Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 June 1936 — Page 18

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GLEVELAND, Jie 12 — Text of the 1936 Republicag platform follows:

America is in peril. The welfare of American men and women and the future of our youth are at stake.

We dedicate ourselves to the pres- |

ervation of their political liberty, their individual opportunity and their character as free citizens, which today for the first time are threatened by government itsell. ‘For three long years the New Deal Administration has distraditions and yed the pledge upon which the tic Party sought and received public aid, : Powers Usurped The powers o6f Congress have been usurped by the President. The integrity and authority of the Supreme Court have been flaunted. The rights and liberties of American citizens have been violated. Regulated monopoly has displaced free enterprise. The New Deal Administration constantly seeks to usurp the rights Jesarved to the states and to the e = It has insisted on the passage of laws contrary to the Constitution: “Witnesses Intimidated” It has intimidated witnesses and - interfered with the right of petition. It has dishonored our country by repudiating its most sacred obligations. It has been guilty of frightful waste and extravagance, using public funds for partisan political purposes. It has promoted investigations to harass and intimidate American citizens, at the same time denying investigations into its own improper expenditures. | It has created a vast multitude of new offices, filled them with its favorites, set up a centralized bureaucracy, sent out swarms of inspectors to harass our people. “Bred Fear, Hesitation” It has bred fear and hesitation in commerce and industry, thus discouraging new enterprise, preventing employment and prolonging the depression. . It secretly has made tariff agreements with our foreign competitors, flooding our markets with foreign commodities. It has coerced and intimidated voters by withholding relief to those . opposing its tyrannical policies. * It has destroyed the morale of many of our people and made them dependent. upon government. Appeals to passion and class prejudice have replaced reason and tolerance. To a free people, these actions are insufferable. This can not pe waged on the traditional differences between the Republican and Democratic Parties. The responsibility of this election transcends all previous political divisions. We invite all Americans irrespective of party, to join us in de- - fense of American institutions.

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pl 1. We. “approve a pay-as-you-go which of each generation the support of the aged and ot what is just |

minimum income sufficient to protect him or her from want. 3. Each state and territory, upon complying with simple and general minimum standards, should receive from the Federdl government a graduated contribution in proportion to its own, upto a fixed maximum. 4. To make this program consistent with sound fiscal policy the Federal revenues for this purpose must be provided from the proceeds of a direct tax widely .distributed. All will be benefited and all should contribute. We propose: to encourage adoption by the states and territcries of | honest and practical measures for meeting the problems of unemployment insurance. ; The unemployment insurance and old-age annuity sections of the present social security act are unworkable and deny benefits to about

two-thirds of our adult population, :

including professional ' ‘men ‘and women and all those engaged in agricylture and domestic service and the self-employed, while ‘imposing heavy tax burdens upon ali. The so-called reserve fund estimated at $47,000,000 for old-age insurance is no reserve at all, because the fund will contain nothing but the government’s promise to pay, while the taxes collected in the ruse of premiums: will be wasted by the government in reckless and ‘extravagant political schemes,

LABOR

The welfare of labor rests upon Increased production’ and the prevention of exploitation. We pledge ourselves to: Protect the right of labor to. organize and to bargain. collectively through representatives of its own choosing without intereference from any source. Prevent- governmental jobholders from exercising autocratic powers over labor. Support the adoption of state laws and interstate compacts to abolish sweatshops and child labor and to protect women and children with respect to maximum hours, minimum wages and working conditions. We believe that this can be done within the Constitution as it now stands.

CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT AND FREE ENTERPRISE

We pledge ourselves: 1. To maintain the American system of constitutional and local self-government, and to resist all attempts to impair the authority of the Supreme Court of the United States, the final protector of the rights of our citizens against the arbitrary . encroachments of the legislative and executive branches of government. There can be no individual liberty without an independent judiciary. 2. To preserve the American system of free enterprise, private competition, and equality of -opportunity, and to seek its constant betterment in the imterest of all.

RE-EMPLOYMENT

The only permanent solution of the unemployment problem is the absorption of the unemployed by industry and agriculture. To that end, we advocate: Removal of restrictions .on production. Abandonment of all New Deal policies that. raise production .costs, increase the cost of living and thereby. restrict buying, reduce volume and prevent re-employment. Encouragement instead of hindrance to ‘legitimate business. : Withdrawal of government . from competition With private pay rolls. Elimination of unnecessary and hampering regulations. Adoption of such other policies as will furnish a chance for individual enterprise, industrial expansion and _ the restoration. of jobs.

RELIEF

provided for the needy, and hope must be restored pending -recovery. The administration of relief is a major failure of the New Deal. It has been faithless to those who most deserve our sympathy. To end oonfusion; . partisanship, waste and incompetence, we pledge: 1. The return of responsibility for relief administration to nonpolitical

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AGRICULTURE

The farm problem is an economic and social, not a partisan problem, and we propose to treat it accordingly. Following the wreck of the restrictive and coercive AAA, the New Deal Administration has taken to itself the principles of the Republican policy of soil conservation and land retirement. This action: opens the way for a nonpolitical and permanent . solution. Such a solution can not be had under a New Deal Administration - which misuses the program to- serve partisan ends, to promote scarcity and to limit by coercive methods ‘the

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“ TARIFF

Nearly 60 per cent of all imports

into the United States are now. free |

of duty. The other 40 per cent of imports compete diréotly with the product of our industry. We would | keep on the free list all products not grown or produced in the United States in commercial quantities, As to all c ties . that commercially compete with our farms, our forests, our mines, our. fisheries, our oil wells, our labor and our. industries, sufficient protection should be maintained at all times to defend the American farmer and the American wage earner from. the destruc-

. tive competition emanating from the subsidies of foreign governments |

and the imports from low-wage and depreciated-currency countries. We will repeal the présent reciprocal trade agreement law. It is futile and dangerous. Its effect on agriculture and industry has been destructive. Its’ continuation would work to the detriment of the wage earner and the farmer. We will restore: the ‘principle’ of the flexible tariff in order to meet changing economic conditions here and abroad and broaden by careful definition the powers of" the tariff commission in order to extend "this policy along nonpartisan lines. We will adjust tariffs with a view to promoting international trade, the stabilization of currency and the attainment of a proper: balance between agriculture and industry. ‘We condemn the secret negotiation of reciprocal trade treaties without public hearing or igiziative approval.

MON OPOLY

A private monopoly is indefens:ble and intolerable. It menaces, and if eontinued will utterly destroy, constitutional government and the liberty of the citizens, We favor the vigorous enforcement of the criminal laws as well as the civil laws against monopolies and trusts and their officials, ani we demand the enactment of such additional legislation as is. nezessary to make it impossible for private monopoly to exist in the United

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We will employ the full ‘powers of the government to the end that ‘monopoly shali be eliminated and that free enterprise shall be fully restored and maintained.

REGULATION OF BUSINESS

We recognize the ‘existence of a field within which governmental ! regulation is desirable and salutary. The authority ‘to regulate should be vested in an. independent tribunal | acting under clear and specific laws establishing definite © standards. Their determinations on law and

farmer’s control over his own farm., facts should be .subject to review

Our’ paramount object is to protect and foster the family type of farm, traditional in American life, and to: prote ‘policies which will bring about an adjustment of agriculture to meet the needs of domestic and ‘foreigh markets. As ‘an emergency measure, during the agri-

cultural depression, Federal ‘benefit , ts in ‘aid, when;

payments or administered within the means of the Federal government are consistent with a balanced budget. We propose: 1. To facilitate economical . production and increased consumption on a basis of . abundance instead of scareity. 2. A national land-use “program, including the acquisition of abandoned and nonproductive farm lands by. voluntary sale or lease, subject to approval of the legislative and ‘executive branches .of the states ‘concerned, and the devotion of such land to appropriate public use, such as watershed protection and flood prevention, reforestation, recreation and conservation of wild life.

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‘regulation, within the Constitution, of the marketing of securities - to protect investors. ' We ‘favor "also Federal tion of the interstate activities: of public utilities,

CIVIL SERVICE

Under the New Deal, “official atithority has been given to inexperienced and incompetent persons. The civil service has been sacrificed to create a national political machine. As a result the ‘Federal government has never presented such a picture of confusion and .inefficiency. We pledge ourselves to the merit system, virtually destroyed by New Deal spoilsmen. It should be restored, improved and exteadsd. We will provide such conditions as offer an attractive, permanent career in government service to

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“His only fixed policies have. fostered monopoly;. threatened the nations credit; driven néeded capital from the field of industrial enterprise; - increased unemployment; and caused confidence in representative government. to reach its ebb. From it all there has come a sense of insecurity, of uncertainty and even of dread, precluding any hope of re-establishing . individual security, of a moral reawakening of our people, or of a permanent re--habilitation of agriculture. and industry.” LH :

“SOLE RALLYING GROUND”

“Although we come as Republicans we are here, in fact, representing every man and every woman who glories in the accomplishment

| FOREIGN AFFAIRS

We pledge. ourselves to promote and maintain peace by all honorable means not ‘leading to foreign alliances or political commitments. Obedient. to" the traditional" foreign policy ‘'of America and to the American people, we pledge that America shall not: become a member ‘of the League of Nations nor cf the World Court nor shall America take on any entangling alliances in foreign affairs. : We shall promote, as the best means of securing and maintaining peace by the pacific settlement of disputes, the great cause of international arbitration through the establishment of free, independent tribunals, which shall determine such - disputes in accordance with law; equity and justice.

NATIONAL my

“We: favor an army and-navy, including air forces, adequate for our national : defense. : We will co-operate with other nations in the limitation of armaments and control of traffic in arms.

BILL OF RIGHTS

‘We pledge ourselves to preserve, protect and defend, against all intimidation and threat, freedom of religion, speech, press and radio, and the right of assembly and petition and immunity from ‘unreasonable searches and seizures. We offer the abiding security of a government of laws as against the autocratic perils of a government, of men,

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follow must have a clear conception ay

of the problems of those who labor, gained not from a detached ‘the‘oretical - viewpoint but because ‘he has labored; that he must have a realization of: the needs of those in

distress, not. from the information

of others recived in surroundings of luxury but from personal contact with those who have been in want; that he shall know the problems of those who cultivate the soil not t¥rough what he has learned. from | others who pander these questions

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“MODERN AMERICA”

“He must know - COSINE of the difficulties and intricacies of Amer--ican business life, not from: economists who havé never known the necessity of meeting a pay roll but from his own experience in business. He needs must realize that the disbursement of public funds is a public’ trust and not a political revelry, and he is the more apt to have that realization if his own property has not been: bestowed upon him but has been gained through

-his own efforts.

“Fully conscious of the. duties and obligation I conceive to: be: mine: as a’ delegate to this convention and appreciating the character that we must require of our nominee; I give you the name. of a Republican Governor from. a Republican state— Alfred Mossman. Landon of Kansas. “The personal history of Gov. Landon is a story of modern America. It is a tribute to individual opportunity. and to individual char-! acter. Gov. Landon was no more favored by: forturie than millions of his fellow citizens. His education and " upbringing were not those which ' great riches can purchase His heritage did not include. material wedlth. “But he ‘did share with millions of the rest ef us in the mighty fortune with which American principles of life and American opportun-

ities for life have endowed us. Faith

in America and confidenee in‘themselves guided Gov. Landon’s parents while he was a boy, and that same faith has guided him in his activities as a Han. 2

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FURTHERMORE.

(1. We favor the. construction by the Federal. government of headwater storage basins to prevent floods, . subject ‘to the approval of the legislative and executive branches of the government of the states ‘whose lands are concerned.

2. We favor equal opportunity for |

our colored citizens. We pledge our protection of" their economic status and personal safety. We will do our best to ‘further their employment in" ‘the gainfully’ occupied life of America, particularly in private industry,. agriculture, emergency agencies and the civil service. ..We condemn. the present :New Deal policies which: would regiment and ultimately eliminate the colored citizen from .:the country’s : pro‘ductive life, and make him solely a ward of the Federal government. “3. To our Indian population we

pledge every effort on the part of |

the national government to ameliorate living conditions | for

young men and women of ability, ir- | them.

respective of party ‘affiliations.

‘GOVERNMENT = FINANCE

The. New Deal Aaministration has

sponsibility. It has aia deficit upon deficit. ‘It threatens national bankruptcy. and the. destruction

Stop . the folly of uncontrolled spending. - Balance the Budget — not by increasing taxes 2it-by Culling sipenet the Federal ana co-ordinate with shuts

fax systems. - “Due the taxing gover fo rung for punitive or -

revenue and not elitical purposts.

- MONEY AND BANKING

4. We pledge: continuation’ of “the

‘Republican policy of adequate com- | |

pensation and care for veterans disabled in the service of our country, and for their widows, orphans and dependents. = ae 5. We shall use every effort to collect the war debt due: us from foreign countries, amounting to $12,000,000,000—one-third of our national debt. No effort has been made by the: present ‘administra

“In common with the great majority of his fellow citizens Gov. Landon learned from the precept and -example of his parents the abiding virtues of work, of honesty, of thrift, of modesty, and of tolerance, and he learned also. the excellent and unanswerable ‘reasons

.why these virtues remain with us while others less, substantial. fade

away. “In common with’ all’ of his’ generation he. shared the advantages of our great system of public educa- | je tion. -In common with millions. of us. he was a member of the armed | { forces. of the United States. But more important, because more characteristic ‘of our nation, Gov. Landon has shared directly in the work of America. ‘Huge as was the Army mobilized - for: war it was nothing compared to the vast’ army of workers who have in every generation, by & their own initiative and by their wn co-operation on with each- Other, built and rebuilt America. “Gov. Landon knows ‘what means to labor; for under the burning sun of Oklahoma and Kansas he Be lived and wekted i fhe olf cae

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eputation. A reputation for knowing how to work, a reputation for keeping his word, a reputation for being far too intelligent: to be fooled and far too to be frightened. It is not without effort that a man can earn his living and such a reputation; and such an achievement is sufficient for most men in their life time, But the tradition .of this country is: not only that its citizens should work, but that they | ‘should also govern themselves. “Gov. Landon did not wait to assume his responsibilities: as. a member of a self-governing community, a self-governing state and "a selfgoverning nation. From the time he was old enotigh to assume the simplest duty of a citizen—the duty to vote, he informed ‘ himself, through | ‘contact and experience, ‘of the: workings of this machinery of self-government. No “It ' is not, therefore, by chance that Gov. Landon received that experience in both business and government which the party and the country recognize as an essential ‘qualification for our leader. He

learned the one as he learned the |

other, from the ground up, not with

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bitions, but with the purpose of fulfilling his full duty as a citizen of his country. - “Gov. Landon’s initial political success was based upon -the ‘opinion his fellow citizens ‘had formed of his - knowledge, his -reputation and his ‘character as shown ih business -and -on the smaller stages: of ‘politics. No one could tell, when -he was first elected Governor of Kansas, that that knowledge and that reputation and character would "be sufficient to: allow him to assume with credit the new fresponsintiities of high public office.” :

; “STILL OF THE PEOPLE”

“That he ‘did so not only adequately. but. brilliantly, is a part. of the history of my state. - He did not change in character as Governor from: the mar who. had run -for Governor, or - from the successful business man Interested in local -politics. “Moreover, under the- ‘White: light of merciless: publicity that glares on every presidential candidate, Gov. Landon has remained unchanged with the same sense of proportion

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still ‘of the people,. and in: recent weeks the voice of acclaim. arising from the rank and file of men that make up the American democ‘racy: has shown that these facts are widely appreciated...

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“yet Gov. Landon was elected to ; office at the same time that the Deal Administration was electpower. He faced in his capacia state executive emergencies

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“There is doting easier than to ‘break a contract once you have convinced yourself that contracts can be broken. There is nothing easier than telling a: half-truth. to cover that broken contract, once you have decided that truth is out of style.

votes, once you have decided that you want votes more than your own self-respect. “There is nothing easier than spending money you do not have to pay, and it is easy and amusing to indict and condemn the motives of your opponents, when you: have lost ‘your sense of proportion and have become convinced that you and you alone are indispensable to the people. “Adoption. of the policies that have ruled in Washington for the last four years would have bzen just as easy in Kansas. Except for one thing—that Gov. Landon had not seen fit .to take the first steps toward unreliability. His answer to emergency was. different. He decided that even if citizens were losing confidence in: all else around

cause ‘to lose confidence in : their ‘new Governor ”

“ONE OF ORDINARY FOLK” |

“He. promised economy; he gave ‘economy. He promised co-operation with the Legislature; he co-operated with the Legislature. He promised appointments on the basis of merit and he made his appointments on that basis. He swore to uphold the Constitution and he’ upheld it, for to him: the Constitution was not an obstacle to be circumvented but a ‘tool to be rightly used. “He avoided personal abuse in his campaign, he avoided it in. his administration, and in that administration’ neither deceit nor malice have had a place. In his personality there is neither intolerance nor egotism. He ‘has never been removed from the body of the:common people and I. predict that no honor will ever so remove him. “He has been and is, simply and plainly, one of the ordinary folk of this country and his’ conception of

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a candidate. We have adopted our platform. We have pledged oure selves to certain principles and to certain policies. I know that Gov, Landon as the nominee of this party will, when elected, carry out its pledges. Months befor: this convention met, he indicated to the party and to the country the posie tion which he took upon the basic issues confron A us.”

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“He has plainly expressed his concern in the problems of the farmer for he knows it affects every phase of our social and economic life. He knows that the farmer is entitled to receive for his crop a fair price, comparable to the prices of the commodity he buys and that he should: not have the value of his labor and his procedure affected hy artificial handicaps. He is determined that there shall be a solution of those problems but not at tha cost of the farmer's rights as an American citizen. “Gov. Landon has made clear also the basic policies which should be adopted by the government in order that we may realize a business recovery which is permanent. He has made fully clear that the first es sential must be the restoration of confidence. Confidence in the currency, confidence in the credit of the government, and above-all confidence in the honesty and efficiency of the Federal Administration. “As essentials for creating this confidence, he has . proposed a sound and stable monetary system, a more effective budget-making by the executive and a policy of rea=

| sonable economy in jhe expenditures

of public funds. He has given his opinion that work for those who

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from the assurance of business and industry, that they may plan wisely for the future without fear that their plans may be dislocated at any time by a mulitude of wild-cat schemes. “No friend of monopoly in any business, .nqunced without equivocation that we must attack the evils of monopoly frankly and resolutely, and must insist that government keep in force 5 all times a fair competitive syse m. 9

“AWARE OF CHANGES”

“Hig ‘position on other issues is based upon this same determination

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“In *Kansas Gov. - “Landon ‘has :

made state administration.not complex but simple. to. give .the impression that it is a

task to be assumed only by super | :

men. It-is my prediction that as the standard ~bearer- of -his: party - he will be. elected to. the presidency and -he will meet the multiple probof that ~office in a. similar Spirit, which Will. create the same feeling among the citizens of the nation; . and .the creation of that feeling will go far toward restoring the essential confidence of our citizens in themselves and in: their goyerninent . on is: the. ‘nation’s grea need ay, “Through

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