The Dolores star., 1924-07-11

discussion throughout the country, up
on the question in substance. as fol-
lows:
Shall the Cpited States become q
member of the League of Nations up
II such reservations or amendments to
the covenant of the league as the Pres
| ident and the Senate of the United
tates may agree upon?"
| Immediately upon an affirmative
vote we will carry out such mandate.
We favor and will promote deep
waterways from the Great Lakes to
the Gulf and to the Atlantic ocean.
Flood Control
We favor a policy for the fostering
and building of inland waterways and
the removal Of discrimination against
water transportation. Flood control
and the lowering Of flood levels is es-
sential to the safety of life and prop
erty, the productivity of our lands the
navigability of our streams and the re-
claiming of our wet and overflowed
lands and the creation of hydro-elec-
| tric power. We favor the expeditions
construction of flood relief works on
the Mississippi and Colorado rivers
| and also such reclamation and irriga-
| tion projects upon the Colorado river
as may be found to be feasible and
/ practical.
We favor a sustaining development
of aviation by both the government
and commercially.
We favor the immediate passage Of
such legislation as may be necessary
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force their laws relating to the grad
ual financial strangllng of innocent in
vestors. workers and consumers caused
| by indiscriminate promotion, reflnanc-
ing and reorganization OF corporations
on an inflated and over-capitalized ba-
! sis, resulting already in the undermin-
ing and collapse of many railroads,
public service and industrial corpora
| tions, manifesting itself in unemploy-
ment, irreparable loss and waste,
which constitute a serious menace to
the stability of our economic system.
Private Monopo!ies
The Federal Trade Commission has
submitted to the Republican admins
| trntiOn numerous reports showing the
| existence of mOnOpOlies and combina-
| tions in restraint of trade, and las
recommended proceedings against the
| violators Of the law. The few prosecu-
tions which have resulted from this
| abundant evidence furnished by this
agency created by the Democratic par
| ty, while proving the Indifference Of
| the administration to the violations of
! law by trusts and mOnopolIes and it's
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onstrate the value of the Federal
Trade Commission.
We declare that private monopoly
is indefensible and intolerable and
pledge the Democratic party to vigor-
Gus enforcement of existing laws
against monopoly and Illegal combina-
tions, and TO the enactment of such
further measures as may be neces-
sary.
Labor is not commodity. 1t is hui
man. We favor collective bargaining
and laws regulating hours of labor and
conditions under which labor is per-
formed. We favor the enactment of
legislation providing that the product
of convict labor shipped from one state
to another shall be subject to the laws
of the latter state exactly as though
they had been produced therein. In or
der to mitigate unemployment attend
ing business depression, we urge the
enactment of legislation authorizing
the construction and repair of public
works be initiated in periods of acute
unemployment.
We pledge the party to cooperate
with the state government for the well
fare. education and protection of child
life and all necessary guards against
! conditions for women.
Without the votes of Democratic
members of Congress the child labor
amendment would not have been sub
mitted for ratification.
From the day of their birth, friendly
relations have existed between the Lat
in-American republics and the United
States. That friendship grows strang-
er as our relations become more init
nate. The Democratic party sends to
these republics its cordial greeting:
God has made us eighbors-justice
shall keep us friends.
Freedom of Religion
The Democratic party reaffirmss it's
adherence and devotion to those car
dinal principles contained in the Con-
stitution and the preceptS upon which
,ur government is founded, that Con-
gress shall make no laws respecting
the establishment of religion, or pro-
hibiting the free exercise thereof, or
abridging the freedom of speech or Of
tn press, or the right of the people
peaceably TO assemble and to petition
the government for a redress of grev-
ances, that the church and the state
shall be and remain separate, and that
no religious test shall ever be required
MS a qualification to any office Of pub
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