Show L. L f The Pe People Who Vote Vote I 1 JA JA A R READER ADER of the Da Dayton to 0 O. O Dail Daily f f. f News writes to that paper a l letter tt maintaining that a far higher gher percentage of r qualified voters go to the polls poIl in in America f is commonly supposed He fie points out t that whereas citizens are theoretically theo theo- entitled to vote i in 1 national el elec elections lions Hons of these for all many are aret practical I t purposes dis disfranchised M lie He says there are n nearly arly 12 negroes who do not have kj fr Ithe the vote estimates that other citizens citi- citi zens lose their votes because they u are float floit ti t- t i i ers of ot transients and accordingly do not J 1 have hase settled residences and holds that probably l. l 1 a ably ly 10 per cent of the arc are kept t- t way away from the polls on election day by illI ill- ill t r I ness accidents or r sudden con contingencies they hey i t cannot control Looked at in this light our national election figures are more encouraging Of I course the mans man's fi figures ures may my be open to criticism But he at least presents a new angle from which to view the situation i |