In Manhattan's East Harlem, as Congressman Vito Marcantonio wound up his campaign just before Election Day, 62 Princeton undergraduates were pushing doorbells, making sound-truck speeches, and doing their level best (which wasn't enough) to get Vito defeated. In Philadelphia, Princetonians worked with a non-partisan committee which uncovered an estimated 4,000 unqualified voters. In Trenton, 40 students were working with Negro political leaders to figure out what makes Negroes vote the way they do. On Election Day, 250 Princetonians in Pennsylvania, New York, and New Jersey were watching polls, transporting voters, working at party headquarters. It was part of their homework.
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