The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-22
STATE DOCTORS,
LAWYERS, BANK
MEN VOTE WET
Clergy Only Professional
Group Backing Dry Law
in Digest Poll.

Repeal of the eighteenth amend
ment is favored by a formidable
majority OF Indiana's bankers, law
yers and physicians whose votes
in the Literary Digest's poll we're
announced today.
OF 4,522 Hoosier bankers who re-
turned ballots, 2,s70 favor repeal
and 1862 retention of the ma
TONS prohibition amendment.
OF 1,707 Indiana lawyers sounded
out on the question, LIZA favor re-
peal and 533 retention.
Of 1038 Hoosier d &C t o r S
Questioned, I,467 urge repeal; 57l
retention.
Clergy Dry, $50 to SCI
Clergymen alone, of the profess
sional group, hold a majority for
retaining the amendment. Their
vote was $50 for retention, 53l for
repeal.
In the poll Of the clergymen of
the country, thirty states are voting
dry while sixteen states register wet
ma1orities and two more vote ex-
actly even on the subject.
OF the total of 43,608 ballots re-
ceived in the clergy poll 23,9O4, or
5486 per cent, vote for continuance
and 1854, or 45.14 per cent, vote
for repeal of prohibition.
Bankers 2 TO l Wet
The poll Of bankers of the coun-
try reveals a sentiment of nearly
2 to / wet, although five states show
an outright dry majority while the
other forty-thr states and the
District of Columbia vote for repeal.
Four states in this group show a
sentiment of more than TO 1 wet.
The bankers of Nevada vote over
IL to l for repeal.
A total of 1880 ballots were re-
ceived from the bankers, of which
26,608, or BAIT per cent, show
sentiment in favor of continuancy
of the eighteenth amendment,
while 51,252, or 6593 per per cent,
are in favor of repeal Of prohibi-
ton.
Doctors 81 for Repeal
The vote Of the nations physi-
clans in their special poll shows
they desire repeal of prohibition
by majority Of over to /.
No state in this group gives a
majority in favor of the continu-
snce of the eighteenth amendment.
The medical fraternity returns a
total of 6O229 ballots, which are
divided 14,77O, or 24.52 per cent, in
favor of continuance of the prohi-
bition amendment and as, 459 bal
lots, or 75.48 per cent, in favor Of
repeal of the eighteenth amend
ment.
Lawyers Urge Repeal
The lawyers Of the United States
are also voting more than 3 to l
wet and no state in the returns Of
the poll of this profession show an
outright dry majority.
Kansas tops the dry column in
this poll with percentage of 1882
per cent in favor of continuance
while on the other hand the law
yers of Nevada give a majority Of
20 to l in favor of repeal.
A total of 52,561 ballots were re-
ceived from lawyers in every state
in the nation of which 12,736, or
2423 per cent, were dry and 1895,
or 75.77 per cent were wet.
Big Poll to Close
A total of 473,76o ballots were re-
ceived from Literary Digest sub
scribers. This vote was divided 1885,
8l3 ballots, or 28.67 per cent, in
favor of continuance, and 337,947,
or 71.33 per cent, in favor of repeal
of the eighteenth amendment.
No returns on the main poll are
announced this week, as the current
issue of the magazines tabulationS
is devoted exclusively to the
classified returns which total over
700 900 votes.
The magazine also states that it
anticipates closing the balloting on
the main poll and issuing final re-
turns next week.