Show Poll of Editors Interesting but perhaps not im im- important important im- im important is the recent poll by Cur Cur- Current Current Current rent History magazine in which daily newspaper editors gave I their views on the prospects of four probable presidential candidates candidates- Roosevelt and Hull Democrats Dewey and cans ans The poll was confined to these four pur and referred only to nomina- nomina nominations nominations ions not to their chances for tion ion in November Editors of both I clec-I parties ave ori b both th Republican and Democratic pros pros- prospective pros pros- prospective prospective candidates Of the editors edit rs replying to the he questions qu 63 per cent thought President resident Roosevelt would be nom nom- nominated mated but less than 18 per cent I through he ought to be And while 34 4 per cent believed Hull should be behe bethe bethe the he Democratic nominee only 19 per cent thought he would be For the Republican nomination I 38 per cent believed Dewey would be e named only 19 per cent thought he ic should be About 24 per cent thought bought the nomination should go goo goto goto to o Vande berg Another question asked was whether whether ther her the editors believed that senti senti- sentiment sentiment ment in their communities was more or more liberal than in 1936 It was estimated to be bemore b more conservative by 69 per cent more liberal by 3 pe while the remainder said it was about I Ithe the same i The omission of Garner Farley and Taft from the thc poll makes the result stated less significant than it itI would have been with their names I included ed |