U.S.A. AND WAR

Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 44, 21 August 1939, Page 9

U.S.A. AND WAR

WILL BE DRAWN IN

76 PER CENT. OPINION

! NEW YORK, August 20. Seventy-six per cent, of the American public now believe that the United States will be drawn into a war against Germany and Italy, according to the latest poll conducted by the American Institute of Public Opinion. In 1937 33 per cent, thought so. A striking feature is the discovery that the highest percentage holding this belief—7B per cent.—has been found in the Middle West, which is traditionally isolationist. _ c The survey is not an investigation ot what Americans wish but of what they feel they must expect. The chief reasons given for involvement in war were that American sympathies are with Britain and France, disapproval of the Nazi and Fascist regimes, the American commercial ties with Britain and France, and fear of defeat of the democracies. President Roosevelt will return next week from his holiday cruise on the Canadian coast. The Washington correspondent of the New York "Herald-Tribune" says it will not be surprising if Mr. Roosevelt intervenes in Europe. He is known to be anxious to "fire another shot for peace," and if he can summon a peace conference or do something to push Herr Hitler and Signor Mussolini off their balance and upset their timing he will consider the effort well worth the risk of being accused of meddling and war-mongering. I.