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Finally Currey marched out to join his supporters, charging that Tobin had "packed" the meeting against him. Tobin had given orders to admit only men whose names appeared on a list, presumably of members who had paid their dues. Only six of the 55 people present supported Currey in the...
Currey and his five supporters lost the first vote--that only men on the membership list be allowed to attend the meeting. Currey charged after the vote that he also had a record of members who had paid their dues. "There are about 30 outside," he said.
Two of the more self-confident grads even delivered extra talks on an impromptu basis. The first dwelt on the accomplishments of an 86 year old acquaintance who a) hasn't paid his club dues in 36 years, b) has to be "dragged" to religious meetings, c) still receives plenty...
Under his new dictatorial powers, Mossadegh, himself a wealthy landlord, abolished centuries-old feudal dues and services, and ordered landlords to turn over one-fifth of their rents to the impoverished peasantry. Half of this sum will go to the sharecroppers on each tract. The other half is to be...
In 1944 she knew of some 1,000 dues-paying party members, though "not all of them were genuine, hard-bitten Communists. I am convinced that most of them would resign if they were not afraid-afraid of being vilified and smeared by the party and its agents." But genuine...