Faculty Poll Indicates Stevenson, Rockefeller Nominations Choices

Post-card ballots revealed yesterday that a majority of the 152 Faculty members responding to a Presidential Preference Poll would nominate Adlai E. Stevenson and Nelson A. Rockefeller as opposing candidates for the Presidency.

Harvard Students for Rockefeller sent the questionnaires at random to 410 Faculty members and all House Masters.

When asked to choose a favorite from any of the candidates now under consideration, the Faculty chose Stevenson (53), Rockefeller (32), vice-President Nixon (13), and Senator John Kennedy (9).

In selecting their favorite Democratic candidate, 62 per cent of those answering voted for Stevenson, while 16 per cent picked Kennedy and 10 per cent went for Hubert Humphrey.

With 122 votes to Nixon's 29, Governor Rockefeller swamped the vice-President in a contest among GOP candidates alone.

Representing 48 per cent of all persons polled, the Democrats favored Stevenson, Kennedy, and Humphrey, respectively, when asked to select a candidate from within their own ranks.

The one Socialist representative cast his vote for Senator William O. Douglas in an open fight, for Senator Hubert Humphrey in a closed Democratic contest, and for vice-President Nixon against other Republicans.