Evening star., 1924-11-23
GET-OUT-THE-VOT CAMPAIGN
INCREASED POLL BY 3.446,05O
Manufacturer AssOciatiOn Reviewing activities,
Sho,es Total Number of Ballots Cast This
Year I3 Per Cent Orer 1920

ly that the campaign brought out
nearly three-quarters of a million of
the old voters who might otherwise
have remained in the Stacker class.
Computation of all figures was made
on the basis of the United States
ner for 1924 as 1920 to arrive at the
eligibles.
| The figures are based on the actual
returns noted in the newspapers
and included only those for the major
candidates. They do not take into
consideration the votes cast for the
scattering candidates. which votes
have not been Tailed in some of the
States.
Where Voters Voted.
MANY of the States made fine show
| ings. increased pollings being noted
| in the usually active States, such as
| California, Illinois. Indiana, Kansas,
| Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nebraska,
| New Hampshire. New Jersey, New
[ York. Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode
| island, Vermont, West Virginia, Wis
| ;onsin and Wyoming.
This was the first time in the his
| ory of the country that general
| public crusade had been waged to get
ALI the people to the polls. 1t was
purely a citizens effort and to them
must be given the full credit, for the
campaign organized by the National
Association of Manufacturers had
working in full cooperation such ma
| tional organizations as the National
| Industrial Council, with 500 affiliated
| Industrial bodies: the American Lc-
gion, Masons. Elks, Knights of Co
! lumbus, Kiwanis, Rotarians, Lions,
Boy Scouts, State branches of the
League of Women Voters, religious
| tions and other organizations which
| never take a partisan part in politics
| More than 5000 national, State AMI
| local community and industrial or
| ganizations were enrolled in the
effort.
The National Association Of Manu-
| facturers made the first organized
and co-ordinated effort to get bust
| mess and the general public interested
| in national elections in 1920. when it
evolved a platform of American in
dustry and had ii incorporated in part
by both the major parties. The plat
| form was revised for this year, sub
mtted to both parties. which again
! incorporated substantial parts of It;
and at the same time plans were
made to carry out in a practical way
| the effort to get business and the
general public to go to the polls and
| vote.
Devised the Slogan.
THE association devised the slogan,
| Vote as you please, but vote, and
! provided, absolutely free, approx
matety 25. 900, 900 pieces of literature,
which were sent into all parts Of the
country. Through the numerous or
IganizationS the red, white and blue
sticker and the stockholders OF the
L. 5. A. Meeting which have become
historic, were distributed in house-to-
| house canvasses in general crusade
to check the growing apathy. Not a
single political organization was
brought into the campaign, and 1t
was truly a public crusade.
1T was revolt at the dwindling
| interest of the electorate in the selec-
ton of their Chief Executive, which
had dropped from so per cent of the
eligible voters in casting their ballot
| in 1896 to less than 80 per cent IN
1920. 1t was realization by hum
dreds of thousands that they must
take an active interest in the cleo
tions 10 have really representative
| IGovernment.
while efforts have been made to
discount the success OF the campaign
! by persons who have made only
superficial examination of the figures
or who have had little or nothing to
do with the great campaign conduct
ed in every State in the country, an
examination of the figures alone will
tell the story of the success of this
unusual movement on the part of the
electorate, and show that the curve
| Of public performance has been
switched from the downward trend,
which was a menace to our instttu-
tions. to the upward. which means
fuller participation in the great cor
porate interests of the Nation.