R E P O M... ^v. s?.! ". I L r * 7 ^^-j-nwit, VOTHHTEER BOARD A). PREAMBLE;. for a gr4at nation-wide -ampaisn s ^. l... part in the c J k S ' - f h l y n c h e d Africans to volunteer fo r? = U v e, ^ ^ r t e i d and carrying to everj c o m e? of the country the message that we «s t slnnd fight t ill Apartheid % ^ l l ^ rii^wetiiance Campaign, the s p i r i t ^ f our^people of'all raccs to win freedom by their own efforts... Our volunteers must carry throughout oour.tn^tho^ demands of our peopjf at the Congre3S of the People... Charte/which i l l be a d o p t s r a a -. w S S r H J r a r s S S - struggle till our liberty is w o n... TOGETHER, TO FREEDOM IH a w u r w m b m ".Call for Volunteers by Chief A - T B). ORGANISATION All volunteers are to be known as 1. Freedom -------------- Voluntb^rst "FREEDOM VOLUNTEERS", and they will owe their allegiance to thoir respective organisations. 2. Hnt1nnal Volunteer Board: These Volunteers-in-Chief will teer Board which will be N m e r e the v S l ^ e e r - i n - and activity of the volunteers. organisation must Chief is n S t j ^ ' d e n t ^ n f h y n e s b e - The H a t l? m l Volunteer B o a r d w i l l have the power to make further n - U. and regulations from time to time. 3. National Volunt^er-in-Chief: Provincial Volunteer Boai-is. The National Volunt or-i"-- Chief will be Chiet A.«. Luthuli. Every organisation.aust appoint one representative to a Volunteer Board in each Province. The board will be the Provincial Volunteer-in Ch.ei. Provincial Board must ^PP0^ \ e Vtsponsibl- to "I'.' ~ a T'Viti P m v i n c i a l Bo&^d v>ii * N a t i o n a l * Board, for the direction of the volunteer n each Province. 5 - an application fon» as Per Annexure A. (b) Volunteers muet take the pledge at a special m Pledge- as per Annexure B. (o) In addition to taking the ar tiag. Si*"*' etin^ TherNational Action Sounfil g S l i ^ S S l ^ e ^ I t h the observed» a t a t l o n ^ ;y t h e ^ o c c e e i o ^ ' f ^ ^ r u a e r o u a l o c a l m e e tings.
<d> leade?lunteers USt b 2P lac«d ln» " = under a unit Plications for enrolment as a volunteer must the o r -"-' iscrutlnlsed by resp nolblo officials of enrolment *mov b t \ p p p ^ t P rron th. cor.d :? 0^ 1 0 ^ " ^ J-e-ia^rship l e a d e r a h H ^ of? the t r 0Vld!id,he organisation. r'ot hostil- to y ' 2 S m i W A U»ust be foraed into units of eith- r: i witn l leader - 10 or: 19 with 1 leader - 20. (b) ^ n?izero d advisable, males and females should b, organised into separate units. A ' J (c) Boys and girls under 16 should bo onranis^d into separate units. 8 J U B 'a into xui'-,r> er., bvick and gold armbands will be madi available for all volunteers. The R H1UntV"rv-r:1USt w' ir a Freedom Volunteer Rad*. available shortly. 3 ^ing igntd and wil1 be Qri:ie " a L > c:i u - '» It is of the highest importance that all classes on all asop'ct- o ^ S o u t h ^ ^ f fc'ive!\ intensive study economic 1 ift ^ h Africa" political and available s h o r t l ^ ^ ^ prepared and will be 10. Discipline: All volunteers must accept the Code of Discipline as per Annexure C. C). TASKS OF VOLUNTEERSr s:;,:s,"s' s n S C F V S f f ssasrsr as all local grievances of the 1Reffi0 1 Scheme; as. well rents, and transport. ' 8 as housln«, passes. Congress It ^ C^ ntry the lee3a«e of the toric5^ uiic ^uugrtss ^ S for 1;h2ipis^^^e e;1fdt^8^ the People must not become an ahfltr*/*+ tl^ u^ca,,se relatedn-to -lated to th the actual I a f a11 conditions 8t^ es and of the people. t s l L Se? * theapeople! n ^ th r tasics rec*uired for the Congress of 4 ^ a9si3t in every way possible in the building of tha sponsoring organisations. ^ ^* '~-r IONS FOR RFC R1!ITMKTIT OF V0HJNT32R3: 1. Appeals for volunteers should be made at all meetings. 2 S p o r t ^ O r l a n S u o n ^ o t c! <U throu«h Trade Union3> Church*., 3 ' r?fs=al enooura«ent should be given to artists to write I S v» n ^? o d - ie - s artistic and cultural activity can be of the utmost value/... Page 3
- 3- value in the course of the campaign. 4. Leaflets appealing for volunteers should be distributed by house-to-houso visits. This leaflet will be issued by the National action Council nnd will be based on the Preamble above. ANNEXT-tE A APPLICATION' FOR ENKOIKENT A3 VOLUNTEER: I, the undersign- i, ;> hereby apply to the Volunteer B o a r d ^ of the National nc4.ion Cour. 1 to b< enrolled as a FREEDOM VOLUNTEE PULL NAME:... ADDRESS: RESIDENCE... PLACE OP WORK:... MALE OR FEMALii...MARRIED 0 ^ SINGLE:... OCCUPATION:... AFFILIATION TO ORGANISATIONS:... REMARKS... DATB:... SIGNED FOR O^FrClAL USE ONLY NUMBER...?... ACCEPTED/REJECTED: COMMENTS:... FREEDOM VOLUNTEERS PLEDGE: a n n e x u r e b Believing that I must fight until Apartheid is defeated, and that the voice of all who love Freedom must be heard at the great Congress of the People, I, the undersigned, Freedom volunteer, do hereby solemnly pledge and bind myself to serve try country and my people to the best of my bility, and in accordance with the policy and programme of my organisation. I sh^ll be prepared at all times to carry out whatever tasks are required of r*o by my organisation. I shall at all times obey the orders of my Leaders and shall strictly abide by the rules and regulations of the National Volunteer Board. D A M :.. \ SIGNED:... Annexure C /... Page 4
- 4- ^%TNEXlrRB r IMErm VC.Timrre;^ ------ L0^ O HT.sSPLINE: S u b K? ^ H l Jfer'51-1 * 'olunt, jors aunt ohru ^1 i leaders. y a11 0rdere given to them by their 4. V cluntet?rs must * ill-lee U r *. ' dcc^ ^ t i c i «and reprimand without ^ ^oluntetrs mu t o-,t * - l n e,nd Sli i, a p p e ^ n o e, b?th S Sp9?eof. nd inhd «8 andart of «l»"un«,8, (b) They must at qli -n~ hooliganism. avoh drunkenness and (0 ) While o, duty they -U8t be ereot and ^ Into vioient^actioru r S U '' themselvcs to be proviked 7- V o l u n t e e r nu3t allraya be ready ^ ^
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