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Show beliefs that you have. THE TWO-PARTY system is the backbone of our country and we must do everything within our power to preserve it and to keep alive the competition that is engendered when candidates oppose one another. Scuttlebutt has no rightful place in a campaign but it's impossible to confine candidates cand-idates ANY candidates to the real issues. 'And what ARE the real issue s?' m THE ' campaign cam-paign in ANY campaign? : They are the things that YOU think are important; they are the points of interest which most affect YOU, That's why I say that politics should be a continuing con-tinuing thing not just a few weeks before an election.. CANDIDATES are all' set and ; running for this year's election but when the next opportunity arises for selection of men and women to run for office ANY office, local, state or national, take an interest; find out who thinks "what" and "how". Let them know what YOU want and ' need to gain your support. You'll - find we'll have better candidates and consequently better governmentfrom govern-mentfrom the ground up. But for now make sure you get to the polls on November 7 it's only once in four years " that we have the privilege of voting. for the man who will govern this wonderful country of yours and mine! Biffs and Pieces , By Eleanor Bennett , ... THE PRIVILEGE of voting is to ,be cherished. 1' veoften made the comment that if it cost the comment that if it cost $1.00 to vote, the lines would be Very long at the polling places with people demanding to exervise what is really their right as well as their duty. Elections have been won and lost by . a single vote I knew it to happen once in a community com-munity near Muskegon, Michigan. Mich-igan. We always wondered who the culprit was who stayed home that day and let our candidate lose! Believe me, at the following follow-ing election that was one place -where they had the most terrific , "get out the vote" drive, you've ever seen. To me, it's important to be long to a party. So many people ; say, "Oh. I vote for the man I'm an Independent." Well, that's O.K. sometimes but if you could realize if you would; follow through and see how much . better a governing body would be if all members wanted to work together for the good of a cause. When you vote a "straight ticket" you are helping candidates can-didates with the same basic |