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Crop insurance and a stable food supply — Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936

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ScoreCycleCandidateIssuePosition
0.641936Alf LandonFarm prices and agricultural surplusCash benefits on the domestically consumed portion of export crops to make the tariff effective, limited to the family-type farm; no scarcity program, no processing tax
0.611936Alf LandonOn-farm storage, warehouse receipts and commodity creditAmend the warehousing act so grain stored on the farm earns a federal warehouse receipt and bank credit
0.601932Franklin D. RooseveltFarm prices and agricultural surplusRaise staple farm prices by a tariff-equivalent benefit plus voluntary production control, at no cost to the Treasury
0.601936Alf LandonConservation of natural resourcesReal soil conservation and a national land-use and flood-prevention program run with the States and 'out of politics'
0.601932Herbert HooverFarm prices and agricultural surplusFarm prices can be restored only by general recovery and markets — no production control, no subsidies; repeal Farm Board stabilization
0.581932Franklin D. RooseveltPlanned use of land and retirement of marginal farmlandA national policy of planned land use — economic soil survey and retirement of marginal farmland
0.571932Herbert HooverShort-term and marketing credit for agricultureRestore short-term farm credit through the new agricultural credit corporations, RFC loans to processors and financing of export sales
0.571936Alf LandonDrought and disaster relief for farmersPay every outstanding AAA check and continue drought relief checks and seed loans
0.561936Alf LandonCrop insurance and storage reservesGive crop insurance 'the fullest attention'
0.531936Alf LandonTariff levelsProtect the farmer against imports of livestock, dairy and farm products; keep non-competing goods on the free list
0.521932Franklin D. RooseveltFarm prices and agricultural surplusRestore purchasing power to the farming half of the nation
0.521936Franklin D. RooseveltFarm prices and agricultural surplusContinue soil conservation and domestic allotment payments; end ruinous surpluses; commodity loans on seasonal surpluses
0.461932Herbert HooverEuropean war debts and reparationsNo cancellation of war debts; apply any annual payment to opening foreign markets for American farm products
0.451936Franklin D. RooseveltFlood control and river-basin developmentContinue drought and flood aid and a nation-wide flood-control and water-conservation policy
0.451936Franklin D. RooseveltOld-age pensions and social insuranceBuild on the Social Security Act toward economic security for all
0.441932Franklin D. RooseveltReforestation and land policyEmploy a million men reforesting marginal and abandoned land
0.441932Franklin D. RooseveltReorganization of the executive branchConsolidate the seven federal farm-mortgage agencies under a single purpose
0.431932Herbert HooverInternational economic and monetary conferencesA world economic conference on monetary stabilization and trade, with an agricultural representative
0.411932Franklin D. RooseveltBalancing the federal budgetBalance the federal budget annually within revenues
0.401932Herbert HooverPlanned use of land and retirement of marginal farmlandSupport a sound program to divert land from unprofitable to profitable use
0.401932Norman ThomasPublic works as employment policyA $5 billion federal public-works program — roads, reforestation, slum clearance, workers' housing — and idle factories and land turned over to the unemployed
0.401932Franklin D. RooseveltFarm and home mortgage reliefGovernment assistance to keep home-owners and farm-owners from foreclosure
0.401936Franklin D. RooseveltDirect relief for the unemployedProvide useful work at prevailing wages for the needy unemployed rather than a dole
0.391932Franklin D. RooseveltSickness and health insuranceSickness insurance as a "minimum requirement" alongside old-age and unemployment insurance
0.391932Herbert HooverTariff levelsMaintain — and if necessary widen — the protective tariff; reject the Democratic 'competitive tariff for revenue'