The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-08-28
Labor Urges Fair Wages
For Boulder Dam Workers

The committee has sent to all of it's
branches in every state and to affili-
ated organizations and friendly or
ganizations a call for a national cam
paign of education and of registration
of voters. The campaign aims to so
educate voters as to prevent future
casting of million and a half dis
carded ballots.
Public Will Must Be Voiced
IF modification of the Volstead act
is to become fact this winter" says
the committees communication to it's
local branches and other organiza-
tions, sit will be necessary for our or
ganizations everywhere to take ad-
vantage of every legitimate oppor-
tunity to bring about full expression
of the public will"
Special committees are called for in
every locality, these to serve perma-
nantly throughout the campaign, un-
der direction of national headquar-
ters in Washington.
Modification must be brought
about through congress-" the letter
continues. "It will make no differ
ence how large the popular majority
may be for modification, unless there
is modification majority in congress.
Those who believe in modification
must VOTE for believers in modifi-
cation.
Careful studies reveal the fact
that there are 100000 eligible but
non-registered voters in the United
States.
For Intelligent Voting
"Our campaign must also include
every possible effort to bring about
intelligent voting so as to save the
million ballots thrown out in national
elections as invalid because of some
form of invalidating mark, erasure or
other defect and the additional half
million that are partly lost because
they are incomplete. 1t is equally inn
portant that we take into account
100000 registered voters who ordi-
narily do not vote at all. There is a
possible total of nearly 20,000,000
votes to be recruited from the ranks
of those who have not voted and who
will not vote unless heroic effort is
made to arouse them to sense of
civic duty.
Every person-man and woman
eligible to registration SHOULD BE
REGISTERED.
"We call upon our local organiza-
tions everywhere and upon all friends
of labor and friends of modification to
join in a great national campaign TO
bring about complete registration of
this great army of prospective voters.
Non Voters in Several Classes
"Non-voters fall in several classes.
There are those who have paid no at
tention to their rights and obliga-
tions. There are those who have not
been informed as to the state laws
governing voting And there are those
who each year reach voting age.
"Your organization should name a
special committee to have charge of
registration work. The state laws
should be studied carefully in every
case. Cooperative arrangements
should be made with friendly organ
izations and with organizations that
are devoted to the task of securing
registration Of voters and the educa-
ton of prospective voters in election
laws and the method of voting.
"You will undoubtedly find that the
overwhelming majority of this great
unregistered army of voters is favor
able to modification and it is entirely
possible that registration Of these
eligible but unregistered voters in
many cases will decide an election" "