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YOUR STAKE IS LARGE Year after year the newspapers coax, the radios remind, the poli ticians urge tihe people Vo vote. And year after year, a large pro portion of American citizens re fuse to exercise their right and privilege of the ballot, and stay away from the polls. Wihy do these people neglect so important a public duty? І-s it out of pure laziness ? Do they be grudge tlhe few minutes it takes to register, the short time they must devote to casting their bal lot on election day? No, anyone can spare tihe time to do some thing that is really important to them. It is not because they are too busy or too lazy that these “second-rate” citizens do not vote. It is exactly because they do not realize ihoiw important their vote is and how much it means to each and everyone of them, individuals ty- It is alright to talk about pre serving our democratic system, about keeping our rights by using them. A glance at history will confirm the fact that people who .neiglecit their rights soon lose them altogether. But tihe “second- rate” citizen is inclined to say, “Look, everybody else is voting and exercising their rights. W hat do they need me for? Tihe system will be preserved without my single vote.” He says in other words, Let the other fellow do it; I can't be bothered. And maybe he’s right; maybe the other fellow will do it. But will the other fellow also see that he gets tlhe kind of Government he wants? Will the other fellow take care that his interests are represented, or his needs consi dered ? Of course n o t! The only interests and needs that the “oth er fellow” is thinking about when he casts his vote are his own in terests and needs, not yours! L et’s be realistic. We are all patriotic Americans, .willing to stand up for our democracy, will ing to fight and sacrifice for our country. But when it comes Vo voting so that Americans may be sure to keep the vote . well, that’s a little too abstract, it does not strike home. But when we realize that our own personal interests are at stake, when we realize tihat it is only by our vote thait we can try to lower taxes or help the Ukrain ian cause in America or accomp lish any one of the thousands of '*’things we want for ourselves and our children, that the real im portance of the vote is under stood. Government affects you, per sonally, all of the time. In recent years Government has taken an increasingly greater control over e v e r y individual. And it is only by helping to choose your govern ment, on a local, state or national level, that you can influence your own destiny. It is true that your destiny is in the hands of the go vernment to a great extent. But in our country, the government is in the hands of the people, com pletely. If you want to have a voice in your own future, you have to use that voice—to vote with. Ukrainian women have a high sense of public responsibility. They are very active in club work and in community service pro jects of all kinds, and their voting record i:s certainly no worse than that of other groups. But this rec ord would be immensely improv ed if Ukrainian American women would all realize that voting is es sential not only for the public good, but for their own personal good as well. On the public side, all women want to have a say in the twenty- eight political conteslts through out the country where women are running for Congress this year. As Ukrainians, they wish to help choose the right president for the next four years, a man who will look with favor upon the problems of Ukrainians in this country and throughout the world. And personally, women want to register their wishes regarding the draft, taxes, food prices, con trols, social security, civil rights, the employment situation, the in ternational situation—in short, regarding all the issues that will be affected by the elections in No vember. Don’t sell your country, your people, or womankind short. But most of all, don’t sell yourself sh o rt! Second-rate citizens who don’t bother to reigiste^and vote, are hurting them selves as well as their nation. Don’t be one of the “second-rate” citizens this year! When the first Tue-sday in No vember comes around, be uo there in the first ranks, ready with your vote! UNWLA SCHOLARSHIP Mrs. Helen F. D. Lo tot sky, Pres. Ukrainian National Women's League of America, Inc. 866 N. 7th St. Philadelphia, Pa. Dear Mrs. L ototsky: Please accept my sincere thanks for the scholarship which our or ganization has given me. Irt will help me very much in my coming semester at Wayne. It has also given me an inspira tion to work harder than ever so that I can prove that I am worthy of having such an honor bestowed upon me. You may be sure that I will al ways give my whole-hearted sup port to the cause which our U k rainian National Women’s League represents. Sincerely, Olga Dubriwny Solovey
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