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Spread employment by substantially reducing hours of labor, starting in government service — Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1932

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ScoreCycleCandidateIssuePosition
0.571932Norman ThomasWorking hours and labor standardsThe six-hour day and five-day week without reduction in wages
0.531932Franklin D. RooseveltRestriction of immigrationContinue immigration restriction to protect labor, but end abuses against individual families in enforcement
0.511932Franklin D. RooseveltPublic works as employment policy'Employment for all surplus labor at all times' through self-liquidating public works (the Shearon letter, as Hoover read it)
0.441932Herbert HooverRestriction of immigrationContinue the executive order practically prohibiting immigration except relatives of residents
0.431936Franklin D. RooseveltWorking hours and labor standardsShorter hours, higher wages, end child labor and sweatshops
0.431932Herbert HooverPublic works as employment policyFederal construction at three times normal and $1.5 billion of RFC loans for self-liquidating works — but no pork-barrel or non-productive projects
0.411932Franklin D. RooseveltPublic works as employment policyPublic works spending is only a stopgap, not a cure for unemployment
0.411936Franklin D. RooseveltLevel of federal spendingReduce the expenses of government as relief needs decline
0.401932Norman ThomasIncome and inheritance tax progressivitySteeply increased income and inheritance taxes
0.401936Franklin D. RooseveltHow 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
0.381932Franklin D. RooseveltSickness and health insuranceSickness insurance as a "minimum requirement" alongside old-age and unemployment insurance
0.381932Norman ThomasFederal responsibility for reliefA $5 billion federal appropriation for immediate relief of those in need
0.371936Franklin D. RooseveltGold standard and currency basisA permanently sound currency stabilized against wide fluctuations
0.371936Alf LandonHow to finance old-age and unemployment insurance (contributory reserve vs. pay-as-you-go)Repeal the compulsory old-age insurance plan; pay every needy citizen over 65 a pension from a direct, widely distributed tax
0.351932Herbert HooverRegulation of banks and securitiesThe RFC and the 'shield of Government credit' saved 5,000 institutions and must continue — but no direct government lending to everyone
0.351936Franklin D. RooseveltDirect relief for the unemployedProvide useful work at prevailing wages for the needy unemployed rather than a dole
0.351936Franklin D. RooseveltRight to organize and bargain collectivelyGuard the worker's right to organize and bargain collectively
0.351932Franklin D. RooseveltChild laborNo return to sweatshops or children working in factories
0.341932Herbert HooverPublic works as employment policyRatify the St. Lawrence seaway treaty and complete the inland waterway system
0.341932Franklin D. RooseveltPublic employment officesA federally coordinated system of state employment offices (the vetoed Wagner bill)
0.331932Franklin D. RooseveltFarm prices and agricultural surplusRestore purchasing power to the farming half of the nation
0.321932John Nance GarnerPublic works as employment policyThe Garner-Rainey $1.2 billion public-works bill — and a pledge to reintroduce it
0.321932Franklin D. RooseveltTariff levelsRevise the tariff downward through reciprocal trade agreements
0.311932Franklin D. RooseveltOld-age pensions and social insuranceOld-age insurance under state laws
0.311936Alf LandonRight to organize and bargain collectivelyLabor's right to organize in any union it prefers, free from coercion by employer, fellow employee or anyone else; organizers' lawful activity protected