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Last week Young America was offered a new eye-compelling antidote to the comic books-a 64-page, bi-monthly called True Comics (10?60? a year). The publisher was Parents' Magazine, headed by able George J. Hecht. Advisory board included Historian David S. Muzzey, George Gallup (Gallup Poll), Shirley Temple, Mickey Rooney. The idea: to fight fire with fire...
From a geographical point of view, the results were in accordance with those expressed in the Gallup poll. New England, the Middle Atlantic states, the South, and the Far West have results which correlate to a great extent. The Eastern Central states and the Western Central states also are close to each other in sympathy with a less warlike attitude than their neighbors...
Last week the Gallup Poll (which had previously shown that President Roosevelt had the support of an unprecedented 71% of the electorate) showed in preliminary figures that only 54% endorsed the Lend-Lease Bill, most of them with modifications. The discrepancy was significant. To Pundit Walter Lippmann opposition to the bill was a refusal to admit the importance of the crisis. To Pundit Mark Sullivan it was a sign of confusion over the objectives of the bill itself. But whatever course of action the U. S. chose, its attitude had all the earmarks of a gigantic national self-deception...
...government is turning its eyes away from the European situation just long enough to give an ear to the sad state of network music this side of the Monroe Doctrine boundary line. Congressmen don't even need the help of Dr. Gallup to sense that Jeanie's light brown hair has turned gray in the last two months, and Old Black Joe has long been a member of the angelic choir. Just to make sure he stays there, the government has decided to start a criminal anti-trust suit against ASCAP, but those who think that this may mean tuneful...
...Britons felt about knuckling down to labor dictation, even with a Government pledge that full rights and privileges would be restored after the war, was indicated in a Gallup poll. To the question: "Do you think that the Government should be able to make people work where and when it thinks fit?" 31% said "Yes"; 25% said "Yes, with qualifications"; 30% said "No"; 14% had no opinion...