The incorrectness of Lindbergh’s allegation that Jews in America are one of three major groups which are trying to involve this country in the war, was proven here today by the published results of a public opinion poll carried out by the American Institute of Public Opinion of which George Gallup is director.
In order to establish whether Lindbergh’s anti-Jewish allegation is correct, the Institute took a poll on the following question: “What persons or groups do you think are most active in trying to get us into war?” No check-list was given to voters interviewed and their answers were entirely spontaneous. The results have shown that the groups considered active in attempting to get American into war are, in order of mention, the following: 1. Roosevelt Administration and Democratic Party; 2. Big business, industrialists, profiteers; 3. British organizations and agents; 4. American organizations with pro-British sympathies; 5. Jews. Only one voter in sixteen mentioned the Jews, with the result that the Jews rank no higher than fifth and last among the groups identified in the public mind as most eager for war.
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