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REASONS FOR ITS PROPOSED CREATION. 
X. The Meetings of the P. A. M. are held at irregular intervals 
and in the interim the Secretary has no opportunity of consulting the 
representatives of the Association. 
2. He is, therefore, unable to proceed with negotiations on a 
given subject until he has received fresh instructions from a sub- 
sequent meeting. For this reason such negotiations are likely to be 
unduly protracted. 
3. Under present arrangements the delegates to the P. A. M. 
are expected to pass very important resolutions, affecting the entire 
planting community, without any opportunity for mature reflection 
or for consultation with their respective district associations. 
CONSTITUTION. 
1. I think the first and chief consideration is to get men who are 
willing and able to attend the meetings of the standing committee. 
2. For this reason I should advocate the appointment of those 
who live within a fairly easy distance of Kuala Lumpur. 
3. At the commencement the standing committee could be 
formed of 5 of the delegates with power to add to their number, the 
Chairman and the Secretary of the P. A. M. being ex-officio members- 
4. The standing committee should meet at least once every 
month. Additional meetings to be convened on the requisitions of the 
Secretary of the P.A.M. or of two members of the standing committee. 
FUNCTIONS. 
1. To consider all draft enactments of the F.M.S. Government 
and to take steps to call the attention of the P.A.M. delegates to any 
proposed legislation which is likely to affect the interests of the 
planting community. 
2. To authorise the Secretary of the P.A.M. to continue negotia- 
tions and correspondence if in accordance with the policy determined 
at the meeting of the P.A.M. 
3. To sift and prepare the matter intended for discussion at the 
meetings of the P.A.M. 
Mr. Macfadyen is afraid that the creation of this committee 
would emphasize still further the preponderance of Kuala Lumpur. 
He would therefore suggest that members from other States be eli- 
gible, and if that was agreed to, he had much pleasure in seconding 
the proposition 
Mr. Burgess thinks that Johore would certainly like to be 
represented. 
