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Issues › Veterans
Benefits for disabled and service-connected veterans
| Cycle | Candidate | Position | Solution | Strength | Attribution | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1932 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic) | Full justice and generosity for veterans disabled by actual wartime service — silence on the bonus | Justice and generosity for war veterans "who have suffered disability or disease caused by or resulting from actual service in time of war" and their dependents. The platform and candidate say nothing about immediate cas… | directional_stance | party_platform | partial? |
| 1932 | Herbert Hoover (Republican) | Full relief for service-disabled veterans and dependents; review existing veterans' laws to remove inequalities and effect economies | Care and compensate every veteran incapacitated by illness and provide for dependents of the war dead; study existing veterans' legislation 'to elimination of inequalities and injustices and effecting all possible econom… | directional_stance | party_platform | not_applicable |
| 1936 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic) | Continue just treatment of war veterans and dependents | Continue existing veterans' benefits (the bonus having been paid in 1936 over the President's veto). | vague_gesture | party_platform | kept |