The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-06-15
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] BY GEORGE S. BENSON
~ presidenf--Hardixg college
Searey. Arkansas
Right Turn

Plain people in America are tired
of RECOMMENDATION. The figures show
it. Late in April big-city news
papers were publishing tables of
figures that grew out of a survey
by the American Institute of Public
Opinion, popularity called ''Gallup
Poll" An article by George Gallup
himself accompanied the figures !
examined and they were both in
teresting and encouraging.
Nothing but victory in war could
make bigger news. Nothing short
of unconditional surrender by all of
Americas national enemies could be
more gratifying than this: Suddenly
there has come popular yearning
for the days when Mr.. Customer was
boss, when people got paid accord
Ing to what their work was worth,
when they had right to anything
their money would buy.
Back to Earth
DR.. Gallup says, there are indi-
cations today that the largest group
Of the American people are not now
particularly interested in seeing
many changes or reforms in this
country after the war. In fact, a
survey just completed across the
nation by the Institute reveals that
the majority of Americans want
things to remain pretty much as
they were before the war"
Pie head of the Institute told a
l@x@%G,,1 I1l1 Il
answers to. his questions. He says
good share of the minority who
wish for postwar changes want to
change back, back to conditions we
knew years before the war. He
didn't say so, but indicated clearly
that the people are longing for the
days of self-reliance, before the
WPA, the CCC and the NYA.
POmpOus Protests
People are beginning to walk
around the idea of dictated social
change to look at the back side of
it. The gold paint is beginning to
rub off those cheap theories about
all citizens doing similar amount
of work and drawing about the same
pay, government guaranteed Jobs
for everybody, politically run banks
and stores, regimented farmers,
standardized houses, clothes and
food. The sawdust is showing
through.
The famous surveyor of public
opinion grouped into three classes
everybody his scouts questioned.
The breakdown was by education
al attainment, Q) college, (2) high
school and (3) grade school people.
Now who, do you suppose, wants the
social changes? The college class
$3.50 of them. More than half the
other two groups disagree but most
of the cap-and-gown' folk want
America made over.
Fake High-BrOws
Revclutionists, critics of represent
alive government, malcontents and
promoters of European theories
have done an amazing job in Amer
lean colleges. The mystery is-How!
They smoke-screened the unique
prosperity of this worlds most IA
vored people and, protected by AGA
demic Indifference, spotlighted the
flaws of popular government and
fumed about unfair competition.
Selfshness is a trait of mortal
man, not a special feature of pri-
vate enterprise. This fact has been
proved to lot of honest people I'M
der wartime RECOMMENDATION, need
less restraints, questionable ration
ing and discourteous petty officials.
It is losing favor. We have heard
a lot about postwar rehabilitation
of the Army and Navy. Evidently
the public wants to hear about the
rehabilitation of bureaucracy.