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Show Friday, April 10, 1959 THE UTAH STATESMAN Page S The First Step . . . Why Senior GOP Clubs? 23 Million More Votes Research figures show that by 1960 there will be 23 million citizens over the age of 60; this is our recommended starting age for Senior Republicians. All of these are potential voters; studies of voting behavior show that older voters use their suffrage more regularly them do young age groups. THEY CARE MORE. In past elections, the older group of voters has consistently voted Republican (these pollster figures use only as beginning for the older group Age 50; nevertheless, the presentation is still meaningful and valid). The sharp decline (from the Gallup Poll of October 31, 1958 in the percentage of those over 50 who planned to support Republican candidates) illustrates the necessity of bringing older voters back into the fold of inaugurating some program to reach this ever increasing segment of our by Madge H. Fairbanks One of the vital campaign committees is entitled Apprentice Committee. To be eligible one must be under thirty. The younger generation of the party have taken an all important step-UFrom the exciting role of the YR to that, first step in the senior party. With his first step he is taken gently and firmly in hand by a master to who he is apprenticed. The apprenticeships go from the top to the grass roots. Each one an important role in the maturation of the future politician. The program was initiated to give youth an ACTIVE part to play in the drama of politics. The young P! man and woman gain by example, by training, by activity and good Republican leadership. How does one become an apprentice? Each officer from the National Chairman to the voting district officer has the privilege of selecting a young person 30 and under to work with him. The young person must be competent, active, and dedicated to Republican principle. To the interested youth contact your voting district officer or if in doubt the Republican headquarters, Newhouse Hotel, Salt Lake City, Utah. To the senior party officer select the outstanding youth in your area. society. IN OTHER WORDS, ALMOST ONE OUT OF EVERY FOUR POTENTIAL VOTERS WILL BE OVER 60 YEARS OF AGE BY 19601 The Senior Republican Clubs would bring into our basic Party Organization a group of staunch Republicans of long standing loyalty. The 23 million Americans age 60 and older have received no specific recognition from either Party. While we recognize that many of them are, fortunately,, already members of established Republican clubs, we hope that this will be an additional avenue of service to the Party for them and give them a new feeling of being wanted and needed to those who have had no previous club affiliation. In 1960, the White House Conference on the Aging will provide not only valuable material for Senior Republican Club programs and a tremendous impetus for the organization as a whole, but should yield valuable publicity benefits; therefore, our organization should be strongly entrenched prior to that Conference. SENIOR CITIZENS HAVE leisure in abundance; ripened and unimpaired executive and productive capacity as more and more in retirements are coming about at an ever-earliage, substan-itial many cases, today, age 60 or on 55. Many of them have ability backed by a lifetime of experience and know-ho- w; 65-6- er 2, incomes. SENIOR CITIZENS NEED a sense of continued importance and of belonging, which means doing something constructive and useful; they need to be both busy and wanted. SENIOR CITIZENS CAN GIVE US a large potential vote; manpower for the chores of election and Party projects; a new source of funds; a new avenue for spreading the Republican . story. OUR OBJECTIVES, THEN, AR-E1. home-bas- e To strengthen the Republican Party by providing a for millions who have shown an affinity for our philosophy and program; To utilize the vast untapped store of knowledge, experience, and ability of Senior Republicans in such a way as 2. to contribute to the growth of the Party and to aid the Party in developing neighborhood-leve- l understanding of Republican policies and local drives to recapture elective offices; 3. To publicize what the Republican Party has done for the aged and the fact that the Republican Party is concerned with human welfare; and To spearhead and guide civic participation of Senior Citizens on the local, city and county level in the fields of gerontology and ger iatrics, health programs, both mental and physical, job opportunities, social programs, local legislative matters, such as improved inspection of convalescent homes for the elderly, etc. (In these endeavors, Senior Republicans would enlist the cooperation and support of all Senior Citizens, thus aiding in building up our new Party Image.) . 4. THERE IS NO WHISKEY UKE BOURBON, NO BOURBON UKESOLO $TOGG! SIMPLICITY OF APPROACH, BASED ON ONE SINGLE IDEA WITH EMOTIONAL APPEAL AND INTEGRITY OF URPOSE DOLLAR FOR SAFE PENSIONS." "A STEADY KENTUCKY BOURBON straight 86 WHISKEY PROOF STAGG DISTILLING COMPANY, FRANKFORT, KY. |
