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This is only one misrepresentation which you have made. You printed a poll of a newspaper, an extremely small weekly, which is circulated in Great Falls, Mont. I have been told it does not issue more than 125 copies, probably not more than 250 at the very most. You can check this up with the printer...
...Another poll was carried on by the Montana Hi-way News, published in Butte, another weekly paper. They gave county by county, showing as a matter of fact that I would receive a greater vote, if I was running today, than I received the last time, and I carried the State then by 114,000 while Mr. Roosevelt carried it by 46,000, and I never made a speech either in the primaries, or in the election in my own behalf, or in anybody else's behalf...
...Americans want U.S. participation in the war discussed from the pulpit? No say 55%, yes say 34%, with 11% undecided, the Gallup Poll reported last week. Church members (36%) are more inclined to favor war talk in the pulpit than non-members (25%) and Protestants (37%) are "slightly more in favor of open discussion" than Catholics...
Barnard College (for women) this fall launched a new course called "Religion and Life." At Ohio State, students took a poll on chapel, voted to have religious services. At University of Iowa the Daily lowan this year startled the faculty with an editorial appeal to "Take Us Back to Solid Ground" (i.e., a spiritual faith...
...this time the problem was of prime interest at Yale. The News printed several letters on the subject, including one opposing subsidization from John B. Dempsey, Chairman of the Alumni Board, and also conducted a poll of New Haven residents, of whom more than two thirds favored scholarships...