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| − | A plan for managing the [[N3F]].
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| − | The [[N3F]] started out with no constitution, and the one drawn up was cumbersome and rejected by the membership when it was submitted. A constitution was finally adopted, but the machinery remained cumbersome, and the negligible results for the early labor plus the difficult requirements for nomination (all under the shadow of the stress of [[war]]) caused insufficient candidates to file to fill the necessary offices when the first administration lapsed.
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| − | [[E. E. Evans]], [[Plancom]] [[chairman]] of the first year, got a new set of officers by [[Blitzkrieg]] methods; but before the organization could gather momentum again [[Evans]], the new [[President]], was forced to drop activity. [[VP]] [[Tucker]] turned the presidency over to [[Evans]]' neighbor (at the [[Slan Shack]] in [[Battle Creek]], [[Michigan]]), [[Al Ashley]]. It being conceded that the old Constitution was unworkable, [[Ashley]] planned to carry out [[Evans]]' idea of a pyramiding state-regional-national scheme with many [[officials|officers]] (the "'''Battle Creek Plan'''") including as "citizens" all who could be called [[fans]], while [[Harry Warner]] spoke for an [[organization]] with few [[officials]] and stiff [[membership]] requirements.
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| − | A wrangle over whether the [[directorate]] should pick one plan for submission to the membership or have a vote on both led to stalemate, again the terms of officers ended with no replacements, and the [[N3F]] lapsed. In the fall of '43, at the height of [[Cosmic Circle]] furor, [[Ashley]] questioned the Board members with a view to revising the group under an emergency for-the-duration constitution; this was realized next year, with [[Walt Dunkelberger]] in the [[President]]ial chair. Elections were resumed in 1947.
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