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1932 › Albert C. Ritchie (Democratic) › Federal responsibility for relief
States' rights and business-led recovery — no federal intervention in relief
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Solution
Keep relief a state, local and private responsibility; urge programs sponsored by the business community; refuse RFC loans (Maryland took none until mid-1933).
Rationale
Federal intervention in local affairs undermines self-government; Maryland's businesslike state government could manage its own distress.
No 1932 campaign speech by Ritchie is archived; positions are reconstructed from his gubernatorial record.
Statements (2)
Governor Ritchie was a stalwart opponent of federal intervention in local affairs, and continued to urge programs sponsored by the business community itself.
Ritchie agreed to issue state bonds to aid Baltimore, but would not borrow from President Herbert Hoover 's new Reconstruction Finance Corporation until mid-1933
Follow-through
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Ritchie lost the nomination; Maryland accepted federal relief in 1933 and Ritchie was defeated in 1934 by an opponent promising to be 'more New Dealish.'
Enacted by others
| 1933-05-12 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | statute Federal Emergency Relief Act | The opposite of Ritchie's stance. source |
Other positions on this issue
- Federal leadership in distress relief — federal credit to states whose resources are exhausted — Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1932 specific_pledge
- Relief through voluntary mobilization and local responsibility, with RFC loans to exhausted states — no federal dole — Herbert Hoover, 1932 specific_pledge
- A $5 billion federal appropriation for immediate relief of those in need — Norman Thomas, 1932 specific_pledge
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