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Rigid federal penal laws against gangsters, racketeers and kidnappers; relentless war on narcotics — Herbert Hoover, 1932

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Score	Cycle	Candidate	Issue	Position
0.52	1936	Alf Landon	Antitrust and concentration of economic power	Use the full power of the federal government to break up private monopolies and enforce the antitrust laws 'without fear or favor'
0.51	1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Restriction of immigration	Continue immigration restriction to protect labor, but end abuses against individual families in enforcement
0.45	1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Antitrust and concentration of economic power	Vigorously enforce the antitrust laws and restore their efficacy against new corporate devices
0.44	1932	Herbert Hoover	National Prohibition	Resubmit the Eighteenth Amendment so each state may decide, with constitutional guarantees against the saloon and against interference with dry states; enforce the law meanwhile
0.42	1932	Albert C. Ritchie	National Prohibition	Repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment as a matter of states' rights
0.40	1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Antitrust and concentration of economic power	Strengthen and impartially enforce the antitrust laws
0.40	1932	Norman Thomas	Equal rights and opportunity for Black Americans	Economic, political and legal equality for the Negro; a federal anti-lynching law; enforce the First Amendment
0.38	1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Executive reciprocal trade agreements (1934 Act)	Continue the reciprocal trade agreements to lower barriers against American exports
0.37	1936	Alf Landon	Reorganization of the executive branch	Cooperate with Congress to reorganize agencies, abolish unnecessary ones and eliminate duplication
0.37	1936	Alf Landon	Amending the Constitution to enlarge (or restrain) federal power	Wages, hours and child labor by State law and interstate compact -- and a constitutional amendment giving the States power if the courts forbid
0.37	1932	Albert C. Ritchie	Federal responsibility for relief	States' rights and business-led recovery — no federal intervention in relief
0.36	1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Direct relief for the unemployed	Provide useful work at prevailing wages for the needy unemployed rather than a dole
0.35	1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	National economic planning	Industry leaders to organize cooperatively for the common good; government regulates only as a last resort
0.35	1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	National Prohibition	Repeal the Eighteenth Amendment by state conventions; legalize beer now; states control liquor and bar the saloon
0.35	1932	Herbert Hoover	Public ownership of electric power	Federal regulation of interstate power; opposition to government operation of the power business
0.34	1936	Alf Landon	National economic planning	End federal regimentation: no revival of NRA or AAA controls, no more emergency powers over production, wages and hours
0.34	1936	William E. Borah	Federal anti-lynching legislation	Oppose the Wagner-Costigan federal anti-lynching bill as unconstitutional; attack party leaders who promise it
0.34	1932	Herbert Hoover	Regulation of securities issuance and exchanges	No federal 'blue sky' law — securities regulation belongs to the states, and the President should not police booms
0.34	1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Right to organize and bargain collectively	Guard the worker's right to organize and bargain collectively
0.34	1932	Norman Thomas	League of Nations and international organizations	Join the League and World Court; lead general disarmament; free the Philippines; withdraw from Nicaragua, Haiti and China; recognize the Soviet Union
0.34	1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Unemployment insurance	Unemployment insurance under state laws
0.33	1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Federal responsibility for relief	Federal leadership in distress relief — federal credit to states whose resources are exhausted
0.33	1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Naval arms and disarmament	International agreements for the reduction of armaments
0.32	1936	Frank Knox	How to finance old-age and unemployment insurance (contributory reserve vs. pay-as-you-go)	The Social Security Act is 'unworkable and unsound' -- 'lip service to security'; a Republican administration would offer its own legislation
0.32	1936	Frank Knox	Amending the Constitution to enlarge (or restrain) federal power	New federal activities only when legalized by constitutional amendment -- 'the horse and buggy method'