Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 August 1941 — Page 31

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Oppose Offer Even If All

Conquered Areas, Exoept Russia, Were Restored, | Opinion Survey Shows.

By GEORGE GALLUP Director, American Institute of Public Opinion

PRINCETON, N. J, Sept. 1.—Evidence that a new Hitler [re offer would be turned down today by a sub- . .. »

e restoration of every scrap of Nazi conquest excepting ussia—is disclosed in a nation-wide study of American

Property Damage From Bombings Estimated At 480 Millions.

" NEW YORK, Sept. 1 (U. P).— German bombs have destroyed

© 480,000,000 worth of British property in the first two years of war, “according to an estimate by The “Economist, British financial jour“nal, distributed by the \British Press i 8Service. ! The Economist's estimate was based, in part, on the war loss rec-

“ord of an insurance company which |{ disclosed that its air raid damage} “amounted to 3% per cent of its real restate holdings in greater London.|

"5 ‘The Economist also took into aceount a Ministry of Health report

“placing the total value of Britishy

“real estate, exclusive of site values, “at $24,000,000, 000. . Assuming that if bomb damage in Tondon amounted to 3% per cent ‘of the city’s total real estate value the national | average would be ‘about 2 per cent, The Economist jatrived at the loss gure of $480.-

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“Manufacturers and other business“men must insure all property worth ir than $4000 and may insure “property worth less. ~~ Farmers must carry at least $1200 ‘worth of insurance throughout the year and may carry up to $3200. ~~ * The third plan. designed to protect private citizens for loss of | ‘furniture, clothing and other personal property, is entirely voluntary and open to everyone. No one may © - carry more than $40,000 worth of . Jdnsurance, however, and maximum Aimits are placed on claims for specific articles. The Government also provides free compensation to householders - for furniture, clothing and other personal effects lost through war damage and will pay up to $600 in the case of single persons; $1200 for “married couples, and an extra $i00 for each child under 16.

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Moreover the survey indicates that a peace offer which left any sections of Western Europe in Nazi hands would have even less chance of approval by rank-and-file Amer-

cans. In effect, the attitude of the American people toward any such offers by Hitler represents a crushing blow to German propaganda— which has sought to seriously weaken the morale of the Western democracies

"ward against the Soviet Union. Ever since Adolf Hitler

mies against Russia | 10° weeks ago, military and political observers have speculated as to whether a

Dr. Gallup

xt. But the Institute’s ‘nation-wide survey on the question indicates that only.about one vojer in three now says he would be inclined to favor a peace--even though Hitler gave up every one of his territorial conquests in France, Norway, Denmark and the other pccupied nations, a gesture which would be MANY Jar-feaching than any so far asc to Nazi peace plans. Voters were asked: “If Germany were to offer peace on the basis that she would keep the territory. won from Russia, and give up France, Scandinavia and the other conquered countries, would you favor such a peace?” The answers of men and women in all parts of the United States were: + Would Oppose Such a Peace, 58%. Would Favor Such a Peace, 34%. Undecided, 8%.

Say Peace “Impossible”

In other words, despite the average American’s aversion to Communism, he is not ready to see Hitler left triumphant in Eastern Europe today—even though it might mean, on the face of things, that Western Europe could return to the pattern which existed before 1939. Reasons for this come from the voters themselves in today’s survey: “Real peace is impossible as long as Hitler stays in power,” is one of the most frequent explanations to be heard in talking with the American people. Other typical reasons are that “you can’t trust Hitler’s promises” and that “peace now would be a German victory.” The survey also asked, in a parallel question: “If peace could be obtained today on. the basis of Germany holding the countries she has conquered so far, ‘and Britain keeping "the British Empire as it now stands, would you be in favor of such a peace?” The number favoring peace under these circumstances drops to 21 per cent—probably the rock-bottom for extreme isolationist and anti-war sentiment in America today. The actual vote was: .

Would Oppose Such a Peace. 71% Would Favor Such a Peace., 21 Undecided ............c..... 8 - Importance of the average Amer-

ican’s opinion on such questions lies, of course, in the fact that he is

would come nex

{being called on to bear a heavier

and heavier share of the actual costs of continuing the fight against

“| Hitler,

Britain Against “Terms”

for U. S. defense and aid-to-Britain, and the conscription of American youth for military training, all give the average American a right to speak on the question of a “negotiated peace.” © In Britain, where a Hitler peace offer would have to win support if it were to achieve its purpose at all, surveys by the British Institute of Public Opinion show an overwhelming majority of voters unwilling to have their government even discuss “terms” with Hitler at present, The replies were: -

(BRITISH SURVEY) : Would Oppose Peace Discussions With Germany... 82%

Would Approve; Peace Discussions With Germany.. 12

Undecided .................. 6

FINNS WANT PEACE, NORSE WRITER FINDS

By DAVID M. NICHOL righ Copy yHgl t, Ng Dane Idishanois. gis BERN, Sept. 1.—PFinland “longs for peace and hopes that its fi sons in the. war soon will be ended, according to a Stockholm dispatch to the National Zeitung ' of Basel.

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