THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 24, 1941
FEW VOTERS SUPPORT COL. LINDBERGH
THE QUESTION of how many Americans share the viewpoint of Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh in favouring a negotiated peace between Germany and England, how many want the British to try to make the best peace they can now, instead of continuing the war, has been put to voters in a nation-wide sur- vey by the American Institute of Public Opinion.
The results, according to Dr. George Gallup, the institute's director, show that the negotiated peace iden is shared by only small minority approximately
one voter in every seven.
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The strength of this group, Dr. Gallup says, "just about equals that of another group at the op- posite extreme those who want the United States to get into the WILF The most recent survey on That subject found approximately che voler in every eight in favour of going to war
In between these two extremes the war party' on the one hand, and the party which wants Eng- land to make a deal with the Nazis on the other hand lie the great majority of the American) people. They do not sympathise) with the negotiated peace idea; 79; per cetit hope Britain will con- fatur to fight until the Nazis are defeated Neither do they syi- pathise with the war party. for 88 per cent., at the last count. want the United States to stay out of the war. But the majority of them are for aiding Britain in every possible way short of war
To-day's survey put the ful- lowing question to a cross-section of the voting public:
*Which of these two things do you think England should do now try to make the best possible peace now with Germany, or keep on fighting in the hope of defeat-
ng Germany."
The results are:
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MIND MADE UP-
AFTER 21 YEARS
After twenty-one years of argu- ment Stanley Co. Durham, town- ship, has made up its mind.
In 1919 it was resolved to build fi war memorial. Townspeople subscribed £280--but couldn't de- One month's hard labour was,cide what to do with the money. imposed by Mr. H. C. Macnamara For years they discussed designs, what stone to use, where to place Kowloon
оп this morning,
The monument, but they could Wong Chu, 21. for stealing a
never agree on what they wanted. leather purse,
containing $69.75. Now a proposal "that the assets Stanley War Memorial from Fung Shiu, 45, shop keeper, of the on a No. 9 Route bus at the Yau- Fund be handed over to the Stan- mati Ferry Wharf yesterday by Spitfire Fund," has been car.
med unanimously. morning.