APPRECIATING DEMOCRACY

Chronicle (Levin), 30 July 1946, Page 5

APPRECIATING DEMOCRACY

GERMAN ATTITUDE IMPROYES Kcceivcil Mondav. 7 p.m. XF\Y YOUK. July 28. The War ihqiai'tiiM'iu lias aninmiu-ed tliai. at least 71 |>ei eeut. oi' ihe 887.001) (Jermau {irisnuei's of wai' hroughl to Aiueriea, ri'turm'd to llurojie with a frioiidly attitude townrds Aiueriea and with an iuqnuved apjuoi iat ion oi' deinoeraey. The eonelusiuns are lmsed 011 an ojiinion jioll rerent lv C'linjdet ed of 22,153 jirisoners' i'xuii eaui]> tlnoughout Aiueriea, uhieh showed that the older |nisonei> were more |u n-ileino-eratie and less Xa/.i-miiided thau the younger men. Those hetween 29 and 80 years gave the highest |iereenta^e i,t' niil'av 'ouralile auswers. Alioul 88 |>er eeut. wero deiiiiitcly aiili-.Xaxi and |>i o denioerat ie eonipared with an estiinated 18 per eeut. Iiel'ore the eoiiinieneeioeal cd' the Army's reedueation jinigiamiiio. An addilional II |>er eeut. were l'a' ouraldy inelined to deinoeraey, lo per cenl. were still lnilitanllx pro Xazi, 19 per cenl., while nol stiielly pro-Xa/i, were unl'a vourablv dispo-ed towards Aiueriea, about 92 per eeut. irdhated a pieferenee i'or denioeiaey in Germanv, 7 per eent. fav oured ' 'oiu niuni: m, 5 jier eeut. favoured a eonstitutional luonareliy, 2 ]ier eent were Soeial Petuoerals and 5 per eent. were lor Xational Soeialism. Asked i I" tiiey thoiight lije .h-ws w ere lespoiisi.hle I'or ha ma ny 's Irouldes, 88 jier eent. auswered no, i!) per eent. said partly, ainl per eent. i-.ilirely, while 10 per eeut. de liued lo a li -..)•. The hallol was eondneied iinder i-om-jiletely .-eeiet eonditions and every etl'ort was niade t; assure a i'air eross Seetion of Ihe whole.