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1936 › Norman Thomas (Socialist) › Public ownership of major industries
The New Deal 'has not worked'; build the cooperative commonwealth
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Solution
Oppose both parties with 'a logical analysis of the diseases of our time and a sure philosophy for building the co-operative commonwealth.'
Rationale
'There is not a single economist or social analyst of repute who dares to affirm that there are now in operation political and economic forces to make new war unlikely or the danger of fresh economic catastrophe remote.'
Statements (1)
Claiming "the New Deal has not worked/* Thomas said "there is not a single economist or social analyst of repute who dares to affirm that there are now in operation political and economic forces to make new wai unlikely or the danger of fresh eco nomic catastrophe remote."
Follow-through
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The Socialist vote fell to 188,000; Thomas's later prominence came as a civil-libertarian and anti-war voice.
Other positions on this issue
- Transfer the principal industries — banking, natural resources, utilities — to social ownership by compensation, not confiscation — Norman Thomas, 1932 specific_pledge
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