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OFFENSIVE WAR TURNED DOWN IN HARVARD POLL

Large Navy and Air Force Is Rejected As Satisfactory Remedy--Invasion Would Necessitate Support

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New York, Jan. 26--If the United States were to invade the borders of another country, 1,968 Harvard students would refuse to fight while 583 would take up arms for their country, the results of the College Peace Poll, conducted by the Literary Digest and the Association of College Editors showed today.

An attack, launched by a foreign country, however, would find 2,070 students enlisting in the army and only 461 abstaining from fighting. In answer to the query, "Do you believe the United States should stay out of another great war?" 1,632 men replied in the affirmative and 943 in the negative.

Harvard sentiment falls closely into line with that expressed by 29 other American colleges also surveyed.

The other questions and the results are as follows: "Do you believe that a national policy of a navy and air force second to none is a sound method of ensuring us against being drawn into another great war?", yes,--728, no,--1,859; "Should the United States enter the League of Nations?" yes--1,600, no--956; "Do you advocate government control of armament and munition industries?", yes--2,183, no--417; and "In alignment with our historic procedure in drafting man-power in time of war, would you advocate the principle of universal conscription of all resources of capital and labor in order to control all profits in time of war?", yes--1,885, no--417.

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