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Show Why Politics A. ' Your Home MAUD VOOD PART; (Chairman National League of Women Voters) -vol R sl A VTOB VXD 1 nr. i If your state elects a senator this j f all. tor six years the man your vote ; helps send to the Uniicd States sen-'ate sen-'ate will represent your state, and you, las an integral part of that state, Ic I the highest law -making body In our j count t y. i ntil 1313 the United States senators sen-ators were chosen by th b-gisbit urei of the states they represented Since (hat time the rattflcatlng of th t enteonth constitutional amendment hfli transferred this power directly to tin people. Year by year the welfare oi state and nation have become closely Inter-i Inter-i woven, the problems, the matter for national concern. Railroad, telegraph 1 and telephone have linked the Ai-' Ai-' lantlr to the I'aclfie. and the prob-I prob-I lenis of one state becomes another's i almost overnight. ; Your senator must not only safe- guard jour state which he directly represents- he must be broad-vlaloned ' enought. fair enough, to safeguard ' i every state as well the I'nlted States. Tour vote help elect hun. see that' his ls tho right man I Our national attitude toward for-' I eicn countries, treaties mads with j them all these must l. approved by I the senate Your senator therefore, I Indicates or should Indicate your at-, : tltude on international as well as national na-tional questions. The senate has eon-' eon-' lirmatlon of the president's appoint-J 1 ments More than ordinary quallf icatlons of j statesmanship are reo.ulrfd to fill a' position ably and efficiently. l'oli-i i tics Is the science of government a Mclenee requiring education, study, vis I Ion, practical inw and experience ' I And the men we elect to office bo It national, state or municipal should be qualified for the duties of thati office Consider carefully, therefore, whether wheth-er the senatorial candidate you VOt for will uphold the best Interests of i your nation and your state: whether H the big, questions that mean H tional betterment for tho millions who H I make our citizens the men, women 'and children of the nation appeal H I lo him' whether his H limited, selfishly to himself or a chosen H You are the Integral parti of the H 'great American electorate today, faced with the responsibility of sending men H to nation who com- H with the perplexing problems that eon-front eon-front and menace us nationally. In your hands, voters of the nation. Ih (he future of . . 1 1 r nation. Choose. and choose carefully. Then record your choice the ballot box. oo |