The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-26
Platform Endorses
 Ne1v Deal Policies
Facilities for National Defense Must Not Be Used for Political Patronage = Roosevelt, Wallace Endorsed by State Delegates.

Endorsement of President Frank lin D. Roosevelt and Henry A. Wal lace in the coming national elec- tions, vote of loyalty to the party and its principles and a declaration of the party's stands on state issues are featured in the 1940 platform adopted by the Democratic State Convention in New Haven Saturday. The text of the platform follows:
 Preamble
 The Democratic party of the state of Connecticut, through its duly constituted delegates in con- vention assembled, indorses the renomination of Honorable Frank lin Delano Roosevelt for the presi- dency of the United States, and without reservation, reaff1rms its allegiance to his continued leader ship for the safety, security and welfare of the American people under democratic government. It likewise indorses the nomination the Honorable Henry Agard Wal lace for the vice-presidency.
 We pledge to these candidates and all such other candidates unfaltering loyalty and support.
 We offer our candidates for election to office in November 1940, upon the following platform:
 We reaffirm our faith in the democratic institutions upon which the governments of this state and nation are founded and we pledge ourselves to the liberal and humane administration of the powers of government as ex- emplifled by the leadership of President Roosevelt, and in fur therance thereof we ratify the na- tional Democratic platform adopt ed at Chicago on the 18th day of July, 1940.
 Defense
 We favor and will support all needed legislation and other ac- tion by the state government to aid and supplement the national defense program. We insist, how ever, that the facilities for de- fense shall not be used as tools for political patronage.
 We observe with increasing alarm the unjustifiable destruc- tion of duly constituted govern mentS throughout the world and \ call on the American people to stand fast to their adherence of constituted guarantees of personal and religious liberty and freedom of the press and the absolute elimination of subversive inter- ests of every kind. We shall re- sist and combat at all times every form of political, economic or so- cial discrimination against per- sons or groups because of their race, creed or color.
 Labor, Capital
 We shall continue to advocate sound legislation for the purpose of securing for wage earners fair share in the fruits of industry. We shall continue to sponsor and en- force all measures appropriate for a continued protection of employees in industry against exploitation and affirm our unqualified in- dorsement of the right of wage earnerS to collective bargaining through representatives of their own choosing, and we guarantee to protect employees against em- ployerS' interference in collective bargaining, and all other rights given to wage earners by laws. We are opposed to the oppressive and discriminating application of punitive statutes against workers participating in bona fide labor disputes.
 We stand for the maintenance and sound expansion of private enterprises and especially new industries in our state, but we shall not tolerate in any way the establishment in this state of any industry with a record of unsettled labor disputes or in operation of sweat shops else where.
 We believe, moreover, that all industries should be regulated by law to protct investors, employees, and consumers against the op- pressive practice of unregistered monopolies, and to that end we recommend the enactment of leg islation by the state to supple ment federal anti-trust laws.