POSTLUDE 1 67 



EXTRACTS FROM THE CONSTITUTION OF THE FIRST 

 HOMESTEAD UNIT 



The preamble to the constitution tentatively adopted states 

 clearly the object of the members of the First Homestead 

 Unit: 



We, the undersigned, in order to secure the opportunity to 

 i. Satisfy our needs and desires directly by production for 

 our own use through intensive husbandry and home crafts- 

 manship, 



2.. Achieve a permanent basis of economic independence and 

 security, 



3 . Develop a progressively higher standard of living, 



4. Provide for our youth as soon as they are ready, and 

 assure our aged as long as they are able, participation in pro- 

 ductive and creative activities, 



5. Enrich family and home life by reducing drudgery and 

 releasing creative activity through the use of domestic ma- 

 chinery, 



6. Increase control over our own destinies by solving our 

 problems through simple family and neighborhood activities 

 rather than through large, complicated and impersonal civic 

 and industrial relationships, and 



7. Furnish to the community of Dayton, which is assisting 

 us to establish ourselves on homesteads, an example of effectual 

 and beautiful living, do associate ourselves together to form 

 a community of homesteads and pledge ourselves to abide by 

 the provisions of this constitution. 



The rights of the members to the development of a com- 

 pletely individual life are safeguarded by the following 

 provision: 



The rights of the members to absolute freedom in religion, 

 politics, associations, production, and exchange shall never 

 be abridged or impaired by the Unit or its officers, and the 

 only limit to the exercise of the free will of the members shall 

 be the equal rights of all others to their freedom. Any such 



