ciety has no quarrels with politicians. We believe that most Political Office Holders will gladly obey the will of the people if the people will only stand firmly together and notify them, through Direct Credits Leaders, just what they want done economically.
“Politicians may become applicants for membership and sign up members for the Direct Credits Society. They may tell the public that they are applicants for membership and active workers for the Direct Credits Society, but they must not say that the Direct Credits Society backs up their candidacy for office nor the political party which they represent. That would make it appear as if this organization was taking sides with one party or the other and look as if we not only backed that party or its candidate, but that we also stood for their entire political program which, of course, we could not do.
“The Direct Credits Society stands for the American form of government, which gives the people the right to vote for one political party or another. Therefore, if we are to retain the American form of government, we must also have political parties in order to vote.
“One of the great objects of Direct Credits is to separate ECONOMICS from politics; make them distinct from one another, but not to eliminate politics. We intend to make politics clean through the establishment of the principles of Direct Credits. The Direct Credits Society is purely economic. Its officers are ECONOMISTS, not POLITICIANS.
“Any officer who becomes a candidate for political office, or who manages a political campaign, or who becomes a leader of a political party or campaign, will automatically cease to be an officer in the Direct Credits Society.
“From time to time the Direct Credits Society may announce the name of a political candidate for office who is a member of the Direct Credits Society, or who has promised to uphold its principles, but this Society will, in no way, act as a sponsor for him, his platform or his party. The party he belongs to will in no way influence the action of Direct Credits voters.”
The Original Benefactor
“Politicians may become applicants for membership and sign up members for the Direct Credits Society. They may tell the public that they are applicants for membership and active workers for the Direct Credits Society, but they must not say that the Direct Credits Society backs up their candidacy for office nor the political party which they represent. That would make it appear as if this organization was taking sides with one party or the other and look as if we not only backed that party or its candidate, but that we also stood for their entire political program which, of course, we could not do.
“The Direct Credits Society stands for the American form of government, which gives the people the right to vote for one political party or another. Therefore, if we are to retain the American form of government, we must also have political parties in order to vote.
“One of the great objects of Direct Credits is to separate ECONOMICS from politics; make them distinct from one another, but not to eliminate politics. We intend to make politics clean through the establishment of the principles of Direct Credits. The Direct Credits Society is purely economic. Its officers are ECONOMISTS, not POLITICIANS.
“Any officer who becomes a candidate for political office, or who manages a political campaign, or who becomes a leader of a political party or campaign, will automatically cease to be an officer in the Direct Credits Society.
“From time to time the Direct Credits Society may announce the name of a political candidate for office who is a member of the Direct Credits Society, or who has promised to uphold its principles, but this Society will, in no way, act as a sponsor for him, his platform or his party. The party he belongs to will in no way influence the action of Direct Credits voters.”
Abolish Interest
The Original Benefactor