GALLUP POLL SAYS:
Truman Top Preference
Of Democratic Unionist
For Presidency In 1948
Survey Of Nation Reveals Governor Dewey
In Number One Spot Among G. 0. P.
I^hor Voters; Stassen Next
One of a series of articles analysing political sentiment today
on parties, candidates and issues.
By GEORGE GALLUP
Director, American Institute of Public Opinion
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survey naming a Democratic possi
bility as their choice, Mr. Truman
i» the overwhelming favorite for
the White House in 1948.
As an earlier survey shows, labor
union voters are, moreover heavily
Democratic in their party prefer
ences 70 per cent preferring the
Democratic party, 30 per cent the
Republican party.
However, Mr. Truman does not
as a candidate stand any stronger
with organized labor than with the
rest of the country. The Democratic
candidate preferences of union la
bor differ in no important respects
from those of all Democrats.
Mr. Truman is the choice of 65
per cent of labor union Democratic
voters in the survey and the choice
of 67 per cent of all the Demo
cratic voters in the country.
Henry Wallace, the favorite of
labor leaders for the vice presiden
tial nomination in 1940, runs sec
ond. He is the choice of about two
in every ten.
After Wallace in the list of Demo
cratic choices of labor union voters
come General Dwight D. Eisen
hower, Secretary of State James
F. Byrnes, former Secretary of
State Edward B. Stettinius, Jr.,
Fiorello H. LaGuardia, James Far.
ley, and Mayor William O’Dwyer
of New York City.
The results of the survey stem
from replies to the question:
‘What man would you like
_a~a«4i1av»4- a/ 4Hsa
country In 1948?”
Dem. Union All Dem.
Voters Voters
pet. pet.
Truman_ 65 67
Wallace_ 19 15
Eisenhower _ 4 6
Byrnes - * S
Stettinius _ t S
LaGuardia __ 1 1
Farley_- 1 1
O’Dwyer_ 1 *
Barkley_ • 1
Others. « 4
•Less than one pep cent.
Among others mentioned in the
Democratic list of labor union
voters: John L. Lewis, Mrs. Elean
or Roosevelt, Philip Murray, Paul
Y- McNutt, General George C. Mar
shall, Sumner Welles, Senator
Claude Pepper, and Charles Edison,
former governor of New Jersey.
Republican Labor Union Member
Choices
Among labor union voters in the
survey who name a Republican as
their choice for the presidency in
1948, Governor Thomas E. Dewey
holds the lead—in just about the
same proportion as among all GOP
voters in the country. About twice
is many name Dewey as name his
next nearest rival.
Harold E. Stassen, former Min
nesota governor, is second choice.
Then follow General Douglas Mac
Arthur, General Eisenhower, John
ICKES TO CHECK
BOMBS, RE FISH
Government Group T c
Study Aftermath Of Atomic
Shells On Finny Tribe
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 — UP) -
How will the atomic bomb explo
sions in the Pacific affect the fish?
The government intends to find
out.
Secretary of the Interior Ickes
named a four-member scientific
“task force” today to determine
what happens to fish life in the
Bikini area during the atomic
bomb test on warships.
Ickes. in an announcement that
svas made public through the joint
Army-Navy task force conducting
the tests, appointed Elmer Higgins,
chief Fishery biologist as his liai
son officer with the Army-Navy
group.
io iTiaKe purvey
Under supervision of the fish and
wildlife service will be a group of
three scientists to conduct the sur
vey before and after the bomb
explosions.
The three scientists are Vernon
Brock, loaned by Hawaii, who will
have immediate charge of the field
work; Dr. Leonard Schultz, cura
tor of fishes for the Smithsonian
institute, and John C. Marr, biolog
ist of the Fish and Wildlife service
of Pacific coast.
A crew of fishermen is being
recruited.
Scientific personnel and equip
ment will leave the United States
late this month aboard the Coast
and Geodetic survey ship Bowditch.
Preliminary surveys will begin in
the Bikin area early in March. A
second atoll outside the bomb zone
will be selected as a "control” area
for comparing results with waters
unaffected by the bomb.
Fear* Allayed
The announcement said that al
though first word of the atomic
bomb test gave rise to concern ovei
possible damage to commercial
fishery resources, the designatior
of Bikini had "largely allayed such
fears.”
Earlier Gov. Mon C. Wallgrer
asserted that the atomic bomb tesl
should be called off if there was an^
possibilty it would damage the
salmon indust ryin Washington anc
Alaska.
TTie Moslem University at A1
Azhar in Cairo, Egypt, was estab
lished in 790.
W. Bricker, Senator Arthur H
Vandenberg, Eric Johnston, Senate
Robert A. Taft, Governor Earl War
ren of California.
f POSTAL SAVINGS DEPOSITS I
I MILLIONS p05tal Savings Deposits in the United State*, 1913-1945 ©f*DOUARS
1 0F DOLLARS -3500
CHICAGO LIVESTOCKS
CHICAGO, Feb. 12—(JP)— (USDA)
—Salable hogs 9,500, total 19,500;
active, steady; good and choice
barrows and gilts 14.85 ceiling;
sows at 14.10 ceiling; complete
early clearance.
Salable cattle 7,500; total 7.500;
salable calves 1,000; total 1,000;
most killing classes strong to 25
cents higher, fairly active at ad
vance, except on good and near
choice steers and heifers; very
■ competitive trade in cow market;
bulis and vealers fully steady; rel
atively shortfed steers and heifers
predominated; best steers 17.65;
bulk 15.00-17.25; best heifers 16.50;
bulk 14.00-16.00; strictly good beef
cows to 14.25; common and me
dium grades 9.50-12.00; heavy
sausage bulls to 13.25 and fat bull3
at 14.25; vealers 15.50 down.
WASHINGTON POULTRY
Washington—U. S. grade A, large,
average 38 1-2; live poultry mar
ket dull. Arrivals very light with
only scattered lots reported. Broil
ers and fryers two lbs. and under
30.
SWEET POTATOES
CHICAGO, Feb. 12—iffl—(NCDA)
—Sweet potato markets about
steady. Louisians bushel crates
Porto Rican 3.65 to 3.75. Few 3.50.
Fair quality 3.40 to 3.50. Tennes
see bushel hampers Nancy Halls
3.25 Porto Ricans 3.55. Tennessee
■bushel crates Porto Rican 3.50 to
3.65.
19 TROOP SHIPS
DOCK YESTERDAY
_
Majority Reach Eastern
Ports, Bringing Thou
sands Of Soldiers
(By United Press)
Nineteen ships were scheduled to
arrive at U. S. ports yesterday with
more than 13,100 servicemen.
Due at New York:
Texarkans Victory, from Ant
werp—873 undesignated troops.
Aiken Victory, from Bremer
haven — 1,391 troops, including
Headquarters and Headquarters
battery, batteries A, B. C and Ser
vice battery, 975th Field Artillery
battalion, companies A, B, E, Re
connaissance company and Medi
cal detachment of 893jd Tank De
troyers battalion and companies
A and C of 86th Engineer of C
battalion.
New Bern Victory, from Ant
werp—895 undesignated troops.
Sedalia Victory, from Leharvre
—463 undesignated troops, 14 Army
nurses and twTo Wacs.
Lincoln Steffens, from Marseille
—57 troops, including companies,
I, K and L of 399th Infantry regi
ment and four naval nurses.
Due at Norfolk, Va.:
Chagras — Six undesignated
troops.
Due at San Francisco:
Sea Flasher, from Manila—2,
131 undesignated service person
nel.
Cranston Victory, from Nag Ya
—1,694 undesignated Army person
nel.
Pennant, from Manila—1,463 un
designated Army personnel.
Bald Eagle, from Pearl Harbor
—28 undesignated Naval person
nel.
Tusarosa, from Pearl Harbor
—16 undesignated service person
nel.
Ponchatou, from Pearl Harbor
—Seven undesignated service per
sonnel.
Due at Los Angeles:
Barrow, from Manila—1,219 un
designaed service personnel.
Sargent Bay, from Honolulu—
901 undesignated service person
n el.
Due at Sandiego:
Prince George—58 undesignated
Naval personnel.
Submarine Brill—47 undesignated
Naval personnel.
LCI’s 993 and 997—Two un
designated Naval personnel.
Escort carrier Hogatt Bay—830
undesignated Naval personnel.
Due at Seattle:
Grafton, from Guam—35 un
designated service personnel.
INDEPENDENT RETAIL
SALES SHOW LARGE
GAINS FOR DECEMBER
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 —<ff)
—Independent retailers’ sales
last December gained 19 per
cent over November and were
12 per cent higher than in De
cember, 1944, the Commerce
department reported today af
ter surveying 34 states.
Highest gain (15 percent) in
dollar volume was recorded by
independent stores in cities of
5,000 to 10,000 population. Those
in the 2,500-5,000 class gained
14 percent; under 2,500, 13;
25,000-50,000 and 50,000-100,000,
10, and 100,000 up, 9.
A patent for a player-piano was
taken out in the United States ir
1860.
CHICAGO POTATOES
CHICAGO, Feb. 12—UR— (USDA)
—Potatoes: arrivals 106, on track
171, total U. S. shipments 746.
Old stocks: supplies moderate,
demand slow, market dull. New
stocks: supplies light, demand slow,
market steady. Idaho russet bur
banks, U. S. No. 1, $2.87 1-2 to
$3.15; Colorado red mcclures, U. S.
No. 1, size A, $2.75 to $3.10; Neb
raska bliss triumphs, U. S. No. 1,
$3.00; Florida 50 lb sacks of bliss
triumphs, U. S. Uo. 1, $2.75 to
$3.00.
NAVAL STORES
SAVANNAH, Ga„ Feb. 12. — UR—
The Savannah naval stores -ex
change was closed today in observ
ance of Lincoln’s birthday.
DAIRV PRODUCTS
CHICAGO, Feb. 12—(/P)—Butter,
receipts 162,013; no market. Eggs,
receipts 29,121; no market.
N. C. HOG MARKETS
RALEIGH, Feb. 12—UR— (NCDA)
—Hog markets active and steady
with tops of 14.55 at Clinton and
Roeky Mount and 14.90 at Rich
mond.
RALEIGH POULTRY
RALEIGH, Feb. 12—(JP)-(NCDA)
—Poultry and egg markets steady.
Raleigh—U. S. grade AA, large,
42; large, 38; fryers, broilers, and
roasters, 28 to 29.
Hollywood
By ROSALIND SHAFFER
AP Newsfeatures Writer
HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 12 — men
you go to see Lana Turner, Bette
Davis, Dana Andrews, Humphrey
Bogart, Joan Crawford, Gregory
Peck, or any of your favorites in
some novel which has been made
into a film, do you resent the story
changes?
If you do, you’re one of a multi
tude. Whenever studios make a
film from a novel there is always
a deluge of mail telling them not
to change the story and stick to
what the author wrote.
Sauce for Gander
After all, if it's good enough to
be popular, the outraged fans re
mark, it should be good enough for
Hollywood.
If you’re one of these, you might
as well brace yourself, for there’ll
be some changes made in many a
novel readying in the film work
shops. There are many reasons
why this must be so.
“Forever Amber”
One reason the public has learn
ed to identify readily, is censor
ship. You’ll see an example of
that in “Forever Amber” when
that sizzler starts curling the cel
luloid. Amber dies in the film be
cause the film code says that those
who do wrong must pay the pen
alty. In the book she was left on
her way to a big and cruel sur
prise. and you had to imagine your
own ending.
Time Limitations
Another limitation in film mak
ing is that a picture must tell a
story in a limited time; the novel
ist has no such limit. You may
remember when half the country
spent most of a month reading
“Gone With The Wind,” and be
fore that, “Anthony Adverse.”
It’s no wonder that much of the
story had to remain between two
covers, and couldn’t get on a
screen.
Only Craftsmen
Contrary to what you might
think, a screen writer isn’t a de
mon of conceit with a mania for
changing better men’s works. He’s
only a craftsman, sometimes a
genius, often less inspired. But
under the compulsion of cutting the
cloth to his pattern. His pattern
is the eye of the camera, and he
must present the tale so that it
appears as action. He can’t use
the fine embroidery of the novel
ist. the descriptions, the philosophi
or psycnoiogicai discussions.
If Gregory Peck is to be
portrayed as a man with a
mental aberration, as in “Spell
bound,” he is shown wandering
about in the middle of the night
with an open razor.
Sincere Love
When Lana Turner and Johr
Garfield appear in "The Postmar
Always Rings Twice,” you’ll see
not the sordid physical passion o:
the novel, but a deep and sincere
* love affair. This is partly censor
ship, but more importantly, i
brings audience sympathy to' the
pair, but not to their crime.
Next time you see a novel made
into a movie, instead of knocking
it to your friends, think it over
or better, talk it over with them
You may find evidences of some
surprisingly fine work, once yoi
accept the fact that the earner;
has to tell a story in its own way.
earth shocks
PENSACOLA, Fla., Feb. 12 —
(U.R)—Unexplained earth shock;
here today rattled windows in the
city and brought a deluge of phone
calls to newspaper and radio of
fices. The weather bureau anc
naval air station had no official
information on the incident.
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animal
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