Show 11 ARDINa AND COOLIDGE URGE BETTER washington feb 1 capital new news Servi ceBy executive order a new now ody body his come into being the federal council of citizenship training all government department departments ai as well as the board of vocational al train ing ng and the veteran veterans bureau are rep resented in the new body the duties of the council the order sets forth are sire to make constructive suggestions n as to how the federal offices may operate to secure more effective citizenship training both in their own work and in cooperation with all other public and private agencies throughout the country the facil itley of all federal offices hall shall be available to far at if ic practicable to further the work of 0 the council vice president coolidge in a public speech urges a greater attention to the duties ditlea of citizenship and specially especially dally more attention to the importance of voting lie lite laid said in parti good government need needs the active energetic and concerted action of an aroused and earnest citizenship 1 the they can not leave their election elections to the dictation lct atlon of a it few they can not leae leme the holding of office merely to self seekers they must be prepared to make the sacrifices to endure the discomforts and the mil representation the loss of business busi nesa opportunity required by being a candidate for and holding public office with statistics at hand showing that more than half of the electorate almost twenty million did not vote in the last election tion the highest officer officers in the government are a better and more conscientious effort to discharge the first duty of citizen whip phlp it Is well realized that a people deserve the kind of government they get and that only through a pro vram of education as to the patriotic duly duty of voting intelligently can the sw eminent emment adequately reflect the popular will it Is emphasized that while this government Is one erected by the consent of the governed it was never intended that such consent should be passive only but that the government should be literally not only of the people and for the people but by the people entitled to a vote |