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1936 › Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic) › Farm tenancy and access to land ownership
A definite reduction of farm tenancy; refinance farm debt at low rates over long terms
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Solution
Federal cooperation in refinancing farm indebtedness at the lowest possible interest over long terms, and a program to reduce tenancy.
Rationale
The platform 'recognize[d] the gravity of the evils of farm tenancy.'
Statements (2)
We recognize the gravity of the evils of farm tenancy, and we pledge the full cooperation of the Government in the refinancing of farm indebtedness at the lowest possible rates of interest and over a long term of years.
We will persist in successful action for better land use, for reforestation, for the conservation of water all the way from its source to the sea, for drought and flood control, for better marketing facilities for farm commodities, for a definite reduction of farm tenancy, for encouragement of farmer cooperatives, for crop insurance and a stable food supply.
Follow-through
partial
The farm-tenancy message (Feb. 1937) produced the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act (July 22, 1937) and the Farm Security Administration, but the tenant-purchase program was 'modest' -- a few thousand loans a year against 2.8 million tenants.
Mechanisms
| Date | Type | Name | Effect | Consistent? | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1937-02-06 | message | Message on farm tenancy | Transmitted the Special Committee report; asked for action.The agricultural ladder, for these American citizens, has become a treadmill. | yes | Message to Congress on Farm Tenancy. |
| 1937-07-22 | statute | Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act | Tenant-purchase loans; land utilization.the law authorized a modest credit program to assist tenant farmers to purchase land, and it was the culmination of a long effort to secure legislation for their benefit. | partly | Bankhead%E2%80%93Jones Farm Tenant Act of 1937 - Wikipedia |
| 1937-09-01 | other | Farm Security Administration created | Rural rehabilitation and resettlement. | yes | Farm Security Administration - Wikipedia |
Assessments
Real but small relative to the problem the message described.
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