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May 12, 1975 TO ALL PARTICIPANTS OF THE
STELLE GROUP, Last month I wrote an open
letter explaining my reasons for signing a petition calling for a May, 1975
election of the Board of Trustees. A copy of that letter is
attached for anyone who might wish to review it. Recent events have caused me
to change my position, which is why I am writing this letter and forwarding
same to all participants of The Stelle Group. Legal counsel, sought last
week, revealed that: 1. Under Illinois state law (Illinois Revised Statutes,
163a12 - 13 and 163a13 - 14) members of The Stelle Group have the right to
call special meetings and 2. According to The Stelle Group By-Laws, Article
VIII. Amendments, “These by-laws may be altered, amended or repealed and new
by-laws may be adopted by a majority vote of the total membership.” Each
participant of The Stelle Group has received, or will soon receive, notice of
a meeting on May 24, 1975 to discuss and. vote on a proposed. amendment to
The Stelle Group By-Laws. The proposed. amendment deals with the
establishment of a referendum. “The
laws of the Kingdom of God will reside in a constitution, and. all laws will
have to be voted upon by the democratic procedure of referendum.” Dr. White
in The Ultimate Frontier This meeting will allow the
participants of The Stelle Group an opportunity to take the first step in
establishing the governmental base of Stelle, because, if the membership so
chooses, a referendum will make the officers of The Stelle Group responsible
to the membership in the proposal of rules, regulations, and. guidelines. Given these developments, I
no longer see the necessity of holding an early election, and I have removed
my name from that petition. Dr. White states in The Ultimate Frontier,
.... .men are wisely cautious not to revolt if the government can be bettered
through the gradual evolution of wise legislation.” Dr. White also states,
“Men must use every means at their disposal if it becomes necessary to defend
their lives and. their intellectual and political freedom.” (Emphasis
added.) I believe Illinois state law and our own by-laws have provided the
citizens of Stelle with an effective means for insuring that we will always
have a voice in the affairs of our community. “Discontent is the first step toward progress - and
just as often the last step toward destruction; perhaps the primary task of
civilization is to learn to distinguish rationally between its discontents.” “All
institutions tend toward serving their own ends rather than the human ends of
the persons who compose them, This is as much true of religious institutions
as of any others, and explains why church organizations eventually debase or
dehumanize the spiritual aims of their founders, and must be perpetually
renewed by creative reform.” For The Time Being, Sidney J. Harris
(both quotes) Toward creative reform, Walter Cox |
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