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Show Getting Out The Vote The American Legion is to begin next mouth a nationwide nation-wide campaign to get out the vote in November. The Legion doesn't care how. the vote goes, and it is. not concentrating upon candidates or issues. Its object is to. increase the num. ber of people who take the least part a conscientious citizen can take in the conduct of government. As matters nov Stand, this is a popular government by a small minority of the qualified voters. Only half the voters go to the polls, and. in many cases the choice is determined by one-third of them. i A number of national organizations are interested in petting out that portion of the vote which favors particular; legislation. There have been several laudable campaigns to increase the whole vote. But this is the first time that a strong national organization has tried, through, the agency of its numerous local branches, to persuade people to go to the polls and register whatever opinions they may have reached,. There is in the movement a challenge to. the qualified quali-fied but indifferent voter. He has become the concern of the country's strongest patriotic association. The Legion has entered an interesting field. This unknown, un-known, vote holds in its power the destinies of the country, if it can be roused to action. It could at one- election, overcome the political boss vote, which is herded to the polls to vote as ordered, and bring about a radical reform in every community com-munity where the government has fallen into the hands of corrupt men and women. If the Legion posts set the example and exert the great I influence which they wield in many communities, the veteran" veter-an" may advance the welfare of the country fully as much as they did eight years ago on the battlefields of Europe. They deserve and should have the support of the people everywhere. |