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Show WASHINGTON Nferif- ROM OUR CONGRESSMAN W. K. GRANGER Poll on Universal Military Training A tabulation of the results of the poll made of the First Congressional Congress-ional District relative to the question ques-tion of universal military training I has produced som significant facts. Five thousand postal cards were sent to individuals In the district regardless re-gardless of political beliefs or any other consideration. The cards were apportioned on a population basis as among larger communities, smaller towns and the rural areas. The questions asked were stated as follows: 1. I think every able bodied male citizen should have one year of full-time military training before he reaches the age of 21. 2. I am opposd to any kind of universal military training. 3. I think . The recipient was asked to check either question No. 1 or No. 2, or to express his alternative on question ques-tion N. 3, which was left blank. Of trie five thousand cards sent out, 1569 have been answered and returned. Those favoring universal military training without reservation reserva-tion numbered 851, or 54.3 percent of the total nunfoer returned. Those opposed to any knd of military mil-itary training numbered 638, or 343 percent of the total number returned; while 146, or 9.3 percent favored training in th schools or National Guard. Ten. or .8 percent advocated raising the pay of soldiers sold-iers to encourage voluntary enlistments; enlist-ments; and eight, or percent, favored one year's training after hoys feached their twenty-first birthday. Sixteen, or 1 percent had no opinion. An interesting observation follows fol-lows a further tabulation showing that those cards returned by persons per-sons living In urban areas and approving ap-proving universal military training were 81 percent, and thos living in rural area, who also approved, comprised only 39 percent. Of those opposed to any kind of military training, 43 percent came from the cities and 57 percent from the rural areas. The unusual aspect of this poll Is the fact that churches generally, educational institutions, and farms organizations have expressed their opposition to universal military training by long petitions and Individual In-dividual letters. In spite of this fact, the survey shows that, as Individuals, In-dividuals, a greater percentage of those living in the First Congressional Congress-ional Dlstrct of Utah approve of universal military training. |
