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Burlington Atomic Energy Week, 1947

1947-10-10 Henry J. Kroeger to Mrs. Dorothy Schramm Page 1

The Iowa Poll
An Impartial Scientific Weekly Survey of What Iowans Think on Leading Topics of the Day. 

715 Locust Street, Des Moines 4, Iowa
October 10, 1947

Dear Mrs. Schramm:

We tried to reach you on the phone this afternoon and since we could not complete the call, a letter seems to be in order. 

Under the circumstances, I am afraid that the best we can do is something along the line of the suggestion in your letter. I refer to a survey in Burlington some time later. 

As I mentioned to you over the phone the other day, one of these days we will be undertaking a survey among a representative cross section of Iowa people. We hope that at that time we can do an intensive job in Burlington which would at least give us a measure of Burlington's awareness as compared with all Iowa. 

The time element was the most restricting factor in this decision. Under the circumstances, we would want this survey to stand scrutiny in scientific circles. It would, therefore, have to be very carefully designed cross section, should perhaps even include the usual pre-testing. In view of the fact that the first field work would have to be done week after next, it would be extremely difficult if not impossible to do the enormous amount of preliminary work in the time available. 

The program which you included is certainly impressive. Certainly it is a most commendable project, and you are entitled to a tremendous degree of success. 

I presume that your husband mentioned our chance encounter in the Taft Stassen luncheon.

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The Iowa Poll An Impartial Scientific Weekly Survey of What Iowans Think on Leading Topics of the Day. 715 Locust Street, Des Moines 4, Iowa October 10, 1947 Dear Mrs. Schramm: We tried to reach you on the phone this afternoon and since we could not complete the call, a letter seems to be in order. Under the circumstances, I am afraid that the best we can do is something along the line of the suggestion in your letter. I refer to a survey in Burlington some time later. As I mentioned to you over the phone the other day, one of these days we will be undertaking a survey among a representative cross section of Iowa people. We hope that at that time we can do an intensive job in Burlington which would at least give us a measure of Burlington's awareness as compared with all Iowa. The time element was the most restricting factor in this decision. Under the circumstances, we would want this survey to stand scrutiny in scientific circles. It would, therefore, have to be very carefully designed cross section, should perhaps even include the usual pre-testing. In view of the fact that the first field work would have to be done week after next, it would be extremely difficult if not impossible to do the enormous amount of preliminary work in the time available. The program which you included is certainly impressive. Certainly it is a most commendable project, and you are entitled to a tremendous degree of success. I presume that your husband mentioned our chance encounter in the Taft Stassen luncheon.