Show Mass Meeting May 15 has been set as the date for both parties to hold Mass Addresses of meetings will be or can be obtained by calling either Republican or Democratic Mass Meetings are the vital root of our nation's two party It is at the Mass Meeting where voting district officers are chosen and where delegates are elected to state and county IT IS true that to participate in grass roots political the voter must align himself with one party or the but this this this organization is the very life of the two party It is not possible for any candidate to personally meet each It is not possible for the candidate to personally distribute his literature or to help the new voter to or to pay from his own pocket the necessary money to meet campaign THE VERY dependence of the candidate upon the grass roots organization is what keeps elected officials responsive to the All elected offices are and the office holder knows that next election he must go back to the voting district for the support he must have if he is to return to The voter who holds himself aloof from involvement in this political process is in effect handing much of his power to By the time primary election day most of the big decisions have been made for him by those who were interested enough to begin at the which means attend Mass IT IS true that some of those who do attend Mass Meetings come away with a job to do and will be asked to contribute but where better can time or money be spent than in maintaining our form of This broadly based left in the hands of the is the strength of this Attendance at Mass Meetings varies from several hundred in some voting districts to one or two or none in other voting The power to attend conventions and have a delegate vote is earnestly and is particularly vulnerable in indifferent |