12—Lancaster Farming. Saturday. February 21.1970
WASHINGTON REPORT Aft
Congressman Edwin D. Eshleman SHI
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A spokesman for the Nixon
Administration came before a
Senate subcommittee recently
to endorse lowering the voting
age to eighteen. This is a pro
posal that has been around for
some time, but now appears to
be getting some serious consid
eration in the Congress. Per
sonally, I have some enthusiasm
as well as some reservations re
garding any action taken toward
changing the voting age require
ments.
Congress has under considera
tion three diffeient plans for
eighteen-year-old voting Theie
is a plan which would allow
younger voteis to cast ballots
only for presidential candi
dates The reason for this
lather nauow change is that
piesidential contests are the
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“Look what’s emerging eighteen-year olds to vote for
from that egg!” the President and Vice-Presi
dent would get no argument
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only ones where the federal
government has the power to
set voting standards.
The other two plans would
both require passage of a Con
stitutional amendment, since
the power to set voting stand
ards, traditionally reserved for
the 50 states, would have to be
revised. One amendment would
allow eighteen-year olds to vote
in congressional and presiden
tial elections The other would
open all elections national,
state and local to the younger
voters.
Any reservations I have re
garding any of these plans do
not involve the pro and con
arguments usually heard about
changing the voting-age require
ments I am one who believes
that most of our young people
thiough their knowledge of,
awareness of, and concern for
the great issues of our time
have demonstrated their capa
city for casting an intelligent
ballot. After all, the militant
youth we see so often glamoiiz
ed by the news media represent
only a small pait of the total
picture. There are millions of
young people in this country
•who are valuable citizens de
serving of some way for making
their opinions felt. Permitting
them to vote would be one such
way.
My reservations in this area
involve the extent of the federal
governments’ role. Permitting
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Weekends will become work
days for slate food, fertilizer
and seed inspectors in a con
sumer protection plan announc
ed today by the Pennsylvania
Department of Agriculture.
State Agriculture Secretary
Leland M. Bull said the purpose
of the plan is to “protect con
sumers from week-end specials
that aren’t bargains.’’
He said Department inspec
tors will make weekend pur
chases of meat, vegetables, can-
from me. Such a change rests
withm the federal realm But
to go beyond that admittedly
narrow revision is to tread into
the area of state prerogatives. I
am not convinced that the fed
eral government should become
the prime mover in adopting
voting standards. I prefer to see
voting regulations stay in their
constitutional place as a reserv
ed power of the individual
states Therefore, I would pre
fer to see any action aimed at
allowing youth to vote in con
gressional, state and local elec
tions adopted in each state. I
realize that such a process is
longer and more involved than
getting federal approval, and
probably is not befitting the im
patience of youth However, we
should not let haste towaid a
worthy goal destroy well-found
ed government machinery.
There are many people with
some very pointed and valuable
arguments on this issue of low
ering the voting age. If you feel
so inclined, I would like to hear
your views on this issue or have
your comments on the three
plans before the Congress.
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Food will be tested for fresh- (Continued from Page 1)
ness, purity and 10 Granular, which gives season*
rotary Bull said. Seeds will be . control
tested for growing qualities l0 " g cor ™
while fertilizer will be analyzed ~f ^™o nB those attending were
to determine if containers’ la- Willis Rohrer and 'his staff of
bels and contents tally. P- L - Roh ‘ et “ A ™ ol f Lue <* of
the county extension office;
In the spring and summer George Geissler of Chevron
seasons, stock sold in garden Chemical, and various equipment)
centers will be inspected for dealers.
insects and diseases, Secretary
Bull said, adding:
“There’s nothing more dis- Secretary Bull said inspeo*
heartening than planting a tree tors, who normally work Mon*
or bush and then discovering a jays through Fridays, will bn
few months later that they instructed to stagger their work
didn’t prosper because of an in- schedules to include weekends.
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