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National Fantasy Fan, v. 5, issue 5, August 1946
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Laney's message (cont) It certainly does not warrant any officer in breaking thoughtlessly into print with material which by no stretch of the imagination can conduce to the wellbeing of the group and which in most cases will definitely harm it. Such disagreements should be kept confined to the official family, where I have attempted to keep them. Since the NFFF group at the Pacificon, in possession of the full facts, had no hesitation in voting the charges against me to be groundless, I believe I am justified in requesting President Walter Dunkelberger and Director Dale Tarr to tender me public apologies in the pages of this magazine. Sincerely Francis T. Laney. Ultimatum by Ye Editor: It has been quite tedious for me to stencil all of this, and no doubt quite disconcerting to the members at large. In the next issue of this publication, all further discussion on this aspect of NFFF politics will be limited to fifty words per participant. Better you become neurotic trying to condense your ponderous and voluminous thoughts, than for me to become section-8 material publishing it all. CONSTITUTION CONCLAVE Following constitution suggestions by Jack Speer and Burton Crane in the last issue comes remarks by Don Bratton: Shall we junk the present constitution? Sheer's argument convinces me that we should. Dunkelberger's rebuttal to Speer was totally unconvincing -- merely a rehash of some of the nonsense thrown to the membership before. Dunkelberger and Evans seem hep about 'checks and balances' within the organization. What good have they done us so far? The real and only effective 'checks and balances' are an alert membership. A long stuffy constitution tends to discourage rather than to stimulate such an attitude among the members. ......... I'm in favor of adapting the constitution suggested by Speer. It handles all the really necessary points, and adequately. Just think! A constitution that can be read at one sitting, without reference to the dictionary! Speer does not quibble about many detailed and aphemeral worries, as does the present Evans constitution. After all, the constitution should be the backbone of our 7
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Laney's message (cont) It certainly does not warrant any officer in breaking thoughtlessly into print with material which by no stretch of the imagination can conduce to the wellbeing of the group and which in most cases will definitely harm it. Such disagreements should be kept confined to the official family, where I have attempted to keep them. Since the NFFF group at the Pacificon, in possession of the full facts, had no hesitation in voting the charges against me to be groundless, I believe I am justified in requesting President Walter Dunkelberger and Director Dale Tarr to tender me public apologies in the pages of this magazine. Sincerely Francis T. Laney. Ultimatum by Ye Editor: It has been quite tedious for me to stencil all of this, and no doubt quite disconcerting to the members at large. In the next issue of this publication, all further discussion on this aspect of NFFF politics will be limited to fifty words per participant. Better you become neurotic trying to condense your ponderous and voluminous thoughts, than for me to become section-8 material publishing it all. CONSTITUTION CONCLAVE Following constitution suggestions by Jack Speer and Burton Crane in the last issue comes remarks by Don Bratton: Shall we junk the present constitution? Sheer's argument convinces me that we should. Dunkelberger's rebuttal to Speer was totally unconvincing -- merely a rehash of some of the nonsense thrown to the membership before. Dunkelberger and Evans seem hep about 'checks and balances' within the organization. What good have they done us so far? The real and only effective 'checks and balances' are an alert membership. A long stuffy constitution tends to discourage rather than to stimulate such an attitude among the members. ......... I'm in favor of adapting the constitution suggested by Speer. It handles all the really necessary points, and adequately. Just think! A constitution that can be read at one sitting, without reference to the dictionary! Speer does not quibble about many detailed and aphemeral worries, as does the present Evans constitution. After all, the constitution should be the backbone of our 7
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