 • Atktnaon•s paper on •The plane of a Seoond Ohaaber in the c~n•t tut1on•. 
Aotual t tle to be ettled. 


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Private. Rep•rtrot the Jinanoe and neneral PurpoaeaCo.®tttee at Offioe 9th. June, 1910. 
Pre ent.: Ensor (in oh ir), Maude, Dr. Bent.ha,Mi<JS Murby. Bl and, sandera, an4 Beore\arf. 
1.-Can1' datea. 36 were eleoted. Last year 31. AYeraae aublort.tiOD of ordinary ~ember• 10;&: of all membera 6Jll. 
2.-~rge of me~ne1e. 
kldre~Jse"l of the followins l:lembera were reported u lost in additien to 3 aupplied by the Commi ttee. The fellow-ins Nre at~ll wRnted: 
Thoe. J. :Rennett, w. R. Br6dse•, .usa P. E. Chr11t.1en, 
J. R. Crawford, la<Js L. Flet. ~her, '!f:ardreaa 11 <b'a4J• 
Dr. A. c. Rainer, F. H. 11nola1r, Miss Gertrude Stewart,
Fred 'l'aylor, Hi"" P. M. Tower1, F. J. 111. Wbipple,
Mra. ilkinson. 

It 	was agreed to ~trike them off unless t~ey are found and pa:y up.Letter9 notifying their removal fro~ the lilt were ordered t~:~ be !tent to 8 m l'lbera. 
n. G. Wellt, subsoriber, !'> m·nthl in arrear wat ordered '\o 
be ctrooped otit. 
One resignation wae a oepted. 

3.-Men's and w·men1 1 f ubaoriptiona.
Return ~ordered bJ t.he C0mm1ttee was presented, thowina tlw average aubanription of 200 men and 200 •-·taken at ~and0m, o~itting membera of local and univertity aoo~tie1, ma1r1ed oouplel both me bere and any 1Ublor1p­t'one eaoeedins £5. 
Men, 	averaae of 200, 13j9.
•rfomen. • • • 1.0/6.
June 	C: anrHdat.. 
Men, aYerar,e ~f 6 11~ 
~Jomen, • • 8 lOft. 

•·-Ao~ounte •or two mnnthl. 11.1Q_. 
Me~bera' Sub nriptiona 	£D5 1'il·
£1
Aeflloo ate1 • 
18 28
Subs,r berl 
10
Rnok 	..xe11 
8' u
Trant r al.el 
10+ 10
+ lnolud.. MinoritJ Repor'\. 
'l'he 	•eoret&rJ report•• the audtt wu "NQlet.e4 aatt•fM\el'tS,. 
5.-Tohaykovsky Bail F1md. The foll0wlng wa.t reported(oorreoted up to date:-) 
Nepa1d to Lenner l .£1-i9. 1-'· 1 Transferred to narli ··1entary Pund 30. 11,. 0 
• " Other Fund<J 	3. 2. 2 
No 	reply yet reneive4 15. 1. 0 Intere t 11. 7. 3 
Total repaid 	£209. 15. 6 
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6.-Parli~entary Bu ine~~. W0o1wioh. All <~ettled ex~ept formal oon'!ent of Lab.·ur Party.Rudderef1eld. Nothing freth. 
Sunderland. Cot·reapondenoe a.s to signature of Labour PartyConttitution atill in progress. 
7.-Leotur·e Cour e 1910-ll. 
Lecture on ~tato In Ul anae ef wOl·kpeople arranged for Bern!'Jtein. On Dr. nroda1 s repot·t t l1at he now wanted £.<;. for expenRelo it wa'! agreed to dtoline the lecture. 
It wa1 agreed t0 adopt '''haw• "u~geation ot a oourse on What tha <;0oia.l1At Movement 11 negleoting. 
ani! that the off'ioerl (En'"OI' and Shaw) bef nqueated to rtraft a aet o~ leoturea in ooneultation with t te off ioia.ls . 11\aurle's o "'et• of' 0ne on •The Chanse of Heart• (i .e. 'l'ol­stoyilm) waa aooepted. 
a.-Ann11al Meet1 ng Re"~oluti on. It wa.• agreed. at'ter F1neor l ett. t hat he be re~ueated to rlraft the Report on the Polit.ioal Polioy of the 
~Ciniety. 
11. c. K. lil10r Chairman. 
-ao~1tteo en Leoture Courae. ~or. haw and the Soorotar1el. 
noport by t he Soorotariel. 
!he Finanoe and G. P. Oo  ittoe eoleoto4 •• title tor  
the oourao  
•What the  oo1al1at  ev  ent 11  no  leotina•.  

It aoe to ua d1 t1cult to apeak for t • whole mnve:1ent and we prefer 
•
What the Fabian oo ety 1 naaleotin • or 

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What Pabiani m 11 neglootins• or " at Fabiani m hae nesleoted• 


Leoturaa euegeated. 
soo al:U an4 the Chance t Bout (l'ebter)efter.. br ..... 
!he •• ere .t Vol1111tarr Ge-oporatton under Boo alUm Offered bJ BaD4era. 
Sooia11aa and Cur anor Oftero br Poaeo 
"'oo alila and the treat ent of Grtmo 
the Irllll Preblea or !;ooi&llet and the tenant Oottasor 

.. Sub~..~ ...... 



1. 	cr~~F-~~~~ 2.. w.'-~~~~~~ecwX~ 
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Report. 	of ora..Uia& u4 rr...... c-1t.tee. 
----------~-------------.-------------­••tt•a ..uar 27th. Juae ~ 10. 
Preaent: Ill•• rbJ ( chair) • llist AtUn1on,
Sohloe..e• and Or&• Sec. 
1.-Offer of Banner. We have ooaal4ere4 an offer ot a deai.. ant materiala for a banner fraa Kr1. Cole ber of s eveoo r.s.) and recommend that the offer be aooe•ted and 1llk1 purch~ed to the •alue of 16. to o lete the work prcwiUag workere can be foancl te curr at the dedlft. K11a lfnuhend 1a tho~t te be the belt ••raon to ~roaoh. 
1.-Conferenoe Agenda. 
(a) 	
lfhe Agenda f or the Confer ence 11 lubmitted here­with for t he Bseouti•e te conlider whether uaited ~~et1oa 1hwld be taken oa &111 of the 11'0 oeau. 

(b) 	
We recommend that the Conference be aateC bJ the eouti•e Coaaittee -a motiOil tit I8D8J 


allow the followlac relolution to be br t forwar4l­
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That thll Coaterenoe oall• upOD the Oo•e...ent 

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to grant faoilltlea for the en'• Suffrage

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Bill BOW befor• the Eaule of a...oae \o pa81

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throu&h all 1tage1 arlng the •re•ent 1e11lon•. 


a.-Leoture Cour1e1 &o . 
(a) 	
Purther eoureea te be 11•en in the autumn aa4 wlat r ha•e been arranged at Caabridae, s•Uuunpton,Wat6»r4, South Kao •1• 'l'ottenham, Wood Green,

s. 
Paaoraa, Pore1t a.te, Deptford, Dulwieh. 


{b) Arransement• ha•e been made for Shaw to addre11 large meeting• at Readia£, Briatol, Kanoheater,Cambri ge UniveraltJ• Rewoalt1e-under-LJ11le,
S"eaoakl and Streath•• 
(o) 	!he Ora. Seo. ha1 informed ue that he haa been ~1te4 to 1eeture aooaaionallr (profellioaallJ)bJ the free Trade Unia en the IIUbJect of •a.el'!Daa7• We o~ider there 11 ao objection to hia • •••~... tile S.ltation• 
•• B. llurbJ Chairman. 


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,ff 'M\1' r~d_ l; ~fJ.r ~..y ~ ~~ 
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~ort of the ..bl~c~ttee.
Private. 
Keeting 15t~ July, 1910. 
Present: Kr • aw (in chai ), as HutchL~a, Dodd, Guest,Kra. Reevea, Sharp, Shaw9 Standring, Sanders and Seoretaryo 
lQ-Tracts Pre 
ro. 151. e Point of Honour. Passed tor pr • : 79500 ordered. 
o. 152. Jones on 	Tacation. 
It wa a reed to issue t 18 in the 2d. Seriea , w1t."l a oover. 
2.-Reprinta &o. 	The followina were reported a one or praoticallJ so 
o. 	133. ReprL~ wi h Dearmer a ortr 1 Cover. Report.

Co e ge Report, translated int Frena bJ Julea Kagnyand into Geman by Mra. La C a 
3... Sale • Seriea. La t Vol e. •socialism and Superior
Brain • bf G. B. Shaw. Coat £31.10.0. Proceeda of 
aales 1 .mi c, to ZOtuo June, paid us bJ Pltield 

.11.0. Our Salea £&.10o0. Re ult, we have oovered cost and have 1n stook 1, 00 out of <i 9 000 oopiea.
Two-Rennz Traota. The Sale of the Tracta on •Endowment of erni.t " (~9) in <i m"nt.ha and RailwaJ• (.f.OO) in 2 montba are conaidered ~airl,y goo o 
•·-	ew Tracta. • on •What an Ed cation Co~ittee oan do• 
pre ared b7 the duoation Gro 9 and tran.aitted by
Web wit hi commendatio 9 in w eh Sandera.,oon­ourred. It waa agreed to reo~end 

{a) That it be set 
(b) 	That it be publ1 hed ·~or the duoation Group",and not •tn the name ~ the SooietJ• thu avoidins the necess1t1 or waiting till the 
a"Utumn. 
s.-~t to ~•ad". On report that P.s. llnc & Son would probablf
take aseno1 tr the new edition the price

be 1/-, it was a1reed:­
(a) that the prioe be 1/­
(b) that everJ oop,y(ex~ept those reserved ~or 
binding) be interleaved. (A oopJ of King'• proposal• 1n response to this 1a annexed.) 
Charlotte P. Shaw Chairman. 
•vVhat t o Read". 
Proposal from PeS• King &Son. 
•w shall be ;i;4-t~-~;;-~~;-~~e on ~at to Read•, as eo-publisher:, and to place it on sale on the following te~:h 
~e 	book is to be published at 1/-net, and o ave
1
• 
the price shown tn the cover. 

•
e think it would be a good plan to state on the oover als the oost of Inland Posta~. 


The 	name of the Fabian Sooiet7 to have less display on 
the 	oover and title-page, than at present. 
This we think desirable for selling purposes. and we would suggest that it should appear at the bottOM someWhat in this form: 
London, ltlO Published by P.S. King & Son Orchard Rouae, Westmin9ter, s. w. for the abian Society
s. Clement& Inn, Strand. w. c. 
3., 	We to have free of cost one page of advertising in lieu of our usual fee for imprint. 
4. 	We to account to you for all copies sold at 6d. per copy nett. 
5.-You to be free to give away to your Members or Assoaia~ ~or; sell to them at any jrice you please, as manyoopiea o the book s yo like, but to undertake not to sell e book to ot e than embers or Aasooiatea of the Fabian Society at less than 1/-net. 
6. 	ou to send out co ies for review, and we to refer to you all reQue•t• for rree oo»lea for that or other purposel. 
We think that in appealing to the general public, the sale­abilit7 of the book would be con111derabl7 increased if' you wo\lld in­clude 1n your Introduotor7 matter a liat of the Kembera of your CCIIl­mittee who accept reaponalbllltJ for the o~ilation. 
We favour the proposal for interleaving With blank pages,
1~ you can afrord the additional ezpenae, as adding to the appearance
0~ the ahillingsworth, and aa having real utilitJ for studenta. 

~e would sugge t that it mi~t be worth your while ~o bind 200 oopiea or eo (sar 50 at a time) in whole cloth, with goldlettering 1aeu1ng them a~ 2/-net. We would do thie for you, if you liked, at 5d. per volume. 
We shall not need to see any more proofa, ezoep~ ~hoee tor cover, title-page and our own adver~isemen~. 
I shall be glad t o discuss with you before or after yourcommittee meeting, these or any other points to which you ma7 care to give further consideration. 
Sincere17 
(Signed) P. James Mathe on 
for P.s. King & Son w 
In replf the Secretary demurred ~o the te~• of Noo 5,because it appears to prevent us fran aelling to the tradeo The reply from Matheeon will no doubt be submitted to the meeting. 
Pr1Y&teo ae»ort or the 0&'1Ani8&al aD4 .._acaada C-ittee. 
Keet1n1 18t • July 1910. 
Present: ss Murby (in chair), Xea l~, Schloesser,
Sta.ndring, Pease and lande.rs. 

1.-Annual Conf'e•noe. 
The f'ollowing e o t vrith regard to t e Annual Con~erenoe was receiYed: 
Att ndanoe:-Members o~ Executive 17; 15 Groups representedbJ 21 representatives; lf Provincial and Univer81tySocieties represented by 23 representative•. Total number o~ representatives • 
Expensea: The return o~ expenses or delegates fr~ pro­vincial Societies is not yet eamplete but it is not expected that the whole expenses o the Conference will amount to more than £20, about one...third of which will be due ~rom p ovincial Societies under the regula­tions. 
Outdoor Lecture • 
Favo,Urable reports have been received fro n • ~z1on Phill~a on courses taken b7 her at Fulham, Marylebone , aar1eeden d orest Gate; and from t e org. eo. with re ard t0 courses by him at Kingston and Battersea. 
The rg. Sec. has arranged to give this month 4 lect~r•• at Northampton and District and 1 lecture at Ru b7 and 
l at erby• 
• -Common Action ong Soc lists. a ma r or urgency we ave considered a circular letter rom a Coomittee entitled w rovi ona Comm ttee ~or the Promot on of Common Action amons Socialist••, a8kinl a 
series of Questions with regard to our willingne•• to 
co-operate for certain purposes with other Socialist 
bodies. We consider that a eel~-oon8t1tuted committee 
formed without the cogn18aooe of the national Socialist Societies has no claim to serious oonsideration. This letter has, we understand, been also sent to our Groqpaand proYinc1a1 Societies as well as to branohea o~ other Socialist organisations. We consider that action on enQuiries of this nature • oUld not be taken without the app~ova1; of the central bodies of the national Socialist o~ganisationa and we therefore recommend that no action be 't-aken on the letter and that our Groups and the pro­
vincial Societies be informed of this decision. 
4.-Chr18tohurch P.s. New Zealand. 


We have received a letter from the Secretary of the Chri t chu oh Fg Sv reporting election of herself (at the to of the poll) and another Fabian to a looal authority; and other interesting matters. 
5.-Cope en Congre s. The Executive Committee decided at its last meetin to poatpone oonaideration of the ~uestion of givins in­structions to our delegate attending thil Conference until the Asenda had been eoeived. The Asenda is not yet to hand and it is now necessary for the Execu­tive Committee to ........ \o come to a decision aa 14 Whether it Will adopt our rlo_..endatloa to give cvl delegate a free hand. 
/
M. !J. Jlurby 
­
Ch 
Meeting 14th. JUl7 1910. 
Present: Ensor (ln obalr), Bland, Barker, Maude, Kisa Sharp, Shaw, Webb, Sanders and Secretaey. 

1.-Membership.
(a) 	
The candidates~ 31 were elected, an increase of 15 on last ar. The general average of subscr tiona waa s/1, a decline of l)id. on last month. 

(b) 	
Resigna\tona of Mrs. ~ran\ Allen, F.T.H. Renle, and six others were accepted.

(c) 	
A list of 33 mem ers, includin Mr. and Mrs. OharringtonMartin9 Prof. J. • Morgan, and E.B. D'Auvergne were 

o dered to be struok otf, ir theJ did not replJ to final letter. 


2"... Finance. 
Accounts to lOth. June were presented s owing a decline of £i'. in embers Subacriptiona and also declines in other items. !he Seoretaey gave a e explanationa, and presented a table of monthly 8ubsor1pt1one ahowing the remarkable variations tram year to year. 
s.~ Members' Bookshelf. It waa agreed to reprift' the Seleot Catalogue of the M1111.bera 1 Bookshelf and to send it to a•bers. 
6.-Post Office Savings .Banks. On a letter it wa. decided to appoint a Committee in the to consider how Post Of ioe aotivitiea
could 	be extended. 
5.~ Women's Group. Informatioa that the Grogp waa arranging a B¥de Park Demonstratiaa Platfo~ praotioall7 represential the Sooiet79 and wa• otrerin& evidence to the Ro7al 
Cammiaaton on Dt•orce, was received. 
&.-International SocialS.t .....u: Bnglish Committee. Resignation of his seat b7 Bland waa accepted and 
Pease 	w.. appointed 1n his place. 
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Synderland. The Seoretar~ rep rted that a~er protraoteanegotiation• the Labour Part~ had arranged that Go1d­stone shall be an outside but approved candidate., an~~ the agency of the Fabian Society in the matter there­fore comes to an end. 
Woolwioh. Bland and Sanders were requested to investi­gate al1egations that registration and local work was bein.g neglected. and will report verbally to the Execu­tive. A 1etter was received f rom Crooks, asking if Fabian support would be extended to ~in any other constitue ncy either at a bye or at the general election. Reply was ordered to be sent that special conditione enabled the Society to accord ~support Rt Woolwioh, and no undertaking could be given to do so elsewhere. 
a.-Next 	Session's Lect ures. 
(a) 
The Hall was discu sed and it was resolved to remain at Memorial Hall for the present.

(b) 
The following meetings apart from the course were 


settled November 18. Lpilon on S~ndicaliem November Meeting for discussion of Report on 
Fabian Electoral Policy.
Education 	Group. It was agreed that Lectures b7 CyrilJaokson, and R. Blair arranged for the Group should be taken on Fridays as part of the regular program. 
Regular Course. 
Some open ~uestiona of Socialism. 
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Fixed:-Kaude. The Change of eart 
Proposed:­
Sanders. 	Socialism and Vo1untary Co-operation.
Pease. 	Socialism and Currency
Guest. Socialism and Native Raoea Shaw. Sooialiem and Equality.
Bland. 	Soo ialism and Crime. 
Socialism and Liberty. Graham Wallas. Socialism and •eoar~~.!nsor 
(inolttding Ire1and) 
R. 	c. K. !Daor 
Chairman. 


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b'1Yat.e. 	Report o~ the Oraan1 1n1 A Propas&Dda Comoittee. 

eeting 26th. Sept. 1910. 
Pre ent: Miss Murby (in obair), ohloeaeer an<lers. 

1.-Day ot eetin • It 1 s deoi ed to change day o~ eetin fro ond&J to Thursday alteraatina with t e Jlnanoe C 1ttee. 
2.-Nur ery Leoturea. It waa decided to print and diatribute to London me bera a IJ11abu of a oou e of uoational Leoturea to be liYen by e ureer7. 
3.-L ndon 	Groupa.M tinge haYe been arrance4 to re-constitute the St. Panoral an Centr 1 Diltriot, and Ken ington Group • 
•·-Provinoi 1 a~d Suburban Leoturee. Leot,.re Couraea haYe been arran 
cl •• foll w•:­
Pro!ino1a1. 	SubUJ'ban.
Hanley
Newo..tle-un er-LTm• 

(l ham 
c..bri ge P•.• 
Kena l RileCoventr7 F. 
DulwiotYork .P. 
s. kney
ton or 
ton
Sevenoake F.s. 
Wood reen
Southampton 1. ~. 
Chiawiok F. G.
Bhe~f:teld 1. s. 
t. Panora1
Gla 1 w A Diltriot .P.s. 
tre tham P. G.
(o6 Courae ) 
Rio D4
itle &J 
.Uhinaton Dep\for<l r. G • Bea,on Delanl Wat.fol'd BlJUl Pore•t Gate ' ·•· 
~Jt.. fot.tenhaa 
.,leld 
1.-L1Yerpool Un1Yer.1t7 r.s. 
lhl• 8oo1et7 deairlnc ~\ a aembe• of th

leoture at the f1r8t, ...t.tq of th 1 • 8• 0• should I aaree• \a 10. e r 8888:1.011 H. K. lohloee8er 

P:rl~a\e. eport or the Piaaaoe and Bene:ral Pu:rpo111 Com&ittee. 
KeetiDI 2tth. ept. 1910. 
Pre..nt: Webb (1n ehai:r), Dr. lent • Ill 1 llu.rby.Bland, ude, Sharp, San4el"'l aDd seeretaJ7. 
1.-Candidatel. septe ber nd Ootober 111t1 of oandidatel were eleot... 27. oompared with a. laet year. ATerace lubeoriptlon 11/6ordinarJ memben • 1 /1 all memben. 10 Ree1gnat1ona were aooepted: Dr. Harry Robertl waa re­inetated. 
2.-Pi nanoea to Auau•t llet. Report ehowe4 deoreaae ot :reeeipte on la t year, but DO ino:reaae thereof eiooe June lOth. 
I -Deleaau... It wae relolT14 to pay f~r 8 deleaatel to t be I.L.P...._ t1tut1on CoDferenoe and not to re-appoint eleaatee to the Sooi&l!Jit Waaen' • Bureau. 
~.-1oo1ety Leoturea. Loyeon on SJDdioalilm. Owing to 
~~ --• ~ •• '"'' ;&.<& loaA8 
.a.••
W"eme r 21th. an to oanoel the 
Nonmber 1 th. 
t te A 1eta by 11 Da~iee. 

Pitsherbert on Land National! ation in New Zea and. 
Sent by Shaw. Rele ted. 
lr. Saluby. It wae agreed to aek ~ leoture onDeeember 2nd. or 16th. 
idne7 'lflbb .., ... lhai-.ra. 

Report o~ the Publishing Comm~ttee. 
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.:.::_
~. •Cf
Meet 	J
Present: Sharp (in ohair), Miss Hutchins, Dodd, Guest,Standring, Sanders and Secretary. 
1.-Co?er 	for The Point of Ronour. Reference baok for rep~rt on thia waa considered. The Se~retary repor••d that the Chainnan of the Commdttee and the author of the tract were both oppoaed to a oover and that the ooat would be about £5. It was unan~oualy agreedto report to the Exeouti?e that in the ab~ence of a settled polioy that all tract• should have oovera, the Committee is of opinion that the traot 1n ~ueation i~ not a suitable one to seleot for exceptional treatment. 
2.-Education Traot. Proofs presented. Length 24 pa ea. It was agreed to send round proofa to the Exeoutive,audthat Sandera undertake editorahip. Purt'1er, that the traot be ld., and without a oover. 
8.-•What 	to Read" The aotion of the Secretary on various points taken in aocordanoe with o1roular to the Executive and the PublishingCommittee was approved.
4.-Other 	Reprints.
(a) 	
So.G-i. Sup r:1.o Bra~n11. ot.he ed:1.1'.:ton of 10,000 was ordered, and the Secretary waa directed to getpayment or reprint of advertisements. 

(b) 	
Tract 14. The New Reform Bill. It was agreed on the suggestion of Webb and Middleton (Labour Party) to prepare a revised edition~ •~ o~ this, to be re­issued by the Executive, and that the Secretary gettogether a Revision Committee. 


54-Edward Carpenter. A re~ueat that we send out aB M't'~.. l!t~ 84-• ~lie at the usual charge (15/-) an advt. of hia books including one entitled •The Intermediate Sex• waa oonaidere4. a.d 1t waa resol•ed by 4 •otea to I to reoommend the Exeouti•e to deeliae ..-. to adverti•• this book. (Subae~uentl7 Carpenter, hearingthat opinion waa d1•1ded on the matter ~ote that he would 
rather let the pro»o•al dro»)6.-Proposal b7 the Fellowahip Preaa, Kanoheater, ~or Joint publ1oa­tion of a traot b7 Prank Roae was oona1dered and not 
entertained by the Committee. 
7.-Sohool Cl1n1os. It waa asreed to oonsider re-publication of artiolea in 
•Daily Newa• by Haden Gueat. 
Cl11'tord SharpVioe-c 
Dra~t Report on Fabian Policy. By R.C.K. Enaor. 

Neither the Jabian Society nor the British Socialist move­ment of which it forms a part were born yesterdayo o~ development lie behind us and have made u• what we are. A body o~ such respectable antiquity is exposed to two evils. runs some risk of stagnation. The best of ita old virtues may be­come vioe• as the time• changeo It may be trightened out ot need­ful innovations by the recollection of their tailure in earlier daya and under other circumstances. On the other hand it t hrows away its heritage in a very real sense it it tries to act as though it had no past behind it. The lessons of experience are too dearly bought to be wiaely ignored, and abstract unhistorical theorising ia a poor guide to choeae &.~w&&R whenever a better ia obtainable~ 
The first o~ these dangers beasts more netneeJly the Fabian Executive; the second, the Society's rank a>1d f ile. The Executive includes leading members who have been leading member• ainoe the Society's foundation, and even its newer aoquleitiona are probably tar more ateeped in ita traditiM; and it• literature than the averaae Fabian. Such a body ia the better tor constant pr<l!lptinga tram treah mind•. But it ha• necessarily to take a more austained view than 
its prompter•. 
It cannot torget that most of the problem• agitated to-day have long historie•, and have repeatedly been the subject ot caretul conaideration by strong committee•. And it is bound to 
insist on the worth of an acquaintance (which of oour•e doe• not 
neoeasarily mean an agreement) with the principle• elaborated in Fabian Tracts; a ver1 large proportion of whioh are to-day aa valid, as apposite, and as unfamiliar to most Socialists as on the day when the were enunciated. 
The QUestion more particularly bro ght before us by the members who moved for this Report was how far the old policy of 
•Fabian Toleration• should now be discontinued. In the •Report ,. Fabian Policy•, which was presented to the laternational Sooial­1st Congress 1n 1896 and now forms No. 70 in our series of tracts, this policy is thus defined: 
The Fabian Society, far from holding aloof from other bodies, urges its members to lose no opportunity of joining them and permeating them with Fabian ideaa as far as possible. Almost all organisations and movements contain elements making for Socialism, no matter how remote the sympathies and intentions of their founders may be ~rom those of t he Socialists. 
On the other hand, unintentionally reactionary proposals are constantly being brought forward in Socialist bodies. 
Fabian. are therefore encouraged to Join all other organisation•, Socialist or non-socialist, 1n wblob Fabian work oan be done. 
This declaration can only be understood if we recall othera made in the ~ame Report. It is there stated that the Fabian Society exists to pereuade the English people to do something, but doea 
2. 

UGOG 
not 
----~to be the social~t party, and therefore does not seek polit~ repreeentation at elections, although it loses no opportunity of influencing elections and inducing constituencies to elect Sooial­iste as their candidates; again, that it ia critical towarda the pleas for a specitically Socialist Press, and •tn securing journal­istio expression for its ideas has no preference except for the largest circulation•. The picture is one of a aooiety which doee not aim at being more than a society; which cares much about de­veloping ideas and getting measures carried, and little about multi­plying the proselytes of a formula; and which beliwve• that the energies of its small but select membership will be more economical­ly and effectively applied towards influencing the parties and party newspapers which already exist than towards originating new onese The sha lines of the picture only appear sharper when we remember 
-t.l<cot. 1 t was pa:lnted for e ~terna~ional congrese of Socialist bodies, practically every one of which had long held it the prime duty of Socialists to form an organisation apart c.. and 
to boyoott all others•
. 
The idea thus expreseed in 1896 had been uppermost in the Society ever since it found its feet, and to this day it has rendered possible a large proportion of the Societ1•e moet peculiar and moet 
valuable work. 
But fran an early period another idea oanpeted with it, -the idea that the Pabian Society should take part in forming a separate political party f 
or S0cialist purp~ses. 
Hints 
of this appear in the manifesto of t 
he Fabian Parliamentary League 
3. 
f 0 
p-+ 18 developed in the last (Kr. Bland's) of the •Fabian
\~av•Jt ~~ 
Essays• (1889); it ia re-emphaaised in Kr. Bernard Shaw' review + 
o~ the Society's ~1 at Eight years (l 92). In the •Pl&n o~ Cam­
paian for Labour" x (1894) it is s~onglJ and oare~ully argued, 
and elaborated into a detailed scheme not very unlike that actually 
followed ix years later in the constitution of the Labour PartJ. 
If we ask why this goea unmentioned in the Report o~ 1896, we may 
perhaps find part of the answer in the very discouraging General 
Election of 1895. The workers had quite failed to take up the 
•Plan of Campaign"; Mr. Keir Hardie had loot his sea~i not a single independent Labour representative bad been returned. On the other hand the rudderless condition of the storm-tossed Liberal ship seemed to re-invite Fabian attempt to take it in tow. 
The ideas 
of •permeation• and ~Fabian toleration" naturally 

1umed ~irst 
plaoeo 

Bu~ th ~dea o~ ~orming a new party was not dead. 
At the 
conferences which in 1899-1900 formed the Labour Representation 
C~ttee (now the Labour Part7), the Fabian Society wa1 represented. 
It was affiliated to that body from the be&inning; it hat always 
had a representative ~on ita Executive Committee; it has fought 
three elections under ita auspices. and i d
• s un ertaking ~ fight 
more. 

The full implications of this adherence were not felt ~or 
same years. 

It waa only after the General Election 0~ 1906 that the Labour Party began to w loan 1n the politics
r o~ Pabiana as o~ 
• Fabian Tract No. 41. x Pabian Tract No. 49. 
4. 
__	other people asea force un~uestionably to be reckoned with. A contradiction in Fabian theory then became evident. On the one side was the idea of Fabian toleration. People were told that their membership of the Liberal or the Conservative party was not only tolerated but welcomed, a~ that the Society aimed at 8••~iRs­gathering together upon the broad platform of the Fabian Basis, irrespective of party, all who under whatever lag aad with what­ever weapons were eager to extend the triumphe of the Socialist principlef• On the other side were the hard facts, that the Society was affiliated to one of the four definite parties in the British Parliament, that it subscr ibed to the party fUnd, that it was represented on the party executive. It would be somewhat awkward if the Labour Party were to run a candidate in any particu­
lar constituency with the Scc 'ety'e blessing, and a prominent Fabian engaged in •permeating• the Liberal or the Consorvat1ve oamp were to take the leading part in 1 opposing him, and securing his defeat. 
It must be acknowledged that these awkwardnesses have oo­ourred rarely in pr aotioe, though at least one prominent Liberal Fabian has never shrunk from opposing Labour Candidates and in several inqtances has been the decisive factor in their defeat. But some of the loudest protests that from time to time h•ve been evoked have not been over Labour Candidates or Fabian Candidates , but over Socialist Candidates run quite apart from the Labour Party or the Fabian Society, with,perhaps little reasonable prospect of 
polling well. 
~o these last cases it 1a evident that no hard-and­
5. 

M~..t'u • 

the declaration of 1896 as still binding. It aays: 
No person can obtain the support of the Fabian Society 
or escape ita 0 ppo ition by merely repeating a few 
Shibboletha and o llin8 himself a Socialist or 
As there is no second ballot~ &o.&o.
Social Democrat. 
In short,suoh oases must be judged on their merits~ all
and until the Socialist forces in England have emerged from the 
irresponsible stage it would be icpractioable to lay down a rule that Fabians should never oppose any self-styled Socialist Ca.ndi­date. At the 9ame time for a Fabian to go out of his way to op­pose a well-known Socialist of any standing should come more and more to be recognised as an improper course and one calculated to 
oonfuse the popu1ar m~d. 
With regard to Labour Candidates the difficulty may well become more acute, particularly s ince the Society has adopted the policy of forming a Fabian Parliamentary fund and running oandi­nates off its own bat This is a complete departure fram the doo­~rine of 1896 that the Society •does not seek direct political repre­aentatioa by putting forward Fabian Candidates at elections•. A8 such, it encountered some opposition in the discussions of 1906-7~ where it originated; and the well-known report of the Executive Committee in 1906 was so much alive to the dangers, that its actual 
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waD UU \.o 
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the ~ociety to father local political aociet1ea Th1• plan was perhaps too elaborate to be 
then adopted\so. 
anyhow it f ell through, and the candidatea run have been run (in 
every case under Labour Party rules) by the Society itself. The 
extent to which the Society's action in running them binds ita members is only limited by he fact that they are financed from a special ~d to which none need contribute unless they like. 
The policy of running candidates se~ at pre ent to enJoy a firm though not very enthusiastic approval among the maJority of Fabians. We very seldom hear protests against it from Fabian Liberals, and few who have left the Society have assigned it as their reason. Perhaps it discourages some from Joining, but in the natur e of things that i s ve ry hard to find out. Criticisms 
have proceeded rather from the other wing of the Soo~ety~ from m1.l..~tant m1.nds our run of bad luck. But taking one indication with another we 
aee little likelihood that the Society will abandon the policy at present, nor do we think it desirable that it should do ao. The difficulties occasioned to the Labour Party by the Osborne decision afford an extra reaaon at the moment, wnr those of ita affiliated bodiea Who like ourselvea are not trade unions and therefore are not affected by the decision should rather increase than relax their efforts. Are we then to go sole~ and rigidly along thia path t Are we to make the winning of seats by Pabian or bJ Labour Candidates our exclusi~e a~ t Are we in the laat resort to drum out of our 
7. 
willing )nd able they may be to do sincere and valuab~e work for ooialism in other directions ? 
To these questions we answer No. Fruitful as we hope the Society's corporate intervention at elections may become, it would e be a mistake to sacrifice to it other spheres os uqefulness which are more peculiar to the Society. The British Socialist movement 
does not need only that Parliamentary seats should be won. It needs ho less that Socialist ideas should be etudied, developed, threshed out in their applications, tested in practice; that col­lectivist institutions and habits should be brought increasingly into actual being to render practicable wider and wider embodiment& of the Socialist principle. Such work is at least as vital to the progress of Socialism as the persuading of thousands of electors to 
don any verbal label whatever or vote for oand~dates wearing any verba~ ~abe~ whatever. In Engran 1; e l"ab an soo1et7 ~· the on~7 
Socialist Society to attempt it on any systematic scale, the others having nearly always found party-building and electioneering too potent a distraction. And in doing this work the Fabian Society has gained an inoal~ulable deal from its policy of •Fabian Tolera-
It is not merely, or so much that this policy gives it a chance of •permeating• all parties and Wielding influence in e•ery camp. It is that the Society is thU. enabled to draw from all sources, and to obtain the co-.,eration in the sphere of ideaa of people who will not co-operate on the field of party. It cannot be too clearly ~ealised not only, as was realised 1a 1896 and il still 
a. 

true to-daythat reaot~onary propo~als are often the offspring
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(and still oftener the fosterlings) of Socialist bo 1e ~ but tba~ the ~ocialist i dea pr outs i n nearly every ao&l~ and that a aociety 
which is to be first and foremost a nursery and a ripening-gro 


for that idea must admit as f ew impediment ae possible to the membership of all who are intellectually Soci alists. Row many of our members have fully faced this and thought it out, we cannot aay; but the majority have constantly shown a pr actical rec•gnition of it. To take QUite a r ecent example, Mr. Chiozz Money stood twice for the Executive Committee while he was a Li beral Member ~ of Parliament, and each time he wa el ected high up on the list. Mr. Stewart eadlam, again, is always very near the top at elections for the Executive; yet he hol ds his seat on the Lo•1don County Coun­cil as the candidate of the Liberal and Radi cal Association of Bet hnal Green. 
From such i dicationa w draw the conclusion that whereas the Society is resolved to pursue its newer election policy (a resolution with which we are 9 as we have said, in full sympathy), so also is it resolved to maintain its policy for people of all parties provided they sign the Basis, and with this resolution also 
we entirely concur. 
What then of the contradiction that ma7 arise between the two attitudes T 
Our answer is for the present, at all 
events, that it must be left to the common-sense and good feeling of the members to prevent their developing JPOn more than the present very moderate scale. 
We give this answer, not as a pious but hopeless aspiration put forward to cloak our impotence~ but 
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in the full light of the fact that during the past 26 years the 
persobal relations of members of the Society have been, thanks to 
the exercise of these very qualities, conducted with a degree of 
har.mony and an absence o~ unpleasantnesa unhappil y too r~re among 
Socialist; bodies . It is true that to a large and probabl y a 
growi ng proportion of our members the work of organising a party 
separate from t he Liberals or the Conservatives takes a much more 
central pl ace among the duties of Socialists than it took i n the 
Report of 1896, Many of the members believe that this w~rk cannot 
be overlooked in any all-round appreciation of the Socialist idea~ 
aad that those who overlook it cannot be all-round Socialists . Wi thout disputing over this conviction, we may all be cont ent t o agree that, in so far as it is V'l.lid~ it may be expect ed to prevail by t he ordinary methods. Nothing would be gained and much l ost i f 
a majori ty tried to aupp1ement these by met hod s of excommunication and bigotry. We woul d remind those who woul d prefer a tidier and more geometrical soheme, that a world of real men can seldome be arranged on tidy and geometrical lines. The position whichy we have out­lined is obvioualy a t r ansitional one, and this particular tranai­tion may be expeot ed in time to pasa. 
But other transitions will suoceed it; as fast as one breaoh in our logio is healed~ others will be opened; and suocesa will be ours in proportion as we are 
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able to be the masters and not the slaves of our own reasoning, to be far-sighted without becoming one-eyed and to use the guidance of principle without developing into doctrinaires. To strike this happy mean on important occasions has more than onoe been the Fabian achievement in the past; and on it not les• than on showier things depend the hopes of the future. 


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Report of Finance and General Purposes Committee.
Private. 
Meeting 20th. October, 1910. Present: Shaw (in chair), Bland, Sharp, Miqq Murby,Dr. Bentham, Maude , Sanders and Secretary. 
1.-Three resignations were aooepted, two of them on account of our connection with the Labour Party.2.-Accounts to 30th. September were presented.
Members subscriptions are down £349 Associates £16, and non-members £5 and Book Boxes £11 on last year. But Tract Sales are up £1, and the whole po"'ition has slightlyimproved on last month. It w.. agreed to draw £100 frem No. 2 ajo for expenditure already incurred on Lecture Tours . 
3.-Nursery Educational Leoturea. It was agreed to defray coat of hall for the Series reckoned at £6 or £7. 4o-It was agreed to renew subscription to the British Association for Labour Legislation and to the Annales de la Regie Directe . 5.-Delegates &c. It was agreed:­
(a) 
To send in no resolutions to the Labour Party

(b) 	
To appoint Dr. Bentham Fraternal Delegate to the Women's Labour League Conference. 

(o) 	
To decline polittlT to attend the London Trades Council Demonstration. 

(d) 	
To appoint Shaw and Sanders delegates to the Joint Board (Labour Party) Special Conference on the Oaborne Case and payment of .Members on Nov. lOth. (no fees)and to l~ave to the Executive to give instructions to the delegates if ~&&~~gs~~ thought fit. 


6.-Lectures. Arrangements made as f~llowa:­Dec. 2. Shaw. Equality. Large Hall booked. 
Shall we confine Lecture to members &c. ? 

Dec. 16. Dr. Saleeby. Methoda of Eugenics. Cannot have Large Hall Lecture hould be confined to members &c. 
Offer of lecture by s. K. Ratcli~fe on India was declined. 
'7.-	Politics. The Secretary reported that the various statement• in 
the press as to the part to be played by the Fabian 
Society in the proposed candidature of Crooks at 
South Shields were fabrications. 

8.-Cyril Jacksonla Lecture to-night.
Sharp waa appointed Chairman with instructions to bar out 
discussion of L.c.c. Education policy.

9.-Committee on Policy.
On the motion of Bland, it was agreed to reoanmend that a 

Committee be appointed to consider the Policy and Methods of the Society and to report to the Executive thereon: and that the Committee be the fol~owing: Bland (Chairman)
Shaw, Mrs. Shaw, Sharp and Money. 	' 
G. Bernard Shaw 
Vioe-c~1rman. 
Private. Report of Organising & Propaganda Committee. 

Meeting 13th. October 1910. 
Present: Mi9S Atkinson (in ohair), Dr. Bentham, Headlam, Sohloesser and Sanders. 
1.-Lecture Courses. 
(a) 	Satisfactory reports wer e received of lectures givenby the org: sec: at Newcaetle-under-Lyme, Hanley,Barnet, Marylebone, Kensal Rise. 
{b) 	Courses have been booked for H.H. Schloesser at Chatham, Worthing and Southall. 
(c) 	Dates have been booked for Shaw's meetings at Streatham, Bristol, Reading and Hanley under the auspices of the Local Fabian Societies. 
2.-New form of Syllabus.We have considered t he new form of syllabus referred to us by the Exec. Committee and are of; opinion it would not be suitable for the Society's purposes and we therefore recommend that it be not adopted. 
3.-New Societies. A new Society has been formed at Finohley and renewed steps are being taken to form a Society at Bradford. 
4.-Annual Conference. 
We beg to twport that the cost of the Annual Conference was £16.17.4, of which £11.6.7. is the share of the London Society, the balance being due from provincialSocieties at the rate of 5j3 per delegate. 
5.-Song-book Committee. 
It was decided to form a Committee to consider the compilation of a Socialist Song-book with music. It was agreed that Miss Hankinson, Mrs. Behrend,Miss Ruth Sandh~n, Mrs. Esther Wood, and Kemmi• be a8ked to serve on the Committee if the projectis agreed to by the Executive 

Mabel Atkinson Vice-chairman. 
< 	Meeting 14th. October 1910. 

Present: Mr • Shaw (in chair), ~se Hutchins~ Mrs. Reeves,Barker, Dodd , Guest, Sharp, Shaw~ Standringand Sanders. 
1.-"What to Read". ~ill be published in a few days. 
Tracts and Revisions. 
(a) 
Jones and Taxation. 	(?~ ~~ 

(b) 	
"What anf Education an o : necessary alterations in statistics being made . 

(o) 
An essay on •Liberty• has been declined as unsuitabl e. 

{d) 	A tract on School Clinics offered by Guest has been accepted.

(e) 	
Tract No . 14. A New Refonn Bill, is being revised by the Committee which is making good progress

(f) 	
Leaflets Not . 68 & 71 (Tenant~ Sanitary Catechism)have been revised. 

(g) 	
A third edition of 10,000 of "Socialism and Superior Brainshhas been ordered. 


3.-Requests for Publications, have been received from the Portsmouth League of Young Liberals and from _.._ __....,..._..__..;t~e L.~ ~Con.sa~vat-:1.vas. It :1.s raCLW!lllle.cnn""'-'L----1 at they be acceded to. 
4.-Renewal of Advt. 
We recammend that the advt. in the I.L.P. Year Book 
be renewed, price, £3~10.0. 

Charlotte F. Shaw Chairman. 

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Pri?ate. Report of the Publishing Committee. 

Meeting 28th. Ootober at • p.m. 
Present: Mre. Shaw (in chair). Sandera aa4 Secretary. 
1.-In ?iew of the exceptional time fixed to suit the Chairman and Seoretar7, it waa agreed ~o exouse all absentees. 
2.-"What to Read". Agreed that t he ad?antage of free eopiea be oonfiaed to the members, associates and eubsoribere of the parent Soeiet7. 
s.-Revises. No. 1~. The New Reform Bill (part onl1)· No. 68 & 71,Tenants Sanitary Catechism, all in the printer's hands. 
~.-Traots 1n the press.
"What an Edu~ation Committee oan do• 
Re?ise of figures reported readJ. 
It was agreed to consider printing with 

additional matter as a larger tract. Re?enue and Reform. To be sent round the Executive for appro-al. 
5.-Correspondenoe
ReQuest from Furnivall Memorial Volume to send out notices to Fabians. Refer to Executive. 
P. 	c. Glubb. ReQuest t~at Arohdall'Reid'e Laws of Heredit7 be re?iewed, and order form sent with the "Newl". Agreed to recommend that the latter be refused, and Glubb be asked to do a 1•ev1ew. 
6.-Aoo ount Sales. 

Soott, 6d. Essax--ee for year to 30th. June 1195,
Jiel alties £13.5.0. La8t 1ear, first of 
--au~~oation, 1~1 copies. 
P1field. Rales to lOth. Sept., I momths tor Shaw'• •sooialiam and Superior Bratas•, ' months tor rest. Sales b7 f1fiel4 M5 eopiel of Series and 118 of Mrs. llaAd' • poems: total Ill, OOJQared with lu& laat 1ear. Deliveries to 
P. s. !50 oop1••· !he estimated receipts from ~he start, ~o, more than eo?er total oos~, and we ha?e in stoek 1~,000 all paid for: 1,000 •sooialism aDd Superior Bratas• ha?e been sold to Amerioa 1n Ootober. 
Charlotte r. lhaw Chaii'ID&D. 
Pruate. 	Report of Finance & General Puz»ose• Committee. 
Meeting 3rd. Wo•ember. Present: Enaor (in chair), Maude, Shar~, Miaa MurbJ• Bland, Dr. Bentham, Sharp, SL~dera A Secretary. 
1.-October Candidates, 32 were elected, I less than last October. Pour resignatiens were accepted, It was reported that ot 34 members scheduled tor final letter in July, 5 had paid• 5 had resigned, and the reat, including Mr. & Krs. Charrington Martin and Prt.J.H.Morgan had sent no reply.
2.-Accounts were presented to Oot, 31st, Reoeipta under aeveral heads showed deoline, except in advertisements, on last year amobnting to £i7, being £li. more than a month ago.
3,-Tchaykovsky Bail Fund. Final aocounts presented showing 
Rep.at to Lender• 	G55.1'• 1 
Tranaferred te Parliamentary Fund 16. 1. 0 • • Other Accounts 4,, •• • Balance 14.11. 9 £20i.li. i 
It was agreed that the balance chiefly interest be transferred to the General Account. 
4.-Labour 	Party Delegates.
It Y&8 deo1de4 ~o 1nv1~e John Edwarda ~o be one ~

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the four delegates to the Le~oeater Conterenoe, • a provincial • member. It was resolved to hominate Pease for the Exeeutive 
50 -Lectures to the Society.
Jan. 13. Webb to be asked to lecture on 
Trade Unions and Politioa (Osborne Case)
at the earliest available date. 

27. Guest 	on Subject Raoea.
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With 	a view to providing lectures likely to attract 
members 	the following were also recommended tor ~proval.Ch1ezza lloney Granville Barker on Public Management of Theatre• Lady (Carl) Keyer on School Cl1n1oa 
er saae other sub3eot. !be latter proposal, advooate4 tor a var1et7 of reaa•n•, was adopted b7 the oasting vote only•
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• -Kembers' Keetina. 
It was agreed that Bland be Chairman. 
The sub3ect ef. re••lut1ona, 1f any be moved, wa• 
disousaed: a vete of urgeDOJ 1a neceaear,r b7 the 
rule, and no reeol~tion affecting s~ QQftltl$ut&qp
of ~he Societ7 oan be movet even W1 1eft07. 

R. 	c. K. Bnsor Chairman. 

PABIAN SUMMER SCHOOL. 
The Pabian Summer School Committee having decided by a malority vote and a meeting o~ Guarantors unan~ously, that the Executive o~ the P. s. be asked to take over the School as a going oonoern, it seems ~itting to place be~ore the members of the Execu­tive a brie~ tatement aa to the work done at the School, ita preaent ~inancial position. and some suggestions as to ita fUture organiaatio 
The School at Llanbedr waa opened on 27th. July 1907. !here have been ~our Summer Sessions, Easter Conferences, and smaller gatheringa at Jmas and Whitsuntide. The total resident atudenta has been over 1,000. The ~allowing have acted aa Directors. P. Law­
aon Dodd, E. R. Pease, S1dneT Web~ ac~ Mrs. Webb, and lecture•. 
either in course~ or single lectures have been given on varioua 
••P••~• .~ soo~~*--and oosnate prob1em& b7 we11~own Socialiata 
and non-sooialiat lecturers. 
In addition a considerable ~ount o~ propaganda work haa been done in the neighbourhood o~ Llanbedr with the result that local preludice and opposition haa been overcome, and a certain amount o~ Social18t opinion created. 
Present Pinancial Position. 
At the present ttme the School stands rree tram all debt 
with ita loan capital repa14, an4 a ~und in hand ror expenses to 
date o~ termination of the lease. 

A brier statement or reoe~tl 
an4 espenaee from 1807 to 111 1a annese4. 

The Sohool is not onlJ tree fra. debt. b t baa Yaluable ...eta. Firet9 ita fUrniture at Pen-Jr~lt eattmated value £250. Second9 ita goodwill aa a going oonoern, ita clientele mar ~ now be said to number about 29 000 person• and it il well known to a still larger circle of people. 
It will thwa be aeen that the Sohool which atarted a private enterpriae assiste4 bJ the EseoutiYe has now so far lustitied its esistence. The Committee are therefore otferinl to hand over to the Societ7 an institution ot commercial a1 well as educati onal value. Should this offer be declined the Summer School Oammittee foreaees some danger• in continuing the •relent system of management. The School may grow and might continue to use the name •Fabian• without adeQuate auarantee that it ~11 
atill be tultilling the atma of the parent Sooietr. It might .. tall into the handa of a Committee whose management would not reflect credit on the Society or on the cause of Socialiem. It might be turned into a limited liabilitJ C~ADJ under the FriendlJ Societiea Act, and become the Yiotim of the oantanteroua 
amall shareholder. 
Under pro»er management however ita member-ah~ and utility are aure to iaoreaee. 
It ia important that the ultimate oontrol of the School ahould reat 1n the handa ot a bldJ .. ezperienced and reeponaible in the -0-~ • s 1 
" •• Ox oc &lilt ·~-..nda 
Purther9 it is not unlikely that
of the most sane tJPe• this great reepeneibility -even with ita somewhat homely aocompan1ment1 may be of service to the Pabian Executive. 
It is suggeeted by many of those who have prominently worked for the School in the paet that the Executive might make the Fabian summer School Committee a tatutor7 Committee With power 
to o0 -opt a minority of experienced pereone from outside their The Executive would then stand in the place of the
rankl• pre1ent guarantor• and would have the financial and educatioaal control while handing on the details of management to the 
Summer School Committee. The Summer School Committee is now engaged 1n working 
out a fresh scheme and in finding new QU&retera for the School~ 
and the preaent t~e aeeme an opportune moment ~or a change ~ 
tbe u1~~~e OOD~re1. 
P. Lawson Dodd Cha1rman9 Fabian ummer Sohool Cammdttee. 
Rrie~ ~tatement o~ Profit and Loss ~or the four 
finanoia1 yearq enrttng 31~t. October 1910. 
Year Reoeipta. Ex12enriiture Profit or Loss. 
1907 £.'175 X £396 f179 
1908 992 905 + 87 z 1909 899 933 34 z 1910 971 827 + 144 
+ 
Profit for four years £376 
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x Expenditure for 3 month'i only. 
z Still to be examined and audited. 
During its four years existenoe the takings at the ~chool have amounted to £3437 ,and the expen<~e<~ including intere<Jt on loan<~ £3 ')61. Groqs profit<~ £376 
as above. The oapital outlay has a=o~~~-~ ~~ -~--­£3fi0. 
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Report ~ t he Pub~ielang C~ttee. 
Mettina 11th. November 1910. 
Present: ~. Shaw (ift chair). Shaw, ~.Guelt9Krs. Reeve•• K1s1 HUtohin8 9 Sander•, Stantringand Secretal'J. 
1.-Taxation !raot. 
Diagram ordered to be prepared. and the traot to be completed. 
2.-Revises. 	!raot1 .. & 71, !enant1 SanitarJ Catechism. Proor• were presented and the matter dererred. 
3.-"Fabian New.•. 
(a) 	
On a proposal made it wa1 agreed to alter ~t Member• are doing• to •Personal Note••· 

(b) 	
Arter diacuslion the Secretar1'• proposal that Enlor'• paper on Pabian Polior be printed 1n fUll was reJected by • votea to 3 and the usual abstract only was ordered to be made. 


4..-"What 	to Read". Lettera read ~r~ the ••w Age Pre•• objeot~na to the 
•tat-	~D.-a' i: 1~~-~t:. ~ -­
W.. woUJid •P• and alltlns tor a oarreotion 1D the •••••• oopiea and an apolou in •Fabian Bew. •, it 
was deojded to act a1 reQUelted, and that the term. ot the slip be settled by the Seoretar,y 1n OODiul&ation with Sharp. 
5.-Dr. Arohdall , Rtid'l "Lawr of Heredity".
The Secretary reparted that Glubb had paid 15/­tor an advt. to be sent out~ had promised to do the reYiew, and had &iven £6.5.0. with Whioh 
11x copies had bean purohaled and that he des1ra4 intluential aembtra (Y1st. the Exto.)to have the r1nt offer ot the boa. 
Charlattt r. Shaw Chairman. 


Report ot the Finanoe & General Purposes Committee. Meeting 17th. NoT. ltlO. 
Present: Ensor (in chair), Webb, Shaw. Sharp, Kaude, _ Bland 9 Ki~s ~urby, Dr. Bentham. Sandera and Seoretar,r. Also Miqs Atkinson. 
1.-Membership. Three resignations were accepted. In eply to Resigna­tion of Percy Braby because he was refused a~nission to the Summer School, the Secretary was directed to re14uest him to withdraw. because the Executive had no coglli~Sance of the doings of t he s.sq Committee or responsibility theretor. 2.-Lectures. Reported that Webb accepted for Jan. 13 on Osborne Base. Emil Davies was authorised to expend up to £5. on proTidingslides to illustrate l ecture on National Productive UundertaJt­ings, and the question whether his l ecture to the Societyshould be illustrated with them was deterred. It was resolved to i ssue tickets for Shaw's meeting on Dec. 2nd. to me'nbers , assooiates and sub!lcriber'9. 3.-Labour Party Leicester Conference. John Edwards aAving declined to be a delegate, it was resolved1 to ihvite the Liverpool F. s. to nominate sooebody.
&.-The Coming Election. (a} Charles Whitley of Liverpool. Request that he be nomina­ted to the Labour P•rt1 a~ a candidate at large not avail­able for a year. To be deferred till after the General Election. 
(b) W'oo1w:S.G!I.. Go:l.ng
(o) 	
Rudde£!field. It waa unan~ously resolved that Snell be naninated to the Labour Party, with fUll financial reqponsibility. It was f urther agreed that we reserTe power ot veto over the agent. Sanders offerd to act as agent, and the offer was cordially approved.Snell attended for consultation and stated that it was possible or even probable there would be no Co~aervative candidate. 

(d) 	
It was resolved that the proof' appeal to members tor subscriptions to the •leotion Fund be approved, with a few additions and be issued forthwith. It was agreedto ask the members to eubacribe !500 f'or Crooks and £300 for Snell, with power to allocate aubs8riptions.Amount in hand !1.11. 

(e) 	
Georse Lansbury. It was resolved not to refer GeorgeLaneburr in the apeoial oiroular, but to make a speoialappeal tor him in Pabian News. 

(t) 	
•Manifesto" in the Newa. It was agreed that Shaw draft this and that the Exedutive meet on ROT. 25th. to paiB lt. 


R. 	C. K. Ens or Chairman. 
Private. Repert o~ t he Organiai ng 6 Propaganda Committ ee. Yeeting lOt h. November 1910. Present: Kiss Kurby (in chair), Stabdring, Dr. Benthsn,Sohloesaer, Miss ~kinson and Sanders. ( 
1.-Lectures. Organising Secretary reported (a) that he had o~leted courses at Barnet, Xensal Rise, Yarylebone, Ealing, Hanleyand Newoastle-ea-~7a&under-Lyme F.S., generally with Jood audiences; Snell had completed courses at En~ield and Watford;additional oo~es had been areanged ~or Be~ondaey, Brixton, Tooting~ Il~ord (F,S,), Croydon, Sydenh~, Worthing, Southall and Ghatham; the org. seo. had ccomenoed couMel'l at Nottingham,Cambridge (F.S.), and Hackney; a full list or courses arrangedto take place between September and April is attached (b) the 0 rg. sec. haa given single lectures tor the Leicester F.s.,the Southampton F.s., and the Oxford University Sooial StudySociety. (c) Shaw h~q agreed to address a large meeting at Hanley in February for the Newoastle-under~yme F.S. (d) The educational course being held by the Nursery has been so tar highly suocesstul. 
2.-The British National Committee of the International Socialist Bureau. The whole question o~ the method .r appointing the Britlah National Committee (which acts as a means of attachment between the English Socialist and Labour MOvement ant the International Socialist Bureau) will soon have to be settled, together with the QUeStion of the financial responsibility of the various Sooietie• hav n r~resen atives on the Brit~h Nation&~ Cam~ Ddttee. At present t e British National Committee consists o~ representatives ~rom the Labour Party, the IndependentLabour Party, the Fabian Society, the S.D.P., the Gaa Workers Union, and the Dockers' Union. Each of these bodies pay £14 per annum a~filiation ~ee to t he British National Committee amounting altogether to £84 per annum. 0~ this sum 180 haa to be ~ent to the International Soc i alist Bureau. !he British National Cammi ttee la s to meet other charges~ including the tra•elling expenses o~ the British delegates on the Bureau. These ohar ges have been met ap till now ~rOM balanoea 1n 1he handa or the British National Committee which aoorued owing to the annual amount paid to the International Socialist Bureau being only ~0 prlor to 1101. '!'hie aouroe will soon be ex­hausted and the new British National Committee Will have to 
raise ~100 per annum at leaet. 
We have oaretully considered the whole aatter and also the relation o~ the Pabian Society to the British National Committee with the contingent ~inancial responaibilities. We 
think that in future the amount to be paid by eaoh organiaa­tion a~~iliated to the British National Committee ahould be baaed upon the voting atrength at the International Congress o~ each artil1ated or1aniaation. At the CongresaBritain has 20 vote1 as a nation. These 20 votea are di~ded 
2.-	Continued. 
up as 	follows: Labour Part7 and the Trade Unions 10 votes; 
Independent Labour Party 4 votes; S.DoP• 4 votes; Fabian Socie­
ty 2 	votes. On this balil the Fabian Society would pay £10 ~­
per 	annum instead or £1~ as at present.
Another point to be con9idered i s the representation or Great Britain on the Bureau. At present there are two dele­sates feleoted by the British section meeting at the triennial International Socialist Congress and one elected by t•e British parliamentary ~·~Labour Party. With regard to the two elected by the British section, the S.D.P. claims the right to have one. The British section refuses to acknowledge this right but the matter is under consjderation or the International Socialist Bureau. It the s.D.Pv contention is upheld we think that the whole ~uestion or paying at8111ation feel should be reconsidered as the Fabian Society would then be practicallywithout the possibilit7 or ever haYing a representative on the Bureau. It may be mentioned that it is not necessary for the Fabian Society to pay fees t~ the British National Committee ~ order toM ecure representation at the International Socialist Con&resses 7 because being affiliated to the Labour Part7 our delegate could go as representing a section or that Party. But in that case we should lose our identity and our two votes out ot the British twenty would be lost to us. 
We have also discussed the methods of the International Soci­alist Bureau and we oonqider that they are in need or iwprove­mente For instanoe. the Bureau ahou1d meet more ~requent!z 
±ftw~~d •~ en~7 onoo a Tear •• •~ preeen~ and ~ha~ n•~~ ...._. longer notice should be given or the business to be discussed 
at the Congress. 
A meeting will shortly be held consisting or two delegatesfrom each Societ1 affiliated or desiring to be affiliated to the British National Committee~ together with the Secretary of~ 
the 	British National Committee and the British representatives 
on the Bureau. At this meeting the above ~ueetione will be
discussed and we recommend 
(1) 	
That two delegates be sent to this meeting

(2) 	
That the delegates be instructed to moYe 

I. 	
That the affiliation tee be in proportion to the voting power of the affiliated bodies at the International Socialist Congress,


II. 	That the S.D.P. olaim to the right to have one representative on the Bureau be repudiated,
III. 	That the neoe•aar,r steps be taken to secure more tre~uent meetings of the Bureau and longernotioe of the business to be transacted at the International Socialist Congress.
3.-London Groups. 
Org. Sec. reported that a meeting or St. Pancras ~embers had decided it was undesirable to take further action to reY1Ye 
the 	St. Panoraa and Central District ~roup. 
M. B. 	Murb1 (Chaizman). 
Lecture Courses arranged tor ~he seaaon 1910-ll. 
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W. EalingKensallUae 
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HanleyNewcaatle-under-Lyme P.S. NettinghamCambridge (F.s.)Sevenoaks (F.S. )Southampton (P.s.)Coventry (P.S.)York. (F.s.)Aaton Manor Sheffield (F.S.)Chatbam WorthingSouthall Whitley BayAahington Seaton Delavel BlythBykerGlasgow and neighbourhood
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Private. 	
Report of the Publiahing Committee. 
aeeting December 2nd. 1910. 
Present: Krs. Shaw (in chair) , Barker, Shaw, Mise BUtChins , Mrs. Reeves, Guest, Standring and Secretary. 
1.-Rejected. A MS. by Frank Rose on Wanen'• Employment and a ayllabua by Guy Robson for a tract on Municipalisa­tion were rejected. 
2.-Revise•. The Tenants Sanitary Catechism for London and the Country (Nos. 68 and 71 ) revised by c. K. Lloyd, were finally passed in proof and ordered to be printed as ~ page leaflets. 
3.-Tracts in Press. 
(a) 	
Taxation. It was decided to call thi• •Taxe• aa they are and as they otught to be•,and to print 71 000 1n brown linen covers. 

(b) 	
Education. Cop7 for the remainder dealing with medical inspection &c. was submitt ed. 


4.-Reprints . It was decided to reprint Tract 45. The Impossibility of Anarchism and w 70. The Report on Fabian PoliCYo 
The Secretary reported 350 ooplea had been given to members free. 
Charlotte F. Shaw Chairman. 
Meeting let. Deo~mber 1910. 
Present: Ensor (in chair), Shaw, Dr. Bentham• Miss Kaude, Sharp and Secretary. 

1.• Membership.
(a) 	Candidates for December {50} elected (last year 106)including J. Pointer just elected ~or Atterol~fe She~field. 
Resignations of Eo Pbillips Oppenheim and three others accepted.Letter from Peroy Braby sending £10.10.0. for C ooks and insisting oD resignation, accepted. 
2.-Parliamentary Fund and Candidatures (a} Report on these were made, all now out of date. 
(b) In answer to complaint from Burnley F.S. that 
J.C. Wedgwood M.P. was speaking for the Liberal against Ryndman, ~he Seo. was directed to refer the writ er to Ensor's Paper AD •Fabian News•. 
3.-Fabian Leotures. 
(a) 	
Letter from Emil Davies sayigg he did not proposeto use Slides for his leoture tof the Society on State Trading was received. 

(b) 	
Proposal by Haden Guest that Mrs. Besant be invited to lecture on India and her Educational work there waa diso•ssed and negatived. 


m. c. K. Ensor 

Chairman. 

Report adopted by a majority of the Committee appointed by tht. Executive COJDI!littee to prepare a scheme. 
Present: Dodd (in chair), Webb, Kiss Atkins on, Peas e and )tiss Hankinson. 
J.v
The summer School as an !nqtitution was founded with t he conour:fe,ce
of the Fabian Exetutive, by an independent committee, oonsistinf n 
effect of the Guarantors who at present are ILrs. Townshend9 Krs . 
Bernard Shaw, Miss Hutohins, Miss Atkinaon, Liss Mori on, P. Ke• ling, 
G. Bernard Sbaw and 5awson Dodd. ~ 
They guaranteed the Rent, arranged to take Pen-yr-Allt on leaae,and raiqed a loan of £291 to purch e furniture. This loan has how been wholly repaid.
The Guarantors now propose tr~t t hey ahpuld hand over this proper­ty (valued at £250) and t he Goodwill to t be Fabian Society in its corpor ate capacity.
This gift should be gratefully accepted in principle and there seeus no good reason why the Soc ety should not accept financial liability for the future management o~ t he School. 
But there is a serious objection to the Society directly under­taking the management of the School. Already two cases have occurred in which members have been excluded from the School. If the Societyand its me~berAT meetings have the right to criticise the management , and aggrieved members can bring their oases before the members' meet­ings and move resolutions affec~ing ~he management, needless •iffi­culties may arise. 
We are therefore of opinion that f'or formal purposes, somet hinglike t he existing arrangement should be maintained. 
We suggest that the Guarantors should be re&ard d as the foundere, ahou~d be offered the priVilege of nominating a proportion, not neces­sarily f rom among t heir own number, of the Kanag~Committee of the
School. The ;-.s~~~•• Executive C~ittee should appoint the rest of the ManagtDg Committee, and financial responsibility for the School and therefore all important proposala involving finance should be submitted
for its approval. 
~uestions of manners ann morals and domestic arrangeMents should be left to the Managing Committee, and hould not be reported to the 
Executive, as suoh, for its approval. The Executive and ~he Society as suoh could then disclaim resp6na1bility for the deo1a1&18 of the Committ e and discussion of them at the
members1 meetings could be ruled out. 
Voting Por the Report -----------------­
Kiss Atkinson, Webb, Pease
" Against " " Dodd, Miss Rankineon. 

The report was ordered to be submitted to the Guarantors for their opinion:­
The following is a summary of their replies 
For the Report. 
Miss Hutchins 
Miss Morison with a query 
Miss Atkinson (at the meeting) 

F. Keeling or for Mrs. Townshend's plan. 
Proposing an alternative. Mrs. Townshend Against the Report. 
Dodd e4 at the Meeting
Miss Hankiason at the Meeting. 

No reply. 

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Repor t of tbe Orga.ni ing and Propaganda Col."1i.ttee:
1n .tate. 

Meet ing 22nd . Dece 1ber 1910 . Pre<~ent: Mi -; Mur·by (in cllair) , D-r. Bentham, Geo. Standring, a;·ut Sand e rs • 
1.-Lecture Cour e~
T:1 org. , (). i ce lac;t r-eport ha co~':lpleted courses at N0 t t ingham, Cambridge (F.S.} and s. Fackney. Courses at Deptford a~d Fore t rrate by Snell were interrupted by the General F.le~tion and fill be re-started this month. Courc;e1 at Tottenham an·anged for Snell was completed by Bea~"1ont . Schloe~ser had a highly uo­ce'l<Jful cour'>e at Worhing. Courae arranged at Chatham and Croydon were abandoned o ·fing to the General Election; Cour'le& at 'food Green a..1d Chi'lvrick have been tran ferred owing to the aTJ.e cause to other dates. A Course has been arranged at Bolton F.s. to b given by the Org. Sec ~ and a 6our<:e at ,'le t Ha.::1 (Fore t Gate F.G.) for Schloea er by request of Group.
2.-New Societies. Steps are being taken to fo1~ Fabian Societies at Belfast, JJancaster, Sti1·ling and Dundee. 3.-Dinner to celebrate Woolwicb Victory.
We recorrL"1end t~at a Society Dinner & Soiree be held in Feb. to celebrate the fir t Fabian parli~entary election ViC'tory; only one kind of' ticket to be issued to include Dinner and Soir-ee. 
4.-Rudder 	field F.lection. Org. Sec. re~orted that the election ex­pen<~es YIOUld amount to £375 (as oo lpa' ed with £592 in Jan. last) of ,·rhioh Aum tl::e Society would pay about £220. 
5.-Re~ueAt for services of Org. Sec. 
The N. Stafforl! hire I.L.P. Federation have a ked the Org.Sec. to u"'lde:~:ta!-.e a onth ' ork ot' organiatng i n the Potterie~ during June, the Fede-ation to pay expense~. A 13i:D.il ar r·e~ue'lt "ra made last year and the E. C. agreed to the Secretary unaertaking tre job, but the arrangementfell through. We r~commend that the Org. Sec . be givenl eave to spend a month in the Po~terie in June to or-·gah­~se the N. Staffordshire I .L.P. 
6.-Antl Fabian Attack. on Tottenha!'.l. 
Several 	leaflet'S attacking the Society and Alden' a connec­tion tith it were circulated to every elector in Totten­~at tLe December Election and copie have been for­warded to the office . ·~e have given instr11ctions for a course of lectures to be arranged in Tottenr~ i f poa i­ble to exploit the advertise~e t the F. S. ha receiv~d (Alden doubled hi ajority aa co~pared with January 1910) . 
7 . -	Anti Sooiali t Union of .}he Free Churc:1e 
Thi body ha of!~ed to supply lecturer and debaters to us 

and the offer haa been sent by the org. seo . to all l ocal Societie and Groups, ~evera.l of vhiob will take advantage
o-t it. 
M. 	B. Murby Chairman. 
Report of Finance & Gen ral Purposes Committee.
k1Yate. 
eeting 15th. Deoe~er 1910. 
PreAent: En or(in chair), Webb, Sharp, r~aude , Shaw,Dr. Bentham, klss •urby, Sanders, and Secretary. Also for special ~ubjects, od , Miss Atkinson 
and Sohloess r. 
1.-Membership: 4 Resignations were accepted and 17 Default rs were ordered to receive final letter and in absence of reply to be struck off. 
Leicester Labour Party Conference. 
It ·1as resolved to appoint Schloe'1ser, Pea!ile , J. Airey,nominated by the Liverpool F.S. and Will Crooks, failing1hom, F. ''I. Goldstone (The two last having declined, as they had other credentials, the Secretary ha nmminated 
W. s. Sanners, who was invited but stood aside.) 
3.-Accounts to 30th. november were presef't-.d shoving d cline in subscriptions, (meLJbe,..!l and associates) o~ £71 ~or 8 :nonths, and increaae of £200 in Parliamentary Fund. Also showing that in the Parliamentary Fund receiptsand expenditure would nearly balance. 
4.-Electoral matters. Com.p~ainU~rom the Burnley F.s. re qpee0h by J. c. ·redgwood, 
M.P. f'or Philip Morrell at Burnley, ·;here Hyndman was a candidate, were ren~ived and appropriate reply ordered. Also notifieation from Perey Alden o~ attack on him at Totteru<am on account o~ hi~ membership. 
5.-Lecture~ to t he Society.It was agreed to aoaept the su eated ~~ u _be~ ell on or ing Cla s s Budge~i n Lambeth, and t o defer proposal of lecture on Finnish Education by Mme. 
Malmberg.
{The Publi<Jhing Col'll!littee accepted offer of a tract on t re Ref rendum by Sharp , and proposes that it be given as a lect·~e on Feb. lOth.)
6.-Co-operation with the I.L.P. On the motion of R.H.Sohloesser 
it was agreed"That a Co~ittee be appointed to consider in what vrays "t~e work of the F.S. and I.L.P. can advantageously"be &9ft&i:Ei&l&M co-ordinated and to sugg st, if thought"fit, propn~als to that end", and further that the 
Conwnttee be 
H. H. Schloesser, (chair.nan) , Dr. Be tham, Miss At­kinson, F.n'3or, Arnold 'aude , c.~~. Lloyd, Sander·s and 
the Secretary. 7.-The Sun1rner School. Webb mov d a report, whieh, with minor me>ei­f'ioations was adopted unanimously. The Report is annexed. 
R. 	C. K. F.nsor Chairman. 
Report. adopted b7 the Plftanoe Cemm1ttee oa 
December 15th. 1910 on the propoeed tak1ns 
over b7 the Soole'J ot the Fabian Summer 
Sollool. 
(Thoee responsible tor the administration of the Fabian Summer School, whioh is now tree ot debt or 11ab1lit1ee, have offered to hand over the ~rn1ture and •good w111• to the Fabian SooietJ -an offer ~Whioh the Executive Committee baa aooepted. 
The School waa opened at Llanbedr on 27th. Jul79 1907o There have been tour Sumaer Sessions, Ea.ter Conterenoe•, and saaller gathering• at Xmas and Wh1tlunt1de. !he total ot sue•t• in residence. the msloritJ members ot the Sooietr, rea~~• o.er 1.ooo. The following have aoted a1 Director•• F. Lawwon Dodd, 
E. R. Pea••• S.idney Webb aDd Krs. 'llebb; and leotures, either in courses or s1ng1e 1eoturee have been e;tTen on var.1ou as:c ate ~ SooialS.a a.d o6,..te Jrobleal bJ well~•• Sooial1sta and non­
Sooial1ata. The total recei)ta have been t3,4a7 aad the total expenditure. 1Dclud1n& puroheea of abnt &&oo in f'urnitan !au beea luat. under that eaa. The tenaneJ of the Jreii.Uea at Llaabedl' 1au exp1re4• and t:U Sohool ll hee to .Ue &n7 new arrana...ate t .. ita ....._••,tea that a&J be balnC.) 
Ia erder t.e J'l\ \be ~t re adainiB\rat.i• en a 4ef1aite aoa8titut.ional b..il• the follow1ae reaelut1on8 will be ..._... bellalt et the Bxeoutiv. Ca.mtt.t.ee; and it la Jr~osed that• if 
for the Pabian Summer Soboel. 
1. That the SocietJ expreeeee its wa~ appreciation of the 

work and devo\1 which ha& been throwa into t~ .._ 
ldnistrat.Jon of1 the Summer School uring t.he pMt fwr 
re-.9 during wh.t.oh it b.aa been of eo DIM value to the 
Socie~Ji and that it gratetu117 ...epte the •rotfered traa.fer of t~ pro.~er\f to t'-SooietJ. 
2. 	That the aanasement of the Pablan Summer School be ..truated to a eeparate Summer Sekool Committee, to be December of eacil Jear b7 t.he Bzeoutivo CO!DDiittee M followo: 
~ member• ohosen bJ the Exeeutive Committee not neoeesar117 fro. amons ita own member• 2 membera nem1nated bJ the Ex-.otivo Committee to represen~ ~he London member• ar~er e o ..~der~s 
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..... •uc..•~•• b7 ~he PablaD NareerJ and the varieu• Lon4on and SubJect Gr • aa r fte4 not later than IOtil. •ovoabor bJ the Seoretariea 
thereof. 
2 meabera n.-tnato4 bJ the Exeoutive C~ttee to repreeeat the varloua ~n1vere1t7 and other Pabtan Sooiet1el9 atter o.._i4•1'1ns nsmea eugsoat.. bJ a..h aoe1et1oa •• reported aot later th&R lOth. November in eao~ Jear b7 tke aeoretarlea thereof. 
2. 
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The summer Sohoo1 Ca.s1~tee eo appo1n~eu mar add to 1i.8 manber br eo-optloa not aen than tWO other persOnll at anr time durin& i t8 rear of offioe. 
3. 	That the Summer School Committee shall obtain the approval of the Executive C~ittee for (a) ita general expenditure; (b) an, plementarr e•t~atea that may beo~e necessarr; and (o) the person~~ ii. is proposed to appoint aa Director, together with the general scheme of leeturea to be arranged; but shall subject to these limitationa, itself exereile the whole executive manageaeat of the Sohool• 
•• 	That the invitation and admission of sueste 8f an, meeting of the Sohoo\ the duration of their star,
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the arrangements for lectures and other proceedings 
at the Sohoo1, the appointment o~ the necessary staf~. 
and all housekeeping and other details of management 
shall 	be entrusted ent1relr to the discretion of the 
Su.mer Sohool C~ttee. 
5. 	!hat separate aoooants be kept for the So~ool, which shall be presented br the Ezeo•tive Committee to the Annual Meetlal of the Sooietr, toget~r with a brier 
geberal report oa ita progress. 
Suoh 	aeooanta and 

3. 

the Executive Committee is responsible shall be open to question or d1sousa1on at tbe Annual Meeting, or at anJ other business meeting of the SocietJ. 
6. 	That, i n the present 7ear the Summer Bo~ol Caa­mittee shall be appointed before Easter 1911, and the naMes auggested tra. the Fabian Rurser,y, the London Groups and the various UniversitJ and other Fabian Societies ahall be sent in before 28th. February 1911. 
be 7o-That resolutions 2 to 5 aboYe~reoor•ed as By-laws tor the Fabian Summer School. 


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Keetia& 16th. ~eo. 1110. 
Present: Mrs. Shaw (in chair)~ Miss BUtohlns, Mra. Reeve•~ Sb&q, Shaw, Stalldrina, <Jueat, Sander• and SecretarJ. 
1.-Prop sed Tracts. 
(a) 	Medical Pro~ession. This prepose4 tract ordered bJ the Executive to be prepared some 7ears ago, waa a~ter several other attempt• rererred te a C~ttee in Mal~ 1109, rer whic~ Dr. Bentham undertook soon afterward• to make a dra~t. The Camaittee hae lapsed. and the Publishing C~ttee haa been in direot oommunioation
with 	Dr. Bentbam at tatervala ever since. Dr. Bent~ 
has now informed the Committee that she can n.ae no 
date 	for pro4ucinl a dra~t~ and has reaigned the oom­
m.1saion. 
(b) 	
Referendum. Sharp has offered to prepare a tract, to be given first ae a lecture. The offer has been oo~ diallJ accepted and the Committee suggest that the lecture be ~ixed for Feb. 10~ vice Sanders bJ oo~ent deferred. 

(o) 	
c. o. s. A Traot on this subject by Mrs. Townshen4 has ~~•• .-eo•~-• aall ~:t• -4 Y-ioua aeabezw ~ r Cftl• '!'reo' 1n the •1n1ea ef all whe 11&-.e reOil it 1• 


excellent and subJect to amendment, will undoubtedlJ be reo~ended for publication).
(d) A paper of~ered bJ Ro P. Chattock was declined. 
2.-Tracts 1n press. 
(a) 	
No. 152. •our Taxes as they are and as the7 should be" 1n cover, 2d., is passed ~or publication.

(b) 
Education Tract: is still 1n hand. 

(c) 
School Clinioa. A Tract by ~eat haa been set ~· 

(d) 	
The Tenaata S&nitar7 Cateohlsma, for London and ~or Pro.tnoea (Revised Aea~leta 11 & 71) are read7 ~or

the Preae. 

(e) 
The Twentieth Centur, ae,.._ Bill. 


The Committee recommend that the revtae of the New Re~orm !ill (Tract 1•) be baued u Tract 151 under the above ti,le, and a• •Prepared by a Co~ttee ·~ t~ Soo1et7• ln order to allow the Exeout1-.e to pub-
li•Ja 	at one. ~ 
(Rule I reQuire• tracts ••r~osed to be issued in the name or the Soo et7• to be •submitted to the members at a pr»w meettna• be~ore publiaattea, but allowe the l!Jzeoutli'e to usue •traots bear.ing the ......... 
nme ~ the cttlor•. ) 
1 Ob~~otion ha•ing been taken to the aotion proposed 

n a c 	roular letter bJ the Seoretar1, the matter 
.ust be deoid b7 the Kxeoutive vist. 
(a) 	Shall Sehl a er (Chai~an of the specialCommittee) b autberised to deal with the varl a eDdmenta a-ageated b7 membera of 
the COIIIIlittee T 
(b) 	Shall the traot 'M iaaued er t old name aa a reviae oa1J9 (a •our•• c~ w111 -.poll1ts sale) T 
( ) It aa a new Tract 1a the proposal of the Cammi~­tee approved or the ~endmen~ (b7 Bland and theN) that i\ be issued in the name of the Soo1et7 and held over for a private meeting.(I\ 1s Quite 1rre,ular to take it at a publicmeeting aa uaoppaaed buaineaa (aee rule 1). )
(d) 	
If at a aembers' meeting, when f 'l'he matter 1a urgent a the traot will be out of date 1n a few months.

(e) 	
Chio~~a Money M.P. offers to introduce the Bill at once into the Rouse, an offer wbdoh should presumabl7 be accepted. 


3.-Bound Sets. The Committee adopted the folloWing report:­
•Bound 	Sets. The Sedretar.y reported on Proposal referred to the Committee, that out of print tracts be bound upwith sets. Tracts o.p. number 70. From 200 to 250 bound aeta and about 50 unbound sets o~ the 80 in pr~t traota 
are ao14 annua~1J. Stook o~ out -~ p~nt t~.n~• vA~·· 
rr.. 	100 t.o a oept.ee • ~ cnar t.ract.e an ••1• in 1.5 out er 
70 the stook did not exceed 600 on 30th. Sept., aad the7 
would have to be all withdrawn from general circulation for bound seta, or reprinted at once, to secure a 2 Jeara• auppl7 for bound sets. 
The proposed bound seta could only include a e out of print tracts: sane are ver,r scarce, others (e.g. Questionsfor School Boards) are utterly out of date. 
The Committee is of pinion that the present ayatem of selling bound seta •of all the tracts 1n prtat• at a~ tt.. 1s 1n all respect• the onl7 practicable and convenient ...: 
4.-Tracts out ot print.
1t waa agreed to reprint A Word of Remembrance aRd Caution to the Rio • and to drop LicJuor LicenaiDI at Rcae ancl Abroad b7 B. R. Peaae, hoJeleaalJ out ot date, and two ra'Wlicipal leaflet•, x...itala and Balteriea, aut of date
and useless tor aa1e. 
5.-C~lete Set at Publicatiana. This was orderecl to be aupplied \o \he Penn•Jlvanla State
L1brar7 at face o at. 
Charlotte P. Shaw Chaii'!Un. 
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National Liberal Club, Wbl'e~ll Plaoel s. w. JaDUU7 7th. 911. 

Dear Sir,
In replJ to your letter of Jesterda,'s date, askin& if the Pabtan SocietJ could do an,thln& usetullJ ~or the bene~'\ of the Japanese Socialist• now bela& tried in TokJO for conspir&eJ,I think much good ~ight be done by the passing of a reaolution protesting against the method• now being employed to crush Soolal­ism in J~an, as the Japanese ~yernment is always greatly in­fluenced by criticism in England.
Like rouraelYes, I haYe no s~athJ whateYer with poli'ti­oal ortme, and I agree '\hat those who eaabrk on political criae cannot complain if the State retaliate•. The difficulty is to discover what eveidenoe o~ cr~nal intentions there is aga1R8ttheae 2f> me~ and 1 waaan who stand accused of a dJn&mite plot1n TokJo. As I stated 1n a letter to the •Times•, when the ar­rests took place the newspapers rece1Yed peremptor, instructions that no aention of the reasons for the arreat should be made. This did not prevent the pelice autboritiea a..e weeks later ieauin.g a statement, while the pereone were atill under aearet ~1&1 in TokJo, declaring that ther were suilty of c~lioitr 1n an atroo~ou• d~~te »let. •• »•rt~oulara were g1VeD -eyen
the •~bee uent a11e a~~~ that • ot wa• d r oted Aet the 
:1'0 ... -an4 aat.ure or t.he eYI.denee asalut the aooused wae not giYen, or at leaat waa extremelr ••sue. After being adJudged guilty bJ the PreliminarJ Ceurt the men are now being tried~ again in aeoret, bJ the Court of Cusationo No op­portunttJ has been afforded of learning the nature of their efenoe and if that defence were to leak out ia anr W&J a newspaper liYiDI publioitJ to it w be pro eouted. It is against auoh aethOda that I have protested, not as a Socialist, for I am an Individual­ist, but simply in the interest of elemeatar1 Juat~o. 
~VerJ word Sooiali.. -..eara to driYe the •• 
•t:berl'tiel lato a state o~ a1tjeet terrol'. Whea the -.11 b... 
•~ Soota.Uate 1D .rapa uked ror pel'ldau.en, aeoordin& to law t o organtae iato • •olt eal •U"tJ, it wae rehaed When the ' 4eavoarec to hold a meet.1q, 1t wu •relllhtted ·the mee•-t.! ea­brellen 1tJ the .-&1ee Whe ' ·-,..
deavourec 'to publish a ~ewe n, on sevel'al oooaa1..., ther ••­who 1a believec te be a loo~:'l:~t' bietewae a~r•••••· A••raoa
•t and h1 -OlaH a marked mu; Jda 14
hie t 1 n4• oeatqa ill are watoheC; :be 1a watched whe:rew.z. ..!0 P. 
r e • er aoeua~anoea are no\ d b -....,e~utrJ bJ the ..lioe; he 1s •reveat!c ~th:•::~::bJ:: !:t.aiaS.J~B 
an7 emplo,ment, for hie w 14-be emplo,er at onoe reoeiTel a•tice that he 1a a dant-r..a oharao,er. It would not be 

rprising in these oireumetancea, if, driven to desperatien, 1uoh an 1nd1.Ti ual ahould take to criminal ooursea. Aa I haTe said, however, it is ~osaible to aa7 whether the peraoaaaooused in thie o se ha-w reall7 been guilt7 f &nf criminal practices or not, as ever, endeavour baa been made t preventtheir defence from beo~ing knowa. 
There 18 a strong belier 1a Japan that the aooueed are the victims of a palioe plot devised with the object of ext~t1ngSooial1-a. In an article published recentl7 in one of the most ~portant Japanese reviewa, Mr. Inakai, a leader of the National­1St party (correspnding in s~e mea9ure to our Radical part7)ventured to euggest that the GoTernment eeoret service wae trying to 101t1gate Socialists to eane draatio mea•ure by meana of ita detectives and political spiea, who skilfully disguiaed themselvee as Socialists and thus accelerated the explosion fr~ inside, thus bringing the Sooiali9ts within the grip of the law. Mr. Inukai saJB that he had several suo• experiences in thi earlier da71 of his political part7, when it was looked upon bf the ~overnment ~th somewhat the aame feelinga as ~s the case now with Socia1~ats• 
.A. »roteat b7 the Fab:l.an s c:Let..Ta d 1-e eoia:L 
~·'!: 't e •orao7 W1th w 10h tlie rial 1a be1ns held, woul.d 

doubtleae have saae effect on the Japaneee Government. 
I 811l, 
Yours faithtullJ,(Signed) Robert Young 
E, R. Pease, Esq.,Secretary, Fabian Soc1et7. 
Reeolution on the Japaae1e Political Trial. 
That thi~ meetin& of the Pabian Sooiet7 reepeotfullJ ~mind• the Japane • Government that 1n England political triall have 
~ <t-~ 
been held 1n public for the pa1t ~hundred 7ear19 and that 
A 
no small share of the political stabilit·J of this oountr7 ha1 •••n due to this traotioe9 and the aooompanJing freedom senerallJ allowed for the expres1ion 0f political and IOoial opin1one.~ 
.. • k.4~n1Ji.L~~"'­
WM< er lhe•ao•••· ·o -~ 
Further that thi meetins oa1mot b~t regard /the uoreoyp~~ ;(
of the trial of the twent1 li%~ooiaiil'•lfor an alleged plot 
again1t the Emperor a9 some indication t hat the evidence for 
the p1ot would not 1~ 4iao1oaed appear oonvinoina to t~e pub~io; 
~ 

~that 1t 1en4• eolour to the allegation that the prieoners are be t ng prosecuted because they advocate political opinion• to which the government objeotl9 and not because they have 
oonap1red to use violence. 
Thil meeting further beae the Japan••• Government to re ember that 1n eelf-go9era.inl oeuntriel attempt• to luppree• by toroe the proper ezpr•••ioa of politioal opintoae have usuall7 relulted in •i•aeter to the J&rt1 and the natioa 
undertakinl thea. 



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Meeting 19t~. Jan. 1911. 
Present: Ensor (in chair), Dr. Bentnam, iss Mu~b Maude, Sharp , Sanders and Secrt;.-t.ary. Y' Webb, 
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1.-Membership.
(a) 	
Defaulters List. Of 17 members cheduled, ·-have pa , and 1 was excused. 

(b) 	
Resignations of ~.S.<Uynn Jone':!, M.P. (but not 1\ll'""~ . Glynn Jones) of H...1. Hallsworth (University Le~urer)and seven other were aooepted including Mrs. Kin~ Farlow to become an a~~oolate. 

(c) 	
Candidates nu:nbering 45 (compared with <i7 in 1910) were elected. Aver·age subscription for all classes 5/-. Last month 4j3. 


2.-Accounts to Dec. 31st. were submitted, showing continued decline, on last year, £63 in subscriptions, £8 in Tract Sales,£14 in :Rook :Ro.xes. :Fiut as £1300 had been raised for the Parliamentary Fund within 12 months, this was easilyexplicable.The ?arliamentary Fund showed £695.11.4 expended, all ac­
aounts 	paid and £2.4.5. in hand. 
3.-Fabian Summer School. The Committee recommend 
(a) 	
That Miss Atkinson, Dodd, Sharp and Webb be provision­ally appointed the representatives of the Executive on the proposed Comm~ttee_ 

(b) 	
That the Secretary and Organising Secretary be ex-officio oembers of this as of t he other Committees. 


(0 ) 	That the above Committee be authorised to proceed with the arrangements for carrying on the School. 
(d) That J. W. Shaw be secretary of the Committee. 
4.-Salaries. (a) On an applioat~n from J. w. Shew for an increase of Salary from :2125 to £150 it was agreed to rec~end that he be paid ~or hi':! work as Secretaryof the Summer School C~ttee an additional sum of :215. for the current year, to date from Jan­uary lst. subJect to the adoption ef the proposalto take over the School. 
(b) 	Other lalariee were constnered: no change wae recommended, but the Secretary was directed t report on salariea in January of each year. 
5.-Arrangement• ~•r Meetings:-The following were fixed. 
March 10. Members 1 Meeting. Summer School &c. 
• 24. Mr • Reevee. 
O~ers of Lectures by J. J. Dodd on the F. s. and Capt. St. John n American Penology were declined. 
6o-Delegates. 	,~
•abour 	and L.c.c. Fo~ delegates invited to hear Enaor,Lansbury and Smith. 3 p.m. Sat. Feb. 4th. Fee 1/-· A~reed t~ send Dr. Bentham, Sander• and any two other members of the Executive. 
International Committee of British Women Socialist~ . Agreed to appoint to the Provisienal Committee, Miss Murby, and Mrs. c. M. Wilson. 
British National Committee International Socialist Con­gress. To Delegate Meeting Feb. 17th. Dr. Bentham and Pease. 
R. C. K. Ensor 
Chairman. 


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Report of 	thl Publishing Committee 
Meeting 20th. Jan. 1911. Present: Sharp (in chair) 9 Mrs. Reeves, Mi9S Hutchins, Barker,Guest, Standring, aanders and Secretary. 
Tracts in 	preparation. 
(a) 	
Charit7 Organi sation. It was ordered that the ~thor be asked to consider criticisms. 

(b) 	
Referendum. The Sec. wae authoz·ised to have Sharp 1 s MS. set up, if no doubt was entertained of its suitabilit7 for a tract. 


2o-Tr acts in Press. No. 152. Taxes. Published. " 153. Twentieth Century Re~orm Bill. Passed for press.Nos.68 & 71. Revised Tenants Sanitary Catechism. Published. School Clinics. Proo~ ready. Ordered to be ent to the Exec. with the next agenda for approval. (Sent herewith)Ed.oation Tract. Being qet up. 
3.-"What 	to Read". The Secretary reported that the net cost o~ each copy (excluding the bound cop1ea) worked out at 4: ~d. ~or 5,000. Allowing 10~ given ~ree, the cost would be a little over 4td. The price is 1/-net, and Kings account for every copy sold at 6d. neto 
4.-"News" and Enclosures. It was decided to send out the Twentieth Century Reform Bill this month, and also && to send ~ree the Syllabus of Mr. & Mrs. Weob'a"Nat~ona~ Camn~ttee" e tures at CaxtoQUa~.To enab1e both to go, ttie evs• is to be 4 pages only.5o-New Volume: Fi~ield Series. Webb submitted MS. o~ 20,000 words by Jo Ho Greenwood,(Fabian)being an abstract of "Industrial Democracy" as a volume 1n the Fifield Series; Gr eenwood to have half the net profit.The Seoretar7 reported that Fifield regarded the proposalfavour ably provided a suitable title such as "Webb's Indua­trial Demoorac7 in brie~• be adopted.The Committee decided to adopt the proposal subleot to a ~avourable report on the st7le of the M5. ~ran Barker. His report to be submitted. ( Barker's report 11 ~avourable. The Secretary has asked Fifield to submit by Frida7 an estimate or coat and an opinion as to the prospects o~ the veature: he has also written Greenwood ~or h18 oonsent). 
Clifford SharpVice-Chairman. 

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Meeting 26th. Januar,r 1111. 
Pre1ent: Mill Mu:rb7 (1a ohair), Misl Atkinlon, Sohloe11e:r,Dr. Bentham, Standring and Sanders. 
1 	-Lecture•. 
(a) 	Org. Seo. haa given coureea at Sevenoakl (P.s.) aad Tooting to good audience•; at Sydenham to lmall attendance. 
(b} Snell has had 8ood audience• at a Course at Ilford (P.S)
(o} 	Beaumont hal worked up toof meetinga at course• JiTen at s. Shieldl, WhitleJ Ba7, Byker and Alhingtoa; at Blyth meetinse small. 
(d) 
Cour••• haTe been booked at Barking and Epping.

(e) 
Streatham Group hal arranged debate between Belloo aa4


Org. Sec; G.K. Chesterton in the Chair. 
(f) 	Shaw will lecture for Newoastle~under-Lyme F.s on Feb. 15th. 
(g) 	Open-air Lectures. We recomr.1end that no open air courses be held this year. 
2,.-Fabian Dilmer. We recommend that the following arrangement• be agreed to: 
Friday 31st., t.laroh 
Ko1born Re•tauran~. 
~~~~~· Di...:r 01ree Dj-; Soiree only z;-.
Belides Crookl •• principal Guest all Fabian member• of Parliament; I.L.P. members of Parlia­ment who are not F•biaas; Grahs. Wallaa. 
Speeches. Arrangement• to be made for Soiree ticket holder• to hear speeches.
Eate£tatgment. Small band: Danoins to be ar:ransed it ...•1­ble. One or two Socialil\ Seaa• to be .... by thole preaent.
The Sooial Comadttee hal beea inTi\e4 to oo-o••rata iR runnina the dlaae:r aad ~· oordiallJ asree4. 
1.-Deaatioa traa Gro~•· Cla.haa r. G. &ad Stre~ r.G. haTe Yoted £1.10.0. eaoh from protit ~a Shaw'• meetina at Streatham. 
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Private. Report of the Finance & General Purposes Committee. Meeting February 9tho 1911. Present: S~w (ln chair), Dr. Bentham, Miss Murby, Bland,Maude, Ens or (part time), Sanders and Secretary. 

1.-Membership.
(a) 	
Twenty-~ive candidates, one le~s than last year, were elected, at an average subscription of 6/61 an increase of 1/6 over last month. 

(b) 	
Five members were ordered to receive final letter, and to be struck o~ in default of reply.

(o) 	
Eight members, special oases, only one of whom had subscribed since 1907 1 were ordered to be dealt with appropriately, and struck off 1n default of satisfac­tory reply.

(d) 	
F.ight resignations, including A. E. R. Gill, J. c. Wedgwood, and F. G. Abbi•• were accepted, but Shaw undertook to write to Gill, who resigned frQD excess of religion, and the Sec. was d~eoted to write Abbiss that the Committee r~garded his reasons for resignation as inade~uate. 1'1'edgwood resigns because he is no longer a Socialist, and the Secretary proposes to announce his resignation in • b'abian News". 


Accounts to Jan. 31st. were submitted showing '3ubsoriptions£900, against £990 last year, and a net decrease in certain other items or £31. Of this decrease of £121, £32 had accrued during the present ~onth. 
3.-Meetings. The following were fixed:­
April 7. Guest on Socialism and Subject Races 
• 28. Pease or Sanders . 
May 12• Annual Meeting. 
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26• Mrs. Besant. 
.1'-.. Granville Barker on State Theatre. 
4.-International Bureau. 
It wa• agreed to instruct our delegates to vote for the Labour Party Scheme , vizt. to divide the oost in pro­portion to voting power -a reduction to the F. s. from £14. to £10 -and to vest the Secretaryship L~ the Labour Party. (The scheme was in the main adopted) 5.-Members' Meeting Maroh lOth. 

The t'ollowing was settled 
(a) Summer Sohool Report ~o )e printed 1n the 
•News• and introduced by Maude. 
(b) Swiss pro~ect to be submitted by Dodd. 
(o) Maopher~n's resolutions held over ~ram last ttme: 
That he be informed the ~irst on Socialist Repre­sentation is now out of order, and the second on use of titles oan be put down. (He has since aeoepted this)
(d) J. Jonas Dodd. Correspondence and syllabus read. It was agreed to ask him to move his resolution on proposed reforms in the Society at the Annual Meeting, and to "ugge st deletion o~ phrase •soci al Fellowship".(He declines the latter suggestion and desire• his resolution put down ~or Maroh lOth., to be taken ~ time permits. He is withi.n h:la right s in so doing.)
(ef) 	Chairman. A member o~ the Executive to be selected later. 
G. Bernard Shaw Vioe-chairman. 
Private. Report of tfle Publ ishing Commit~ee. Keeting lOth. February 1911. 
Present: Mrs . Shaw (in chair) ~ Miss Hutchinq~ Mrs. Reeves, Dodd~ Guest~ Shaw~ Sharp, Sanders a.• ld Se_oretary.Also Enqor, and, for an interview, A.P. Grenfell. 
1.-Tract No. 154. The Case far School Cl1nioa. This was ordere4 to be completed for· the prese and 7,000 printed. 
2..-Fifield Series. New Volume on the Theory and Prac,ioe of Trade Unionism. 
Draft •sreement between the Author, the Webbs and the Society was submitted and with minor amendments approved. The Secretary reportedthat a new chapter had been added~ in addit ion ~o the copy estimated for. 
3.-Rural Program.
A. 	P. Grenfell submitted proposal for a number of traota on aftoreatation, on agricultural Enatneertng, Canals , &c . It was agreed to publish auoh traota, proTided MSS . were produced up to our standard and otherwise SUitable. MS. on Afforestation was submitted and ordered to be reported
on by Ensor and Mrs . Shaw. 
4.-Women's Group Series The Chairman reported that the Group desired t he Society to publish a series of Tracts in our numbered series, and in the regulation format, but with a special oover,designfor which was submitted, showing "Fabian Woments Group" ~o~v "'"'""'4 "<>-n+.l v_ The Tracts would be in all respects 
subject to the ordinary oona1-r.1.outo u ...................... . ---~ ---. that the Women's Group sub-seri es would be res erved for tracts submitted by the Group. 1ffi . of a tract on Women's Life and Work by Miss Hutohins was submitted as No. l of the new sub-seriee . 
The :plan and the design were appz·oved and t he liS. was ordered to be reported on by Dodd • Guest and the SecretarJ 
5.-Registration of the name Fabian. 
The Secretary reported that Registration of the name Fabi an as a Trade Marlt would cost about 35/-, for a period of 7 years: and ~hat it would gi~e ua no legal security not at present enjoyed. The Co~t­tee by a majorit7 resolved to recommend registration. 
Charlotte F. Shaw Chairman. 
Private. Report of the Organising and Propaganda Committee. Meeting 16th.· February 1911. Present: ~ss Murby (in chair). Mabel Atkinson~ Dr.Bentham,Readlam, Sohloesser. Standring and Sanders. 
1.-Lectures. 
(a) 	Org. Seo. reports good meetings on the whole at his lectures at York, Southampton, Coventry and Sheffield. 
(b) 	We have appointed a Sub-C~ttee to draw up a new Course of lectures for next season. 
2.-Pabian Dinner. 
We recommend that Bland be Chairman at Fabi an Dinner on 
~~rch 31st. next. 

3.-New Societies. 
Steps are being taken to form Societies at Birmingham Uni­versity and Leyton. (Since the meeting of the Committee Society has been formed at Birmingham University and the Org. Sec. will address its first meeting on or about March 1st.) 
4.-University Fabian Societies. 
We have considered What steps should be taken to promotethe efficiency and growth of the Fabian Societies at Universities and recommend that the E. c. otter to supply the Societies free with a circular describingthe aims of the Soeietiea and inviting to membership.
Also that E. c. offer to supply free a printed calendar of the lectures given at the Universities on subjects o~ ~terest and val ue on social re~orm subjects if the 
mat~er be aupp~1ed by the Un1vers1 ty Soo1et1ee. 
5.-The Christchur ch (N.Z.) Fabian Society request that we send its condolences to Countess Tolstoi on the death of Count Toletoi. 
We recommend that their reQuest be aooeded to. 
K. 	B. MurbyChairman. 
Report o£ the Provisiona1 Committee or the Fab1an Summer Schoo1. 
Meeting: 30th. January. Present: Dodd, Miss Hankinson, Webb,Sanders and J.W. Shaw, Secretary. 
Meeting: 14th. Febrpary. Present: Dodd, Miss Hankinson, Mabel Atkinson, Pease and J.Wo Shaw,Secretary. 
Also Sub-Committee, Dodd, Kiss Hankinson, and 
J. w. 	Shaw, Secretary. 
1.-Lawson Dodd was elected (provisionally) Chairman o~ the Committee. 
2.-It was decided not to r enew the Tenancy of Pen-yr-Alltwhich expires on March 25th., and as a consequencenot to make arrangements for Easter or Whitauntide. 
3.-The Chairman and J o w. Shaw , Secretary, were appointed to arrange for the storage of furniture. 
49-The Committee recommends that for this Season, pending the finding of a suitable place for permanent occupationin the country the School be carried on at a Swiss Centre, and provisional arrangements are at presentin hand. 
The intention is to engage all the accommodation at some Hotel or Pension capable of putting up from 50 to 70 guests at a t~e, for a period o~ six weeks 
from ab ut thQ and of Ju a ~a b~si»n1n 
September.Parties would be taken out ace a fortnight, and t this w uld be the minimum length o~ residence. 
The charge for a ~ortnight inclusive of travellingand hotel would be ~rom £7.10. O.to !8.15. 0. accord­ing to the local•ty, and the rate charged by the Hotel. This charge would allow for a margin of at least 5/-fer person to cover the ezpe..ea o~ management. 
F. 	Lawson Dodd Chairman.