PLAIN PEOPLE: Chattanooga Speaks

Seven members of the League of Women Voters went into the streets of Chattanooga and asked 98 passersby: "What do you think of Dumbarton Oaks?" Some of the answers:

Lawyer: "If we take part in war, we should take part in peace."

Young girl: "I don't know. We're strangers in town."

Middle-aged woman: "I live in Georgia, so I don't know."

Minister: "There never will be a better plan."

Stenographer: "I don't eat anything but shredded wheat."

Schoolgirl: "Who?"

Army captain: "It's a pretty good thing."'

Totting up, the League ladies found that 50 of those questioned had...

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