The Archive · 1939

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Novel Methods Used to Learn True Feelings London, May 10.

The Government has been using a most unusual method in order to discover the attitude of public opinion towards its present policy, according to "World Press News," a professional publication, which reports today that through the medium of third parties, the Government has been addressing questionnaires to the editors of the smaller provincial newspapers.

It is stated that in sending out these questionnaires the better-known British publicists have been passed over entirely and deliberately, since it was feared that their replies might not reflect the true viewpoints of public opinion.—Trans-Ocean.

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