THE OMAHA BEE: SATURDAY. JULY 8. 1922.
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ON THE TWO'RED-HOT-QUESTIOM
PROHIBITION L I FEDERAL BONUS
Enforcement? and the For All Soldiers and Sailors
Modification?. Who Wore the Uniform
Repeal? During the World War ?
The Literary Digest, in a Nation-Wide Poll, Has Mailed Individual Secret Ballots to
More than TEN MILLION VOTERS asking them whether they Favor a DRY, MOIST, or
WET Policy, and whether they are FOR or AGAINST the BONUS
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WUMM
OF THE IfflEAL WILL. OF THE PEOPLE
Which will point, in advance of election, to the DEFEAT or VICTORY of many Candidates
INDIVIDUAL SECRET BALLOTS have been mailed to more than TEN MILLION MEN
AND WOMEN VOTERS throughout the United States. Every Vote cast will express the
free, uninfluenced, secret'preference of the voter, unknown to. anyone but himself or her
self. Every voter who receives one of these ballots is urged to mark and mail it at once.
Whichever policy on Prohibition and the Soldiers' Bonus you favor, be sure to back it now by
your vote, because your vote will help to strengthen your side in determining the final policy.
ALL CLASSES OF VOTERS in all States and all communities in the Nation are being polled
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ters, plasterers,, plumbers, painters, mechanics, printers, miners, steel workers, Workers in
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of all classes, including lawyers, doctors, clergymen, authors, actors, newspaper men, dentists,
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who make up the voting population in all parts of the country.
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tions have a personal interest to every man and woman, and child in the United States, and
..HERE IS A COPY OF THE SECRET BALLOT
(This copy is printed here for information only, and will not bd accepted in the voting)
Secret ballot on Prohibition and Soldiers', Bonus
No Signature No Condition No Obligation1 Mark and Mail at once
PROHIBITION? (Put ro! (x) in th a1uru '? opposite th poller yon favor)
1. Do yon favor the continuance and strict enforcement of the Eight
eenth Amendment and Volstead Law?
. "2i Do you favor a modification of the Volstead Law to permit light
" , 7 wines and beers T
3. Do you favor a repeal of the Prohibition Amendment T
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SOLDIERS' BONUS: (Put a cross (x) in the square under "Yes" or "No")
YES NO
Do you favor a Federal Bonus for all American Soldiers -and
v, Sailors who wore the Uniform during the World War?
It Is Important to Mark and Return This Ballot Immediately
will be controlling factors in the coming Congressional elections in many States. This Nation
wide poll, now being taken by THE LITERARY DIGEST, will reveal, in advance of the
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