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Positions (7)

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Cycle	Candidate	Issue	Position	Kind	Strength	Attribution	Ev.	Verdict
1932	Alfred E. Smith	European war debts and reparations	A twenty-year moratorium on the war debts, writing them off in proportion to each nation's purchases of American goods	pledge_forward	specific_pledge	reported	B	not_applicable
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	International economic and monetary conferences	Convene international monetary and economic conferences to stabilize currencies and restore trade	pledge_forward	specific_pledge	candidate_direct	A	broken?
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	European war debts and reparations	No cancellation of the war debts — make payment possible by restoring trade	pledge_forward	specific_pledge	candidate_direct	A	superseded
1932	Herbert Hoover	European war debts and reparations	The 1931 German moratorium and standstill agreements stemmed European collapse and will be built upon	defense_of_record	specific_pledge	candidate_direct	A	superseded
1932	Herbert Hoover	European war debts and reparations	No cancellation of war debts; apply any annual payment to opening foreign markets for American farm products	pledge_forward	specific_pledge	candidate_direct	A	not_applicable
1932	Newton D. Baker	European war debts and reparations	Entry into the World Court and cancellation of the war debts (the record that made him 'politically unpopular')	pledge_forward	directional_stance	reported	B	not_applicable
1932	Norman Thomas	European war debts and reparations	Cancel the war debts (against cancellation of reparations) and raze the tariff wall	pledge_forward	specific_pledge	party_platform	B	not_applicable