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Show ft , , 9 "W -?4r. r!-'' -: -f 111 IJ I I , ,..M.. WHI. umil I ii:" ' ; " ' " ' ' t J -r- : ' 1 r : V tet ciV I s A I HV a-j-lV i . v 0 i LiX ' ;. V " - L ,UXKste,1: : .w.fc, . A ,KirWaE?Nl .1 Will r 17 ;'.HlT'-A 1 II ir- --f II . m . i n tun ihf i ij fa I iniMlllll l I I n Mrs. Nellie H. Jones receives honorary service pin from Mrs. Phyllis W. Day, president of the Duchesne Unit No. 22, The American Legion Auxiliary. Mrs. Jones, a National charter member of the Duchesne Unit, has been treasurer 20 years consecutively and 47 years a member of the unit at Duchesne. She was re-elected last week as treasurer of Duchesne Unit No. 22 Should 18 yr. Olds Be Allowed to Vote? We live in a democracy. Democracy means government by the people. Democracy means that each new generation has the power to make new laws or to change old ones to maintain main-tain basic rights and freedom as new conditions make new regulations necessary. Some regulations that insure in-sure the greatest freedom at one time, if made unchangeable, unchange-able, may be the very ones that will block freedom at another time. The one safe way for democracy to operate is tlirough broad, general principles of freedom and justice, which can be interpreted and adjusted to meet the changing needs of the I people. One such regulation that is in desperate need of adjustment is the voting age requirement. Why shouldn't 18 year olds be allowed to vote ? They are required by law to devote at least two years in the service of their country. And at the present, very few finish out these two years. Many, within months, lie dead or wounded on the battlefields in Vietnam. They weren't allowed to vote for the leaders who sent them there, yet the feeling of Continued Page 2: SHOULD 18 YEAR OLDS VOTE? From Page 1: patrotic devotion they feel is as strong as the veterans They don't complain that they were denied this, but how many of them have at one time or anothet wondered why, yet they've never rebeled. They went when their country called them. Their forefathers were among those who worked or fought or gave their lives to secure political poli-tical freedom for them and for all other American citizens. Yet, they cannot exercise this political freedom until they become 21. But they too fight, work and give their lives to protect pro-tect these freedoms for the next generation. Some-people may say that 18 year olds are too irresponsible irresponsi-ble to be entrusted with the election of government officials. They have not been well informed in-formed enough to be allowed to vote. Due to the improved methods of teaching education, teenagers today are more fully aware and are better informed than most present voters on the conditions existing throughout the world. Delinquents? |