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ARTICLE VI Duties and Powers of the National Board _ Subject to instructions from the membership, and to the provisions of this Con- stitution, the National Board shall have entiré control of the organization's affairs and shall adopt such methods for furthering the purpose of the organization as seem to it desirable. It may engage such salaried staff and appoint such standing committees as the work requires, and may, at its discretion, appoint other officers and ittees in addition to those provided for specifically im this Constitution. It may organize State branches and appoint State Chairmen pekading their election. ot It shall call an Annual Meeting for the entire membership and as manjy other general meetings as seem desirable. It shall have sole authority to issue printed matter in the name of the nat\onal organization. It shall have power to fill all vacancies. It shall act authoritatively in all emergencies as the voice of. the national organization. ARTICLE VII State Branches . State branches when organized shall elect their own officers and have complete local autonomy subject to the provisions of this Constitution. In every organized State there shall be a State Chairman and a State Executive Board. There shall be such local organization as may be deemed effective for Propaganda, but for political action a chairman shall be elected or appointed in each gressional District. ARTICLE VIII Dues . ra State branches shall have power to fix their own daes and to create auxiliary or popular memberships on such conditions and with such dues as seem to them desirable. Every State branch shall send to the National Treasurer for the use of the na- tional organization fifty per cent (50%) of all dues paid in the State. Annual dues for members in unorganized States shall be one dollar. Any member may become a member of the international organization of the W. LL. by paying five dollars annually in addition to State and National dues. Mem- bers of the international organization will receive the monthly journal published at the Geneva headquarters. ARTICLE IX Meetings and Voting : Voting at the Annual Meeting and at spscial national meetings shall be confined to regularly elected delegates. . . Each State branch and the District of Columbia shall be entitled to one delegate and to one additional delegate for every twenty members beyond the first twenty. Before each Annual Meeting or spzcial national meeting a Credentials Commit- tee shall be appointed by the Nationa! Board to pass an the eligibility of all who pre- sent themselves as delegates.