Show farm bureau president urges heavy turnout turn out at november election pointing to the fact that only ga per cent of the eligible voters actually voted in the 1940 election E J them elling president of tho the summit county farm bureau today issued a statement urging a heavy turnout turn out at tile the polls on november 7 it Is s our duty not only as rural rind ind small town citizens but as americans sali said mr voting Is a right a privilege for which our sons and brothers are fighting in many parts of the world today it is our duty to them and to ourselves to vote in this national election when so many cru crucial cial issues are at stake mr Tre statement came in response to a appeal from the amerlean american farm bureau federation which was sent by george L hobson II president of the utah farm bureau to presidents cfall of all county organizations org the file farm bureau federation Is now carrying on A nation wide campaign strictly nonpartisan non partisan urging all rural america to vote in the nove november aber elections farmers and citizens in small towns can have a powerful voice in governmental affairs through their representatives senta set tives if they will get out and vote for th the a men of their choice according to mr lie ile added that thai rural people have hae the power to influence national politics if they will ordy use it lie ile called attention to the fact that 77 pr por cent of the senators and 62 per cent of the congressmen come from districts which have no cities of more than population and hence are predominantly rural ile he said however that if rural america stayed at home on election day and the big city vote turned out full strength th rural people would have s an ever harder time from then on making their wishes heard mr said that an appeal for farmers to vote in the coming election wis was stirringly made by edward A oneal 0 acal president of the american farm bureau federation in a recent address mr air oneal 0 neal said I 1 know the farmer has an obligation to get ills his crops in at the proper time but I 1 also know that he has ta a duty that transcends even the obligation to produce and that is to contribute to good government by exercising his right to vote leave your plow leave your cow leave your sow and go to the polls in what is one of the most precious rights and privileges that we enjoy under our democratic cr a tic form of government in my 0 pinion opinion farm people carry a greater responsibility for the preservation of 0 our ur greit great tradition of democracy than any other group in in his statement mr said that although farm bureau members like everyone else are busy at tills this time they and all other rural citizens can take oft off the necessary hour or two that voting requires we should remember he said that our boys in the armed services are giving the best years of their lives to defense of their country they were not too busy when tile the call came we cannot and we will not be too busy to vote we should everyone of us go to the polls november 7 and thereby act as shareholders in america |