German Opinion and American Isolationism.

The German people have a large number of cares and worries. But the greatest of these is food. Almost steadily since the end of the World War II, the weight of the German population has been dropping. Many other cares press hard upon the German people, unemployment, worry about missing or still-absent prisoners of war, the coldest winter in decades blowing through shattered and unheated houses, overcrowding in totally or partially destroyed cities, the scarcity of tools on the farms and in the shops, or the slowly rising cost of living. An attempt has been made in this article to show something about how political dispositions and predispositions are operating today in Germany. On the issue of current political line-up in terms of East or West orientation, German political parties can be divided into two groups: the Communist and the non-Communist. The Communist Party is supported by a very small fraction of the electorate. In view of the high participation of the German public in elections, it is apparent that if the Communist Party should persuade every one of the non-voters to vote Communist Party they would end with an influential minority, but only that. Most of the German believe that United States will have the greatest influence on world affairs in the next ten years and not Russia.