Student Clubs Plan Campaigns

As Nov. 8 approaches, student political clubs have formulated plans for the campaign and are conducting last-minute drives to have students of voting age register in their home states. An estimated 1500 undergraduates are eligible to this fall, and about 200 others will take active local roles in the party campaigns.

Voter Registration--held in Cambridge at the police station on Green St.--closes this Friday throughout Massachusetts. College students over 21 who have lived in the state for a year and in the city for six months, are not supported by out-of-state parents, and register a car in Massachusetts, may be eligable to vote here. All non-permanent residents must present their cases to the election commissioner for a decision.

About 20 states permit registration by mail, and half of them have not passed their deadlines for registering.

At least one club, the Students for Nixon, provides Information on deadlines and procedure at its offices at 52 Dunster St., weekdays from 2 to 4 p.m.

For the first time, the Young Democratic Club will have complete charge of the campaign in the four precincts adjacent to the University, in addition to the annual tasks of door-to-door and man-in-the-street canvassing. The club will meet in about a week for formal endorsements, but members expect to concentrate their efforts on supporting Springfield Mayor Thomas O'Connor's bid for the U.S. Senate.

Before Election Day HYDC members will meet Young Republicans from the College in at least three debates before students on other New England campuses. The Republicans, meanwhile, will focus their activity on the campaigns of Senator Leverett Saltonstall '14 and Edward W. Brooke, the GOP's nominee for Secretary of State. According to spokesmen of both groups, college organizations have more influence when their efforts are directed towards one or two candidates, instead of the overall party campaign.

Approximately 100 students, including Radcliffe girls to help out on the mail, will work for the Republicans this fall. After seeking votes by personal contact, the Young Republicans, like the Democrats, will man polling places in final attempts to persuade voters. Students will lalso serve as "challengers" at the polls, verifying the eligibility of prospective voters.

The Students for Nixon will conduct a "supermarket campaign" Saturday to pass out literature and will continue night work at the city GOP headquarters. Although missing the supermarket angle, the HYDC will circulate pamphlets from 5 to 6 a.m. at industrial plants in the area and in subways during rush hours.

The Liberal Union, as yet undecided on its endorsements, plans at least to offer manpower to Rep. William H. Myer (D-Ver.).