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Show ! Republican Platform We, the Republican Party, of American Fork City in Primary assembled as-sembled this 23rd day of October, 1933, do hereby declare and set forth the following Platform: We re-affirm our- belief in the underlying principles of the Republican Repub-lican Party the party of Lincoln and of Theadore Rooseveltwhich has stood for the protection of American industry, the American working man, and for the maintenance mainten-ance of stable government. We call attention to the fact thn during the administration of President Presi-dent Herbert Hoover, notwithstanding notwithstand-ing the great depression was upon us, and many laborers were out of : employment, there was a freedom from strikes and industrial turmoil which has been unequalled in the history of the United States during similar periods. This was due in 'part to the fact that the necessities of life were within the reach of the people to buy, and very much due to the earnest efforts of the President Presi-dent to alleviate undersirable conditions, con-ditions, and had President Hoover been given the support of Congress and of the people generally much more would have been done to remedy reme-dy these conditions. We commend the Republican Party Par-ty for their patriotism to the Roosevelt Roose-velt administration. They have been on hand to support the President Presi-dent in the measures advanced aimed aim-ed to bring prosperity to our beloved land, even though' at times some of these measures were considered of doubtful efficacy. We further pledge ourselves to a continuance of our support of any sound measures that may be advanced ad-vanced by the administration with a view to remedying present undesirable unde-sirable conditions effecting the farmers, farm-ers, the laborers and the people generally. As a great progressive party, we Republicans realize that policies of government must change from time to time to meet conditions that may arise, that the working man may be given a chance to work, that the farmer may realize a fair price for his products, and that no one in our j fair land may suffer for the necessities neces-sities of life. No government is entirely en-tirely without its defects, and if conditions aeveiop mat are not ior ithe good of the people, generally speaking, such for instance as the amassing of great wealth in the hands of the few, steps should be taken to remedy these conditions, that this land may be a land of the people and for the people. As citizens of this community, we desire to express our disapproval of our present Democratic State administration ad-ministration in giving the contractor contrac-tor and the machine precedence over the common laborer in the matter of public work, particularly road work, thereby depriving the laboring men of work that should have been given them, and the contractor with his machine has received the lions share of the money expended, and the workers have had to be content with the crumbs that fell from the table. As a party we pledge ourselves as far as it lies in our power to give the working man the maximum amount of labor possible. We appreciate the fact that manufactured man-ufactured articles and other necessities neces-sities have been advanced in price beyond the ability of the purchaser to buy. Before prosperity is restored, restor-ed, the purchasing power must be restored to the people, and we feel; that until this is done, prices of goods should not continue to soar. We commend our present Republican Republi-can City administration for keeping the expenses of the city within the; budget and for ... maintaining the financial standing of the municipality, municipal-ity, notwithstanding the great deficiency de-ficiency of revenue, due to the nonpayment non-payment of taxes. The rate of tax-; ation has not been increased. Our present economic condition makes it ! imperative that the incoming city : 'administration be composed of in- j :dividuals who are careful and con-i 'servative in the handling of the city's affairs, that every dollar may be wisely spent and carefully accounted ac-counted for. Taxes must not be increased, in-creased, and if possible reduced. We pledge our candidates if elected elect-ed to a concervative, honest and 'business-like administration of our municipal affairs. And we advance the idea that it might be a most helpful thing in the present emergency that a representative rep-resentative Advisory Committee be named by the city council in the solving of difficult problems that may arise from time to time. |