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...college-student and faculty members, were in the midst of a campaign to form Federal Union groups in labor unions. Outside such organized groups, Federal Union had "adherents" whose number nobody could estimate - people who had not contributed money but who read its literature, spread its faith. A Gallup poll last week estimated that 8,000,000 U. S. citizens, thinking of the post-war world, believe in an international federation of some such kind as Federal Union advocates. In its busy na tional and regional offices Federal Union ists were confident that they were at last solidly organized...
Other aspects of the conferences which take on wide significance are the problems of the National Youth Administration work aid that is being given to needy high school students. Last night, A. L. Knoblauch, a member of the Gallup Poll, spoke on the relation of public opinion to education...
...early this week the bill had not even reached amendment stage. Leader Barkley bumbled about longer hours, which he hates, since as Leader he would have to sit longer than any of the others, had his bluff swiftly called. A Gallup poll showed U. S. sentiment for the bill down three points, though still 55% in favor. A disgusted Senator grumbled privately: "Wheeler's doing all right. He talked long enough to let Hitler take another country. If he can keep it up we won't need the bill anyway. It will be too late." The Senate talked...
This week's Gallup poll made it clear that for most of the U. S. the razzing and the bitterness of the campaign were over. The Gallup poll reported that throughout the U. S. 22% liked Willkie more than they had at the time of the election, 14% liked him less, 64% had not changed their opinion. Most significant figures: 24% of the Willkie voters liked him less than they had before he visited England and endorsed the Lend-Lease Bill, 14% liked him more, while 31% of the Roosevelt voters liked Willkie more than they had during...
Temperature of that atmosphere was measured this week by the Gallup Poll, which reported that 60% of U. S. voters believed U. S. interests would be menaced if Japan took Singapore and The Netherlands East Indies. A majority-56%-believed that the U. S. should try to keep the Japanese from doing...