Shift of Opinion

Last week a Gallup poll pointed up a major shift in U. S. opinion. A 1937 poll had reported that 64% of U. S. citizens thought it had been a mistake for the U. S. to go into World War I; only 28% thought not. To the same question last week, 42% thought that U. S. entrance into World War I had not been a mistake, 39% still believed that it was.

With the beginning of the Blitzkrieg, U. S. opinion on its part in World War I began to change. Many a circumstance, many a circumstantial report did much to remind U. S. citizens that the cause fought for 23 years ago was strikingly similar to the cause being fought for in Europe today. Many have come to believe that the U. S. mistake was made, not in winning the war, but in losing the peace.

Commented Dr. George Gallup: "The shift that has taken place in American thinking may be an important factor in coming U. S. decisions regarding aid to Britain."

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