QUESTION AND ANSWER.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 301, 20 December 1937, Page 6

QUESTION AND ANSWER.

Results of a nation-wide survey it has conducted on several vital questions were published recently by the newsmagazine "Cavalcade." Thcv are as follow: —

Should the Duke and Duchess of Windsor be invited to return to England to live? —Yes. til per cent. No, 39 per cent. It is not upon sentimental female hearts that the Duke's popularity is based. More men want the two back than women. The preatest support came from people under 30, three out of four under this age saying yes. More of the Opposition than the National party said yes, but even the National party, which forced the Duke's abdication, had a majority of affirmatives.

If another ma jor European war breaks out, do you think Great Britain will be drawn into it?— Yes, 83 per cent. Xo, 17 per cent. Women were more optimistic than men on this question, the young more optimistic than the old. The greatest pessimists were the supporters of the Opposition party, who numbered almost nine out of ten in saying they thought Britain would be dragged into the fray. How much a week does a family of four need to live decently?— Average answer £4. In making this reply, Britons show they require a considerably smaller income than Americans. A poll on this same question taken three months ago in the U.S. set the figure at £6 a week. People under 30 found this question harder to answer than people over, while the men found it harder than the women. Supporters of the National party naturally showed a more complacent attitude towards taxes than did those of the Opposition, who were inclined to ask a lower income.

What foreign nation do you like the best? —U.S.A., 37 per cent. Prance, 28 per cent. Germany, 15 per cent. U.S. returns the affection in even greater force. A poll on this same question in the States placed England tirst with 55 per cent, five times the jier centage for France, which came second. Germany was third as in England with 8 per cent. Although the National Government is extremely friendly to the U.S., the greatest snpjiort came from the followers of the Opposition. Strong support also came from people over 30. which contradicts the general belief that fast American life is shocking to sedate elders.

For whom would you vote to-day?— For the Government. 08 per cent. For the* Opposition, ."W per cent. Most of the support for the Government came from women, of whom almost three-quarters favoured Xcville Chamberlain's party. People under 30 were better friends of tlie Government than people over, which is another contradiction of the belief that older people are necessarily the more conservative.