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Show To Get U. S. Non-Voters to the Polls WASHINGTON. Arousing every ev-ery citizen of the country to east his ballot at the polls at every election, Impressing Impress-ing voters with the value of good citizenship, citi-zenship, and ultimately the establishment establish-ment of n college of political science In the national capital, are among the purposes of the National Association of Federal Clubs, with headquarters In Washington. The association is really a nucleus for a large number of local clubs to be formed In the cities of the country, one to each city. Four have already been organized, and are now on a working basis, In Baltimore, Boston, Philadelphia and New York. Another Is being formed In Indiana, and Its organization Is about completed. Steadily decreasing interest In voting vot-ing has been manifested since the Presidential election of 1806, when 78 per cent of the citizens eligible to vote cast their ballots, according to figures compiled by the association. President Presi-dent Coolidge received 26.8 per cent of the eligible vote. It Is to overcome this apathy on the part of voters that the association has been formed. To this end the application ap-plication form of the association calls attention to the fact that there is a growing tendency among the citizens of the country "to neglect the responsibilities respon-sibilities of citizenship" and "that such negligence constitutes a menace to our nation and hinders Its progress as a true republic." To bring about the training of qualified quali-fied leaders in the science of government govern-ment is anolber one of the objectives of the association. This is found necessary, nec-essary, in the belief of those sponsoring sponsor-ing the association, because the administration ad-ministration of government, federal, state and municipal, is daily becoming more complicated, "and has now reached a point where efficient operation opera-tion of all government is impaired through the lack of qualified leaders." This training of leaders can best be brought about, they say, by the later establishment of a "United States college col-lege of political science, to the end that citizens of the United States may be educated in the science of transacting transact-ing government business." "Nonsectarian"' and "nonpartisan" are the adjectives used by the founders found-ers of the association in describing it, and It is "dedicated to the education of citizens in the science of operating governments." |