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Show Small Town Has Test Vote on Impeachment; President Is Upheld WAKEFIELD, N.H. - A number of small towns in recent months have taken surveys ami voted on national issues in an effort to determine de-termine what the home towner thinks about certain questions. The latest test was a vote on impeaching impeach-ing President Truman by the citi-lens citi-lens of Wakefield. When the votes were counted in the small rural community, the residents didn't want to take his Job away from him although most of them are diehard Republicans. They voted in a special town meeting meet-ing on the question: "Should Harry Truman be Impeached?" The vote: 48 said no; 17 said (res. Thirty-five of those present did not vote. The whole matter was brought to a head for the first time anywhere any-where by William N. Sparhawk, Jr., a chicken farmer who served is an army captain in World War a. He circulated a petition for a ipecial town meeting to vote on the question. He needed 10 signatures, signa-tures, but he said 50 residents signed the petition. Exactly 100 of the town's 795 voters showed up for the unusual meeting. Selectman Albert W. Wig-gin Wig-gin said about 400 persons attended the regular town meeting in March. He could not account for the small attendance at the special meeting. The vote was taken after speeches speech-es by Sparhawk and Edwin P. Geauaue. a merchandising eon- sultant, who opposed impeachment. Sparhawk argued that the President Pres-ident is pursuing "a policy of appeasement" ap-peasement" that "the ship of state Is being scuttled," and that the administration is "rampant with corruption." "The world has its eyes on our town," Geauque said. "The answer to this question depends on whether we will be called 'screwball' or thoughtful people." The secret ballot contained only the words "yes" and "no". The choice was circled by the voter. |