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1936 › Alf Landon (Republican) › Right to organize and bargain collectively
Government as umpire and mediator; develop conciliation instead of rushing disputes to the President's doorstep
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Solution
Keep government in the position of umpire protecting the public interest and mediating between groups; build effective conciliation machinery.
Rationale
'Taking a dispute, after it gets into a tangle, and rushing it to the doorstep of the President is a bad way to handle a labor situation.'
Statements (1)
The Government must maintain itself in the position of an umpire: First, to protect the public interest, and second, to act as a mediator between conflicting groups. One of the greatest problems of this country is to develop effective methods of conciliation.
Follow-through
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Never tested; the sit-down strikes of 1937 were settled by Governor Murphy and the companies with the President aloof.
Other positions on this issue
- Collective bargaining by representatives of the employees' own choice, 'without the interference of any one' — Herbert Hoover, 1932 directional_stance
- Labor's right to organize in any union it prefers, free from coercion by employer, fellow employee or anyone else; organizers' lawful activity protected — Alf Landon, 1936 directional_stance
- Guard the worker's right to organize and bargain collectively — Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936 directional_stance
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