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Evening star., 1949-11-18
Hint Of New Tax BoosI
Plea by Truman.5tirs
Spending Cut Issue

n llCW IllllI IL OIl1 IlColOCA1t 44o
man that he may seek a tax in
crease in January today brought
new demands from congressional
sources for a cut in spending.
The issue was stirred again at a
news conference late yesterday
when the President repeated that
he knew of no way to balance in
come and outgo except through
more revenue.
He refused, however, to say
whether he would ask for in
creased levies at the next session
Of Congress, telling reporters to
wait for his State Of the Union
and budget messages.
The administration figures that
the Government will be $780,
600, 900 In the hole when the fiscal
year ends June 80.
Senator Millikin of Colorado
ranking Republican on the Sen
ate's tax-writing Finance Com
mittee. taking issue with the
Presidents attitude, declared:
''The way to balance the budget Is
to reduce spending. and there Il
plenty Of opportunity to do it.
II don't think you are goine
to see any tax increase next year.
he told a reporter. I'm fact
there may be some cuts In excise
levies."
There were no Democrats avail
able for comment, but the Presi-
dent has encountered stin opposi-
ton in his own party since advo-
eating a $4,000. 200, 900 tax boost
last January-a proposal he later
abandoned in the face Of slump
ing business.
Evening star., 1949-11-18
Hourly Sales on the Exchange To-day,
I nm N 110 0o0 0.nn rocr EoO on<

Hourly sales On the Exchange TodAys
II 100 am. $50 600 1900 noon go 900
funit Of trading ~ shares I'm cank-
ruptcy or receivership or being rsorganiEed
under the Bankruptcy Act or securities
assumed ~ such companies. Rates Of divi-
dends In the foregofnR table are annual
disbursements based on the last quarterly
wise noted. special OF extra dividends are
sr Ex rights : Also extra or sxtras s Pins
las! wear. fPaysbls in stock. sssimats1
cash value on ex-dividcnd date. Do.
clared or paid % far this year b Declared
psssr.d ea1 DE- g psS nis aSsn1 yssa a.
tive Issue with .divtdends 70 arrears. . Paid
this year. dividend omitted. deferred or no
Z Declared 1855 psyable in l848. Liaui.
dating dividend. YPayable In stock, exact
cash valus undetermined on declaration
Evening star., 1949-11-18
D. f.. Insurance Sales
Reported t96 Behind
1948 in October
Rv Edword G. Stone

Life insurance sales in Wash
tngton in October totaling $10.-
983, 900 were l per cent under
the same month a year ago but in
the 10 months this year ran 3
per cent ahead OF the 1948 record,
it was reported from Hartford
today. The 10 months sales totaled
$l10,525 900. Insurance men now
expect to end the year with a
small gain over last year.
Maryland's October sales Of
$40, ,080 900 were 2 per cent ahead
OF last year but policies totaling
$185, $4,000 in the 10 months
were down 4 per cent from 1913.
Virginia sales in October
amounted to 20,725. 900 but were
s per cent under October a year
ago. Sales for the year to date
Of $214,039,000 were per cent
behind the 1948 results.
Treasury Aids Deposits.
OF the 81 ,005 1858. .220 on deposit
in Washington banks and trust
companies on November /, $15,-
$685. was in Treasury deposits
of war loan funds, as they are
listed, according to an analysis
of the Controllers recent condi-
ton call made today by H. Rus
sell Bolton, auditor of the Ma
tional Savings & Trust Co.
These funds, deposited in the
banks in connection with United
States Treasury Savings Bond
sales, have increased approx
mately 100000 since January
/. They accounted for $500, 900
of the third-quarter upswing.
In the gain in total deposits
over the June 80 call Of SIS
155,S52, the national banks as a
group reported by far the larger
share Of the advance.
Individual increases were led
with an exceptional pickup OF
S18,894,624 by the National Bank
Of Washington. Other large ad-
vances were registered by Amer
lean Security, Hamilton National.
Liberty, National Capital. Union
Trust and Security Savings 81
Commercial.
While deposits again are above
the billion mark, they are now
approximately $54,000.000 below
the all-time high on December /,
1945.
Recent Deposits Compared.
Deposits in the District banks
on November compared as fol-
lows with the June 80 figures:
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New York Cotton

lures were steady In forenoon tradins
today. Mill buying was less aggressive
and hedge offerings and liquidation In
December also lightened.
There was further switching from nearby
December to later months. Growing
tightness In free market supplies Of good
for textiles were strengtheninR infiu.
ences In the futures market.
Noon prices were to 80 cents q bale
hishsr than the prsyious ciose: D@seember @
Evening star., 1949-11-18
THE EVENING STAR Washington, D. c. ~ Ala
Brokers' Loans Down
$315,000, 900 in Week
By the Associated Press

The Federal Reserve Board re-
ported that loans to brokers and
dealers on securities held by mem
ber banks in New York City totaled
81, III 100000 Wednesday, a de-
crease of $315, 100000 from a week
ago, and an increase of 1921 ,000.-
900 from year ago. Included was
$3.50, 100000 lent to purchase OF
carry United States Government
obligations, a decrease Of $780,
600, 900 for the week.
Evening star., 1949-11-18
81 1.005,35S,220 S99O.202,36S
Two Extra Dividends Voted.

Two EAtTd O1tluCAuS VVsCus
Directors Of the Columbia Title
Insurance Co. have declared the
usual 8 per cent semiannual divi-
dend of per cent and an extra
payment of 4 per cent, both pay
able December 81 to stock of rec
ord December 81.
Real Estate Title Insurance Co.
directors declared the semiannual
dividend Of 3 per cent and also
added q 4 per cent extra, both
payable December 81 to stock
holders Of record December 81.
Peoples Drug Stores directors
today declared the usual quarter
" dividend of so cents per share
on the common stock, payable De-
cember 81 to holders Of record
December 8.
Potomac Electric Power direc-
tors declared a dividend of As
cents a share on the $50 per cent
preferred. payable January l,
1850. to stockholders Of record
December S, and 221a cents on
the common, payable December 27
to stock of record December S.
$7,000,000 Issue Coming.
A $7,000,000 bond issue is being
offered for sale by the Washing
ton Suburban Sanitary Commis-
sion for water and storm drainage
facilities. Bids will be opened De-
cember /.
OF the total issue, $4,000 ,00o
will be used to expand water ia
cilities and $2,500,000 for new
water and sewer lines. The bonds
are to run from rs to 40 years.
No individual bond may carry an
interest rate Of more than 4 per
cent.
DR.. John H. Richter, Office OF
foreign agriculture relations. pre-
dicted adjustments in interna-
tional trade which will place loans
to Europe on a smaller scale. in
an address before the District In
stitute of Certified Public Ac-
countants.
Robert v. Fleming, president of
the Riggs National Bank, has
been appointed a member of the
American Bankers Association s
Advisory Committee on Special
Activities. AS previously an
nounced, he was made chairman
of the Committee on Government
Borrowing by the new ABA presi-
dent, F. Raymond Peterson.
Evening star., 1949-11-18

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Evening star., 1949-11-18

Ne" 4S1sn IA
81 80 ------- 1O0A
FOREIGN 1900
| Antioa rs 45 A AN
| Australia IS 55 1oosb
Canada As 60 1o2N
Chile 2-3s 9S-- 26h
| DOMESTIC 1900
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Evening star., 1949-11-18

Ills
AmCP&I B.4lg- 9
Am Met Pr Sag 12N
Am Repuo Eag -. 3oL
Am Superpowr y
Anch PostPr "a ~
Argus Inc 81
ArkNatGsA.60g 1oN
AshlndO&R1.6 go 22N
Att Coast Fish 81
Blue Ridge .20g ~
Breeze Corp ~
Brown-FDis.S0 IL
Cal&EdmCp. 10 81
Can Marconi ~
Carr Gems Bisc- 2N
CatalinAm .15g. ~
Cen st El 8 pf-- LAY
Cities Serv IA 63Z
Colts Mfg 2g ~
Cons Gs Ut go D]
Cont F&M1. so. 10y
CornucupGMiu- N,
Creole Pet g. Jay
Dennison A l. 10
Dobeckmun 80 10
East State Cp ~
El Bond & Sh 4 1T
FL BondA 1t vi ~
Equity Cp 15g- ~
Eureka c Ltd N
F'childE&A.35g ~
Fansteel M Ag- 1oz
FordMotFr 06g "
Gen Finance.30 ~
GenPhoenix.40- ~
Gen Plywood ~
GlenAldCoal2a- 16
Globe Un Ag ply
Golddeld Con- y
Graham P of 1U
Hazeltine Cp l. Il
Holly StrS .15e- )
Evening star., 1949-11-18
MetoI Quotations

NEW YORK. Nov. 1S R.-Spot nom
ferrous metals prices today: Copper,
1874 cents pound, Connecticut Valley;
lead, 12k cents . pound, New York;
zine, 9N.10 cents pound, East st. Louis.
Evening star., 1949-11-18
N. Y. Curb Market

= . SA< AA<$S = 1A$ &D -
Humble Oil 4 62L
Imp Oil Ltd n 2oh
JenLakeSul 80 IN
| Kirk Lake .03g IN
Long IslandLtg- ~
J Long I 1t Of B.. 95
/ McCord Cp 2 11H
\ Mead John .60a bh
Midi StI Pr B -- IL
Midwest Cp ~
J MonroeLoan.20 ~
MT Prod .70a 1A
IN J Zinc 2Ag S6
! New MexGAriz- IN
Mag Hud Pw S4
J NiagHudPw wd- SH
Ogden Corp ~
J Pancoastal Oil )
PantepecOil.96 ~
Pennroad hg 10y
Pepperell 3a - -
Pioneer Gold )
Pitney-Bws.S0a S
} Polaris Mn 20 -
R-K-O- ont war II
Ravmcon1. .35h. 2S
J Raytheon MfR 81
! ReadTubeA Kp. y
!, RoyaliteO OilHh- 81,
} StLawrence Co. 81
5 Sayre&Fsh .2Sa- )
} Selected Indus ~
SelecInd cv kk- 2oz
) Solar Airc .60a D
] Soss Mfg l. liz
} Std OIL KY % 81
} Std Pow & 1t -
Technicl ] .20e- Is
, Tri-Cont WV ~
! Utd Corp WV y
\
! Utd Lt&Rys IT. So
|UtdShMch2K Kaa- 49,
~ 8 Int Sec -. -
Evening star., 1949-11-18

Wilcox Oil Co. net income for
nine months ended September
30 was $228,332 or 81 cents VS..
$e41 500 or 1928 in the same 1948
period.
Evening star., 1949-11-18

Bell Aircraft Corp. earned $49.-
|045 or II cents q share in nine
months ended September 80 VS.. q
deficit Of $412,53i q year earlier
Evening star., 1949-11-18
Market AVERAGES
Western Maryland Railway an

Western Maryland Railway an
nounced that holders Of $44,176,-
866 of 40 bonds due October !,
1862 will be offered for exchange
q like amount Of new first-mort-
gage bonds due 1869. The new
bonds will bear interest Of 41a%
until 1852 and at ~ thereafter.
Joy Mfg. Co. declared q divi-
|dend Of SO cents q common share,
payable December 10. Previous
quarterly payments were 80 cents.
Evening star., 1949-11-18
Washington Exchange

Potomac Elec Pwr eom-1oo at 15h, &c
lth. So At l5h. 100 At i6h. 300 a1
washinston Gas 81. .2s pfd-1o At 1osM.
Potomac Elec Pwr com- at Is.
Potomac Elec 3.60eo pfd As at 46A.
American Security E Trust-100 at 2Sh.
PUBLIC UTILITY BONDS
Evening star., 1949-11-18

| Arms Crk 1.70g
Assd Dry G l 90
tAsso D G 1st g
tAsso D @ End 2
Assoc Inv 8 -
Atch T&SF Ga.
Att Coast Line 4
| Atl Gavin pf 3
| Atl Refining a.
| tAtl REIN ufA 4
| Atlas Corp 1.60
tAtlas Pow Ag
Austin Nichols
| Avco Mfg BOZ.
Avco Mig Of Q "
BALDWIN LO !
Bait b Ohio
Balt&O Ohio Of 10
Barber OIL "a
| Barker Bros "a
Barnsdll o 3hg.
Bath Iron Wk 2
| Bayuk Cir IT'S
Beatrice Foods
Beaunit M SAD
BeaunitMpf1A-
Beech Nut1.60-
Deld-Hem ] goa
Bendix Avia "a
iBendxHmeAhp
Benef IndL / Ab
Bene In LS4pf4
Benauet CusNn
Best Foods % :
Beth Steel 2 40
Beth Steel Of =
Bigelow 8 2.40-
Birmingham T.
Blaw-Knox Ia
Bliss z w l -
Boeing Airp 2R-
/ BohnAl&Br Ap
bon Ami A 4
Bond Stors lAs
Borden Co l.s0s
Borg-Warnr "A
Bower Roll B g.
Bridgpt Br l6p
ByiggsMfg l VI.
Brixgs&Stra Ia
Bristol-Mv 1.60
Bkln UnG 1.30g
Brwn&Bigelw l
Brown Sh 2.10g
Bucyrus-E1 zoe
fBucyrus Of 2
| Budd Co .70g
+Budd Co Of 5
Buffalo r 4.15g-
Bullard Co 1R
BurlingtnM "
Burr Add II 80
| Butler Bros =
| CALIF PKG2h-
| Callahan Zinc
| Calumet B. Hec
| CanDry GA 80
| Canad Pac l Ae
| CAPITAL Atrlines
caro- Pw d 1t .
| Carrier Corp l..
| lCarriers&G.15g
I Case u n Co 2g
| tease J ] pf z
| CaterpilTrac lh
| Caterpl Of 4.20
Celanese 2 40
celanese lst 4A
Celotex Corr l..
ICelotex Of ] -.
Cent Fdy 20p
CentHudGas 81
Cen III 1t 2.20
tCent g. SW 30
Cerro de PaSAp
Certn-tdPd Goa
| Champ Papef 9
Checker Cab
Ches q Ohio 3
Chi Corp go
Chi Nil st Pep
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Chi & N West %
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Childs Co
Chrysler 5Ag
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IC T F1nap 8
City Invest go
tCity Prod 2k :
Clev El III 2.20-
CT GraBr / 20g
Climax NJ 70R
Clintn Eds 2.40
CluettPeab l hg
Coca-Cola IA
tCoca-Cola A 3
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ColonialMil1s l.
| Col Fuel & lr1a
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Colum Br B1.40
Colum Gas N
Col&SO El 1.40
Comb Eng 8 2
Coml Credits 90
tComl C pf3. go
Coml Solvts I ~
ComwthEd 100
| Copde Mast ]
Cong Nafrn1 Ma
| Cons Copper
| Cons Eds 90
Cons Nat Gas 9
| ConsRRC Cuba Of
| Cons vultee
| Consun1 Pow 2
| Container CD D.
Cont Baking 10
| Cont Can 1a
lContDiamF.45s
| Cont Tnsur "a
| Cont Motor ZOE
Cont Oil Del T..
Cooper-Bess Q
CopwldStl I 20s
| Corn Prod $50
| Corn-Dub e 30
CorninsGlass "
| Crane Co ] Goa
| CreameriesAm I
| Crown Cork la
tCrwn 2 pf4.20
Crucible Steel
cruc Stl pf 3Ap
Cub-A Suz 2Ae
CudahvPe 3np
CuneoPress Ab
Curtis Publish
Curtiss-Wr I
lCutlr.Hm l 20a
i DANA CORP l
| tDana Cp 3Apf
DaytnP& al 1.S0
i Davtn Rub .90g
Oecca Record Y
Il Deep Rock OIL z
!, Deere & Co 81 4
Del q Hudson &
Del Lack&W vi
; | Del P q L 1.20
| Den & RGW %
i Den&RGWpf6g
u Derby Oil 1.30e
u Detroit Ed | 20
!, Detroit Eds rt :
De Vilbiss Sag
Diam r Mot Ia
: Dist tCp-Sg1. 1.05g
l Divco Corp | 40
: Dixie Cup Ia
.tDoehler-Jrvs2a
, DomeMines 70
, Douglas Airc 5a
Dow Chm 1.60b
!, tDwCh 2pf3 A'
: Dresser Ind 2
; DuPontdeN 65h
!. EA0LE-P 80
, Eastern Air Lin
Ea stern Cp hp
East Kod 1.70b.
Il Eaton Mig d
Il Eds BY Str 1.2o
ri Auto-Lite 3
Il Eec Boat Ia =
i M&Mus1nd. 0es
Elec Stor Bat q
Elliott Co la
Evening star., 1949-11-18
N. Y. Bond Market

LIST INCLUDES ONLY SELECTED ISSUES
| FURNISHED bv the Associated Press)
Evening star., 1949-11-18
Dividends Announced

NEW YORK. Nov. Is R.-Dividends
declared: Pc Stock Of Pay
Rate. rtod. record. able.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-11-03
News und Views

Wayne Morse Republican, Oregon recently expressed
Bss tic be a bsf5f 5 due be Ssv G e political Judgment
Nevertheless few observers likely dispute Senator Mos
n 1 nd % & & sde o ace @ a n o eomp
re- % M of Of @ dng Paf % ns tine senator's opinion might even
In asnedg dd the 1 that the great ERE of
@ M he ape eop n E baed upon the the bem
Of Iinco the spokesman Republican pOgresy made the tell
reactionay forces within the trying to make the inst
Country cbaracterised t long chain Of
What then shall be: survival revival Comment this
throw light manipuaions within the party
Aifops snd FsP SSs the Ss & s s As@
@ aoo2t % s t PrSs @ d mats n & ne @ f % P OF f | b seTg %
s g ef5e e rejection eaHa 5' f senator T T m % Hermann 9 e ii g
significance the Ohio elections 1851 added that similar be-
hndtRescene activities reported from other
lam NJ VI" @ Dy
sbo Ieagu fo Poca Educaton the patfern
clear 1t indicates that Republican progressive and labor elements
influence organized labor ths Parry sGunss gofor
e to @ o Emen n dS pd s sad 5 @ al
To see financial editor York World Telegram,
leading daily of the spps Howard chain lash out at
business pokemn for Offering patudes and smart arguments in
from enterprise system" worthy This he warns,
o people WRo may be in no mood to be- BRUSHED off, not DC
ae4 s a s R.e Rs os 1asa '% eao Of 9s % so%ss s
toned paper, has this to in his regular column:
not ss1asi oF f@ "3 s Rq 6ers
people did during the depression of the And
lacks patience with those that land plenty
nothing should be done about it.
"This is not impressed with statistics about high
of living. He is thinking of food clothing
sheerno only in good times but all the times And he wants
old o
under the
good. If he is ready try other system.
"Nor is he interested in charity He willing to work hard dur
his productive the direction Of business
who he feels know the But if they show inclination to
welbeng
protecting him his family he kick the
traces.
rh man has learned oo that power
wishes He has learned that he and his neghbo control the
through their He he obliged take
merely what is handed him by those control Of business And
who control
they this individual basis and took
his seriously"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-11-03
WASHINGTON LABOR REPORT
a Case History: How Monopoly
Squeezes Little Fellow Out
By BRADFORD V. CARTER

he'll START @ Na s to the esH say 0 a @ evils M @ % omSeen and
og a fSPf % be any product So wanna name
explain because m in most industries % there @ e re sversi s be @ a
all apparently competing furouy spending
advertising m ing for the consumers % dollar ona nnof ~ 80
monopoly What hears about and what 50 hard to explain
is s 5 S % FeR @ s 3 n b fosseS cost 40 @ til e f & F % s
Rs % TO S@ the A mani sf So @ fT? F0''
land mg fs Mas sa @
cereal manufacturer Maitland witness before the Ceer Com
, Company,
a a ae being forced out Of business by "0n0'
the do a s MS When M'ta1d % sad 5r fannq poe sG%Pfe or T 5
products c wSa e 3 e Van Brod u had pen s
quarter OF million dollars trying to ma make & ITS pre- products
selling government agencies institutions until
pany had ali the business could handle this pack
market dsappeared the big companies began to move n cutting their
price for government business far below what they selling
80 Maitland ks,4ggs % @ the e. prize % @ ssdfr s it lowered
ally dropped out and Kellogg General Foods and Matt
DOWN % Of tbe fss% for
"f This price, Maad said below cost pfoueton even for his
coman but the big companies can afford lose on govenmenf
% & h amounts % to only two ont percent % of their TT total sales in
Just what @ ey m 5 trying n to S on % Offered proof % the fact that
does not They can afford % GG on business to
out % @ & e Big % paTcsns ass % em % s sn
them As result single price prevails in the
about 2 cents He forecast that the
would this his
David Cushman Coye, Committee consuant summed up Matt
land testimony this
You underse the big people any morket where
ing
al while develop sufficient volume
country will be deprived of competition
Maitland agreed estimating that the the
eliminating competition would $2000000 year the
price would right back to the general level prevailing the
market.
here's industry which seems ems to have competition
big companies in the fedal following the price of
of
which the
the modern monopoly works government agencies
demonstrated and again fields
small businessmen
free competitive system which built this country,
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-11-03
HOW DO YOU VOTE?
Have you registered to vote?
BY RUTH TAYLOR

Have registered to vote?
Yes, national election year, Buth quality of
determined by all of representatives merely
by those at the top.
alb of the general,
barrel that his information candidates isn't complete But
that is the local election. There why
himself herself informed And the citizen who
his local politics is better prepared to ngeny
ticipate in state and national elections
courageous eadershpbut leaders do
fugrown We, it that
ta leaders recognized trained through the school of local of
fees for higher natonol jebs.
What should be yardck of selection? We select
candidates only those whose ideals ideals who
will be swayed by pride of by avOrtm by preudces
who will put party aes ahead of the public interests who
will only have political honesty and integrity but who capable
from whatever Above all
elected they the of the whole peop
clique.
select those will lead-not plead people
follow than the leaders eadbause look
the leaders often look backwards they
are followed
We select those dare demands
cognzant of the situation, forever dwelling
future expedene We
the aheadnot their political fences
who do not do just what customary but who fulfill their
who appreciate tradition without being by who
the ideals rather than the formulas of Founding
We, the free voters of America have elect to
the national leaders We
ability and and then command lead!
In Omaha five assorted dogs appeared downtown picket
each pooch which The Paid
BY This Shop Shouldn't Happen To U.s.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-11-03
Worms Ohio Voters Against
Bullot Turnpering

In a letter to all affiliated organizations, Phil Hannah,
secretary of the Ohio State Federation OF Labor
urged all AFL members in Ohio to vote against the proposed
Observation-Disclosures Ballot at the November election.
In his letter Mr.. Hannah said "On November the
in Ohio asked by the Taft machine to vote for
referendum adopt the Observation-Disclosures ballot which
lists candidates by office rather than by party This refer
endum attempt by Tafts big money interests to get
an entirely new strange and complicated ballot IN use IN
Ohio"
He pointed out that such anabor organizations the
wealthy Cleveland Chamber of Commerce, Cuyahoga Coun
ty Republican Committee, Mahonng Valley Industrial Coun
c bankers and insurance executives have already spent
$4,000 in buying signatures to place the referendum
on the ballot.
The Ohio State Federation of Labor had previously
pointed out:
l. Under the Massachusetts SYSTEM it takes too long to
mark the ballots causing delay and congestion especially in
the larger precincts This condition tends to keep people
away from the polls.
g There is falling off due to fatigue the vote to-
ward the bottom of the ballot thus resulting in incomplete
ballots
g. Actual investigation and research have proven that
the candidates whose at the top of the list
those who ordinarily receive the greatest number of votes
The voter without realizing prone to select the top
and consequently the candidates whose names begin with
is likely to receive votes than the candidate whose
name begins with M or w.
A. We should not abolish system OF voting which has
given satisfaction to citizens and which is fair to the
candidates. to the public and strengthens the two party
TEN and the American way of life