Show On This Both Parties Agree Republicans and Democrats alike will vote to keep America beautiful At least theres there's a litterbug plank in both national platforms and both major parties pledge themselves as crusaders for clean attractive surround surround- ings The Republican an platform says We Ve subscribe to the general objectives of groups seeking to fo to guard the beauty of our land and to promote clean attra attractive tive surroundings throughout America The Democratic platform says To UTo the tits end that the scenic beauty of our land may be preserved and maintained for this and future generations to enjoy we pledge accelerated accelerated accelerated ac ac- ac- ac support of educational programs to stimulate individual individual individual in in- responsibility and pride in clean attractive surroundings surroundings surroundings sur sur- from big cities to rural areas So there you have it Cleanliness is definitely par bi-par- And further as every politician has been given to understand at both the Chicago and San Francisco con con- conventions conventions conventions a tidy nation is the goal of some 70 million voters and prospective voters These are the members of more than 40 profit non-profit civic and service organizations and over leading business firms and trade associations representing some 50 basic industries that sponsor Keep America Beautiful Inc The names of these public public- spirited institutions are set forth in the permanent re record record re- re cor cord of each convention as dedicated to a clean countryside countryside country country- side as well as clean government It would appear from here that these planks will be bethe bethe bethe the first to challenge the mettle and the sincerity of both parties partle The acid test of honorable intentions will come with election day when the job of cleaning up the tons of campaign material and the tattered remnants of election elec lec- lec tion posters will be in order And it may still be a surprise to many of those who have been so busily putting out these flyers dodgers posters tags stickers and hand handbills handbills handbills bills that they are also pledged to take them in again I Whichever party wins all of us 18 will have something to cheer about as government state or national cooperate to help remove the blight of litter from the American scene |