Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 January 1939 — Page 2

D.R.s Popularity Continues to is

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By DR. GEORGE GALLUP Director American Institute of Public Opinlen--

ber Congressional elections, President Roosevelt's personal popularity |

has turned upward in the Presidential index of the American Institute ‘Public Opinion. : : As the fourth Roosevelt Congress settles down. to a strenuous session on relief, national defense and other problems, the Institute’s monthly ‘barometer of public sentiment shows that 58 per cent of the voters ‘approv " President Roosevelt today as compared with 551 per cent in ee December—a rise of 2% points in the month. = While President Roosevelt is not .as popular as l he was on election day, 1936, the survey indicates ‘that he is holding a good-sized majority as he enters ‘the last half of his second term, a period when many a President has run into political difficulties. Translated into actual votes on the basis of the 1836 election, the President’s popularity represents about 25,800,000 major party votes. On election day he received approximately 27,750,000 to about 6.70000 jor Governoe LaRgOn, Z \ Institute index is based on a scientifically selected cross-sec of Ce in 8], paris of the country, completed just before : f Congress last week. ~~ Ee peng ae mi are not a measurement of third term sentiment, but they are a clue to the amount of influence President Roosevelt will start with in the present session of Congress. On his continued popu=larity, many political observers believe, hangs not only the successful defense of the New Deal legislative program but probably also the fate ‘of the New Deal in 1940 and the ability of F.

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Indianapolis Times to Award

The President's prestige with politicians was reduced last November, when the G. O. P. made sharp inroads in the Democratic majority in Congress and captured several State elections. Democratic leaders are still debating whether their losses were the result of a series of local misfortunes from coast to coast or a reflection of national sentiment toward the New Deal. © But Institute surveys’ forecast the dimensions of the Republican gains and also revealed that President Roosevelt's popularity had dropped to.the comparatively low point of 54.4 just before the November election. The following month-by-month tables show the upward course of the President’s popularity since that time: i Per Cent of Points of

Major Party Vote Change From for Roosevelt

‘November, 1938 (Just before Congressional elections) .......... 54.4 : December 0020000000000 00000000000000 55.5 +11 2 a Today 0000000000000000000000000000000 58.0 +2.5

Roosevelt Stressing Foreign Affairs, National Defense

The two months since the elections have been marked by New Deal concentration on foreign affairs and national defense, and by relative quiet on more cantankerous domestic problems. Secretary Hull's trade agreement with Great Britain and Canada has been in the spotlight, along with the Pan-American conference and the “good neighbor” policy at Lima. From Washington President Roosevelt and Acting Secretary

* Summer Welles have spoken out bluntly against the Nazis’ treatment

of minorities. | 3 Public opinion has found much to approve of in these policies, and in the President's plan to increase the strength of the Army, Navy and air forces, judging from Institute studies. But as Congress comes back to Washington and settles down to such thorny questions as the presence of politics in relief, how much to appropriate for the WPA and whether to revise the Wagner Labor Act, the Social Security Act and the Farm Act, President Roosevelt’s popularity will be put to the test. Four times in the past—in 1934, 1935, 1937 and

Plan Announced for Seripps-Howard Awards

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Purdue University, Lafayette, Ind. Two scholarships. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N. Y.

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MECHANICAL ENGINEERING Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pa. CASH SCHOLARSHIPS

(These to be paid direct to selected colleges) National Air Races will award five $500 cash scholarships.

Scholarship in Aeronautics

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Survey Indicates - Gives 58 Per

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Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College, College Station, ||

get a job when he completes his _ four-year: course. Thus not only an education but a job may await these

. honor students.

An unusual method of selection

. has been worked out to insure fair

distribution of the awards. Because more scholarships are offered than there are Scripps-

. Howard cities competing in the

plan, a winning student and run-ner-up will be selected in each city. Their records will be forwarded to a National Scholarship Board in ‘New York. This board will grade

them on the basis of their scholastic

Teco . ‘ No person | SOlfented with The Indianapolis Times or any Scrippsrd organization, or any memer of his or her immediate family, will be eligible for 2 Times scholar-

1p. : ~ Following this grading, the entire list of scholarships will be forwarded to the student in first place. He will select the scholarship he wants. Fhe remaining scholarships then be sent the second place holdand he will make his selection. s plan will be followed until all scholarships are awarded. Both local and national scholarp boards will be composed ‘of edsators, aviation experts and others ialified to judge the factors necesfor successful careers in the tion industry. - To give students complete. knowl-

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Employment Is Shown - . In Past Year

- Workers past 40 years of ‘age were given ‘a “break” by employers in 1938, it was disclosed in a survey conducted by the American Legion in co-operation with the National

The survey, made public at National American Legion headquar-

“| ters here, was submitted to the U.S:

‘Popularity

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For the second time in two months a nation-wide survey by the American Institute of Public Opinion shows that President Roosevelt’s popularity has increased. As Congress convenes, the President has 58 per cent of the major party vote behind him, as compared

with 55.5 per cent last month and 62.5 per cent on election day, 1936. The President’s speech to Congress last week indicated that national defense issues will loom large in the Administration’s plans during the next few months. : i ;

1938—the Institute has found that the President’s popularity decreased gradually while Congress was in session. . : President’s Popularity Up in Nearly All Sections In a month’s time the President’s popularity has increased in nearly all sections of the country, however. His greatest recoveries have been in the Middle West, ir. New England and the South, as the following figures show: Per Cent of Major Party Vote for Roosevelt Points of TODAY DECEMBER CHANGE New England StateS.ccoeoeposccseses 51 49 a Middle Atlantic StateSccocsocccecces 57 57 ! East Central States ..cceocceeccoes 38 52 2 West Central States ct esasrintune 56 51 South 0000000000 700000000000 00000000 68 64 West ssassessesishesssssssctesesessen OF 1 : 62 The voters of America’s large cities are still strongly pré-Roosevelt, while the farmers are least enthusiastic, today’s survey shows: : {in Per Cent of Major Party Nas - Vote for Roosevelt Fo ~. Farm Voters ... o ves esideersens 337 % Small Town Volers 0900000000008 0000400000000000000 56 All City Voters 0000000000000 000 0000000000000 000000 Voters in: Cities of 500,000 and Over .........ccc.. 66 The present survey, like all political surveys of the American Institute of Public Opinion, is based on a scientifically selected cross-section of voters. Every State is represented in proportion te the vote cast

EBELING WILL SPEAK HERE ON WEDNESDAY

Philip C. Ebeling, Deyton, U. 8. Junior Chamber of Commerce pres-

DECATUR CHILD'S RITES SET ECATUR, Jan. 9 (U. P.)— Funeral services wil. be held tomorrow for 7-year-old Werner Hartman, who died Saturday night from peritonitis resulting from injuries he

in the national election, and within each State Democrats, Republicans and third party voters are represented in correct proportions, as are urban and rural dwellers and members of all age and income levels. The number of persons included in any Institute study varies with statistical requirements. In the study reported today 12,000 persons were included. This number insures that any error due solely to the size of the sample will be less than one and one-third per cent.

The Political Barometer

The following is a summary of reported figures in American Institute of Public Opinion political surveys. These surveys are conducted among a cross-section of the voting population in all states. . Within each state the Institute reaches Democrats, Republicans and third party voters, farm, city and small-town voters and persons in all age and income levels, in proportion to their numbers in the voting population. at j : ROOSEVELT POPULARITY hes Sen ions Percentage of major party vote for Roosevelt (Today)....58.0% Previous Institute survey (Dec.) 5% 1936 Election ........ eis ssansasressesvasssssssasensss BD THIRD-TERM SENTIMENT pe Wedy Favoring third-term for Roosevelt (Dee.) 2000000000 000000000 .30% Previous Institute survey (Oct.) eve sess este smssesessanss ce 33% POPULAR FAVORITE FOR 1940 Democrats (Dec.) 0es00000000000000 > Vice President Garner i faye Secretary Hu 4 #9I% 3. Postmaster General Farley Republicans (Nov.) ensevssssebosmenesle Thomas E. Dewey ’ . 2. Senator Vandenberg

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ident, is to speak Wednesday at a combined luncheon-meeting of the Indianapolis Junior Cnamber and Kiwanis Club at the Col'imbia Club. The Indianapolis Junior Chamber’s 1938 citation for sutstanding civic service is to be announced by Edward J. Green, presicent of the group. : Mr. Ebeling’s speech is to be broadcast. :

BEAUTICIAN HELD ON MURDER CHARGE

LEBANON, N. H,, Jan. 9 (U. P.) — Henry Gideon Begin, 35-year-old beautician, faced arraignment today on charges of murdering Mrs. Frieda Edson, 28, a divorcee, during a lover's quarrel. : Authorities said Begin, a widower, confessed ke killed Mrs. Edson Saturday when she laughed at him. Then he hid her body in the rear

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-, | Department of Labor in Washington : today.

Employment figures for 1937 and 1938 reveal that the proportion of

older workers given jobs last year

was 199 per cent higher than in 1937. “It is evident from all the information submitted that industry

‘| evaluates its older workers very

highly,” the report declared. “It is apparent that workers 40 and over constitute a vital and dynamic part of industry. Their skill and strong loyalties being of inestimable importance in the industrial unit.” Campaign Planhed The report forms the basis of a national campaign to be launched by the American Legion to impress upon industry the economic impor-40-t0-50-year-old group. A booklet now is in preparation to furnish instructions to Legion employment officials, who will be asked to work with established agencies, public and private, national and locally, to. find a solution to the employment problems of these men. : At first, a concentrated effort will be made to “sell” the program of employing men past 40 to the 25 largest employers of labor in each state. Legion officials said they will attempt to demonstrate to them the advantages of employing and retaining in employment these work-

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To Workers Past 40, Legion Report Says

to prove to employers the dollars and cents advantage of stabilizing employment through savings that will accrue in the payment of com=pensation premiums. These payments can be reduced through the elimination of staggered employment periods. A compilation of answers made by 2485 employers of 2,334,538 work=ers in the survey questionnaires disclosed that when layoffs were made,

|preference generally was given

workers 40 and over; no companies discharge workers when they reach 40; 89.1 per cent of the companies have no maximum hiring age limit; there is no lessened proportion of employment for workers between 40 and 59, but a slight decrease after 50; a ‘substantial portion of persons hired in 1938 were 40 and over.

Men in the 40 and over group were rated as excelling in efficiency and co-operation, as compared with younger employees.” Employers an= swered that in accident risk and’ psychological adjustment, younger worker is preferred.

Sixty-five per cent agreed that the two groups were on a par as to amount of illness, while 17.5 per cent believed there was less sickness. among the older men, while 16.8 per cent claimed there was more. As to accident risks, 55 per cent said there was no difference, while 30 per cent favored the younger group and 13 per cent the older men,

BENNY DUE TO APPEAR IN SMUGGLING PROBE

Jack Benny, the radio comedian, arrives in New York today to appear before a Federal Grand Jury and explain his alleged dealings with a confessed smuggler. yee

. Like George Burns, another radio comedian, Benny was faced with the fact that jewelry he purchased for his wife and air partner, Mary Livingstone, had been smuggled into

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