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Eight-point federal utility program: publicity, Federal Power Commission control of holding companies, prudent-investment rate base — Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1932

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ScoreCycleCandidateIssuePosition
0.611932Franklin D. RooseveltPublic ownership of electric powerPublic development of hydro-electric power on the St. Lawrence model, with national control of interstate transmission
0.521932Herbert 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
0.511932Herbert HooverFarm and home mortgage reliefReorganize and enlarge the Federal Land Banks to refinance farm mortgages; curb Joint Stock Land Bank abuses
0.491932Franklin D. RooseveltFarm and home mortgage reliefGovernment assistance to keep home-owners and farm-owners from foreclosure
0.461936Franklin D. RooseveltGold standard and currency basisA permanently sound currency stabilized against wide fluctuations
0.451936Franklin D. RooseveltIncome and inheritance tax progressivityDefense of the undistributed-profits tax as a loophole-closer; correct imperfections if found
0.431932Franklin D. RooseveltOverall role and scale of the federal governmentAn "economic declaration of rights" — the right to make a living and the right to safe savings
0.421932Franklin D. RooseveltDistribution of national income and purchasing powerA more equitable distribution of national income — higher reward to labor, lower to speculative capital
0.411932Herbert HooverMaintenance of wage levels in depressionUphold wages and spread work by voluntary agreement of employers and labor; shorter hours in government service
0.411932Herbert 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
0.401932Herbert HooverTariff levelsUnconditional most-favored-nation treatment; no reciprocal bargains or preferences
0.401932Franklin D. RooseveltRestoring the commodity price level (reflation)Restore commodity prices toward their former dollar value rather than write down all debts
0.391932Franklin D. RooseveltNational economic planningIndustry leaders to organize cooperatively for the common good; government regulates only as a last resort
0.391932Franklin D. RooseveltFarm prices and agricultural surplusRestore purchasing power to the farming half of the nation
0.381932Franklin D. RooseveltRailroad regulation and consolidationSix-point railroad program — conditional federal support, receivership reform, ICC regulation of trucks and holding companies, consolidation
0.381936Franklin D. RooseveltHousing and slum clearanceExtend the federal housing program toward adequate housing for those in slums; encourage private building
0.381936Franklin D. RooseveltCrop insurance and storage reservesCrop insurance and a stable food supply
0.371932Franklin D. RooseveltGold standard and currency basisA sound currency preserved at all hazards
0.361932Franklin D. RooseveltTariff levelsRevise the tariff downward through reciprocal trade agreements
0.361932John Nance GarnerVeterans' bonus and benefitsThe Patman cash bonus and $2.3 billion of greenbacks, passed by the House under his speakership
0.361932Franklin D. RooseveltRegulation of securities issuance and exchangesFederal regulation of securities and commodity exchanges, interstate holding companies and interstate utility rates
0.361932Franklin D. RooseveltTariff levelsA "competitive" tariff set through a scientific Tariff Commission, with anti-log-rolling rules and a public counsel
0.361932Franklin D. RooseveltLevel of federal spendingCut the cost of the federal government by at least 25 percent
0.361936Franklin D. RooseveltAntitrust and concentration of economic powerVigorously enforce the antitrust laws and restore their efficacy against new corporate devices
0.361936Alf LandonExecutive reciprocal trade agreements (1934 Act)Repeal the Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act; return treaty power to the Senate and tariff-making to Congress