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1936 › Alf Landon (Republican) › Antitrust and concentration of economic power

Use the full power of the federal government to break up private monopolies and enforce the antitrust laws 'without fear or favor'

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Solution

Vigorous criminal and civil enforcement plus new legislation to make private monopoly impossible; restore a free competitive system instead of NRA-style government-sanctioned price fixing.

Rationale

'A private monopoly is indefensible and intolerable'; the NRA 'gave the sanction of Government to private monopoly' while 'a little New Jersey pants presser went to jail.'

Statements (3)

1936-06-11 · Republican National Convention, Cleveland (platform) · conventionparty_platform ✓ verified

We will employ the full powers of the government to the end that monopoly shall be eliminated and that free enterprise shall be fully restored and maintained.

Source: Republican Party Platform of 1936 (1936-06-09)

1936-07-23 · Acceptance address, Topeka · conventioncandidate_direct ✓ verified

We propose to use the full power of the Federal Government to break up private monopolies and to eliminate private monopolistic practices.

Source: Address Accepting the Republican Presidential Nomination in Topeka, Kansas (1936-07-23)

1936-10-29 · Madison Square Garden, New York (Evening Star text) · generalcandidate_direct ✓ verified

And while I am President I intend to see that the anti-trust laws are strengthened and en forced without fear or favor.

Source: Texts of Landon's New York Addresses (Evening Star, Oct. 30, 1936, p. 41) (1936-10-30)

Follow-through

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Antitrust enforcement was in fact intensified from 1938 under Thurman Arnold and studied by the TNEC.

Enacted by others

1938-03-11

Franklin D. Roosevelt

appointment Thurman Arnold, Antitrust Division

Enforcement 'without fear or favor' came under the winner. source

Other positions on this issue

Strengthen and impartially enforce the antitrust laws — Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1932 directional_stance
Vigorously enforce the antitrust laws and restore their efficacy against new corporate devices — Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936 directional_stance
Drive monopoly and price fixing out of the system or face governmental regimentation — William E. Borah, 1936 directional_stance

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