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Issues › Education
Child welfare and schooling
| Cycle | Candidate | Position | Solution | Strength | Attribution | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1932 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic) | Maintain the Children's Bureau; keep children in school to sixteen; expand vocational education | Continue the Children's Bureau and federal child-welfare work (no economies there); federal government as a clearing house and incentive for higher state standards; children in school to age sixteen; more vocational educ… | directional_stance | candidate_direct | partial |
| 1932 | Herbert Hoover (Republican) | Federal aid to states for child protection and health; continued White House conferences on children, homes and illiteracy | Recommend aid to states for the protection and health of children; continue non-legislative leadership through the White House Conference on Child Health and Protection, the home-ownership conference and the illiteracy c… | directional_stance | candidate_direct | not_applicable |