A grassroots GRASS ROOTS COUNTRY y 11 government of this nation is dominated by the small 3 ind the rural areas not by the great city populations that i 9 flet is developed in an analysis of the united states con I 1 anahed in the december issue of the american pre frees tie he analysis shows that 76 out of the 96 senators 79 per bent cent elected lec ted by rural majorities and that 54 per cent of the 1 enta tives represent more rural counties than urban coun forthe r the purpose of the study a rural county was considered e E ne ile in which there is no community with more than elation the ie small number of senators who represent predominately 4 constituencies mostly come from states with very small land and ad concentrated industry such as rhode island and connect the study shows further that 42 senators and represents have a weekly newspaper as their home town paper it then 1 all of those from rural areas depend on weekly newspapers ae 11 of their chief barometers of the opinions of their constia tte the point is that in spite of the growth of the cities this is is 4 grassroots grass ass roots country the people on the farms in the vil i slid in the small municipalities have the dominant voice it comes to electing the men en who make our laws the future erica rica is in their hands hand sif