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LITERARY
GUIDEPOST
* By JOHN SELBY
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"MANDATE FROM THE PEO
PLE/' by Jerome S. rBrune
(Duell. Sloan & Pearce; $2.75).
If there ever was a field in
which it is true that a given set
of figures can be made to prove
almost anything, it is the field of
public opinion sampling. Even
Jerome S. Bruner, who helps con
duct a very impressive institute
of “public opinion research” at
Princeton university, does not
claim infallibility for the poll
method of plumbing the public
mind, which is just as well, con
sidering its record in some elec
tions of recent memory.
To Dr. Bruner, wnose “Man
date of the People” is an explor-i
atory venture into the poll-world
of tomorrow, these samplings and!
their resulting graphs, charts and
pictographs are material for in-!
terpreta4ion. Therefore, a great
deal depends on the interpreter,
and by chance, Dr. Bruner is a
good one. He probably would ar
rive at exactly the same point,
flying blind, as he does by using
the collected samples of a thou
sand polls as guideposts. He says
we are at the crossroads, which
is not too new a phrase. If the
public comes to understand its
stake in the world and actively
and creatively implements its un
derstanding, the democratic proc
ess and a good life will survive.
If it apathetically depends on the
experts, the end of effective de
mocracy, is, he thinks, in sight.
Informa4ion in common sense
terms must flow increasingly to
the common people, he says, and
we must make it easier for them
to exercise their will. The town
meeting is passe, but we must re
cap4ure its spirit.
Dr. Bruner’s material rests on
polls covering world politics,
Russia, what to do to the defeat
ed enemy, American social se
curity, the returning soldier, the
future of free enterprise and a
dozen similar subjects. He does
not discuss the basic defect of
polls, to wit., their tendency to
reflect surface currents rather'
than serious thought, but he does;
not claim too much for their ac-j
curacy either. He is, as a rule, i
careful also to say exactly when
the samplings were taken, by
whom, and how the questions
were worded, and his sane if not
original conclusions come out of
a scientific bustle very impres
sive to the lay mind.
ENFORCED LUXURY
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. —CAP),
The Robert Caldw’ells renovated
an ancient log cabin several
miles from town as a rural re
treat. In it is a very fancy lav
endar bathtub. “The only one we
could find,” they explain.
Salmon Baked in Sour Cream
2 tablespoons margarine
2 ’aoiespoons flour
2 cups sour cream
2 teaspoons prepared mustard
2 cups cooked or canned sal
mon, flaked.
Melt margarine. Remove from
stove and carefully blend in
flour. Return to stove and add
sour cream, stirring until thick
and well blended. Stir in prepar
ed mustard until thoroughly ab
sorbed. Add salmon. Pour into
baking dish and cover with
crumbs. Dot with margarine.
Bake in 400 degree oven twenty
minutes, or until crumbs are
brown.
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Banana Fritters
| 1 cup sifted flour
2 tablespoons baking powder
2 teaspoons melted shortening
1-4 cup sugar
! 1 egg, well beaten
1-3 cup milk
1-4 cup flour
3 or 4 ripe bananas
Silt together the cup of flour,
; baking powder, salt and sugar.
Combine egg, milk and shorten
ing. Add to dry ingredients and
mix until batter is smooth. Peel
bananas and cut each into three
or lour diagonal pieces Roll in
the one-fourth cup flour. Drop
into fritter batter, completely
coating the banana pieces with
the batter. Deep-fat fry or shal
low fry in hot fat four to six
minu'es, turning frequently to
brown evenly. Drain on a rack.
Serve with all-spice sugar in the
proportion of one-half teaspoon
all-spice to onehalf cup sugar.
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