Evening star., 1930-12-08
j. S. PRESS VOTES
FOR. WORLD COURT
Poll of DaiIies Gives Two
Thirds Majority for Entry.
But 265 Opposition Votes.

OA Tile country eQlUOT1aliy advocate
ratification of the World Court protocol,
which President Hoover plans to send
70 the Senate at this short session,
according to the results Of survey made
public today by the American Founda-
ton of New York.
Forty-six States show. both as to
number of papers and as to combined
circulation, clear and in most cases q
large balance in favor of ratification
But the District of Columbia is the only
one OF the States" to show a ma iority
OF the daily papers. three to two, op-
posed to ratification.
District Situation Analysed.
In this city. the Foundation points
out, the two Hearst papers. the Herald
and Times, with the Washington Post,
constitute the opposition, while The
Evening Star and Daily News carry the
Tight for ratification.
The results of the survey are regarded
by the American Foundation as "the
best available means of arriving at a
cross section of intelligent opinion"
Specific Inquiry Made.
'The question We put" said William
Curtis Box, Of the foundation, was not
casual inquiry as to whsther a given
editor Is well or Ill disposed toward the
court generally: it was direct and spe-
cific: Does your paper favor or oppose
ratification Of the World Court prcto-
cols?' The result now published in
detail by States is. therefore, not a
straw vote or collection of personal
opinions; it is statement of consid-
cred editorial position. And it is COM
prehenSive: The fact that only $40 of
2,036 papers have refused to reply and
that these represent only per cent of
the total circulation of all the dailies in
the country, indicates a general convic-
ton that the time is now ripe for the
court question, so long agitated, to be
settled on its merits.''
Showing the large majority of the
daily press in favor Of ratification, the
American Foundation says 1857 dailies,
constituting 66.5 per cent of the whole,
with combined circulation of 20.993,-
906 (65.68 per cent? definitely favor
ratification, as against an opposed COL
umn OF 265 Q301 per cent? papers with
. total circulation of 10,557,317 (25.69
per cent?.
Opposition in Minority.
The 342 papers that did not reply.
representing 1880 per cent of the 2,036
dailieS covered, are. with their COM
bined circulation of 1854, 400, only s per
cent (624) of the whole, so far as cir
culation is concerned. Fifty-eight pa
pers OBS per cent? with a combined
circulation of 549,177 G34 per cent?
registered no stand; in the case of IA
papers Oess than l per cent, or .69)
with combined circulation of 32,242
CLOS per cent? categorical classifca-
ton was impossible
The American Foundation, which
made the survey, was founded by Ed
he
includes Elihu Root, Owen D. Young,
Gen. James Guthrie Harbord, Thomas
w. Lamont, John w. Davis, Mrs Ogden
Reid, SilaS H. Strawn, Mrs. Frank A.
Vanderiip and Mrs. Franklin Roosevelt
46 States Favorable.
Forty-six States show a preponder-
survey. The States not included
in these As are the District of Colum-
bia, Illinois and New Hampshire.
While. the 1857 papers that register
an Affirmative editorial stand were not
listed In the preliminary report made
public today, the survey declared lit
can be said at once that the favorable
LIST includes practically all the large
papers except the "a Hearst papers In
13 cities and z other papers.
In the favorable column a number
Of chains appear with all their links:
The rs ScrlppS-Howard papers in 26
cities in l3 States, the Is Gannett pa
pers IN 13 cities in 3 States, the Mac
Fadden papers in cities in 4 States.
the Brush-Moore papers in Ohio
cities, the Shaffer papers in 4 cities
IN States, the 8 Booth papers In
cities in Michigan. the papers of the
Soutnern California Newspapers, Asso-
ciated, and the 5 papers of the News
lsN2QTlQ nnin in
Nine States Unanimous.
The 9 States In which no paper is
registered in the opposed column are:
Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Louis
lana, Maine. Mississippi, Rhode Island,
Virginia and Wyoming.
In 10 other States only one paper is
opposed. In each of the following
States only one paper declares itself
opposed TO ratification: Alabama, Colo
raoo. Georgia (the Hearst paper in
Atlanta is the one opposed, Kentucky.
Maryland (the Hearst paper, the Bal
tlmore News, New Mexico, North
Carolina, South Carolina, South Dakota
and Tennessee.
Influential Dailies Listed.
From the South the favorable list
includes: The Atlanta Constitution. the
Birmingham Age Herald, the Mobile
Register. the Montgomery Advertiser.
the New Orleans Tirnes-Picayune and
the Item Tribune, the San Antonio
Express and the News, the Louisville
Courier Journal, the Chattanooga News
ana the Times, the Raleigh News and
Observer, the Memphis Commercial
Appeal, the Richmond Times Dispatch
and the News Leader.
From New England the papers editori-
ally advocating ratification include:
The Bangor Commercial, the Boston
transcript and the Herald and the Post,
the Christian Science Monitor. the
Springfield Republican, the Proyidence
journal and the News Tribune, the New
Haven Register, the Hartford Courant
and the Times.
Prom the Middle Atlantic States:
The Baltimore Sun, The Washington
star and the News, the Wilmington
Journal. the Morning News and the
Every Evening, the Philadelphia Public
Ledger, the Inquirer, the Bulletin. and
the Record, the Pittsburgh Press the
Newark Evening News. the Syracuse
Post Standard, the Rochester Demo-
crat and Chronicle the Buffalo News.
the Times and the Courier Express the
New York Herald Tribune, the World
the Telegram, the Graphic, the Evening
Post and the New York Times.
West Sentiment Strong.
From the Middle West and West
Except the three Pacific States: The
Cleveland Plain Dealer, the Indianapo-
lis Star, the Chicago Post and the
News, the Cincinnati Times Star. the
Minneapolis Journal the st. Paul Pion-
eer Press and Dispatch, the st. Louis
Post Dispatch ana the Globe Demo-
crat. the Nebraska State Journal. the
Omaha World Herald, the Des Moines
Register, the Denver Rocky Mountain
News and the Post, the Montana Stand
ara. the Arizona Republican. the New
Mexico State Tribune. the Arkansas