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1932 › Herbert Hoover (Republican) › Child welfare and schooling

Federal aid to states for child protection and health; continued White House conferences on children, homes and illiteracy

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Solution

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 campaign.

Rationale

Problems of 'the home and the education of children' are 'the most vital of all' but mostly not matters of legislation.

Statements (3)

1932-06-14 · Republican National Convention, Chicago (platform) · conventionparty_platform ✓ verified

Welfare work in all its phases has had the support of the President and aid of the administration. The work of organized agencies--local, State and Federal has been advanced and an increased impetus given by that recognition and help. We approve and pledge a continuation of that policy.

Source: Republican Party Platform of 1932 (1932-06-14)

1932-08-11 · Address accepting the Republican nomination, Constitution Hall, Washington · generalcandidate_direct ✓ verified

Except in the case of aids to States which I have recommended for stimulation of the protection and health of children, they are not matters of legislation. We have given leadership to the initiative of our people for social advancement through this organization against illiteracy, through the White House conferences on the protection and health of children, through the national conferences on homeownership, through the stimulation of social and recreational agencies.

Source: Address Accepting the Republican Presidential Nomination (1932-08-11)

1932-10-28 · Campaign address, Indianapolis · generalcandidate_direct ✓ verified

That scarcely looks like an attempt to ruin the Children's Bureau--especially on my part.

Rebutting the Democratic charge; cites Children's Bureau appropriations of $320,000 to $399,000.

Source: Address in Indianapolis, Indiana (1932-10-28)

Follow-through

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Hoover lost the election; the pledge could not be tested in office. Federal aid to states for child health arrived as Title V of the Social Security Act (1935).

Enacted by others

1935-08-14

Franklin D. Roosevelt

statute Social Security Act Title V (maternal and child health)

source

Other positions on this issue

Maintain the Children's Bureau; keep children in school to sixteen; expand vocational education — Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1932 directional_stance

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