4. K. Marx. Resolutions on the Terms of the Admission of Workers' Organisations to the International Working Men's Association[15]

I

That organised bodies of working men be invited to join this Association in their co-operative capacity, the amount of their contributions to be left to their means and discretion.

II

That societies joining this Association shall have the power to elect a representative to sit on the Central Council, the Council reserving to itself the power to accept or reject such delegates.(1)

Adopted by the Central Council on November 22, 1864

First published in The Bee-Hive Newspaper, No. 163, November 26, 1864

A JOURNAL OF GENERAL INTELLIGENCE, ADVOCATING INDUSTRIAL INTERESTS

Endnotes

[15] The first Congress of the International Working Men's Association scheduled for 1865 in Brussels was held between September 3 and 8, 1866 in Geneva. The decision to postpone the Congress was taken by the Central Council on July 25, 1865 on Marx's insistence. He considered that the local organisations of the International were not yet strong enough in ideological and organisational respects and suggested that a preliminary conference be held in London (see this volume, pp. 375-77).

(1) In The Bee-Hive Newspaper (No. 163, November 26, 1864) report ot this meeting, the Resolution II is formulated as follows: "It was also decided that societies in London who join the Association shall have the power to elect a representative to sit on the Central Council, the Council reserving to itself the power to receive or reject such representative. With regard to societies in the provinces who may join, it was decided that they should have the power to elect a corresponding member of the Association".— Ed. Reproduced from the text in the Minute Book of the General Council checked with that in The Bee-Hive Newspaper