Cartoonists League of Absurd Washingtonians (C.L.A.W.)

The purpose of the CLAW is to pursue and accomplish the following aims and objectives:

A. To unite within its membership all persons engaged in the professions, occupations and work processes falling within its jurisdiction.

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C. To promote and maintain high professional standards of ethics and practice and to secure the conformance of all buyers, users, sellers and employers to established standards. The CLAW supports the articles of the Code of Fair Practice formulated by the Ethics Committee as the expression of such professional standards of business relations.

D. To advance and extend the economic and social interest of its members.

E. To establish, implement and enforce laws, policies, general and specific agreements and contracts designed to accomplish these ends.

F. To establish, conduct and maintain such educational, recreational, social and charitable enterprises as may assist in the advancement of its members and aid their general welfare.

G. To cooperate and/or affiliate with other organizations or associations of similar interests who may assist in the accomplishment of these objectives.

H. To promote and advance the interests of its members by such other actions, not inconsistent with this Constitution and By-Laws, as may be necessary and appropriate.

I. To encourage and promote the establishment of the Cartoonist's League of Absurd Washingtonians as an international conspiracy formed under this Constitution and By-Laws.