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RGANIZATION is the best method whereby concentration of thought, singleness of purpose and unity of action may be secured for the accomplishment of desired results.

There is no field of activity in which desired results are of greater importance than in politics. Freeman once said: "History is past politics, and politics is present history." This truism is worthy of serious thought.

Have you ever stopped to think that when you step to the faucet in the morning to turn on the water, the water is there as a result of politics; that the quality and condition of the streets and sidewalks on which you travel is determined through politics; that the quality of sewerage and garbage service is determined through politics; that the quality of the police and fire protection is determined through politics; that public-school houses are built through politics; that the teachers and other school officials are selected through politics; that the courthouses are built through Rh