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1932 › Herbert Hoover (Republican) › Benefits for disabled and service-connected veterans
Full relief for service-disabled veterans and dependents; review existing veterans' laws to remove inequalities and effect economies
pledge_forwarddirectional_stanceparty_platformevidence A Federal Budget & SpendingVeterans similar solutions · similar reasoning
Solution
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 economies' without departing from full relief for the service-disabled.
Rationale
Non-service-connected disability pensions (1930) have been 'to some measure accepted obligations' but the $946 million veterans' budget is where 'rash promises' of economy would have to cut.
Statements (1)
A careful study should be made of existing veterans' legislation with a view to elimination of inequalities and injustices and effecting all possible economies, but without departing from our purpose to provide on a sound basis full and adequate relief for our service disabled men, their widows and orphans.
Follow-through
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Hoover lost the election; the pledge could not be tested in office. Roosevelt's Economy Act carried out the review — cutting non-service-connected pensions sharply — beyond anything the platform contemplated.
Enacted by others
| 1933-03-20 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | statute Economy Act of 1933 | source |
Other positions on this issue
- Full justice and generosity for veterans disabled by actual wartime service — silence on the bonus — Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1932 directional_stance
- Continue just treatment of war veterans and dependents — Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936 vague_gesture
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