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According to Professor Allport, the opponents of the bill, such as the author columnist Dorothy Thompson, fear that such a government poll would do away with representative government, and put "too much pressure" on the elected representatives. In answer, Allport points to the powerful lobbies in Congress, and counters, "if pressure is going to be applied, it is better for the people to apply it not special interest groups...
Calling the public opinion poll "probably the most important new development in social science in this century," Gordon W. Allport '19, professor of psychology, yesterday recommended the formation of a government sponsored poll to determine the wishes of the people...
...think it would be a good idea," Professor Allport states, "for an official government poll to keep up a continuous scientific check on public attitudes--both domestic and international." He predicted that such a bill would sooner or later be submitted to Congress, but admitted that it will meet "stiff opposition...
...Selected by the Saturday Review of Literature poll as the most influential Washington columnist...
...Lynchburg, S.C. Perched on cotton bales in a mule-drawn wagon, Cotton Ed galumphed through South Carolina, roaring his belief that in his God-blessed state a family could have security on 50? a day. A pain in the New Deal's side, he championed "white supremacy," the poll tax, states' rights. Last July, roundly trounced in the Democratic primaries by Governor Olin Johnston, he returned to his dirt farm to look after his pigs...