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Protect the farmer against imports of livestock, dairy and farm products; keep non-competing goods on the free list — Alf Landon, 1936

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ScoreCycleCandidateIssuePosition
0.611936Franklin D. RooseveltExecutive reciprocal trade agreements (1934 Act)Continue the reciprocal trade agreements to lower barriers against American exports
0.581932Franklin D. RooseveltFarm prices and agricultural surplusRaise staple farm prices by a tariff-equivalent benefit plus voluntary production control, at no cost to the Treasury
0.581932Herbert HooverFarm prices and agricultural surplusFarm prices can be restored only by general recovery and markets — no production control, no subsidies; repeal Farm Board stabilization
0.571936Alf 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
0.531932Herbert HooverTariff levelsMaintain — and if necessary widen — the protective tariff; reject the Democratic 'competitive tariff for revenue'
0.531936Franklin D. RooseveltCrop insurance and storage reservesCrop insurance and a stable food supply
0.531936Alf LandonConservation of natural resourcesReal soil conservation and a national land-use and flood-prevention program run with the States and 'out of politics'
0.511936Alf 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
0.491932Herbert HooverEuropean war debts and reparationsNo cancellation of war debts; apply any annual payment to opening foreign markets for American farm products
0.441932Herbert 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
0.421932Herbert HooverInternational economic and monetary conferencesA world economic conference on monetary stabilization and trade, with an agricultural representative
0.421932Herbert HooverConservation of natural resourcesConserve natural resources, including antitrust revision to end waste in oil, coal and timber
0.411936Franklin D. RooseveltFarm prices and agricultural surplusContinue soil conservation and domestic allotment payments; end ruinous surpluses; commodity loans on seasonal surpluses
0.401936Alf LandonEqual rights and opportunity for Black AmericansEqual opportunity for colored citizens: protect their economic status and personal safety; further their employment
0.401936Franklin D. RooseveltNeutrality, arms embargoes and staying out of foreign warsKeep the United States out of war: true neutrality, take the profits out of war, no political commitments
0.391932Franklin D. RooseveltRegulation of securities issuance and exchangesFederal regulation of securities and commodity exchanges, interstate holding companies and interstate utility rates
0.381936Franklin D. RooseveltDirect relief for the unemployedProvide useful work at prevailing wages for the needy unemployed rather than a dole
0.371932Franklin D. RooseveltTariff levelsRevise the tariff downward through reciprocal trade agreements
0.371932Franklin D. RooseveltAntitrust and concentration of economic powerStrengthen and impartially enforce the antitrust laws
0.371932Herbert HooverMaintenance of wage levels in depressionUphold wages and spread work by voluntary agreement of employers and labor; shorter hours in government service
0.371932Franklin D. RooseveltFarm prices and agricultural surplusRestore purchasing power to the farming half of the nation
0.371936Alf LandonNational economic planningEnd federal regimentation: no revival of NRA or AAA controls, no more emergency powers over production, wages and hours
0.371932Franklin D. RooseveltReorganization of the executive branchConsolidate the seven federal farm-mortgage agencies under a single purpose
0.371932Franklin D. RooseveltPlanned use of land and retirement of marginal farmlandA national policy of planned land use — economic soil survey and retirement of marginal farmland
0.371936Franklin D. RooseveltPublic ownership of electric powerCheaper electricity and rural electrification by the 'yardstick' method