Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-29
COP. Platform

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their respect, and not one based en-
the reckless squandering of Ameri-
can funds by overlapping agencies.
POSTWAR PREPAREDNESS:
We favor the maintenance OF
postwar military forces and estab-
successful defense and the safety
of the United States, its posses
sionS and outpocts, for the main
tcnance of the Monroe Doctrine
and for meeting any military COM
mitmentS determined by Congress.
DOMESTIC POLICY:
We shall devote ourselves to re-
establishing liberty at home.
We shall adopt a program to put |
men to work in peace industries as |
promptly as possible and with spe-
cial attention to these who have |
made sacrifice by serving in the
armed forces. We shall take govern
ment out of competition with priv
ate industry and terminate ration
ing. price fixing and all other emer-
gency powers. We shall promote the
fullest stable employment through
private enterprise.
AVOID LIBERALIZATION
The measures we propose shall
avoid liberalization of government
to the end that our states,
schools and cities shall be free;
shall avoid delegations of legisla-
tive and judicial power to admins
trative agencies, to the end that
TIE peoples representatives in Con-
gress shall be independent and in
full control of legislative policies.
and shall avoid, subject to war
necessities. detailed regulation OF
farmers, workers, businessmen and
consumers, to the end that the in
dividual shall be free.
The remedies we propose shall be
based on intelligent cooperation be-
tween the federal government, the
state and local government and the
initiative of civic groups, net on the
panacea of federal cash. Four years
more of New Deal policy would
centralize all power in the Presi-
dent, and would daily subject every
act of every citizen to regulation
by his henchmen; and this country
could remain a republic only in
name. No problem exists which
cannot be solved by American
methods. We have no need of Ell
ther the communictic or the fascist
technique.
Our goal is to prevent hardship
and poverty in America. That goal
is attainable by reason of the PRO-
ductive ability of free American
labor. industry and agriculture, II
supplemented by system CT social
security on sound principles.
We pledge our support of the
following:
l. Extension of the existing old
age insurance and unemployment
insurance systems to all employees
not already covered.
2. The return of the public en-
plcyment office system to the state
at the earliest possible time fl
nanced as before Pearl Harbor.
3. A careful study of federal
state programs for maternal and |
child health, dependent children,
and assistance to tie blind, with |
a view to strengthening these pro-
grams.
4. A continuation of these and
other programs relating to health
and the stimulation by federal aid
cf state plans to make medical and
hospital service available to those
in need without disturbing DOCTOR
patient relationships or socializing
medicine.
5. The stimulation of state ard
local plans to provide decent low
cost housing properly financed by
the Federal Housing Administra-
ton. or otherwise, when such hous-
ing cannot be supplied or financed
by private sources.