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Show Politics From Where I Sit By Merle Kiche An election year brings into sharp focus many issues and this year they are vitally important. How they are settled will shape the destiny of the Republic. We may live out here in the middle of a reclaimed desert in the tops of the mountains but affairs have, nevertheless, pushed themselves in upon us. Those we send to the Capitol must in turn do their share in deciding how the die is cast. Being few in number out here we have not seen for ourselves not yet felt the impact of some of the tradition-shattering systems that are now a well-developed part of the more populous areas of our country. vTo strengthen the new ways or do away with them i ntheir entirety is a ques-tion ques-tion our representatives must help decide. Our money helps to keep government gov-ernment going. How do we feel about foreign aid part loan, part give-away? What about Federal Fed-eral Aid to Education? What about racial integration? What about the McCarran-Walters Immigration Im-migration Act ? How do we stand on the Supreme Court issue? Do we believe that the Electoral College Col-lege should be done away with and a new system developed for electing the President? Shall we support the Bricker Amendment to restrict the treaty making powers pow-ers of the executive branch of the government? What about expanding expand-ing social security? These are just a sampling of what confronts us and our legislators. legis-lators. It would seem just about impossible to keep up with them yet we expect our congressmen and senators to do so. That being be-ing the case it's not amiss for us to ask them specifically how they stand on these matters so vital to us all. The local election front is equally equal-ly important in that its outcome will aid or restrict federal expansion. ex-pansion. The lines are sharply drawn though there are those who would seek to confuse. It's up to each individual to know where he stands and why and to vote and to know who and what he's voting for. |