Word: pro-war
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...York City to get answers to six questions devised by isolationists. Basic question: "Do you believe that the United States should enter the war as an active belligerent at this time?" Yes, 19.1%, No, 74.7%, undecided, 6.2%. Even the addition of numerous threatening "ifs" failed to bring the pro-war group to 50%: If England is being defeated (34.4%), if U.S. ships are attacked and sunk (45.5%). But if the U.S. were invaded, 93.6% would fight...
Despite the passage of the Lend-Lease Bill, the America First Committee at Harvard is continuing its opposition to pro-war movements. The next regular meeting will be at 7:30 o'clock tonight at the Phillips Brooks House, and all interested are invited to attend...
...Student Union, Elliott said that it was controlled by the Communist party. He said that the Student Union would be pro-war as soon as Russia were drawn into the conflict. "The party line is the Moscow line," Elliott declared...
...main purpose of the Committee is to combat the pro-war forces that are trying to convince the American public that either we must fight Germany or submit to her politicaly, economically, and spiritually. In a series of public meetings, sponsored by the newly-formed Committee, competent men in the fields of politics, economics, science, and education will present alternate views and solutions...
...Gallup poll this week reported that 17% of the voters favored having the U. S. enter World War II. This was a smaller pro-war minority than there was last June when France fell (19%), but it had grown since July, when it was down to 15%. More significantly, willingness to fight if need be had grown more rapidly than eagerness to fight. Whereas in May only 36% of the voters thought aid to Britain more important than avoiding all risk of war, in September the number willing to take that chance had risen...