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1932 › Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic) › Naval arms and disarmament
International agreements for the reduction of armaments
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Solution
Pursue international agreements to reduce armaments.
Rationale
Continuation of the Washington/London naval-limitation line; ties to cutting the defense budget.
Statements (2)
International agreements for reduction of armaments and cooperation with nations of the Western Hemisphere to maintain the spirit of the Monroe Doctrine.
That admirable document, the platform which you have adopted, is clear. I accept it 100 percent.
Blanket endorsement of every plank.
Follow-through
broken
The Geneva Disarmament Conference collapsed after Germany withdrew in October 1933; Japan denounced the naval treaties in December 1934; the 1936 London treaty imposed only qualitative limits. No arms-reduction agreement was achieved; the United States expanded its navy instead.
Mechanisms
| Date | Type | Name | Effect | Consistent? | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1933-10-14 | treaty | Geneva conference and its collapse charted on: Federal outlays as percent of GDP | Germany's withdrawal ended prospects for a general agreement. | no | Conference for the Reduction and Limitation of Armaments - Wikipedia |
Obstruction
war German and Japanese rearmament. source
Assessments
The conference failed; rearmament followed.
Other positions on this issue
- Cut world armaments by one-third through the Geneva conference while keeping forces strong enough that 'no foreign soldier will land' — Herbert Hoover, 1932 specific_pledge
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