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TABLE 9.—Replies to questions regarding privilege of withdrawal from the 
association 
Members reporting 
Question and reply Association 
Total 
1 | 12 Sih 4 
Do you think that dissatisfied members should be allowed to with- | | 
draw from the association? Number| Number, Number Number| Number 
PR ee 2 SS A 0g ae ee 11 44 56 84 | 195 
UD 3 os Se es ee a a) Sas ee eee 67 52 53 35 207 
SeSTeaant Gr nO ANSWer:. 22 ee a el 21 12 13 | 14 60 
eer ctebece rai 6 cn eee | 99 | 108] 122 | 133 | 462 
If the contract permitted, would you withdraw? 
jp eee ei ee OR i Ra) ee i as (eae 24 36 71 
INO? Se os ee or en ee 68 4e--222=- 61 | 87 | 213 
od te en ny EPS 572 aes ee Oe 22 6 28 
OS ae ee See ee eee Wa (tee-- 5 | 107 129} 312 
1 The confusion existing in association 2 at the time of the survey made data on this question of little 
value for that territory. 
Slightly more than half of those who gave a definite answer did 
not favor granting permission to withdraw. Some interesting com- 
parisons are suggested by the variations between associations. Asso- 
ciation 1 showed a decided objection to permitting withdrawal, 
whereas association 4 showed about the same degree of belief in the 
withdrawal privilege. The former is a tobacco association and the 
latter a cotton association. The greater importance placed upon 
commodity control in the marketing of tobacco may be one reason for 
the opposite answers given by members of the two associations. _ 
The answers to the question, “ If the contract permitted, would you 
withdraw? ” (Table 9), are a further indication of whether members 
were satisfied with their organization. When these answers are 
compared with those to the question, * Would you be willing to sign 
a new contract?” (Table 8), it will be noted that the number who 
indicated that they would not sign a new contract is larger than the 
number who replied that they would withdraw from the association, 
if given the opportunity. When compared with the number who 
answered “ None” to the question, “ Under what conditions would 
you sign another contract?” (Table 8), a much closer correspond- 
ence is found, indicating that some who would like to withdraw are 
unwilling to sign another membership contract under any conditions. 
An appreciable proportion of those who expressed dissatisfaction 
still believe strongly enough in the value of organization to remain 
as members, even though they were permitted to withdraw. It 
seems reasonable to infer that some who express an intention not to 
sign a new contract may do so when the time for decision arrives, 
especially if they feel that some of the causes of their dissatisfaction 
have been removed. 
