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Working hours and labor standards
| Cycle | Candidate | Position | Solution | Strength | Attribution | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1932 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic) | Spread employment by substantially reducing hours of labor, starting in government service | Substantial reduction in the hours of labor and encouragement of the shorter week, applying the principle first in government service; "definite steps to shorten the working day and the working week." | directional_stance | candidate_direct | kept |
| 1932 | Norman Thomas (Socialist) | The six-hour day and five-day week without reduction in wages | Legislate a six-hour day and five-day week with no wage reduction, plus a comprehensive system of public employment agencies. | specific_pledge | party_platform | not_applicable |
| 1936 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic) | Shorter hours, higher wages, end child labor and sweatshops | Continue to seek federal action to reduce over-long hours, raise starvation wages, end child labor and wipe out sweatshops; the platform promises to seek this 'within the Constitution' and by clarifying amendment if nece… | directional_stance | candidate_direct | kept |
| 1936 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic) | Revive the NRA's principles 'by one device or another' (imputed; the President would not say) | Widely understood -- from James Roosevelt's remarks and the President's Detroit statement that he was not through experimenting -- to intend renewed federal control of wages, hours and trade practices; the President answ… | directional_stance | imputed_uncorrected | kept |