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Show POLL | PUBLIC “OPINION ceabcted : aes again iokes first _=| dents. -Eisenhowe PRINCETON—On this Christmase ce. Like PresiEleanor | \ Mrs. Roosevelt has topped the list for “ Yuletid here is another Day, eight consecutive years. ~ be greeting for the’ President: The American: public’ overwhelm: |" The top three places | on today’s ey 1959 list of “Most Admired Man’’ ingly chooses Dwight D. er as the “Most Admired Man” i NY! are filled by the same men that “WINSTON CHURCHILL PRESIDENT EISENHOWER the world today. had this: ranking on. the 1958 list: In, Second Place s os ‘Most Admired’ |. year . straight This is the eighth that Mr. Eisenhower: has been Eisenhower, Sir Winston ‘Churchill, familiar one on these lists of ‘Most his remaining days to giving eu named first in the public’s esteem and Dr. Albert Schweitzer. | Admired’ man.” In second place in cal help to. the people of Laos, ~ WINNIE NEXT in the Gallup Poll’s annual ‘‘Most Indo-China. © Admired Man”’ survey. a ceShA place on this “Man of 1958, he came up from fifth place Here is last year’s list, bd purIn the parallel poll on the ‘‘Most the Year’ list is former British on the 1957 list. | for 1959—just Prime Minister Sir Winston ChurchAdmired Woman’ poses of comparison: Next in order come Former Presreported—another consistent winner ill. The. already: legendary British ident Harry S. Truman and the newMOST ADMIRED MEN statesman, along with Eisenhower ly-installed Roman Catholic Pontiff, a 1958 . and Gen, Douglas. MacArthur, have Pope John XXIII. i President Eisenhower In today’s. survey, interviewers ‘been the only two men whose 2. Sir Winston Churchill names have never been off the an- for the Gallup Poll put this question 3. Dr. Albert Schweitzer nual lists of the “Most Admired ‘to a representative sample of U.S. 4. Rev. Billy Graham Man” since these popularity con- adults: ~ Quacks Gyp ~ Arthritis” Sufferers tests were inaugurated in 1946. ‘Just as. in: 1958, Dr. Albert ‘Sch2 wietzer, famous Medical mission- ary, is selected. in third place. Dr. Schweitzer’s nam es is: ay a very “What man that you have heard or read akout, living today in any part of the world, do you ‘admire most?” Here are the top ten, in order of frequency of mention: on 7 RAPF as 5. Former President Truman aeGen. Douglas MacArthur. ALBERT SCHWEITZER Repeats. of the types’ of leaders not included. There are no educators, no scien- | tats no labor leaders, no movie} or television stars, no sports figures among the top ten names. In addition to the top ten, many 3 other men were singled out by per- | sons interviewed in today’s survey. Those who received prominent mention include: : - Adlai Stevenson, Nehru, Oral Roberts, Dr. Jonas Salk, Sen. Kefauver, Gov. G. Mennen Williams, Bishop | Fulton J. Sheen, Dr. Werner Von Braun, tS Bera Jonas Salk Baruch | . Gov. Orval O1 Faubus _ In Third Gov. Orval Faubus, Sen. John Kennedy, Ralph Bunche, David Ben-Gurion, Gov. Nelson Rockefeller, Conrad Adenauer, Er‘nest | pacneMey, Bernard Baruch. . os By ene Gallup |
