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White-haired Mr. Michelson singled out Dr. Gallup's poll, which reported that 61% of the U.S. people thought that the Government erred in taking over Montgomery Ward. Wrote Michelson (for North American Newspaper Alliance): "As there are involved knotty questions over which the lawyers will be wrangling clear up to the Supreme Court, the acquirement of so definite a result comes near to being miraculous. Incidentally, isn't there a question of whether this does not come close to things the courts could hardly permit...
Were jurists in the case of Montgomery Ward likely to be affected by the poll? Dr. Gallup thought not. Were Congressmen swayed? Dr. Gallup declared that "all wise Congressmen take public opinion into account in deciding how they shall vote...
...Governor, whose own slate won the Republican primary by 5-to-1 majorities, had no ax to grind. The facts were enough. In industrial New Jersey, where even the busiest war worker could find some time to vote during the 13-hour poll day, they straggled into the polls at the rate of six an hour. Nowhere except in Frank Hague's well-regimented Hudson County did the vote exceed 15% of the registration, either Democratic or Republican...
...percentage per student for Harvard is extremely high, since only the civilian Houses have taken part in the drives. The poll taken by the Treasury Department among colleges and universities all over the nation shows that Harvard has turned in more money than the majority of the colleges with an enrollment of over...
...Their new boss, Casey Stengel, won last week's playfulness poll; second was Jimmy Dykes of the Chicago White...