Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 October 1944 — Page 16

ing to you tonight from the White House. I am speaking particularly on behalf of those Americans who, regardless of party, very much hope that there will be recorded a large registration and a large vote this ‘fall. TI know from, personal experience how effective precinct workers © of all parties throughout the nation ~ can be in assuring a large vote, We are holding a national elec-

the right to vote.

tion despite all the proxies of some politicians and a few newspapers who have stated, time and again in the past, that it was my sinister purpose to abolish all elections and to deprive the American people of

These same people, caring more for material riches than human rights, try to build up bogies of dictatorship in this republic, although they know that free elections will

do that is by not voting.

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running for office.

The right to vote must be open to our citizens irrespective of race, color or creed—without tax or artificial restriction of any kind. The sooner we get to that basis of political equality, the better it will

Candidates in every part of the United States are now engaged in

enough.

cases—and

for they know that during this last year there were It is true that there are many|politicians who quite openly worked undemocratic defects in voting laws|to restrict the use of the ballot in in the various states; and some of {this election, hoping selfishly for a 1 which [small vote. prevent a full and free expression of

ocratic W always protect our nation against|sacred right and duty to vote is bility. more important than the personal Nobody will ever deprive the|hopes or ambitions of any candiAmerican people of the right to vote date for any office in the land. : except the American people them- must selves—and the only way they could [cope with®the difficult problems of winning the war, and of peace and’ reconstruction should be chosen by majority of all the people a part of the people, in the election of 1920—one of The continuing health and vigorithe most fateful elections in our of our democratic system depends|history—only 49 per cent of the on the public spirit and devotion of | potential voters actually voted. its citizens which find expression in| Thus, more than one-half of American voters failed to do their Every man and every woman in|basic duty as citizens. this nation—regardless of party— who have the right to register and|cent years the percentage of poto vote, and the opportunity to|tential voters in national elections register and to vote, have also the|who actually voted has’ been sacred obligation to register and to|steadily going up. vote. For the free and secret ballot is the real keystone of our Ameri-

The administration which

We can be gratified that fn re-

In 1940, it was 624 per cent. But that still is not nearly good

The American government has| This year for many millions of survived and prospered for morefour young men in the grmed forces than a century and a half, and it is|and the merchant marine and siminow at the highest peak of its|lar services, it will be difficult in vitality. This is primarily because|{many when the American people want a|some cases—to register and vote. change of government—even when they merely want “new faces”—they|fix the responsibility for this state can raise the old electioneering|of affairs, battle cry of “throw the rascals out.”

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the past four months one of the|of the war, has most brilliant campaigns in mili- {mary consideration tary history—a campaign which President and the has carried us from the beaches of |staft.” Normandy and of southern France| On Sept. 6 the war department into the frontiers of Germany it-|issued its plan for speedy demobili~ self. Jt zation, based upon the wishes of In the Pacific, our naval task|the soldiers themselves. forces have advanced to attack the| The George bill has been passed Japanese, more than 05000 miles|py the congress, signed by ame, and west of Pearl Harbor, is now the law. But German and Japanese. re-| That law is there, for all Amer

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The guns of Hitler's gestapo are| 1¢ silencing those officers who have sense enough to know that every day that the fighting continues means that much more

sources, should be used to mislead and to weaken the morale of our men on the fighting fronts and the

Indians); , proof of that fact than the heroic names an our casualty lists.

statement by Representative Anderson, committee on campaign expenditures, about a document recently sent free, through the mails, by one senator and 12 representatives —all of them Republicans, ' They evidently thought highly of this document, for they had more than 3,000,000 copies printed by the gov-

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we may have to fight every inch of the way to Berlin. TE | But we Americans and our British and Russian and French and Polish allies—all the massed forces of the united nations-—will not stop short of our final goal. Nor will all of our goals have been achieved when the shooting stops. We must be able to present to our returning heroes an Amerfca which is stronger and more prosperous, more deeply devoted to the ways of democracy, than ever before. “The land of opportunity” — that's what our forefathers called

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All of us are actuated by a normal desire to wm. But speaking personally, I should be very sorry to be elected President of the United States on a small turnout of voters. And by the same token, if I were to be defeated, I should be much happier to be defeated in a large outpouring of voters. Then there could not be any question of doubt in anybody's mind as to which way the masses of the American people wanted this elec-

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It is, therefore, all the more important that we here at home must not be slackers on registration day or election day. I wish to make a special appeal to the women of the nation to exercise their right to vote. Women have taken an active part in this war in many ways—in uniform, in plants and shipyards, in offices and stores and hospitdls, on farms and on railroads and busses—that they have become more than ever a very integral part of our national

I know how difficult it is, especially for the many millions of women now employed, to get awa, to register and vote. Many of th have to manage their households as well as their jobs. A grateful nation remembers that. But all women whether employed directly in war jobs or not—women "of all parties and those not enrolled | BT&! in any party—this year have a dou-| War adjustment were in ble obligation to express by their votes what I know to be their keen 1interest in the affairs of government—their obligation. to themselves as citizens, and their obligation to their fighting husbands, brothers and sweethearts,

the war, or six months after the war, or sooner, if the congress or the President so determines. The American people do not need, and no national administration would dare to ask them, to tolerate any indefinite continuance in peacetime of the controls essential in wartime. z The power of the will of the American people expressed through the free ballot is the surest protection against the weakening of our democracy by “regimentation” or by any alien doctrines. It is a source of regret to all decent Americans that some political propagandists are now dragging red herrings across the trail of this national election. For example, labor baiters and bigots and some politicians use the term “communism” loosely and apply it to every progressive social measure and to the views of every foreign-born citizen with whom

ever broader opportunity. We have fought our way out of economic crisis—we are fighting our way through the bitterest of all wars—and our fighting men and and women—our plain, everyday citizens—have a right to enjoy the fruits of victory. Of course, all of us who have sons cn active service overseas want to have our boys come home at the earliest possible moment consistent with our national safety. And they will come home and be returned to civilian life at the earliest possible moment consistent with our national safety.

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