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Professor Cabrai made it clear that, throughout the world there are Unions and Federations. Unions are composed of individual members, and Federations are composed of Societies or Unions. IFLA is a Federation and therefore is composed of societies only,though the members of these societies are, naturally, to a certain extend connected with IFLA. Mr. Iechère approved and said that this is the first point cleared by the discussion*. IFLA is a federation of national societies, with all the consequences of such principle. Professor Cabrai said that, as one consequence, individual members should only be admitted exceptionally, as stated in the original Constitution. Miss Crowe wished to clarify point 9 of the Constituion, which refers only to the office of the Councillors in the original Grand Council, and pointed out that nobody ever thought of a foundation member transmitting his rights and prerogatives. Professor Cabrai suggested that all delegates study the matter and write down their comments, not only to revert to the matter at tue next meeting, but also for the benefit of the Committee for the Revision of the Constitution. Mr. Taldi referred to art. X of the By-LawsI "as a rule,each nation can only be represented by one society". However, in the "united States, there are several societies, one of which is affiliated to IFLA, whereas another one sent a delegate to this Congross, and approached the President asking who would make a decision regarding their affiliation, in case they, apply for admission. A general discussion took place between Professor Owens, Professor Cabrai, Professor Vaughan and Mr. Shurcliff as well as Mr. V.'erkmeister, on the basic principle of one country-one society. Mr. techère Interfered, saying that the matter is not on the agenda and should therefore not be discussed now. Besides, wo are still ruled by the old Constitution which is quite clear on this point. After the Constitution has been altered, we shall be free to admit as manv societies for each country as wo wish. Besides, Mr. Pechère reminded the delegates of the discussions relative to the Spanish Society, which took no less than five Grand Council Meetings to be solved. Mr. Perrin suggested that IFLA should follow the exemple of big international organizations, all of which admit only one representative per country. Otherwise, IFLA would finally have to admit ten delegates from the ten societies of the same country. On the other hand, it is most important that each country solves its own problems, without any interference from IFLA. Professor Cabrai suggested that the different societies of one country should form a national federation, which would send one delegate to IFIA. Professor Vaughan objected that the countries have no control on their societies, and therefore IFLA should be permitted by the By-Laws to ad'nit a second national society. i'r. Shurcliff proposed to drop the matter in order to avoid wasting more time, and tho President suggested again that the delegates write down their comments and proposals. Individual membership Professor Cabrai reported that three requests had been received: