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Cash 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 — Alf Landon, 1936

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ScoreCycleCandidateIssuePosition
0.561932Franklin D. RooseveltFarm prices and agricultural surplusRaise staple farm prices by a tariff-equivalent benefit plus voluntary production control, at no cost to the Treasury
0.501932Franklin D. RooseveltFarm prices and agricultural surplusRestore purchasing power to the farming half of the nation
0.471932Herbert 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
0.461932Herbert HooverTariff levelsMaintain — and if necessary widen — the protective tariff; reject the Democratic 'competitive tariff for revenue'
0.431932Franklin D. RooseveltTariff levelsRevise the tariff downward through reciprocal trade agreements
0.421932Franklin D. RooseveltPublic ownership of electric powerPublic development of hydro-electric power on the St. Lawrence model, with national control of interstate transmission
0.411936Alf LandonExecutive reciprocal trade agreements (1934 Act)Repeal the Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act; return treaty power to the Senate and tariff-making to Congress
0.401932Norman ThomasLeague of Nations and international organizationsJoin the League and World Court; lead general disarmament; free the Philippines; withdraw from Nicaragua, Haiti and China; recognize the Soviet Union
0.391936Franklin D. RooseveltDirect relief for the unemployedProvide useful work at prevailing wages for the needy unemployed rather than a dole
0.391932Franklin D. RooseveltReforestation and land policyEmploy a million men reforesting marginal and abandoned land
0.391932Franklin D. RooseveltReorganization of the executive branchConsolidate the seven federal farm-mortgage agencies under a single purpose
0.391936Franklin D. RooseveltFarm and home mortgage reliefLow interest rates, sounder home financing, better banking
0.391936Franklin D. RooseveltExecutive reciprocal trade agreements (1934 Act)Continue the reciprocal trade agreements to lower barriers against American exports
0.381936Alf LandonConservation of natural resourcesReal soil conservation and a national land-use and flood-prevention program run with the States and 'out of politics'
0.381936Franklin D. RooseveltFarm prices and agricultural surplusContinue soil conservation and domestic allotment payments; end ruinous surpluses; commodity loans on seasonal surpluses
0.371936Franklin D. RooseveltCrop insurance and storage reservesCrop insurance and a stable food supply
0.371936Alf LandonEqual rights and opportunity for Black AmericansEqual opportunity for colored citizens: protect their economic status and personal safety; further their employment
0.371936Alf LandonTariff levelsProtect the farmer against imports of livestock, dairy and farm products; keep non-competing goods on the free list
0.371932Franklin D. RooseveltInternational economic and monetary conferencesConvene international monetary and economic conferences to stabilize currencies and restore trade
0.361932Herbert HooverPublic ownership of electric powerFederal regulation of interstate power; opposition to government operation of the power business
0.361932Norman ThomasFederal responsibility for reliefA $5 billion federal appropriation for immediate relief of those in need
0.361932Alfred E. SmithEuropean war debts and reparationsA twenty-year moratorium on the war debts, writing them off in proportion to each nation's purchases of American goods
0.361936Alf 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
0.361932Herbert HooverPublic works as employment policyRatify the St. Lawrence seaway treaty and complete the inland waterway system
0.361932Herbert HooverNaval arms and disarmamentCut world armaments by one-third through the Geneva conference while keeping forces strong enough that 'no foreign soldier will land'