Nation Divided

How does the U.S. public regard the Nixon Administration's decision to intervene across the borders of Cambodia? After nearly a month of listening to criticism and defense, the nation seems to be sharply divided. Pollster Louis Harris reports that 50% of the public believe that the decision was a correct one, while 43% say that they have "serious doubts." He also finds that 54% of the people think that it was not "proper and constitutional for the President to order troops into Cambodia without the consent of Congress." Forty-nine percent regard the move as having "divided" Americans more than before: 43% disagree. On one point, feelings were not ambiguous: even after the Kent State killings, only 27% express "sympathy" with student protests against the Cambodia action; 52% "condemn" such demonstrations. While 53% oppose the notion that antiwar demonstrations be declared illegal, 37% favor stifling such activity and 10% are not sure.

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