THE ROVING.-- -:";
REPORTERS '
Question of the woekr "Who ,do. you
''intend to vote for in the corning Nov
ember Presidential Election and why*?
ENSIGN-' Fred A. RIVES, Disbursing Officer
First of"all I would like to emphasize
that I do intend1 to vote because I
consider voting a privilege, granted
citizens of a democratic societyrather
than a right. We all enjoy the fruits
of democracy but we all do not carry
but our ! responsibilities under demo
cracy. Each year statistics show that
an‘appalling number of eligible citizens
either fail to register or fail to
vote. • I will not be one of those
adverse statistics.
'At the persenttime I intend to vote
for Senators Jack Kennedy and Lyndon
Johnson. I believe that in these
progressive and dynamic times we need
leadership which can meetthe challenge
of the important years ahead. In my
opinion these two men possess the nec
essary qualities of leadership to a
greater degrees than their opponents
do. ‘However, I will become better
infommcd about the candidates, the
parties-, and the platforms before I
make my final decision in November.
SGTMAJQR W.P. DONOVAN, Marine Barracks
Vice-President NIXON because he has
been on the ground floor with the
President on policies which effect the
Nation. My only concern is "will NIXON
carry out a firm foreign policy."
E. E. BRQPHY, HMC, Medical Dept. . . .
Vice Pres. Richard Nixon/ Why? Well
for many reasons. First, if Vice
President Richard Nixon wins the Pres
dency in November, Congress is likely
to set up some broad revamping of the
entire tax structure. For example,
if the Nixon plan were to be adopted,
the tax on a new car with a factory
price of $2,000. would drop from about
$200 to $30. The tax on a television
set priced at $250 at the factory
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would go down from the-present $25 to<
$3*75. This.••to. toe .would beva-f sub
stantial -.savings in taxes,. ; Secondly
Mr. Nixon ;jhas suggested that a cut
even a small ’one ,- in the present 52
per cent rate of tax onthe profits of
corporatipns would stimulate business
and "lead.to more, rather than lp.ss
revenue." ' I honestly believe that a
downward, adjustment in faxes onbusihess
would stimulate not only big business
but. also .the small investor as well.
Howeverwhiat reception,fhe taxjaroposals
would get if. they, were formally sub
mitted to the Congress is still :an un
settled question. Nevertheless Vice
President Richard Nixon to me: appears
to be the * better of two choices ..for the
nomination for Presidentof the United
States. v
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(editorial!
From all indications the Naval Sta
tion, Adak, Alaska will be well rep
resented when the votes are counted at
the end of the November election. The
number o'^ absentee ballots , that have
been already applied for show more than
a passing interest in the election and
striking too is the fact that a great
many of the dependents and civilians
ARE REQUESTING ABSENTEE BALLOTS ALSO*
This is without any mention of the
the. fact that dependents of all milit
ary personnel stationed on Adak who are
eligible to vote may request an absen
tee ballot*
For those who haven*t yet requested
an absentee ballot and those that may
take the attitude of "Let George Do It"
your Editors respectfully request that
you consider the facts thats YOUR VOTE
IS FREEDOMS PRIVILEGE.WITHOUT THE
RIGHT TO VOTE YOU WOULD HAVE NO CHOICE
OF REPRESENTATION IN YOUR GOVERNMENTl
YOUR VOTE DCES COUNT! ELECTIONS HAVE
BEEN WON OR LOST ON A SINGLE VOTE!
The nationwide average last election
was just over 6C% of the eligible vote
going to the polls. In a great many
of the countries of the world that are
more concious of their freedom the per
centage was as high as While Adak
is part of the U*S. lets make our record
ONE HUNDRED PER CENT!*!