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4 THE CAPITAL TIMES, Saturday, Nov. 7, 1961 immiiiiimimitmmmtmiii mm mini iiiuiiiiiiniiifiiiiiiiMiiinii lniiiniiiiiiMiiniiiiiiiiiiiiniitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiniiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin I fivud Student Cites Failure To Chech Against Dual Balloting i 10) ble I holesale Wisconsin Votin JT raua rossi CANCELLATION OF PREVIOUS REGISTRATION 1 am now registered as a voter in Madison, Wisconsin andTiereby authorize the cancellation of my previous registration at V1LLAGI Of WHITEFISH BAY MILWAUKK COUKTV. WIKOMS1M OFFICE OF CLERK MADISON WISCONSIN Street Addresa (The following; doru-mented article, showing how many persons could vote twice in Wisconsin elections, was written for The Capital Times by Abraham Z. Bass, 509 State a student in the Mass nications Ph.D. program at the University of Wisconsin.

EDITOR'S NOTE) MAILINC ADDRESS aot E. Luinston Blvd. MILWAUKEE. WISCONSIN S32IT SUU VERIFICATION OP REGISTRATION City County Signs tur Thii is tii certify thai A )' 4 I 7 registered as I voter Dated in the City of Madison, Mis. on --t)t November 196 4z Madison.

Wiseowrif City Clerk Documents from Madison (above) and Whitefish Bay (at right), both dated Nov. 2, show that Abraham Z. Bass, author of the accompanying article, was registered in both places and could have voted twice, probably without detection. roRX C-1MI This is the form that Madison's city clerk should have sent, In this case to Whitefish Bay, so that the voter's name could be removed from poll lists there. Failure to forward the form placed the voter's name on two lists simultaneously.

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCEW): THIS IS TO CERTIFY tht Abraham Z. Bass, residing 818 East CourtUnd Plc in tht Villags of Mhitsfish Bay, Milwauk County, Wisconsin, Is and has been registered voter in this Village since September 1961. even-numbered tion in By ABRAHAM Z. BASS I COULD have voted twice on Election Day with little fear of being caught because of a breakdown in administrative procedure. My name appeared on two regis tratlon lists, once in Madison where I had recently registered and another time in Whitefish Bay, my old home town.

The registration officials in my former voting place should have been notified to remove my name there. The culprit Is the registration cleric in son. It was his responsibility to have sent the notification, according to the state statutes. Tens of thousands of other Wisconsin residents could also have easily voted twice with little chance of detection. City clerks In other municipalities In the state also do not always forward the 1 1 1 1 cation form.

City officials in Green Bay, Racine and La Crosse said they did Leon R. Eichfeld, Clerk'-Treasure tinucd living in the original locality. Nobody would challenge his residence at the new site, since they would not be aware of his other vote. There is no routine check of precinct lists between the municipalities in the state. There is no way to determine how many persons may be registered twice and voting twice, frauding elections.

The potential magnitude of the problem is revealed in census figures. Over a two-year period, 27 per cent of the 309,897 housing units in Wisconsin were occupied by new tenants. In Dane County over this time span, 37 per cent of the 63,451 units had new occupants; in the City of Madison, 40.5 per cent of 37,856 units. tion, said, "It would be a good thing if you notified them yourself." The forms, printed on the reverse side of government postal cards, are kept in a drawer at the far south end of the counter In the city clerk's office. When they are not processed and mailed to the original place of registration, as required by the law, the voter's name remains on the original list, while being placed at the same time on the new list.

Even though authorization forms are not processed, names do not remain on poll lists indefinitely. A name is removed in a review fol- ballot stuffers could keep an eye out for persons moving to a new community. After checking that the names have not been stricken, the ballot stuffers could easily take the former resident's place. In large precincts, poll workers may not know or recognize each voter. The i 1 cation to purge a name is detailed in the state statutes.

The law gives the standardized form to be used and sets a deadline for processing the form. Section 6.17, paragraph 3, of the state law states: "If any elector applying for registration is already registered in another municipality within the State of Wisconsin, he shall so state this fact to the registration officer and shall sign an authori- Abraham Z. Bass not. Officials in Milwaukee County were exempt from this rule requiring notification, since this section of the law does not apply in counties with more than 300,000 population. It Is likely that a person voting in his original municipality would not be questioned or challenged, especially if he votes by absentee ballot.

The poll watchers and poll officials probably would assume he still lives there, particularly if he had voted in the preceding election. It's possible that someone could vote in two places for many years, and with little fear if his parents or relatives con- years, if a person has failed to vote within a period of two years. For a while, however, a name could appear on both lists, easing the way for voting twice, or opening a path for someone, with or without the citizen's knowledge, to vote in his name. If a person votes twice, hoping the clerk's non-observance of the election law will conceal the double vote, then section 12.59 is waiting. If detected, he can "be punished by imprisonment in the State Prison not more than three years nor less than one year or in the county jail not more than one year, or by a fine not exceeding $200." lowing the close of registration prior to any election or primary." In Madison, several new residents, including myself, were not asked by the workers in the city clerk's office to fill out the form.

City Clerk Eldon L. Hoel, when asked how the officials in the first place of voting would learn of the change of registra- zation to cancel the pre-vlous registration on a form substantially as follows: "I hereby authorize the cancellation of my previous registration at the following address Signature Present address The clerk shall cause all such authorizations to be mailed to the proper registration official not later than 24 hours fol- lowing every general elec- In addition, purposeful iniiimii 1 1 1 i i a i iiiimilllllilllllllllllllimiilllliiiiiimilllllimililiiil niiiiiinm iiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii Ijllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll llllllllllltllllllllMllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllillllll hen Madison Cheered Peace Too Soon Wi mi By STEVE SOBOTA Forty-six years ago today, on a rainy Thursday in Madison, a United Press Association dispatch from France gave the country the news It was waiting for the Germans had signed the armistice ending World War I. Throughout the autumn of 1918, Madison, along with the rest of the United States, had carefully followed the Home Fires Burning" and "On Wisconsin." The co-eds took over the Square momentarily, marching around it while blowing horns and whistles the events In Europe and waited. Nineteen long months had passed since American entry into the war. Now the waiting was over.

The news of the signing had reached the city at 11:30 a.m. Within a half hour, what had started as an ordinary workday in Madison was transformed into a carnival of rejoicing. and waving small American flags. At the corner of North Pinckney Street they saluted the flag and sang "The Star Spangled Banner." They mounted the Capitol steps and gave skyrocket mmMM vUfflM-vtamm iTflKM! :f.H('iuui!lari3ii!ig )Jf 4. rsMVnw ii 4 irifTv-r- '-'H.

-i tew.) iittriYrithil VVl I lliJ ptfalLi i ti tl'i i i M'lliip cheers for the United States France, Italy and the British The peace report spread The Wisconsin State Journal, the exclusive United Press Asso nVi 'U Ij it Navy. Male students and other downtown workers swelled the crowd. People stood around not knowing whether to laugh or cry. Many did both. The Steinle Fife and Drum corps and the Elks took over from the co-eds and paraded around 4glll WHll'l WHIM ciation client in Madison, put out a special "peace edition." Newsboys were mobbed as people fought to buy papers.

City factories blew their whistles and declared a half-holiday for their workers. Downtown merchants, led by the clothing stores. when Excitement filled the air in Madison on Nov. 7, 1918, shouted epithets at this newspaper, claiming it was disloyal and pro-German because it failed to print news of the "armistice," which actually did not occur until four days later. The Journal story was based on a United Press news dispatch, while Tht Capital Times story was provided by the Associated Press.

left. On the same day. The Capital Times carried a two-column page 1 headline (right) which announced that "Secretary Lansing in Statement Says That Armistice Is Not Signed." Another head said "Peace Hopes In Air." The street in front of the first Capital Times plant at 106 King St. was mobbed by super-patriots who headlines on page 1 of the State Journal were emblazoned with one word, "Peace" and a smaller head said that a "Truce Is Signed," bringing an end to World War I. The "false armistice" of 46 years ago as it appeared in the Journal is shown above at the Square along with groups of uniformed cadets from the Trail," "Battle Hymn ef the Re error for which the agency was In Brest, France, Navy Rear faced with the bitter task of re- Street for more campus celebrat closed.

Grocers and meat dealers put aside aprons and meat cleavers for just two hours from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., perhaps anticipating a "victory" run on closely-rationed steaks and roasts. The trading their statement. Adm. H.

B. Wilson, commander of the American forces in French Association of Commerce mem ing. An otliciat university celebration was set for 2:30 p.m. in public" and "America" and to set the dome lit for the first time since American entry into the war. bers passed out small flags to waters, had the answer for them: students of the official report from Washington.

In the stunned silence that followed he asked them to go home. Slowly, the chastened students waded through the rain and mud back to their living quarters. the gymnasium. But it was never held. pedestrians, and motorists decorated their automobiles with Dane County Courthouse shut its doors for the day.

At the University gymnasium, Pres. Charles R. Van Hise and Dean E. A. Birge appeared before the still expectant gloriously happy students.

But, instead of talking to the students, they conferred briefly with a group of Army officers from the cadet flags, bells and various types of bunting. Flag-waving children, too young to know the real significance of the good news, yet car- As Uie merchants and secretaries streamed into Capitol in wise responsible." United Press Manager Roy W. Howard, who was in France awaiting the war's end, thought Wilson's information was authoritative and himself initialed the dispatch that went out through the agency's wires. But, in Madison, the knowledge that peace was near kept up the cheer somewhat. That evening people gathered in the Capitol to sing "There's a Long, Long For at 2:15 p.m., Madisonians received official word that the War Department had announced Square, they were greeted by 1 "The statement of the United Press relative to the signing of the armistice was made public from my office on the basis of what appeared to be official and authoritative information.

"I am in a position to know that the United Press and its representative acted in perfect good faith and that the premature an The new report spread by word of mouth. Downtown Madison returned to normal as most people tied away by the excitement All the celebrating had turned out to be nothing more than a rehearsal. Madisonians settled back to await the official peace settlement. This time they had to wait only 4Vi days. On Nov.

11 they would make the city resound with a celebration that ran unchecked far into the morning hours. command staff. 000 girls from the Langdon Street sorority area marching r- that possessed their elders shrieked their delight into the A captain moved away from the began to wend their way home the country as still at war. There was no armistice. The United Press Association report had been false.

The same channels which had announced the glad tidings a scant 2'i hours before were now abreast up State Street altcrnat ing shouts of "Peace! tumult. conference to stand before the: through the gray and now cheer-crowd. He waited for silence. Iless Everyone wondered with the singing of such songs as Gradually, the University stu- nouncement was the result of an Then, in quiet tones, he told the 'what had happened. 'My Country 'Tis of Thee," "Keep jdents thronged back up State 9:15 and 10:45 Services Sunday.

the farmers in the sprawling Moravian Youth Rabbi Oscar Fleishaker, of Beth Israel Synagogue, will speak at the Southern Wisconsin Moravian Youth Rally in Glenwood Mora Mary Ferris, one of the senior high young people, will report to the congregation on her experiences the past Summer at the seminar on International Affairs, Northeastern Wisconsin district. The Republicans "promptly branded the youthful campaigner a "Little Tin Proxmire," but didn't pay much attention to his Washington, D. and the Of 1 IMDISOH 1 2 oil First Shawano Hem Winner in 32 Years Political Science Student Passes His Campaign Test vian Church, 725 Gilmore St. Sun campaign until they senseo oe- day. Hosts for the rally will be the Senior High Y'outh of th church.

feat about a fortnight before the election. World's Fair. Also, at the above hours duplicate classes for those interested in becoming members of the church ill be held. These classes will be held each of the remaining Sundays in November. The Senior High young people Knowing most of the voters would support Goldwater, Grover had bumper stickers made with the slogan which said, "Cross Mr.

and Mrs. Floyd w. Carl-strom, 3529 Heather Crest, art adult advisers for the local group. Dennis Switzky, 2714 Gregory is youth president. "This Nation Under God elect Republicans.

"No Democrat had i won over to Grover." That's what will be the sermon title for the are attending the Presbytery an election in Shawano County for I I 1 4 V-' I Youth Retreat at LaCrosse this lumiii Goldwater swept the county and so did Grover. He was the only mer Shawano Bv JOHN PATRICK HUNTER (Of The Capital Times Saff) A husky 27-ycar-old University of Wisconsin graduate student in political science has Just passed an extracurricular course with flying colors. He is Herbert J. Grover, of Shawano. And he's the first Democrat in 32 years to win an election in Shawano County, an area noted for its staunchly conservative Corps County political weekend.

the last 32 years, from the President on down to the county offices," Grover pointed out. Democrat to win in Shawano, ine Grover, in his campaign, took i-nuntv turned thumbs down on The seventh and eighth graders will listen to Mr. and Mrs. Tjong Tiat Licrn, cf Indonesia, talk about their country at 6:30 p.m. Sunday.

The ninth graders, at the Shawano County The Alumni Association of the Madison Scouts Drum and Bugle Corps will meet Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. at the Community Center. was one of Pr0xmire and Gov. Reynolds, ot local prwe, ana con- was one of; A nit nr nnlv four Wisconsin counties that tofoniprl Theodore Abra- stantly said, same time, will study and Klein- corPs' musical direc-world religions. tor- wiU sPa former corPs supported Barry Goldwater in'harnson, a Tigertown feed mill semblyman you've bad since Tuesday's balloting.

owner. County Board member and Bobby Marotz." Grover thinks he won the elec-! a longtime power in Shawano Former Assemblyman bert tion by taking a leaf bom! politics. Marotz (R-Shawano), rose to be went to work as aide on the Washington staff of Sen. William Prox-mire (D-Wis). He returned to Wisconsin to work on a Ph.D.

in political sci The Board of Trustees will are uwueo- I IV meet at 7:30 cm. Monday. Republicanism. Grover, the son of Mr. and Mrs.

Felix Grover, Shawano, upset the political applecart Tuesday by toppling a veteran Republican assemblyman from th Menominee and Shawano District. It was his first try for public office. A 1939 graduate of St. Norbert Proxmire's campaign book. speaker of the Assembly, ana He covered 17,000 miles in 34 A strapping 6-foot plus, Grover many county residents are still tips the scale at 220 pounds.

He's proud of this. AMBASs.DOR months of campaigning, and per DIES lruax Hearing The State Aeronautics Commission will hold a hearing at 10 ence, but quit classes to run for fr.rmc in his.incri- 3nt In cot to worki Marotz. now a Jiaaison aaor- the Shawano Assembly seat. ii; ti, incv. thoucht that people would THE HAGUE (UPI) Dr.

1 1 i it i i Li ii lii in fine uuuia in tut Perhaps his youthful enthusiasm 202-B of vi ni AJ ho a veteran he teve he was sup orting urover. uavmona n. ros, 34. Surinam-, a.m. in rtoom College, De Pete, Grover ricked him overcome the trcmcn- uo a master's decree in interna-idous odds against success in the of 130 farms a day." Grover recalled.

11c estimates that he personally shook hands with SO per cent ot Republican who was seeking a He went up to Shawano several born Dutch ambassador to Cuba the City-County Euikling on the fourth term, but he won his race times during the campaign and, and Haiti, ed Thursday in Wil-' matter of state and federal aid despite the' opposition of a lor-ispoke against Grover, but in vain.lcms!ad, Dutch Antilles. jfor improvement of Truax Field. i Shawano County area, where con-scrvathe a traditionally Herbert J. Grover tional law from American University, Washington, D. and then i a A.

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