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Y 2 il T Nearly all would take arms again if U. S. f EY went to war . . . The object of the ERP, as stated by its exponents, is preservation of peace. Yalemen, however, would seem on the basis of the survey results to be willing to go much further than such Ustop- Headline below was typical of those appearing concerning the uP3CiflCiSt Referendumv of 1922. gap measures in the attempt to main- tain the peaceful world for which most of them fought. The progress of the World Federalist movement is indi- cated by the fact that immediate steps to secure world government had more than twice as many adherants as a means of preserving peace than any other course of action. The actual vote on the alternatives offered was: Qlj High level American arma- ment l9'Z, Q21 Complete support and reliance on the UN 2229 QD Immediate war with Russia 470 Q-lj Immediate steps to secure world government 5572, In spite of the strength of the fed- eralist position, however, only a few looked for any possibility of the attain- ment of such an ideal, for to the ques- tion, l'Do you expect to see world gov- STUDEINT CONVENTION VOTES REPUSAL TO CARRY ARMS

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The spectre of war with Russia looms dark the minds of most. . . . a pessimistic view about the possi- bilities of world gov- ernment in his life- time, FOREIGN POLICY . . . In general, Yale undergraduates to- day strongly support the Marshall, or bi-partisanw, foreign policy of the Truman administration iso far as its consistent patterns can be discernedj. Outstanding among student reactions is overwhelming support for the lX4ar- shall plan. Eighty-nine per cent of those queried put themselves unreserv- edly in favor of ERP, and in ensuing questions few indicated that they would prefer any modification of the amounts originally quoted for the im- plementation of the plan. Two out of three stated that they felt the original commitments to be about right , l7'Zy said they would estimate the commit- ments as too low, and 212, went on record for a paring down. Opinion on conditional reliefl' was nearly as em- phatic, for 4 out of 5 said that the U. S. should not insist upon the establish- ment of democratic regimes of the American type as a condition for the granting of foreign relief. .-

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ernment in your time?U only a fourth answered in the affirmative. The unleashing of atomic energy provoked no particularly provocative reactions among the group tested. By a vote of 9 to l they agreed that the United States should have used the atomic bomb, and by about the same margin voted against the release of de- tails of atomic bomb manufacture to all nations. The continued manufac- ture of such bombs by this country was endorsed by a four to one margin. WAR AND PACIFISM . . . Following the First VVorld VVar, nearly four out of five college students proclaimed themselves unwilling ever again to go to war, regardless of the reasons, they simply said that they would not serve. According to an article written for the NYale Daily News of September 24, l924, Admiral Schoheld stated: A pacifist leader was able to estab- lish a regular fno more war day' re- cently, and hundreds of people even paraded in cities throughout the coun- try . . . and mobs shrieked 'no more Warlf' Although four out of five Yalemen today actually expect war with Russia, or think it is not Uunlikelyf' Qsee foreign affairsj, there seems almost no propensity in this generation to repeat the pacifist hysteria of the early l92Ols. When asked, 'flf this country were again involved in War would you refuse to serve in the armed forces?', the reply was negative by a ten to one margin, and the reader may discount for the joker element as far as he Wishes. On the perennial tariff question, Yalemen are, apparently, confirmed free traders, favoring low tariffs or free trade over high tariffs by a re- sounding vote of 22 to l. ..l SQN 'lOverwhelming1y favored the Marshall Plan in the amounts originally requested by its ex- ponents . . . While backing its wartime use, Yalemen favored exclusive U. S. possession of Atom bomb secrets . . .