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Issues › Money, Currency & Credit
Gold standard and currency basis
| Cycle | Candidate | Position | Solution | Strength | Attribution | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1932 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic) | A sound currency preserved at all hazards | Preserve a sound currency "at all hazards" and call an international monetary conference to consider the rehabilitation of silver and related questions. Reverse the Republican "inflation" used to fund deficits. | specific_pledge | candidate_direct | reversed? |
| 1932 | Herbert Hoover (Republican) | Hold the gold standard and the 'honest dollar'; no fiat money, no 'rubber dollar' price-fixing | Keep the United States on gold and the dollar 'ringing true'; reject greenback issues (the Patman bonus-currency bill), price-level mandates to the Federal Reserve, and inflation; use Federal Reserve changes (Glass-Steag… | specific_pledge | candidate_direct | not_applicable |
| 1936 | Alf Landon (Republican) | Sound currency 'at all hazards'; no further devaluation; repeal the laws delegating the money power to the Executive | Restore to Congress the power to coin money and regulate its value by repealing the gold-devaluation, greenback and stabilization-fund delegations; cooperate on international stabilization when safe. | specific_pledge | candidate_direct | not_applicable |
| 1936 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic) | A permanently sound currency stabilized against wide fluctuations | Maintain the managed dollar of 1934 ('the soundest currency in the world') and stabilize it to prevent the former swings that injured debtors and creditors in turn. | directional_stance | party_platform | kept |