Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 May 1940 — Page 12
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The Gallup Poll Shows—
WILLKIE GAINING IN TEST OF G.0.P
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Major Strength in East;
Dewey's Rating Advances. , By DR. GEORGE GALLUP
Director, American Institute of Public Opinion
PRINCETON, N. J, May 8—In the comparatively short time since the Willkie-for-President boom started, the popularity of Hoosierborn Wendell Willkie has shown an
\ increase among Republican voters
Wendell Willkie . . . gaining ground.
SCHOOL 14 IS GIVEN SET OF RECORDINGS
The complete library of classical music included in the Indiana Music Appreciation Campaign has been presented to School 14 pupils by Mother Singers, an organization of Farsnt-Teacher Association memers
polled by the American Institute of
Public Opinion. Although the increase has been relatively sharp in itself, the Willkie {forces still have much ground to cover in order to overtake the triumvirate of popular Republican Presidential contenders—Thomas E. Dewey, Senator Arthur Vandenberg and Senator Robert Taft, Nev-! ertheless, Mr. Willkie's gains put him in fourth place in popularity, ahead of such outstanding leaders as Herbert Hoover, Alired Landon, Frank Gannett, Senator H. Styles Bridges and Rep. Joseph Martin—no mean achievement for a “dark horse.” as Mr. Willkie styles himself, in a little over a month. This question was asked of =a cross-section of Republican voters, throughout the country: “Whom would vou like to see elected President?” No list of candidates was presented to the voters: the choices
Twenty-five women are in the: were entirely spontaneous.
chorus. Mrs. H. A. Bigelow is president Mrs. Walter Barney heads the P.-T. A. of the school which is at 1229 E. Ohio St. and has 600 pupils. Principal John Thornburg | said the recordings would be used in connection with music classes. A number of school essay contests based on the music appreciation program have been started in schools over the state, campaign leaders said as they reiterated that all recordings included in the distribution plan of the campaign may now be obtained at the headquarters, 245 N. Pennsylvania St.
An identical survey was made last March. The comparative vote among those expressing a choice in the two surveys follows: TODAY Dewey Vandenberg Taft Willkie Hoover Others
Vandenberg
| Taft
Hoover
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Daniel F. Munn of the National Casket Co. will discuss the handling of steel burial vaults tomorrow in a talk before the Marion County Association of Cemetery Officials. The meeting will be at 6:30 p. m. at Catherine's Restaurant, 1435 N. Meridian St The association was formed last month for the exchange ideas on cemetery operation. W, H. Wheeler is president. This month's meeting was planned by Ray Siebert, chairman; Gus F. Lohss and D. S. Ritter,
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Three things are of special interest in the results. First, there has been a sharp increase in Mr. Dewey's popularity in the period since March—a period during which he conducted a strenuous campaign tour from coast to coast. Mr. Dewey's popularity among Republican voters, as measured bv the poll, is greater than Mr. Landon's popularity was at a comparable time in the 1936 campaign In May, 1936, Mr. Landon was the choice of 55 per cent of Republicans expressing a choice in an Institute poll, as compared to 67 per cent for Mr. Dewey today.
Different Than 1936
This does not mean, however, that Mr. Dewey will win the Republican nomination in June. Political leaders wili be quick to, point out that the situation is different in many respects from what | it was in 1936 when there were! fewer strong contenders, and when | Mr. Landon’s potential delegate strength was probably greater than | that of the leading candidates to-| day. And, in any case, those familiar with history know that the most popular candidates often do not win the nomination. | Second, the number of Republican voters favoring Mr. Willkie increased from less than 1 per cent in March, to 3 per cent today.
Weak in West
An analysis of the Willkie vote by geographical sections indicates that his Presidential strength is comparatively small west of the Mississippi, where the Willkie vote runs to approximately 1 per cent. His following is greatest in the New England and Middle Atlantic sections, where the vote for him runs to 4 per cent. : Third, today's study found approximately one-fourth (28 per cent) | of Republicans undecided about! their choice for Presidential can-! didate. as compared to 40 per cent | last March. Although this repre- | sents a substantial decrease, the un- | decided vote is still large enough | to indicate that the G. O. P. race continues to be wide open. | Among other candidates receiving | prominent mention in today's study | were ex-Governor Landon. Gov-' ernor Arthur James of Pennsyl- | vania, Mr. Gannett, Mr. Justice | Owen Roberts, Rep. Martin. Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, Rep. Bruce! Barton, Mayor F. H. La Guardia of | New York. Senator Arthur Capper, | Senator Charles McNary, Senator! Bridges, Publisher Frank Knox and Senator Gerald P. Nye. |
LILLY AID TO SPEAK
William A. Hanley, director of the! Eli Lilly Co, engineering department, will address a dinner meeting of the Indianapolis Air Conditioning Council at 6 p. m. Friday at! the Spink Arms Hotel. His topic | will be “Application of Air Con-| ditioning to Pharmaceutical Manu- | facturing Processes.” |
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