Directive 10-289
In the name of the general welfare, to protect
the people's security, to achieve full equality and total stability, it
is decreed for the duration of the national emergency that:
Point One. All workers, wage earners and employees of any kind whatsoever
shall henceforth be attached to their jobs and shall not leave nor be
dismissed nor change employment, under penalty of a term in jail. The
penalty shall be determined by the Unification Board, such Board to be
appointed by the Bureau of Economic Planning and National Resources. All
persons reaching the age of twenty-one shall report to the Unification
Board, which shall assign them to where, in its opinion, their services
will best serve the interests of the nation.
Point Two. All industrial, commercial, manufacturing and business
establishments of any nature whatsoever shall henceforth remain in
operation, and the owners of such establishments shall not quit nor leave
nor retire, nor close, sell or transfer their business, under penalty of
the nationalization of their establishment and of any and all of their
property.
Point Three. All patents and copyrights, pertaining to any devices,
inventions, formulas, processes and works of any nature whatsoever, shall
be turned over to the nation as a patriotic emergency gift by means of
Gift Certificates to be signed voluntarily by the owners of all such
patents and copyrights. The Unification Board shall then license the use
of such patents and copyrights to all applicants, equally and without
discrimination, for the purpose of eliminating monopolistic practices,
discarding obsolete products and making the best available to the whole
nation. No trademarks, brand names or copyrighted titles shall be used.
Every formerly patented product shall be known by a new name and sold by
all manufacturers under the same name, such name to be selected by the
Unification Board. All private trademarks and brand names are hereby
abolished.
Point Four. No new devices, inventions, products, or goods of any nature
whatsoever, not now on the market, shall be produced, invented,
manufactured or sold after the date of this directive. The Office of
Patents and Copyrights is hereby suspended.
Point Five. Every establishment, concern, corporation or person engaged
in production of any nature whatsoever shall henceforth produce the same
amount of goods per year as it, they or he produced during the Basic
Year, no more and no less. The year to be known as the Basic or Yardstick
Year is to be the year ending on the date of this directive. Over or
under production shall be fined, such fines to be determined by the
Unification Board.
Point Six. Every person of any age, sex, class or income, shall
henceforth spend the same amount of money on the purchase of goods per
year as he or she spent during the Basic Year, no more and no less. Over
or under purchasing shall be fined, such fines to be determined by the
Unification Board.
Point Seven. All wages, prices, salaries, dividends, profits, interest
rates and forms of income of any nature whatsoever, shall be frozen at
their present figures, as of the date of this directive.
Point Eight. All cases arising from and rules not specifically provided
for in this directive, shall be settled and determined by the Unification
Board, whose decisions will be final.
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