Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 June 1936 — Page 6

By United Press . PHILADELPHIA, Ps, June 26— The text of the Democratic plat- ~ Jorm follows: We hold this truth to be selfevident—that the test of a repre-

- sentative government is its ability

to promote the safety and happi-

ness of the people. We hold this truth to be sell-

: evident—that 12 years of Republican

leadership left our nation sorely stricken in body, mind and ‘spirit; and that tnree years of Dem-

* otratic ‘leadership nave put it back on the Toad to restored health and

prosperity. We hold this truth to be selfevident—that 12 years of Repub-

: lican surrender to the dictatorship

of a privileged few have been supplanted by a Deinocratic leadership which has retuincd the peopie themselves to the placcs of authority, and has revived in them new faith and restored the hope which they had almost lost. We hold this truth to be self-evi-dent—that this three-year recovery in all the hasic values of life and the re-establishment of the American way of living has been brought about by humanizing the policies of the Federal government as they affect the personal, financial, industrial and agricultural well-being of the American people. We hold this truth to be selevident—that government in a modern civilization has certain inescapable obligations to its citizens, among which are: 1. Protection .of the family and the home. 2. Establishment of a democracy of opportunity for all the people. 3. Ald to those overtaken by disaster. These obligations, neglected through 12 years of the old leadership, have once more been recognized by American government. Under the new leadership they will never be neglected.

For Protection of Family and Home:

1. We have begun and shall continue the successful drive to rid our land of kidnapers and bandits. We shall continue to use the powers of government to end tne activities of the malefactors of great wealth who defraud and exploit the people.

Savings and Investment

2. We have safeguarded the thrift of our citizens by restraining those who would gamble with other people’s savings, by requiring truth in the sale of securities; by putting the brakes upon the use of credit for speculation; by outlawing the manipulation of prices in stock and commodity markets; by curbing the overweening power and unholy practices of utility holding companies; by insuring 50,000,000 bank accounts.

Old Age and Social Security

3. We have built foundations for the security of those who are faced with the hazards of unemployment and old age; for the orphaned, the crippled and the blind. On the foundation of the social security act we are determined to erect a structure of economic security for all our people, making sure that this:benefit shall keep step with the everincreasing capacity of ‘ America to provide a high standard of living for all its citizens.

Consumer

4. We will act to secure to the consumer fair value, honest sales and a decreased spread between the price he pays and the price the producer receives. y

Rural Electrification

5. This Administration has fostered power rate yardsticks in the Tennessee Valley and in several other parts of the nation. As a result electricity has been made available to the people at a lower rate. We will continue to promote plans for rural electrification and for cheap power by means of the yardstick method.

Housing

6. We maintain :- that our people are entitled to decent, adequate housing at a price which they can afford. In-the last three years the Federal government, having saved -more than two million homes from

. foreclosure, has taken the first steps

in our history to provide decent housing for people of meager incomes. We believe every encouragement should be given to the building of new homes by private enters prise," and that the government should steadily . extend ‘its housing program toward the goal.of adequate housing for those forced through economic necessities to live in unhealthy and slum conditions, Veterans 7. We shall continue just treatment to our war veterans and their dependents,

‘For Establishment of a De-

mocracy of Opportunity: AGRICULTURE

We. have taken the farmers off the road to ruin: We have kept our pledge to agriculture to use all available means to income toward its prewar purchasing power. The farmer is no longer suffering from 15cent corn, 3-cent hogs, 2'%4-cent beef at the farm, 5-cent wool, 30-cent wheat, $-cent cotton and S-cent

Sugar. By Pederal legislation we have reduced the farmers’ indebtedness and doubled his net income. In co-operation with the states and

' through the farmers’ own commit-

ance production with demand, at a |

fair profit to the farmers. We favor encouragement of sound, practical farm co-operatives. By the purchase and retirement of 10,000,000 acres of submarginal

land, and assistance to those at-|’ tempting to eke out an existence |

upon it, we have made a good beginning toward proper land use and rural rehabilitation. The farmer has been returned to the road to freedom and prosperity. We will keep him on that road,

Labor

We have given the army of America’s industrial workers something more substantial than the Republicans’ dinner pail full of promises. We have increased the worker's pay and shortened his hours; we have undertaken to put an end to the sweated labor of his wife and children; we have written into the law of the land his right to collective bargaining and self-organization | U free from the interference of employers; we have provided Federal machinery for the peaceful settlement of labor disputes. We will continue to protect the worker and we will guard his rights, both as wage.earner and consumer, in the production and consumption of all commodities, including coal and water power and other naturalresource products.

The worker has been returned to the road to freedom and prosperity. We will keep him on that road.

Business

We have taken the American business man out of the red. We have saved his bank and given it a sounder foundation; we have extended credit; we have lowered interest rates; we have undertaken to

Monopoly and Concentration of Neos nomic Power :

Monopolies and the concentration of economic power, the creation of Republican rule and privilege, continue to be the master of the producer, the exploiter of the consumer, and the enemy of the independent operator. This is a problem challenging the unceasing effort of untrammeléd ‘public officials in every branch of the government. We pledge vigorously and fearlessly to enforce the criminal and ‘civil provisions of the existing anti-trust laws, and to the extent that their effectiveness has been weakened by new corporate devices or judicial construction, we propose by law to restore their efficacy in stamping oul monopolistic practices and the concentration of economic power.

Aid to Those Overtaken by Disaster: We have aided and will corns to aid those who have been visited by widespread drought and “floods and have adopted a nation-wide flood-control policy, Unemployment We believe that unemployment is a national problem, and that it is

The Republican platform proposes to meet many pressing national problems solely by action of the ; know that

labor and working conditions in industry, monopolistic and unfair business practices can not. be adequately handled exclusively by 48 separate ‘state Legislatures, 48

48 separate state courts. Transactions and activities which inevitably overflow state boundaries call for both state and Federal treatment. We have sought and will continue to seek to meet these problems through legislation within the Constitution. If those problem fectively solved by législation within the Constitution, we shall seek

can not be ef-

such clarifying amendment as will

separate state administrations and |

nonpolicy-making positions in the Federal service. We shall subject to the civil service law all continuing positions. which, because of the emergency, have been exempt from its opera-

tion. : : Civil Liberties

We shall continue to guard the freedom of speech, press, radio, religion and assembly which our Constitution guarantees, with: equal rights to all and Special privileges to none. 1g Government Finance

The. Administration has stopped deflation, restored values and enabled business to go ahead with confidence. When nation income shrinks, gov-

ernment income is imperiled. In reviving national income, we have fortified government finance. We have raised the public credit to a position of unsurpassed security.

The interest rate on government

Platforms for. 1936 Campaign Compared

(Copyright, 1936, by United Press) PHILADELPHIA, June 26—Following is a comparative summary of the 1836 Democratic platform, and the 1936 Republican platform:

General Statement

1936 Democratic—We hold these fruths to be self-evident—that 12 years of Republicanism left the nation sorely stricken and that three years of New Deal recovery has been brought about by humanizing the policies of the government with a view to protection of the family and home, establishment of opportunity for all and aid to those overtaken by disaster. 1936 Republican—America is in peril, because of three long years in which the New Deal has usurped the powers of Congress, infringed on the liberties of the people, sought to usurp the rights of the states, bred fear in business.

Old Age and Social Security

1936 Democratic—We have built foundations for the security of the cld and unemployed; the orphaned, crippled and blind. We will erect a structure of economic security on it. 1936 Republican—We propose a pay-as-you-go old-age . security policy.

Veterans

1936 Democratic—+~We shall cons tinue just treatment to our war veterans and their dependents. 1936 Republican—Continuance of adequate compensation and care for disabled veterans ang dependents as in line with Republican policy.

Agriculture

» 1936 Democratic—We: have taken |:

farmers off the road to ruin; pledge all available means to raise farm in-

come; will continue to improve soil | :

conservation and domestic ‘allotment program with payments to farmers; recognize the gravity of evils of farm tenancy and pledge co-operation in refinancing farm in-

-debtedness at low rates; favor pro- |!

duction of all the market will ab-

sorb, plus a reserve; favor sound |: farm co-operatives and purchase for | retirement of 10,000,000 acres of}:

submarginal land as already undertaken; favor aid within Federal authority to adjust and balance pro-

duction to demand with a fair profit | :

to farmers. 1936 Republican—Facilitate production on a basis of abundance; a

national land-use program; a bal-|: ance between soil-building and soil-|

depleting crops; ample farm credit at rates as low as those enjoyed by

other industries; decentralization of ||

the Farm Credit Administration;

payment of reasonable benefits on |: the domestically consumed portion |:

of crops of which there are exportable surpluses to make the tariff

effective. Labor

1936 Democratic — We have in- ||

creased pay and shortened hours;

have written into law the laborer’s |:

right to bargain collectively free from interference of employers; pro-

vided ‘Federal machinery for settle- | ment of disputes; undertaken to end | |

sweated labor of his wife and children.

road. 1936 Republican — Protect the right of labor to organize and bargain collectively through representatives of its own choosing without interference from any source; support state laws and interstate com-

‘pacts to abolish sweatshops and

child labor and to protect women and children in respect to hours and wages. (Elsewhere in the 1936 Democratic platform is a declaration to seek cal Ynicouves 3s maximum hours and minimum for workers within the Constitution. bus Shrough an amendment if necessary. The Republican

nominee y similar pledge to seek an amendment if necessary.) |

1036 Democratic — The business

man-has been taken out of the red. 3

We will keep him on that road. 1936 Republican—To

We will keep him on that!

to restore their efficacy in stafping out concentration of power. 1936 Republican—A private ‘monopoly is intolerable. We favor the vigorous. enforcement of criminal and civil--laws. against monopolies and enactment of necessary legislation to make monopoly impossible.

Unemployment

1936 Democratic—An inescapable obligation to be met in a national way. The first objective is maximum employment in private industry at adequate wages; where business fails, work at prevailing wages should be provided in co-operation with state and local governments on useful projects. 1936. Republican—Necessities of life must be provided for the needy; we pledge return of responsibility ‘for relief administration to local agencies; Federal grants-in-

aid to states; a prompt determina-.

tion of the facts of relief and unemployment; public works on ‘their merits. :

The Constitution:

1936 Democratic—We have sought and will continue to seek to meet national problems through legislation within ' the Constitution.. If

these problem can not be sol/ed ef-. .fectively by legislation within “the

Constitution, we shall. seek ‘sich clarifying amendment as will assure to the Legislatures of the several states and to . the Congress, each within ‘its proper jurisdiction, the power to enact those laws necessary. Thus we propose to main-

.tain the letter: and spirit of the | Constitution. (The 1936 Republican platform did not propose a possible amendment, but the nominee interpreted it to mean that one would be sought if necessary to provide hours-wages legislation for women and children).

Government . Finance

1936 Democratic—We have fortified government finance by reviving national income; public credit is in a position of ‘unsurpassed security: we approve the objective of a permanently sound currency so stabilized as to prevent ‘the former wide fluctuations; a currency which will permit full utilization of the country’s resources. We assert that today we have the soundest currency in the world. We are determined to reduce government expenses as the requirements of relief decline ' and national income advances, through taxes levied in accord with ability to pay. Our retrenchment, tax and recovery programs reflect our determination to achieve a balanced budget and reduction of the national debt at the earliest possible moment. 1636 Republican—We pledge to stop the folly of uncontrolled spending and balance the budget by cutting expenditures drastically and immediately. We advocate a sound currency to be preserved at all hazards. We oppose further dollar devaluation and will restore to Congress the power to regulate the value of the dollar. We will co= operate with other nations toward

international stabilization - when

feasible. Foreign Policy 1936 Democratic—Will continue the good neighbor policy; we reaffirm our opposition to ‘war as instrument of national policy and declare for peaceful settlement of dis-

putes. We will take the profits. out

of war; guard against béing drawn by political commitments, international banking ‘or private trading, into any war. We shall continue to seek the lowering of tariff barriers but will continue. to give adequate tariff protection against unfair competition. 1936 Republican—We pledge to promote peace; to oppose foreign alliances; oppose United States membership in the League of Nations or World Court. We vigorously oppose the Administration’s policy of reciprocal trade treaties. We will restore thé principle of

flexible tariff to meet changing eco

nomic conditions.

The Issue

1936 Democratic—The people are to choose between a Republican Administration that has and ‘would

again regiment them in the serv-j:

ice of privileged groups and a Democratic Administration dedicated to

the establishment of equal economic.

opportunity forall.

1936 Republican—To a free people :

actions (of the New Deal) are insufefrable: This campaign can not. be waged on the traditional differences between the Republican and Democratic parties; We invite all Americans to join us in defense’ of American institutions.

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to be prepared resolutely to resist aggression against ourselves; to work for peace and to take the profits out of war; to guard against being drawn, by political commitments, international banking or private trading, into any war which may develop anywhere. "We shall continue to foster the increase in our foreign: trade which has been achieved by this Administration; to seek by mutual agreement the lowering of those tariff barriers, quotas and embargoes which have been raised against our exports of agricultural and industrial products; but continue as in the past to give adequate protection to our farmers and manufacturers against unfair competition or the dumping on our shores of

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Pe have faith in the destiny of our nation. We are sufficiently endowed with natural resources and with productive capacity to provide for all a quality of life’ that meets the standards of real Americanism, Dedicated to a government of liberal American principles, we are determined to oppose equally the despotism of Communism and the menace of concealed Fascism. We hold this final truth to be self-evident—that the interests, the security andthe happiness of the people of the Uhited States of America can be perpetuated only under Democratic government as conceived by the founders of our nation.

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