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Senators and Representatives who fear the millions of "farm voters." To farm-bloc members, the Gallup poll meant nothing, though it showed the nation 71% for the President's bill, only 11% against. Well each Congressman knows that one enemy in his district is more potent than ten friends. The lobby had three powerful leaders in the House: Georgia's Paul Brown, Alabama's Henry B. Steagall, South Carolina's Hampton P. Fulmer-Southern politicians all, who have passed their Democratic primaries, and trust the public's memory will fade inside another two years...
...Gallup poll, which as late as mid-August had reported probable Democratic gains in the House in November, indicated that, on the basis of present sentiment, Republicans would gain 21 seats, mostly in Eastern and Midwest States...
...Gallup poll found 84% of car owners willing to accept gas rationing, 13% against, 3% undecided; 61% in favor of a 35-mile speed limit, 36% opposed, 3% undecided...
Like a reluctant avalanche Franklin Roosevelt's Administration began to move. The public had shouted for action but its shouts had had no more effect than firecrackers in moving a mountainside. The President's popularity, measured by the Gallup poll, had sunk from 84% after Pearl Harbor, to 78% a month ago, to 70% last week...
...Petrillo to end his boycott against recordings. On hand to push the Government's case will be Assistant Attorney General Thurman Arnold. So far Trust-Buster Arnold has had no great success in his brushes with organized labor. But this time he has popular opinion behind him. A Gallup Poll question, "Do you approve or disapprove of the Government taking legal action to stop Petrillo?" turned up a 73% chorus of ayes...