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Extend the federal housing program toward adequate housing for those in slums; encourage private building — Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936

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Score	Cycle	Candidate	Issue	Position
0.51	1932	Norman Thomas	Federal responsibility for relief	A $5 billion federal appropriation for immediate relief of those in need
0.49	1932	Herbert Hoover	Farm and home mortgage relief	The Federal Home Loan Bank system to stop home foreclosures and finance new homes
0.49	1932	Herbert Hoover	Farm and home mortgage relief	Reorganize and enlarge the Federal Land Banks to refinance farm mortgages; curb Joint Stock Land Bank abuses
0.46	1932	Herbert Hoover	Regulation of banks and securities	The RFC and the 'shield of Government credit' saved 5,000 institutions and must continue — but no direct government lending to everyone
0.46	1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Public ownership of electric power	Public development of hydro-electric power on the St. Lawrence model, with national control of interstate transmission
0.43	1932	Norman Thomas	Farm and home mortgage relief	Government aid to farmers and small home-owners against foreclosure and tax sales; moratorium on interest debated
0.43	1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Farm and home mortgage relief	Low interest rates, sounder home financing, better banking
0.43	1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Farm and home mortgage relief	Government assistance to keep home-owners and farm-owners from foreclosure
0.42	1932	Herbert Hoover	Level of federal spending	Cut federal spending $1.5 billion below fiscal 1932 and reorganize the executive branch
0.41	1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Income and inheritance tax progressivity	Defense of the undistributed-profits tax as a loophole-closer; correct imperfections if found
0.41	1932	Herbert Hoover	Benefits for disabled and service-connected veterans	Full relief for service-disabled veterans and dependents; review existing veterans' laws to remove inequalities and effect economies
0.40	1932	Herbert Hoover	Maintenance of wage levels in depression	Uphold wages and spread work by voluntary agreement of employers and labor; shorter hours in government service
0.39	1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Tariff levels	Revise the tariff downward through reciprocal trade agreements
0.39	1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Distribution of national income and purchasing power	A more equitable distribution of national income — higher reward to labor, lower to speculative capital
0.39	1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Housing and slum clearance	Slum clearance and modern housing for the urban poor as a "human necessity" among public works
0.39	1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Restoring the commodity price level (reflation)	Restore commodity prices toward their former dollar value rather than write down all debts
0.38	1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Regulation of utility rates and holding companies	Eight-point federal utility program: publicity, Federal Power Commission control of holding companies, prudent-investment rate base
0.37	1932	Norman Thomas	Income and inheritance tax progressivity	Steeply increased income and inheritance taxes
0.37	1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Farm prices and agricultural surplus	Restore purchasing power to the farming half of the nation
0.37	1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Planned use of land and retirement of marginal farmland	A national policy of planned land use — economic soil survey and retirement of marginal farmland
0.36	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
0.36	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
0.36	1932	Herbert Hoover	Balancing the federal budget	A balanced budget as 'the foundation of all public and private financial stability'
0.35	1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Regulation of banks and securities	Separate investment banking from commercial banks; tighter national-bank supervision; faster payouts to depositors of closed banks
0.35	1932	Herbert Hoover	Restriction of immigration	Continue the executive order practically prohibiting immigration except relatives of residents