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1932 › Herbert Hoover (Republican) › Public employment offices
Commend and continue the enlarged United States Employment Service
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Solution
Continue the existing federal Employment Service in the Department of Labor, enlarged by appropriation during the depression, rather than the vetoed Wagner federal-state system.
Rationale
The service 'has done high service for the unemployed in the ranks of civil life and in the ranks of the former soldiers.'
Hoover vetoed the Wagner-Doak employment service bill in March 1931; the platform defends the existing service instead.
Statements (1)
We commend the constructive work of the United States Employment Service in the Department of Labor. This service was enlarged and its activities extended through an appropriation made possible by the President with the cooperation of the Congress.
Follow-through
not_applicable
Hoover lost the election; the pledge could not be tested in office. The Wagner-Peyser Act (June 1933) created the federal-state employment service Hoover had vetoed in 1931.
Enacted by others
| 1933-06-06 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | statute Wagner-Peyser Act | source |
Other positions on this issue
- A federally coordinated system of state employment offices (the vetoed Wagner bill) — Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1932 specific_pledge
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