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1936 › Alf Landon (Republican) › Crop insurance and storage reserves
Give crop insurance 'the fullest attention'
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Solution
Study and develop crop insurance, a subject 'in neither platform', building on Kansas experience.
Rationale
Insurers 'are writing policies today covering risks that they did not consider feasible a few years ago.'
Statements (1)
1936-09-22 · Des Moines, Iowa (Evening Star text) · generalcandidate_direct
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I believe that the question of crop insurance should be given the fullest atten tion.
Source: Text of Gov. Landon's Des Moines Speech (Evening Star, Sept. 23, 1936, p. 9) (1936-09-23)
Follow-through
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Roosevelt's committee reported in February 1937 and the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation was created in 1938.
Enacted by others
| 1938-02-16 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | statute Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (AAA 1938, Title V) | The subject 'in neither platform' was enacted by the winner. source |
Other positions on this issue
- Crop insurance and a stable food supply — Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936 specific_pledge
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