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1936 › Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic) › Benefits for disabled and service-connected veterans
Continue just treatment of war veterans and dependents
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Solution
Continue existing veterans' benefits (the bonus having been paid in 1936 over the President's veto).
Rationale
A platform line; the candidate did not campaign on veterans.
Statements (1)
We shall continue just treatment of our war veterans and their dependents.
Follow-through
kept
No change in veterans' benefits was proposed; the bonus had been paid in 1936 over the President's veto. A platform line without campaign content.
Assessments
Nothing was promised beyond continuation and nothing was cut.
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
- Full relief for service-disabled veterans and dependents; review existing veterans' laws to remove inequalities and effect economies — Herbert Hoover, 1932 directional_stance
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