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No cancellation of the war debts — make payment possible by restoring trade — Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1932

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Score	Cycle	Candidate	Issue	Position
0.74	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
0.70	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
0.69	1932	Norman Thomas	European war debts and reparations	Cancel the war debts (against cancellation of reparations) and raze the tariff wall
0.68	1936	Alf Landon	European war debts and reparations	Use every effort to collect the war debts due from foreign countries
0.62	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')
0.61	1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Tariff levels	Revise the tariff downward through reciprocal trade agreements
0.59	1932	Herbert Hoover	Farm prices and agricultural surplus	Farm prices can be restored only by general recovery and markets — no production control, no subsidies; repeal Farm Board stabilization
0.57	1932	Herbert Hoover	Tariff levels	Maintain — and if necessary widen — the protective tariff; reject the Democratic 'competitive tariff for revenue'
0.56	1936	Alf Landon	Executive reciprocal trade agreements (1934 Act)	Repeal the Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act; return treaty power to the Senate and tariff-making to Congress
0.55	1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Level of federal spending	Defense of the eight-billion-dollar deficit as an investment in America
0.54	1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Restoring the commodity price level (reflation)	Restore commodity prices toward their former dollar value rather than write down all debts
0.52	1932	Herbert Hoover	International economic and monetary conferences	A world economic conference on monetary stabilization and trade, with an agricultural representative
0.51	1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Executive reciprocal trade agreements (1934 Act)	Continue the reciprocal trade agreements to lower barriers against American exports
0.51	1932	Herbert Hoover	Tariff levels	Unconditional most-favored-nation treatment; no reciprocal bargains or preferences
0.51	1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Farm prices and agricultural surplus	Raise staple farm prices by a tariff-equivalent benefit plus voluntary production control, at no cost to the Treasury
0.50	1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	International economic and monetary conferences	Convene international monetary and economic conferences to stabilize currencies and restore trade
0.49	1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Farm prices and agricultural surplus	Continue soil conservation and domestic allotment payments; end ruinous surpluses; commodity loans on seasonal surpluses
0.49	1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt	How to finance old-age and unemployment insurance (contributory reserve vs. pay-as-you-go)	Defense of the payroll-tax financing: the employer pays an equal share and the reserves are safe
0.48	1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Tariff levels	A "competitive" tariff set through a scientific Tariff Commission, with anti-log-rolling rules and a public counsel
0.47	1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Level of federal spending	Reduce the expenses of government as relief needs decline
0.47	1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Balancing the federal budget	Balance the federal budget annually within revenues
0.47	1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Who deserves credit for recovery (defense of record)	Recovery came from raising purchasing power at the bottom, not 'trickle down'
0.46	1932	Herbert Hoover	Veterans' bonus and benefits	Oppose cash prepayment of the veterans' bonus, especially by fiat money
0.46	1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Public works as employment policy	Public works spending is only a stopgap, not a cure for unemployment
0.46	1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Gold standard and currency basis	A permanently sound currency stabilized against wide fluctuations