POLL SHOWS NEED FOR PARTY PROGRESSIVENESS

"If the strength of Norman Thomas shown in the CRIMSON poll is a fair indication of student thought throughout the country, it means that at least one of the old parties will have to become more progressive in order to hold the vote and confidence of the rising generation," A. N. Holcombe, professor of Government, told the CRIMSON last night.

"The radicalism is not a temporary product of the depression, rather it is evidence of free thinking on the part of the students. The students are evidently much more radical than the older folks. The fact that Thomas captured well over 10 per cent of the votes polled is surprising and interesting coming from Harvard, a usual Republican stronghold.

"Of course the past Republican trend in Harvard hardly allows one to take the Hoover vote as significant for any definite prediction. This large Hoover vote seems to show that the younger generation has not realized the effects of the depression as their parents have.

R. H. Amberg '33, president of the Republican Club, said: "The overwhelming Hoover victory in the CRIMSON poll is a vindication of Hoover and the Republican administration in the eyes of the younger generation."