Show II r Text nf of 1 f Pla Platform Voted Vo ted By Democrats ts I CONVENTION HALL Philadelphia June 26 AP The AP-The Th The e text of the Democratic platform follows We hold this truth to be evident sel-evident that self that the test of a representative government is its ability to promote the safety and happiness happiness' of the people We hold this truth to be self evident that self that 12 years of Republican Republican Republican Re Re- publican leadership left our nation sorely stricken in body mind Sd and spirit and that three years of Democratic leade leadership s ip have put it back on the road to restored hea health th and prosperity We hold this truth to be that self-evident-that 12 years of ot Republican Republican Republican Re Re- publican surrender to the dictatorship of a privileged few have been supplanted by a Democratic leadership wh which h has returned the people themselves to the places of authority and has revived re revived revived re- re in them new faith and restored the hope which they had almost lost We Ve we hold nom this truth to be that self this year three-year recovery in all the basic values of life and the reestablishment of the American way of living has been brought about by humanizing humanizing humanizing hu hu- hu- hu the policies of the federal government as they ct affect the personal financial industrial and agricultural well being of the American people We hold this truth mth to be that self-evident-that g government in m a modern civilization has certain inescapable obligations to its citizens among which are 1 I Protection of the family and the home 2 Establishment of a democracy of opportunity for all the P people 3 Aid to those overtaken by disaster These obligations neglected through 12 years o of the old leadership have once more been bee recognized d by American gov gov- Under the new leadership they will never be neglected For the protection of the family and the home 1 We have begun and shall shan continue the successful drive to rid our land of kidnapers and bandits We shall shan continue to use the powers of government to end the activities of the malefactors malefactors malefactors male male- factors of great wealth who defraud and exploit the people SAVINGS AND INVESTMENT 2 We have safeguarded the thrift of our citizens by restraining re restraining re- re straining those who would gamble with other peoples people's savings by requiring truth in inthe the sale of securities by putting the brakes upon the u use e of credit credit for speculation by outlawing the manipulation lati lation n of prices in stock and commodity markets by curbing the overweening power and unholy practices of utility holding companies companies com corn by insuring fifty million 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 benefit bene bene- fit shall keep step with the increasing ever-increasing capacity of America to provide a high standard of living for all its citizens CONSUMER 4 We will act to secure to the fair value honest sales and a decreased s spread read between the price he pays and the price the producer receives RURAL ELECTRIFICATION 5 S This administration has f 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 ata ata a lower rate We will continue to promote plans for rural electrification elec elec- and for cheap power by means of the yardstick h method HOUSING ROUSING 6 We maintain that our people are entitled to decent adequate adequate ade ade- quate housing at a price which they can afford In the last three years th the federal government having saved more than two million homes from foreclosure has taken the first steps step s in our out history to provide decent housing for people of meager incomes incomes We bel believe eve every encouragement should be given to the building of new homes by private enterprise ana that the government gover should steadily extend its housing program toward the goal oJ of adequate housing adequate housing for those forced through economic necessities t to live r i in unhealthy and slum conditions VETERANS 7 We shall continue just treatment to our war veterans veteran and their dependents For the establishment of a democracy of opp opportunity AGRICULTURE We have taken the farmers off the road to ruin ui We have kept OUr our pledge to agriculture to use all available e n means a to ra raise e farm income to toward ard its its' prewar purchasing power r. r The farmer is no longer suffering from cent 15 corn cent 3 hogs s cent 2 b beef ef at the farm cent 5 wool cent 30 wheat cent 5 it itt t cotton and cent 3 sugar By federal legislation we have reduced the farmers' farmers indebtedness t- t edness and doubled his net income In cooperation with th the 10 a states and through the farmers' farmers own committees we are re re- re storing the fert fertility lit of his land and checking the erosion of his hi is s soil soli We Ve are bringing electricity and g good od r roads ads to h his s home e. e We y will vill continue to o improve the soil conservation and domestIc do do- D- D all allotment with to program payments farmers We will continue a minded fair-minded administration of 1 t tural laws quick t to recognize and meet new problems and condl con con- i- i L- L dl We recognize the of iy gravity the evils of farm tenancy y V. V and we pledge the full cooperation of the government in the ie e refinancing of farm indebtedness at the lowest possible rates rate of interest and over a long term of years We favor the production of all the market will absorb bot both th h thre at at home hom and abroad plus a reserve supply sufficient to insure re rens e fair fall prices to consumers we favor judicious commodity loans bar ns Is on seasonal surpluses and we favor assistance within federal feder al ii authority to enable farmers to adjust and balance production n with demand at a fair profit to the farmers We favor encouragement of sound es practical farm cooper cooper- r- r By the he purchase and retirement of ten million 1 acres of f land and assistance to those attempting t to eke out o ut it an existence upon it we have made a a good beginning toward rd d proper land use and rural rehabilitation The farmer has been returned to the road to freedom and an nd d prosperity We will keep him on that road LA LABOR OR We Ve have given the army of Americas America's industrial workers rs something more substantial than the Republicans' Republicans dinner pail ail til p full of promises We have increased the workers worker's and nd pay ar shortened his hours we have undertaken to put an end to ti the he me sweated labor of his wife and children we have nave written into in ito to the law of the land his right to collective bargaining and self self- sel If- If organization free from the interference rence of provided federal employers we ha have ve ie vei disputes machinery for the peaceful settlement of labor lab i or Dr his We will continue to protect the worker and we will guard ird rd irdon rights right both as wage earner and and consumer the production on n consumption of all commodities including coal and wat water ter er power and ana other natural resource products The worker has been returned to the road to freedom az and nd md prosperity We will keep him on that road BUSINESS We have taken the American business man out of the re red ed d. d We Ve have ha saved his bank and rid given it a sounder foundation have we ye extended credit we have lowered inter interest t rates we ha have ive ye I undertaken to free him from the ravages of throat cut-throat tion 4 The American bus busto business mess man has been returned to the road to freedom We will keep him on that road YOUTH We Ve have aided youth to stay in school given the them constructive constructive con con- occupation opened the door to opportunity which 12 years of Republican neglect had closed Our youth have been returned to the road to freedom and prosperity We will keep them on that road MONOPOLY AN AND CONC CONCENTRATION OF ECONOMIC POWER VER 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 h consumer and the enemy of the independent operator This is 15 a pro problem lem chal chal- al- al the unc unceasing asing effort of untrammeled public officials in every branch of the government We Ve pledge vi vigorously and fearlessly to enforce the criminal and civil provisions of the existing antitrust laws jaws and to the extent that their effectiveness has been weakened by new corporate devices or judicial construction construction con con- we prop propose se by Jaw law to restore their efficacy in staming stamp stamp- ing out monopolistic practices and the he concentration of economic power AID Am TO THOSE OVERTAKEN BY DISASTER We have aided and will continue to aid those who have been visited by widespread drouth and floods and have adopted I a wide nation-wide flood control policy UNEMPLOYMENT UNEl We believe that unemployment is a national problem and that it is an inescapable obligation of our government to meet it in a national way Due to our stimulation of private business more than five million people have been and we shall continue to maintain that the first objective of a program of economic security is maximum employment in private industry in in- in at adequate wages Where business fails to supply such employment we believe that work at prevailing wages should be provided in cooperation with state and local governments on useful public projects to the end that the national wealth may be increased the skill and energy of the worker may be utilized his his' morale maintained and the unemployed assured the opportunity to earn the necessities of life THE CONSTITUTION The Republican platform proposes to 10 meet many pressing national problems solely by action of the separate states We Ve know that drouth dust storms floods minimum wages maximum maxi maxi- maxiM mum hours child labor and working conditions in industry monopolistic mo mo- monopolistic and unfair practices cannot be adequately handled exclusively by 48 separate state legislatures 48 separate sepa sepa- rate state administrations and 48 s separate parate state courts Transactions and activities which h inevitably overflow state boundaries call for both state and nd federal treatment We Ve have sought and win will continue to seek to meet these problems through legislation within the constitution If those problems cannot be effectively solved by legislation legisla legisla- tion within the cons constitution we shall seek such clarifying amendment as will assure to the legislatures of the several states and to the congress of the United States each within its proper jurisdiction n the power to enact those laws which the state and federal legislatures within their respective spheres shall find necessary in order adequately to regulate commerce protect public health and safety and safeguard economic se se- se Thus we propose prop to maintain the letter and spirit of the constitution THE MERIT SYSTEM I IN GOVERNMENT For the protection of government itself and promotion of its efficiency we pledge the Immediate extension of the merit system Sy-S Sy tem tern through the classified civil service which service which was first established and fostered under Democratic auspices auspices to to all making positions in the federal service We shall subject to the civil service law all continuing positions po po- po- po which because of the emergency have been exempt from its operation CIVIL LIBERTIES pWe We shall continue to guard the freedom of speech press radio religion and assembly which our constitution guarantees with equal rights to all and nd special specia privileges to none GOVERNMENT FINANCE The administration has stopped deflation n restored values and enabled busin business s to go ahead with confidence When national income shrinks government income is im- im periled In reviving national income we have fortified govern govern- ment finance We have raised the public credit to a position L of unsurpassed security The interest rate on government bonds has been reduced to the lowest point in 28 years The same gov gov- bonds which in th 1 1932 sold under 83 are now selling over We approve the objective of a permanently sound so stabilized as to prevent the former wide fluctuations currency in value which injured in turn producers debtors and property owners on the one hand and wage earners and creditors on the other a currency which will permit full utilization of the country's resources We Ve assert that today we have the soundest in the world currency We are determined to reduce the expenses of ot government We are being aided therein by the recession in unemployment As the requirements of relief decline and national income advances advances advances ad- ad vances an increasing percentage of federal expenditures and will be met can from current revenues secured from taxes levied in accordance with ability to Our pay retrenchment tax and recovery programs thus reflect our firm determination to achieve a balanced I budget and the reduction of the national debt at the earliest possible moment FOREIGN POLICY In our relationship with other nations this government will vill cont continue nue to extend the policy of good neighbor We reaffirm our opposition to war as an instrument clare dare that of national policy and declare de de- de- de disputes between nations should f ful be settled by peaceful peace peace- means We shall continue to observe a true neutrality in the disputes of others to work for and peace to take the profits out of war to guard against being drawn by political ments international commitments commitments commit commit- banking or private which trading into any war var may develop anywhere We s shall all continue to foster the increase in our foreign trade which has been achieved I by this administration to seek mutual by agreement the lowering I of those tariff barriers quotas an and embargoes agricultural and which industrial have been raised against our exports exports of to products but continue as in the past give adequate protection to our farmers and manufacturers against commodities unfair and competition or the dumping on our shores of by foreign goods governments produced abroad by cheap labor or subsidized sub sub- subsidized THE ISSUE The issue in this election is plain The American people are called upon to choose between a Republican administration that has and would again regiment them in the service of privileged privileged eged and gro groups ps a Democratic administration dedicated to the establishment of equal qu l economic We Ve have opportunity for all our people faith in the destiny of our nation We are sufficiently suf suf- suf- suf endowed ith with natural resources and with tive productive capacity to provide for standards of real Americanism all a quality of life that meets the Dedicated to to a government of liberal American we are re determined to principles and the oppose equally the despotism of com corn menace of concealed fascism ests We hold this final truth to be self evident that self that t-that that the interests interests inter inter- and the happiness of the people of the United fc Sta States ates es of America c can be perpetuated only under Dem Democratic government as conceived by bv the founders nf of rm nii our |