Evening star., 1936-06-11
SOCIAL SECURITY
REPEAL FAVORED.
Repeal of Reciprocal Tariff
Act Urged to Defend
Farmer, Laborer.
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NSOUJlIlu6Q fTOI1 FlISL HdSc-J
this can be done under the Constitu-
ton as it stands" it said.
Agriculture-Promote an economy
of plenty instead Of scarcity; ma
tional land use program, including
acquisition of submarginal lands for
public use; protection of land re-
sources by a balance between soil
building and soil depicting crops with
reasonable benefits to cooperating
farmers on family farms"
Monopoly-Called 'indefensible and
intolerable"; favored vigorous enforce
ment of criminal and civil anti
monopoly laws with additional legis-
lation to make monopolies impossible.
Foreign relations-Pledged against
entangling alliances with foreign ma
tions; against entrance into the League
OF Nations and the World Court.
The platform declared for protec-
tion Of the farmer against the i'm
portation of all live stock, dairy and
agricultural products. substitutes
therefore and derivatives therefrom.
which will depress American farm
prices"
Live Stock Quarantine Asked.
1t called, too, for an effective
quarantine against imported live stock,
for ample farm credit at low rates, a
decentralized non-partiSan control of
the Farm Credit Administration"
On subsidies to agriculture, it called
for: In the case of surplus agricul-
tural products on which the tariff is
ineffective, the payment of reasonable
benefits upon the domestically con-
Sumed portion of such crops to COM
pensate for lack of tariff protection
and to attain a fair exchange value
with the products which farmers buy" "
1t called, too, for encouragement
and further development of co-opera-
tive marketing" Government assist
ance in diSposing of surpluses in for
eign trade with bargaining for foreign
markets selectively by countries both
as to exports and imports" adding:
I'VE strenuously oppose so-called re-
ciprocal treaties which trade off the
American farmer
It opposed the use of Federal funds
for new irrigation or drainage prof.
ectS competing with cultivated farm
lands" while surplus Of farm prod
ucts exists" and called for every
reasonable assistance" to producers in
areas suffering from temporary disas-
ters.
Worker Protection Urged.
On the tariff. the platform draft
HnnniT1n M GST
all products not grown or produced In
the United States in commercial
quantities. AS for imports that COM
pete with American products. the draft
said sufficient protection should be
maintained at all times to defend the
American farmer and the American
wage Garner from the destructive COM
petition emanating from the subsidies
of foreign governments and the i'm
ports from lowwage and depreciated-
currency countries"
1t added:
I'VE will repeal the present recip-
rocal trade agreements law. 1t is a
futile and dangerous policy Its ef-
feet on agriculture and industry has
been wholly evil. The continuation
of this policy would work to the det-
riment of the wage Garner and farmer.
I'VE 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 non-partisan lines.
I'VE will adjust tariffs with view
to promoting international trade, the
stabilization of currencies and the
attainment of a proper balance be-
tween agriculture and industry.
I'VE condemn the secret negotia-
ton of reciprocal trade treaties with
out public hearing or legislative ap-
proval."
Private MOnopolies.
On monopoly it said:
"A private monopoly is indefensible
and intolerable. 1t menaces and, If
continued, will utterly destroy con-
stitutional government and the liberty
of the citizen
I'VE favor the vigorous enforcement
of the criminal laws, as well as the
civil laws against monopolies and
trusts and their officials, and we de-
mand the enactment of such addi-
tional legislation as is necessary to
make it impossible for private monop-
oily to exist in the United States.
I'VE will employ the full powers
of the Government to the end that
monopoly shall be eliminated and that
free enterprise shall be fully restored
and maintained"
The draft said the party realized
the existence of a field within which
governmental regulation of business
is desirable and salutary," and said
the authority to regulate should be
vested in an independent tribunal act
ing under clear and specific laws es-
tabliShing definite standards" with
its decisions subject to review by the
courts.
I'VE favor Federal regulation, within
the Constitution, of the marketing of
securities to protect investors" the
draft said
Merit System Supported.
Another plank pledged the party to
support the merit system in the ap-
pointment of Federal employees, which
it said had been virtually destroyed"
by the present administration.
The draft charged the New Deal
with shameful waste and general
financial irresponsibility, adding:
ut has piled deficit upon deficit. 1t
threatens national bankruptcy and the
destruction through imitation of in
surance policies and savings bank de-
posits.
I'VE pledge ourselves to: