Word: galluped
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...people are already willing. A Gallup poll showed 66% in favor of an over-all ceiling, only 24% opposed. Farmers disowned the greedy Congressional farm bloc by approving 64%; labor disowned its Congressional friends by voting...
...footnote to the clamor over the complacency of the American public . . . write the results of a recent Gallup poll into the record. We smug smarties, it seems, have enough gumption to favor total mobilization of both man and woman power for vital production needs. We slothful citizens are ready to sacrifice nonessential jobs, move to other cities, devote evenings and any spare time to the common cause...
...George Gallup put together his polls, added a fervent "Amen." He wrote that two-thirds of all full-time employed Americans would be willing to have 10% deducted each payday to buy defense bonds or stamps; that six months before Pearl Harbor a substantial majority was willing to pay two weeks' salary to the Government in addition to all taxes; that 64% of all U.S. workers were willing to accept the Government's right to dictate to them the kind of work, number of hours worked and amount...
Offense v. Defense. Nearly the whole of Britain sided with the Left in its clamor for more action. The latest Gallup Poll showed that 67% of the people believed Britain's "chances will be better this year by developing an offensive warfare," while only 10% voted to remain on the defensive. (The rest did not know...
...Gallup Poll indicated that 66% of full-time employes in all occupations would welcome a 10% pay deduction to buy defense bonds and stamps...