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Show ROOSEVELT OR DEWEY (p Will it be Roosevelt or Dewey? ' . The American people will decide that question. That is what Democracy means. War or no war, our leaders lead-ers are chosen by popular vote. But, will the majority of the people elect the president presi-dent this year? The answer is "no", if the present voting vot-ing trend continues. Fewer and fewer Americans have been going to the polls in recent years. Citizens are forgetting the first duty and privilege of citizenship. The trend is toward an alarmingly light vote in November. The .Gallup poll and other measures say less than 40 million will vote this year. That would mean minority rule. That would be a terrific blow to Democracy in America. There are 88 million American citizens of voting age 8 million more than in 1940. Fifty million voted in 1940 Normally, 55 million should vote this year. Yet every indication points toward less than 40 million. True, there are many who can't vote this year, there are men in service and migrant war workers for whom the military and civilian voting laws are too " complicated. But, there are millions at home who can vote in their place, who can rise to the occasion and express the will of the people. - -. . " Who is elected president, or senator, or , sheriff is "no less important than how he is elected. If we can ;, preserve free election by a majority of the people, we -can preserve Democracy. " " No matter how we cast our ballots, it is a. solemn .... ; ."wartime duty to get out and vote. ; j - Two American soldiers in Egypt lived for months ' on dehydrated beef, dehydrated milk, dehydrated but-; but-; ter and vegetables. Visiting a Cairo museum they saw ' their first mummy. : ' "This is going too far," said one. "Now they're dehydrating de-hydrating women." Wichita, Kas., Democrat. |