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Memorandum from Secretary of State Edward Stettinius to President Harry S. Truman
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
WASHINGTON
ARCHIVER SERVICE REDOROS AMD
May 5, 1945
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
Subject: ELMO ROPER'S LATEST PUBLIC OPINION SURVEY
You will be interested, if you have not already
seen it, in a current Elmo Roper public opinion survey
which reflected the following opinions on the question
of our participation in an International Organization:
Question 1. *Which one of these alternatives
comes closest to expressing what you would like to have
the United States do after the war?" 72 percent say:
"Take an active part in an International Organization. n
10 percent say: "Enter into no alliances and have as
little as possible to do with other countries." 5 per-
cent say: *Depend only on separate alliances with
certain countries. 13 percent have no opinion.
Roper stresses that the American people desire a
start on world organization and do not demand perfection
at the outset.
Question 2. (Asked of the 72 percent above who
want United States participation) On this question
Roper found: 53 percent prefer: "To get an International
Organization started right away, even though it may not
suit some Americans in the beginning.' 14 percent
(only 14 percent) say: "Wait and try to get one almost
everyone will like before starting, even if this takes
several years.' 5 percent have no opinion.
ARCHIVES SERVICA** RECORDE "NATIONAL AMD
any
EDWARD R. STETTINIUS, JR.
(Sent by telegraphic request)