Positive thinking from yesteryear

Do you think the time will come when we will have a 30-hour work week in industry?
Yes.................57%
No..................28
Don't know....15

Those who responded in the affirmative were asked: Just your best guess, how soon do you think this will be?
In two years or less.............6%
In two to five years............14
In five to ten years.............18
More than ten years...........13
Don't know when...............6
Total..................................57%

- From a Gallup Poll conducted January 26-31, 1954 (this was Survey #559-K)

So in 1954, thirty-eight per cent of Americans thought a 30-hour work week was essentially right around the corner.  I'm all for it, but it turns out the thirteen per cent who thought it would take more than ten years were correct.

This is a real poll, by the way.