PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 298-JULY 23, 1947
Powers of corpora-
tion.
Post, p. 407.
Propaganda.
Contributions to
political parties, etc.
Current executive
committee.
than upon dissolution or final liquidation; and that such corporation is
organized and shall be operated exclusively for charitable, educa-
tional, patriotic, and civic improvement purposes.
SEC. 4. That the corporation hereby created shall have the following
powers: To have perpetual succession with power to sue and be sued
in any court of competent jurisdiction; take and hold by lease, gift,
purchase, grant, devise, or bequest any property, real or personal,
necessary for attaining the objects and carrying into effect the pur-
poses of the corporation, subject, however, to applicable provisions
of law of any State (A) governing the amount or kind of real and
personal property which may be held by, or (B) otherwise limiting
or controlling the ownership of real and personal property by, a
corporation operating in such State; to ordain and establish bylaws
and regulations not inconsistent with the laws of the United States
of America or any State thereof, for the management of its property
and the regulation of its affairs; to use in carrying out its purposes
such seals, emblems, and badges as it may lawfully adopt; to establish
State and regional organizations and local posts; to publish magazines,
newspapers, or any other publications consistent with the purposes of
the corporation and to do any and all such acts and things as may be
necessary and proper to carry into effect the purposes of the
corporation.
SEc. 5. (1) No part of the activities of the corporation shall consist
of carrying on propaganda.
(2) The corporation and its officers and the members of its executive
committee as such shall not contribute to or otherwise support or assist
any political party or candidate for elective public office.
(3) The current executive committee consists of forty members,
namely, Ray Sawyer, Plymouth, New Hampshire; Jack W. Hardy,
Title Guaranty Building, Los Angeles, California; Albert J. Reynolds,
3117 Washington Street, Roxbury, Massachusetts; L. M. Hinshaw,
box 558, Asheboro, North Carolina; J. M. Crespi, Sims Building, 12
Auburn Avenue Northeast, Atlanta, Georgia; Arthur J. Madar, 9166
Yorkshire, Detroit 24, Michigan; Kenneth A. Anderson, 7166 South
Penn Street, Denver, Colorado; Anthony 0. Jones, 315 Security Build-
ing, Phoenix, Arizona; Agnes Frazee, post-office box 751, Uniontown,
Pennsylvania; Floyd Williams, C-2, 704 North Monroe Street, Arling-
ton, Virginia; William Kipp, 1032 North Dearborn Street, Chicago,
Illinois- John J. Carney, 308 Leader Building, Cleveland, Ohio;
Doctor John S. Weir, 618 South Main Street, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin;
Reverend Sam Hill Ray, Loyola University, New Orleans, Louisiana;
Nathan Gordon, Little Rock, Arkansas; Thad Males, 329 West Valerio
Street, Santa Barbara, California; Al Grossi, Farmington, Connecti-
cut; Harry M. De Witt, Junior, 2316 Fortieth Street Northwest,
Washington, District of Columbia; George E. Burke, 1126 Central
Avenue, Saint Petersburg, Florida; Charles L. Crowley, 935 Ogle-
thorpe Avenue, Atlanta, Georgia; L. Harlan Swisher, 306 Davidson
Drive, Champaign, Illinois; Arthur Schnipper, 4334 Ivy Street, East
Chicago, Indiana; Robert Buckmaster, 158 Woodstock Road, Water-
loo, Iowa; William C. Moss, Bogalusa, Louisiana; Edward J.
Beauchamp, 163 Lisbon Street, Lewiston Maine; Thomas Burke, 222
South Street, Fitchburg, Massachusetts; Milton F. Cooney, 55 Naomi
Street, Pontiac, Michigan; Paul Limerick, 456 Catalina, Webster
Groves, Missouri; Louis W. Zaris, 331 Guarantee Trust Building,
Atlantic City, New Jersey- William Hepp, 176 Lafayette Street,
Buffalo, New York; J. C. Powell, box 830, Winston-Salem, North
Carolina; E. L. Hallowell, 455 Forest Avenue, Dayton, Ohio; K. L.
Shirk, 33 North Duke Street, Lancaster, Pennsylvania; Albert
Geremia, 277 Webster Avenue, Providence, Rhode Island; Richard
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