To the Editors of the Crimson:

In the very near future the drafting of young men of eighteen years and more will undoubtedly become an actuality. Although we are as yet young and untrained, military necessity dictates that we enter one of the services; we shall be under compulsion to volunteer or be drafted by the Army. Whereas I appreciate the absolute exigency of the situation, I strongly feel that we of this group should obtain some voice in the prosecution of the war and the functioning of the government through the medium of voting. For if we are to go willingly to fight and possibly die for our country and its government why should we not have a voice in it?

If old and able enough to forfeit our lives for our country are we not thus capable and worthy of at least a vote? Who can deny that modern youth is better informed, more serious and responsible, than ever before? And who can deny that our political judgment must, at the minimum, excel that of many voters of today--citizens who support Hamilton Fish by a three-to-one plurality, citizens who elect singing flour-salesmen to the Senate, citizen-suckers for vaudeville shows at political functions, citizen-cowards returning corrupt political machines year in and year out? Sturtevant Hobbs '46.