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Fifty-two officers of instruction in the University favor the election of Norman Thomas as president of the United States, it was announced yesterday by the Committee of Harvard Teachers for Norman Thomas, which has been conducting a poll of men teaching at Harvard to determine the extent of the support for the Socialist ticket...
...recent letter of Mr. Harry Nolder Jr. in your paper is delightfully naive and uninformed in its criticism of Professor Holcombe's analysts of the recent CRIMSON presidential poll. Mr. Nolder's letter states something which many would like to believe; namely, that the average American undergraduate does know and care something about politics. Unfortunately, any man who has had the slightest experience with Harvard students is aware that their lack of information is political affairs is surpassed only by their indifference to them...
...have read with some interest the comment published in the CRIMSON regarding Harvard's Presidential Poll, and I am moved to take issue with Professor Holcombe, who so blandly states in his interview that "this large Hoover vote seems to show that the younger generation has not realized the effects of the depression as their parents have...
...Note: Professor Holcombe is supporting Roosevelt in the coming election. His interpretation of the undergraduate poll may be found in the CRIMSON of Friday, October 21st...
...believe that the Socialists should poll in the vicinity of 2,000,000 votes this year", Mr. Thomas replied in answer to a question in regard to a recent statement to the CRIMSON by Beywood Broun '10. "I have been equally surprised and gratified with the interest in the great strides toward organization which the Socialist party has demonstrated in the past few months. If this enthusiasm continues, as well as the recent stream of converts to Socialism, my party should have a very good chance to win the election...