Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 April 1941 — Page 7

FRIDAY, APRIL 18 1

FOR POPULARITY AT RECORD HICK

Gallup Poll Shows 73 Per Cent of Voters With Opinions Back Him. By DR. GEORGE GALLUP

Director, American Institute of Public Opinion

PRINCETON, N. J. April

larity has climbed to an all-time high in the American Institute's 7year Presidential popularity index. The latest nation-wide survey finds that 73 per cent of voters with opinions on the subject express a vote of confidence in Franklin D. Roosevelt. Only 27 per cent said they disapprove of him as President His new popularity figure tops the 71 per found supporting

AMERICAN INSTITUTE PUBLIC"OPINION

18.—| President Roosevelt's personal popu-|

cent |

“bomb wagon.”

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The Police Department is all set to handle most any sort of a bomb now, with completion of its new Shown admiring the apparatus are Roderick Rae (left), police laboratory director, and

the President at the time of his, Martin Goetling, mechanics who built the trailer. Th e tall device in the center is a “bomb buster,” built for

third term inaugural in January, and the 72 per cent recorded In a similar Institute survey last month. The President was re-elected last | November with 55 per cent of the major party vote

Conduct 80 Surveys

More than 80 separate surveys | have been conducted by the Institute on Mr. Roosevelt's standing with the public during the past seven years These have shown that Mr. Roosevelt has never been a “minority” President—that is, his popularity, as recorded in these surveys, has never fallen below the 50-50 line, although there was a time—in September, 1935 — when the President received only 30.5 per cent support. Until this spring the highest points in the personal popularity | index were 69 per cent in the beginning of 1934, and 70 per cent In May, 1540, when the Nazi armies were overrunning France. Vote of Confidence Today's figure does not necessarily mean that the voting strength of the New Deal would run as high as 73 per cent if an election had to be held today. Rather, it is to be regarded as a vote of confidence of President Roosevelt at this stage of his third term. In England, in surveys by the British Institute of Public Opinion, latest results show 89 per cent of Britons approving Churchill as Minister. President Roosevelt's personal popularity at this time is unquestionably due to the war erisis in| Europe. Ths Institute has repeatedly found in past surveys that the Roosevelt popularity index rises during time of emergency, at home nd abroad.

Not Blanket Endorsement i

This does not mean, however, at American voters who approve of Roosevelt necessarily approve of all his policies, In fact, experience has shown that many times the public has opposed some specific Roosevelt policy while at the same time approving Roosevelt in general. During the fight over the Supreme Court proposal in 1937, for example, a majority of voters approved the President, although they were against his scheme for changing the Court

NEW ARMY AIR FIELD NAMED FOR SHEPPARD

WASHINGTON, April 18 (U.P) —Gen. George C. Marshall, chief of staff, announced that the new Army flying field at Wichita Falls, Tex. will be named in honor of the late Senator Morris Sheppard, chairman | of the Senate Military Affairs Committee, The decision breaks Army precedent, which has been to name fly-!| ing fields for deceased flying] officers. |

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ing clock type bombs,

transporting detonator type bombs which may explo de at any moment. At the right is a drum for carryThe drum is filled with oil which stops the clockwork. At the left of the “bomb

buster” is a light drum, padded inside, for carrying b ombs out of buildings.

WILSON SEEKS

BOND BILL AID

Wants U. S. to Share Burden Where Its Acquisitions Cut Tax Rolls.

Times Special WASHINGTON, April 18.—Rep. Earl Wilson (R. Ind.) today is en-

gressmen in an effort

land is taken over for defense or

other governmental purposes. He explained that he has partic-

ularly in mind the Shelby township | high school debt in Ripley County. | the Navy | proving grounds and much of the] included |

The school borders on previously taxed land is in it. The Federal Government should take over at least $8000 of the $20,000 school debt, Rep. Wilson contends. After introducing a measure to empower the Govermhent to make such adjustments, Rep. Wilson wrote all Congressmen urging their support. | favorable replies, he said. The Office of Education reported that ‘there are at least 50 or more simiJar cases throughout the country. “In Jefferson County the schools were taken over and tieir bonded debt included in the purchase price of the Navy proving grounds,” Rep. Wilson explained. “But two-thirds of the taxable property in the Sheiby school district was taken over, although the new school house remains outside. It is only fair that the Federal Government should assume part of the debt.” Rep. Fritz G. Lanham (D. Tex), chairman of the Public Buildings and Grounds Committee ‘to which the Wilson Bill was referred, has premised to give it immediate attention, Rep. Wilson said. The Inaiana Congressman is member of the Committee.

ITALIANS LOSE HOLIDAY ROME, April 18 (U. P.).—The Italian Labor Day, normally celebrated on April 21, will be considered a regular working day this year because of the war, it was announced today. Workers, however, will receive holiday pay.

Freeman Given

He has received about 30

Masonic Role

Leroy E. Freeman will portray the character of Zedekiah, King of Judah, in the cast of Indianapolis Council 2, Royal and Select Master Masons, which | will exemplify the work of the super excellent master degree April 26 at the Masonic Temple. The ceremony will be attended by Charles A. Lowe, grand illustrious master of the Grand Council] of Indiana, and other officers of the grand council, as well as grand officers of the other grand bodies of York Rite Masonry in Indiana. A dinner will precede the ritualistic work.

POLITICAL SCIENCE ~~ PROGRAM MAPPED

Mr. Freeman

A large number of educational

(leaders of the Middle West are ex{pected to attend the third conference of the Midwest Political Scien|tists May 18 to 18 at Pokagon State | Park. The program will include a discussion of “Political Science as a Profession,” with Leonard D. White, University of Chicago, presiding. Participants will be Frederic A. Ogg, University of Wisconsin, “From the Standpoint of Teaching;” A. R. Hatton, Northwestern University, “From the Standpoint of Public Administration,” and J. K. Pollock, University of Michigan, “From the Standpoint of Practical Politics.” A series of informal group discussions will be held on constitu[tional law, political parties, international relations and public administration. John Gaus, University of Wisconsin, will preside over a discussion of organized governmental research (programs in the Middle West, while | Kenneth Colegrove, Northwestern University, will preside over a na{tional defense problems discussion.

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U. S. INSPECTION DUE

APRIL 28 AT CULVER

Times Special CULVER, Ind, April 18 annual war department inspection of the infantry, cavalry and field artillery senior ROTC units at Culver Military Academy will be held April 28 and 29 The Academy also announced that John Milstead, 6389 Broadway, and | Edward W. Spitznagel, 4266 N. Penn-

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RAPS RED TAPE AT ARMY BASE

(Engel Says Termite Shields Were Used Where Wood | Stands 250 Years.

WASHINGTON, April 18 (U. P.),| —Rep. Albert J. Engel (R. Mich) has reported that the ultimate cost lof the Army's new cantonment at

|original estimates by approximately | $10,300,000. He said yesterday in the third of

a series of reports on his investiga- | tions of Army camp construction, | prepared for submission to the House, that numerous factors contributed to raising the project's cost from the estimated $7,765.600 total | to approximately $17,956,027. These included, he said, selection | of a “hilly and rocky” site which| |“cost the taxpayers millions of dol-| [lars,” expansion of housing facili- | ties at the project, “Army red tape,” | and an “excess cost” of approxi-| | mately $4,276,000 arising from a| high ratio of labor costs to those of | material and other expenses due in part to overtime payments, Noting that $15,000 worth of termite shields were installed at the {project on instructions from Wash[ington “despite the fact that a wooden structure sstands nearby {which . . . is 250 years old and no termite has ever dared to attack it,” Rep. Engel said: “The Army apparently still wraps itself in red tape until it becomes helpless as an Egyptian mummy to act quickly in an emergency.” He said that although wage rates were “the lowest in the Northern area and substantially below those at Ft. Meade and Ft. Belvoir, on {which he reported earlier, labor | costs represented 62 per cent of the (total outlay while other expendi-|

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officers elected at the Universal Notre Dame Night celebration at the Indianapolis Athletic Club Monday night. It is sponsored by ; the Notre : Dame Club of Indianapolis. The retiring | officers are | August L. | Bondi, presi- | dent; Thomas Umphrey, vice president; Elbert William Mahoney, secretary, and Patrick J. | Fr. Cavanaugh Fisher, treas- \ urer, The principal speaker at the celebration will be the Rev. Fr. Francis Patrick Cavanaugh, C. S.

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