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...France win their war, and 2) to drive Adolf Hitler and Hitlerism from the world. He defined these aims well before World War II began, when many thought that in foretelling the Crisis and its ripening into war, he was whistling for the wind. More eloquent than any poll of the public temper last week was the conclusion of Franklin Roosevelt that he could not prudently restate his ends. Up to last week he had accompanied them with assurances of his hope and belief that the U. S. could stay out of war. Sensitive to a nation sensitized...
...thick were war spectres in committee meetings that the pension ghost could hardly edge in. Chief concerns of the convention were strict neutrality and preparedness. Officially the embargo fight was left to Congress, though a random poll of 423 Legionnaires showed that 66% were opposed to the act as it stands...
Last week FORTUNE published the first (of a series of) findings. Obtained by the FORTUNE SURVEY'S method of scientific sampling, these first results were somewhat experimental (it is harder to calculate what is a scientific cross section of business than to poll members of each age group, geographical group, social group, etc.) Findings on this first attempt...
...similar finding that there is a war-minded U. S. minority was obtained last week by a Gallup poll. Question: "If it looks within the next few months as if England and France might be defeated, should the United States declare war on Germany and send our troops abroad?" Answer...
...Great Britain and France. Makers of guns, bombs, shells, gas, powder, etc. could have done the same had they had shipments to make.* Franklin Roosevelt was pleased to let this state of affairs sink in on Congress and the U. S. people (82% of whom in a Gallup poll blamed Hitler for the war). He then obeyed Congress, recognized that war prevailed, embargoed exports of arms, munitions and materials of war to belligerents in conformity with the Neutrality Act of 1937. U. S. citizens had a view of statutory Neutrality in action...