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Mr. Ruihven Beane, 
Chairman Finance Comittee. 
My dear Mr. Beano: 
Heretofore it has "been the practice of the Union to send the 
January number of the Auk to every subscriber and also to every 
Aotlv® and Associate member whether their dues had been paid or not. 
This has been the custom for a long number of years; It ,is contrary 
to the By-laws of the Union which state that only such parsons 
(The Auk). 
Whose subscrij/tions or dues are paid shall receive it. This prac¬ 
tice, if continued, is going to create considerable more work for 
the business manager, and I see no reason Why we should not now live 
up to the By-laws. As a matter of fact we usually distribute acme 
40 or 50 numbers of the January Auk for Which we absolutely get no 
return as there has been, for the past few years, about that number 
of persons dropped for non-payment of duos each year. I suppose 
that it would be very much better for us to live up to our By-laws 
and not send out any copies of the Auk until the subscriber or mem¬ 
ber is entitled to it by payment of his subscription or his dues. 
If ray suggestion is adopted, it would not be necessary for 
us to have an extra edition of 50 copies of the January number. 
I send a copy of this letter to every member of the Fi¬ 
nance Comittee with the request that they make their reply to you. 
After you have received the same, please let m know the consensus 
of opinion and whether ray suggestion is adopted or not. 
I can see no good reason why anyone should receive the 
