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Hertford M. E. Whitehead Murfreesboro

Northampton R. W. Stephenson Severn

Northampton W. M. Stephenson Pendleton

Vance C. S. Wester Henderson

Vance ". Mrs. T. L. Dale Henderson

Warren Howell Stud Warren ton

Warren Frank Gibbs Warrenton

Fourth District

Chatham Harry Horton Pittsboro

Chatham C. P. Beal Bear Creek

Harnett John Hood Buies Creek

Harnett Henry C. Strickland Angicr

Johnston Billy Britt Smithfield

Johnston W. H. Lyon Smithfield

Lee W. W. Staton Sanford



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Lee H. M. Jackson Sanford

Wayne Dortoh Luiigston Goldsboro

Wayne Mrs. FIdwiii Micheaux Goidsboro

Fifth District

Carteret Elvin T. Hancock Moreh'^ad City

Cart«ret Mrs. A. D Cooper Atlantic Beach

Craven Lawrence Lancaster Vanceboro

Craven '. Mrs. J. C. Arnold New Bern

Greene E. A. Rasberry Snow Hill

Greene Walter G. Shep herd Snow Hill

Jones R. P. Bender Pollocksville

Jones Mrs. Cecil Hargett Comfort

Pamlico S. E. Dixon Oriental

Pamlico. Mrs. E. S. Lupton Bayboro

Pitt R. C. Booth Greenville

Pitt C. W. Everett Greenville

Sixth District

Duplin D. H. McKoy Warsaw

Duplin Mrs. Annie Thomas Hall Kenansville

Lenoir Ike Whitfield Kinston

Lenoir T. J. White Kinston

Onslow J. T. Gresham, Jr Jacksonville

Onslow Miss Muriel Ketchum Jacksonville

Sampson R. D. Weeks Clinton

Sampson Mrs. J. E. Floyd Clinton

Seventh District

Franklin H. C. Kearney Franklinton

Franklin W. D. Fuller Wood

Wake N. F. Ransdell Varina

Wake Mrs. H. P. Williams Raleigh

Eighth District

Brunswick S. T. Bennett Southport

Columbus Bob Miller Whiteville

New Hanover Mrs. Hannah Block Wilmington

New Hanover B. B. Phillips Wilmington

New Hanover J. L. Dew Wilmington

Pender Clifton F. Davis, Jr Burgaw

Pender Miss Faye Frazer Burgaw

Ninth District

Bladen Mrs. Hobson Sandlin Council

Cumberland John H. Cook Fayetteville

Cumberland Alex Davis Hope Mil s

Cumberland Geo. S. Quillan Fayetteville

Hoke Paul Dickson Raeford

Hoke Archie Watson •. Red Springs

Robeson Horace Phillips E. Lumberton

Robeson L. Adams Rowland

Robeson Frank Hackett Lumberton

Tenth District

Alamance D. J. Walker , Graham

Alamance B. F. Jones Burlington

Durham T. R. Bane Durham

Durham A. D. Atwater Durham

Granville E. F. Taylor Oxford

Granville T. G. Stem, Jr O.xford

Orange L- J- Phipps Chapel Hill

Orange Mrs. Manly Snipes Hillsboro

Person R. B. Dawes Roxboro

Person R- P- Burns Roxboro



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WESTERN DIVISION

Eleventh District

Alleghany R. E. Richardson Whitehead

Ashe Ray Blevins Lansing

Ashe Raymond Francis West Jefferson

Forsyth

Twelfth District

Davidson P. V. Critcher Lexington

Davidson Howard Steed Thomasville

Davidson Lindsey Dorsett R-5, Winston-Salem

Guilford W. A. Sapp Greensboro

Guilford Gilbert Powell Greensboro

Guilford J. B. Lovelace High Point

Thirteenth District

Anson Banks D. Thomas Wadesboro

Anson Rudolph Treadway Wadesboro

Moore Monroe Chappell Vass

Moore E.J. Burns Carthage

Richmond Earl (ireen E. Rockingham

Richmond Roy PhiUips Rockingham

Scotland J. D. Phillips, Jr Laurinburg

Scotland J. L. Sutherland, Jr Laurinburg

Stanly W. L. Mann Albemarle

Stanly Woodrow Lowder Albemarle

Union Wendall Wilmoth Monroe

Union Mrs. Heath Phifer Marshville

Fourteenth District

Gaston J. A. Wilkins Gastonia

Gaston W. J. Allran, Jr Cherryville

Mecklenburg James McMillan Charlotte

Mecklenburg Hugh Mc.Auley Charlotte

Fifteenth District

Alexander John Marshall Taylorsville

Alexander Mrs. R. S. Ferguson Taylorsville

Cabarrus R. H. Irwin Concord

Cabarrus Hugh Q. Alexander Concord

Iredell D. D. Nantz, Sr Statesville

Iredell. . . .'. P. S. Feimster Charles

Montgomery Gordon Scott Star

Montgomery G. S. Garris Troy

Rowan Archie Rufty Salisbury

Rowan J. W. Bean Spencer

Randolph Jessie Councilman, Jr Asheboro

Randolph T. Q. Yow Cedar Falls

Sixteenth District

Burke T. S. Cline Morganton

Burke E. M. Hairfield, Jr Morganton

Caldwell Dr. Dennis Cook , Lenoir

Caldwell r Ben Beach Lenoir

Catawba C harles Bost Conovcr

Catawba George Hovey Hickory

Cleveland C. H. Hendricks, Jr Shelby

Cleveland A A. Powell Shelby

Lincoln W. Hampton Childs, Jr Liucolnton

Lincoln Bruce Heafner Lincolnton

Watauga Wade E. Brown Boone

Watauga Mrs. W. G. Hertzog Boone



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Seventeenth District

\very C. J. Wiseman Ingalls

Avery Avis V. Nesbitt Elk Park

Davie J. B. King Cana

Davie Mrs. Grady Smith Farmington

Mitehell Shelby \\ oodv Forbes

Mitchell Rex Peake R-1, Bakersville

Wilkes P. E. Lavell Elkin

Wilkes R. M. Gambill N. Wilkesboro

Yadkin Hubert Logan Yadkinville

Yadkin Clint Poindexter East Bend

Eighteenth District

Henderson M. F. Toms Hendersonville

Henderson A. B. Sheppard Hendersonville

McDowell W. D. Lona , Marion

McDowell S.J. Westmoreland Marion

Polk J. W. Durham Rt. 1, Tryon

Polk W.J. Wilkins, Jr Tryon

Rutherford Oliver Davis Forest City

Rutherford Lee Powers Lake Lure

Transylvania P. A, Rahn Penrose

Transylvania Mrs. Arthur Whitmire Rosman

Yancey J. Frank Huskins Burusville

Yancey . . C. P. Randolph Burnsville

Nineteenth District

Buncombe Frank Parker Asheville

Buncombe Shelby Horton, Jr Asheville

Madison E. Y'. Ponder Marshall

Madison F. E. Truman Marshall

Twentieth District

Cherokee, Ralph Moody Murphy

Cherokee W. D. Whitaker Andrews

Clay Mrs. Mary Beck Shooting Creek

Clay Bovd Scroggs Brasstown

Graham Ed Cable Fontana Dam

Graham M. Will Cooper Robbinsville

Haywood David Underwood Waynesville

Haywood Charley McCrary , Rt. 1, Clyde

Jackson C. C. Buchanan Sylva

Jackson Davis Bryson Cullowhee

Macon John Conley Otto

Macon George Byrd Rt. 4, Franklin

Swain Ed Bradey Ela

Swain Dr. Kelly E. Bennett Bryson City

Twenty-first District

Caswell Lon Folger , Leasburg

Rockingham Norwood Robinson Reidsville

Stokes L. H. VanNoppen Danbury

Suiry J. G. Llewellyn Dobson

Surry Charles Neeves Elkin



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CHAIRMEN DEMOCRATIC COUNTY EXECUTIVE

COMMITTEES

1950

County Chairman Address

Alamance. D. K. Muse Mebane

Alexander W. S. Patterson R-1, Stony Point

Alleghany R. F. Crouse R-2, Sparta

Anson James A. Hardison Wadesboro

Ashe Todd Gentry West Jefferson

Avery R. T. Lewis Minneapolis

Beaufort Malcolm C Paul Washington

Bertie John R. Jenkins, Jr Aulander

Bladen Robert J. Hester, Jr Elizabethtown

Brunswick Henry D. Hickman Shallotte

Buncombe R. R. Williams Asheville

Burke Jack B. Kirksey Morganton

Cabarrus E. T. Bost, Jr Concord

Caldwell W. D. Guire Lenoir

Camden L. V. Leary Camden

Carteret Irvin W. Davis Beaufort

Caswell Clarence L. Pemberton Yanceyville

Catawba G. Andrew Warlick Newton

Chatham Wade Barber Pittsboro

Cherokee H. A. Mattox Murphy

Chowan Lloyd E. Griffin Edenton

Clay Ed Patterson, Jr Hayesville

Cleveland C. C. Horn Shelby

Columbus Avery Thompson Hallsboro

Craven , William F. Ward New Bern

Cumberland H. R. Clark Fayetteville

Currituck ' S. A. Walker Snowden

Dare M. L. Daniels Manteo

Davidson Charles W. Mauze Lexington

Davie J. H. Thompson Mocksville

Duplin F. W. McGowen Kenansvillc

Durham J. Leslie Atkins, Jr Durham

Edgecombe Haywood P. Foxhall Tarboro

Forsyth Calvin Graves Winston-Salem

Franklin E. F. Griffin Louisburg

Gaston L. B. HoUowell Gastonia

Gates Martin Kellog, Sr Sunbury

Graham Ed Turbeville Robbinsville

Granville Edward F. Taylor Oxford

Greene K. A. Pittman Snow Hill

Guilford Frank R. Hutton Greensboro

Halifax Henry T. Clark Scotland Neck

Harnett W. A. Johnson Dunn

Haywood Chas. B. McCrary R-1. Clyde

Henderson L. B. Prince Henderson ville

Hertford D. C. Barnes Murfrecsboro

Hoke Walter P. Baker Raeford

Hyde '. E. B. Bell Swan Quarter

Iredell John F. Long R-1, Statesville

Jackson Dan M. Allison Sylva

Johnston Alvin Narron R-1, M iddlosex

Jones John D. Larkins, Jr Trenton

Lee Ralph Monger, Jr Sanford

Lenoir Meriwether Lewis Kinston

Lincoln Thomas E. Rhodes Lincoln ton

Macon Jess Shope R-1, Franklin

Madison F. E. Freeman Marshall

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County Chairman Address

McDdwcll • S. J. Westmoreland Marion

MiMklfiilnirg David McConnell Charlotte

Mitchell Rex 0. Wilson Spruce Pine

MoiitKoniery Ernest King Troy

Moore M. G. Boyette Carthage

Nash M. P. Dawson Rocky Mount

Ne s Hanover Emmett H. Bellamy Wilmington

Northampton E. B. Grant Jackson

Onslow Thomas J. Marshall Jacksonville

Orange R. 0. Forrest Hillsboro

Pamlico J. C. Wiley ,. Grantsboro

Pasciuotank N. E. Aydlett -..Elizabeth City

Pender T. A. Smith Burgaw

Perquimans C. P. Morris Hertford

Person R. B. Dawes Roxboro

Pitt John G. Clark Greenville

Polk '. W. H. McDonald r Tryon

Randolph Hal H. Walker Asheboro

Richmond Clyde H. Causey Rockingham

Robeson E. M. Johnson Lumberton

Rockingham Jule McMichael Reidsville

Rowan Walter H. Woodson, Jr Salisbury

Rutherford Charles C. Dalton Spindale

Sampson Stewart B. Warren Clinton

Scotland R. F. McCoy Laurinburg

Stanly Crayon C. Efird Albemarle

Stokes R- J. Scott Danbury

Surry Frank Freeman Dobson

Swain Frank Hyatt Bryson City

Transylvania Paul Whitmore Brevard

Tyrrell W. J. White Columbia

Union Henry B. Smith Monroe

Vance E. 0. Falkner Henderson

Wake J. W. Bunn Raleigh

Warren John Kerr, Jr Warrenton

Washington H. H. Allen .~ Plymouth

Watauga W. R. Winkler Boone

Wayne J. T. Flythe Mt. Olive

Wilkes C. Watson Brame North \\ ilkesboro

Wilson A. Roy Moore R-2, Wilson

Yadkin L. E. Hutchins Yadkinville

Yancey '. C. P. Randolph Burnsville



NORTH CAROLINA REPUBLICAN STATE
PLATFORM 1950

Issued by

NORTH CAROLINA REPUBLICAN STATE COMMITTEE
Charlotte, North Carolina

National Affairs

To live with our neighbors in a community of peace and to
enjoy freedom of opportunity in a world of plenty — this is the
hope of all peoples and the goal to which the Republican party
dedicates itself. To this end and to attain this goal, we adopt the
following platform:

1. Our system of private enterprise and initiative of the in-
dividual, fostered by a republican form of government, has always
been our strength. We pledge ourselves to support these bulwarks
of liberty and to resist communism in all its forms wherever it
may arise.

2. Five years after the cessation of hostilities, and as a result
of five years of floundering in world politics by inept Fair Deal
politicians, we find a world torn by tension, distrust, and hate.
We urge the election of a Republican Congress in November to
establish a definite foreign policy, thereby reassuring the peoples
of the world.

3. We oppose the spending of taxpayers' money and financial
aid to foreign countries under the guise of preventing the spread
of communism so long as we employ communists and fellow-trav-
ellers in our government and as teachers in our schools and uni-
versities.

4. The budget must be balanced; the spiraling cycle of spend-
ing, taxing and deficit financing is imperiling our very existence;
our national security demands that we not only cease to spend
more than we receive in taxes, but that we actually reduce our
national indebtedness which now stands at more than one-quarter
of a trillion dollars.

5. Realizing that cooperation between labor and industry has
been the keystone to our nation's abundance,- and knowing that
our well-being is equally dependent on both strong labor and in-
dustry, we pledge our party to impartiality between labor and in-
dustry; but we urge modification of the Laboi'-Management Rela-

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tions Act of 1947 and for the passage of a law similar to the
Railway Labor Act for the settlement and redress of vital griev-
ances between labor and industry to prevent jeopardizing our
economy, health, public safety, and well-being of millions of our
working men and their families.

6. We believe in the equal rights of all under our laws, includ-
ing the right to choose one's associates. We condemn unreservedly
the injection into American life of appeals to racial, religious, or
other prejudices, such, for example, as are embodied in so-called
Fair Employment Practices legislation.

7. We recognize the great importance of agriculture to our
economy and the necessity of providing; until we have an orderly
return to a free market generally, an incentive or protection for
the efficient farmer so as to secure the production of an adequate
supply of needed commodities. Such incentive or protection, how-
ever, should not be provided in such form as to encourage the pro-
duction and accumulation of excessive surpluses. We are unal-
terably opposed to the regimentation of farms now contemplated
by Government planners. The farmers must be left free from Gov-
ernment control and coercion.

State Affairs

1. North Carolina should meet its moral obligations in provid-
ing adequate, competent personnel for the care of our aged, in-
competent, and afflicted persons, many of whom are neglected in
county homes, jails and other state institutions.

2. Our peoples' health determines their ability to earn and the
well-being of our society. The State should at once begin an ex-
tensive, well-planned program of preventative-medicine which will
reach every person in North Carolina. We oppose socialized
medicine.

3. The corrupt practices of the absentee ballot law long ago
forced the Democrats to repeal the law for the primary election.
We recommend and demand that this law, as it applies to the gen-
eral election, be repealed, except as to members of the armed
forces.

4. The increased cost of our state government indicates a rapid
duplication of government by bureaus, such as is strangling Wash-
ington. We recommend the elimination of duplicate and useless
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5. We advocate that payments under the Workmen's Compen-
sation Act should be revised upward to meet the advance in the
cost of living and that provision be made for sick benefits. Also,
the General Assembly should be ever vigilant to g-ive our work-
men the benefit of modern safety appliances.

6. Our public school facilities have not been advanced to meet
the increased demands upon them. We favor state construction
and maintenance of public school buildings, allocating the money
in accordance with population.

7. An increased accident rate for school buses is alarming.
The transportation system for our school children should be mod-
ernized with a constant and vigilant examination of the condi-
tion of school buses.

8. We deplore the establishment of legalized betting and gam-
bling in North Carolina, and the General Assembly should pass
uniform laws prohibiting these degrading practices.

9. We deplore the increased operations of the "personal loan
and finance companies" which engage in usurious practices. We
demand stricter control of this type loan company.

10. The people of North Carolina should have the right to vote
on the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors, and the Re-
publican party pledges a statewide referendum on this question.

11. Realizing that farm commodities and resources of the land
are our greatest wealth, we urge the construction and maintenance
of good public roads as arteries of commerce and agriculture. But
we are opposed to the provision in the law increasing the load
limit allowable for trucks and urge that such limits be restored to
the weights in effect in 1948.

12. For our farmers the difference between a profit and loss
often depends on accessible, efficient markets for their produce.
We recommend that our State Department of Agriculture take im-
mediate action with the view of aiding towns and communities in
establishing new markets and improving existing ones so North
Carolina farmers can compete favorably with those of other states
and receive a fair return for their products.

13. We demand that the income tax paid to the United States
Government be allowed as a deduction on the state income tax.

Guided by these principles, and with the help of all people who
join us in subscribing to these precepts, we shall return character
to government and statesmanship to public office.



PLAN OF ORGANIZATION OF THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY OF NORTH CAROLINA

Adopted in Convention, March 14, 1950, at Charlotte

ARTICLE I

The Precinct as a Unit

The unit of party action shall be the election precinct. In every
precinct in each general election year there shall be selected in
mass-meeting- in every precinct in the state a Precinct Committee
of five or more voters, one of whom shall be designated as chair-
man, one as vice-chairman, who shall be a woman, and one as
secretary.

The members and officers of the precinct committee shall hold
their places for two years from the date of election, and until
their successors are chosen. The Chairman of the County Com-
mittee shall designate the time and place of holding precinct meet-
ings after ten days' notice thereof. Precinct meetings shall elect
one delegate and one alternate to the County Convention for each
fifty votes or fraction thereof cast for the Republican candidate
for Governor at the latest election. Other precinct meetings may
be called and held at such times and places as will be designated
by the Chairman of the Precinct Committee, after first giving ten
days' notice of such meeting. In the event any Chairman of any
Precinct fails to act, then the Chairman of the County Committee
shall appoint someone in his or her place to serve temporarily
until a Precinct Meeting can be held and the new Chairwoman
elected, as the case may be.

ARTICLE II

County Conventions and County Committees
1. A County Convention shall be called in each general election
year by the Chairman of the County Committee, who shall desig-
nate the time and place for holding same, after giving fifteen days'
notice thereof, and the delegates and alternates elected in the pre-
cinct meetings shall sit as delegates and alternates in the County
Convention. The County Convention shall choose a Chairman, and
a Vice Chairman, who shall be a woman, and other officers, all of

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whom shall be qualified voters in the county. A County Committee
of five 01" more voters shall be chosen in such County Convention,
who shall hold their places for a term of two years, and until
their successors are elected. Nominations may be made by the
precinct meetings for membership upon the County Committee.
Such biennial County Convention shall elect one delegate and one
alternate to the State and all District Conventions, for every two
hundred votes, or fraction thereof, cast for the Republican nominee
for Governor at the latest election in said county. In addition
thereto each County shall be entitled to one additional delegate
and alternate for each Republican member of the House of Rep-
resentatives elected by the County in the preceding election.

2. That if one-third of the members of the County Committee
shall desire a meeting of the County Committee, it shall be the
duty of the Chairman of the County Committee to call said meet-
ing; and if said Chairman shall fail or refuse to call said meeting
upon petition of one-third of the members, the one-third of the
members may call the meeting of the County Committee by giving
to the Chairman and Secretary and the members of the County
Committee at least five days' notice.

3. For good cause shown, any Chairman, Vice-Chairman, Sec-
retary, or member of the County Committee may be removed from
his or her position xipon a vote of two-thirds of the members of
the County Committee, but said cause for removal shall be con-
fined to inefficiency and party disloyalty. Upon such removal the
County Committee shall have the authority to fill the unexpired
term.

4. The Vice-Chairwoman shall function as Chairman of her
respective Republican Executive Committee in the absence of the
Chairman.

ARTICLE III

Congressional, Judicial, and Senatorial Committees
The Republican Congressional, Judicial and Senatorial District
Committees shall be composed of the Chairman of the several
County Committees within the district, and the Permanent Chair-
man and the Secretary of said District Convention. The aforesaid
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called by the Permanent Chairman of the Convention upon twenty
days' notice of the time and place for holding same. Upon the
failure for any reason of the Congressional District Chairman in
any case to call a Congressional Convention, the said call may
be issued by the Secretary of the Congressional District Com-
mittee.

ARTICLE IV

State Convention
A State Convention shall be called in every general election
year by the Chairman of the Republican State Executive Com-
mittee after thirty days' notice thereof, to all members of the
State Executive Committee and all Chairmen of the several Coun-
ty Executive Committees of the time and place of holding same.
The State Convention biennially shall choose and elect a State
Chairman and the State Vice-Chairman, one of whom shall be a
woman. Two Assistant Chairmen on the State Committee shall
be appointed by the State Chairman with such duties as may be
delegated by the Chairman. They shall serve at the pleasure of
the State Chairman, and be responsible directly to him. The State
Convention each year of a Presidential election shall recommend
to the National Republican Executive Committee, for a term of
four years, the name of two persons, a man and a woman, for
National Committeeman and National Committeewoman, respec-
tively. Vacancies in the office of State Chairman and State Vice-
Chairman shall be filled by the State Committee until the next
terms. In the event of vacancy in National Committeeman or
National Committeewoman, the State Committee shall make recom-
mendations to the National Committee for the appointment of
successors to fill the unexpired terms.

ARTICLE V

Republican State Committee

1. The Republican State Committee shall be composed of four

members from each Congressional District, and one additional

member from each Congressional District for every two thousand

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cast in said Congressional District for the Republican candidate
for Governor at the latest preceding election. The members of
the State Committee in each Congressional District shall be
elected for a term of two years, or until successors are elected
and qualified, by the delegates to the Congressional Convention
of the respective Districts. Vacancies occuring in representation
from any Congressional District shall be filled by a vote of the
majority of the remaining members residing in the district in
which such a vacancy may occur. Alternates shall be elected in
said Congressional Districts for each member of the State Exe-
cutive Committee elected in said Congressional District and the
Alternate shall serve for such member in the absence of the
member.

2. The State Chairman, the State Vice-Chairman, the two
Assistant Chairmen, the National Committeeman, the National
Committeewoman, and the permanent Chairman and Secretary of
the preceding State Convention shall be members of the State
Committee, ex-officio.

3. The State Committee shall have the power to elect a Sec-
retary and an Assistant Secretary, one of whom shall come from
the Young Republicans, a Treasurer, and other officers which may
appear necessary, who shall serve for a term of two years and
vmtil their successors are chosen.

4. The State Committee shall meet annually upon the call of
the Chairman and Secretary, or upon the failure of the Chair-
m.an, upon the call of the Vice-Chairman, and Secretary, or about
the anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln, which meeting
shall be followed by an annual statewide Lincoln Day Dinner, to
be held under the auspices of the Republican State Committee and
the Young Republicans of North Carolina.

5. Thei-e shall be a Republican State Policy Committee com-
posed of the State Chairman, Vice-Chairman, the two Assistant
Chairmen, Secretary, Treasurer, the National Committeeman and
the National Committeewoman of the Republican State Committee
and of the State Young Republican Clubs, all of whom shall be
members ex-officio of the Republican State Committee, and all
former State Chairmen and Vice-Chairmen of the Republican
State Committee, and five Republican Members of the General