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Democratic National Campaign Committee "Let's Look at the Record"

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09532.12 Author/Creator: Democratic National Campaign Committee Place Written: s.l. Type: Broadside Date: 1936 Pagination: 1 p. : 33 x 19 cm. Order a Copy

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"Let's Look at the Record"

Democratic Pledges and Performance
In 1932 President Roosevelt promised the American people that if he were elected he would stand for certain measures and reform. He promised:

1. Speedy and Sure Farm Relief
The AAA was the first practical government aid ever extended to farmers. Under AAA, cash farm income increased 2 1/2 billion dollars in 3 years. The SCA will continue to help the farmer.
Republicans repudiated their party promises to restore farm prices.

2. Work and Bread for the Unemployed
Instead of the half-way Hoover remedy of volunteer "hand-outs," under President Roosevelt 25,000,000 destitute poor have had federal aid to tide them through misfortune. Relief standards have been raised from a starvation monthly benefit of $15.50 to a $50 average.

3. Repeal of the Volstead Act
Democratic leadership hastened repeal of the 18th Amendment, which the Republican Party side-stepped for years.

4. Help for Debt-Burdened Home Owners
The Home Owners Loan Corporation has saved a million homes from foreclosure by government loans on easy repayment terms.
The Farm Credit Administration helped half a million farmers save their homes by refinancing their loans and lowering their interest rates.

5. A Square Deal for Labor
The NRA opened the way for labor gains. The Railway Pension Act, the railway labor agreement, the act setting hour and wage standards on government contracts, and the National Labor Relations Act to protect the right of labor to bargain collectively, are important forward steps. President Roosevelt's Social Security Act providing for old age and unemployment insurance guarantees a new era of comfort and safety for all workers.

6. Government "Yardsticks" to Measure Electric Rates
Under the Tennessee Valley Authority electricity has been sold to communities served by TVA at less than half the national average charged by private companies. The Government is constructing 19 dams which will supply cheap power to various sections of the country; PWA has lent funds for 295 local power projects; some $80,000,000 has been cut from out national electric bill to meet competition by government "yardsticks."

7. Tariff Revision
The State Department has concluded 14 reciprocal trade agreements with foreign countries under which exports increased 116 million in the first 5 months of 1936 compared with 1935.

8. Regulation of Banking and Investments
Among other reforms, the banking act protects small depositors by insuring bank savings up to $5,000. The Securities and Exchange Acts protect the small investor from fraud and misrepresentation.

And National Recovery

From record attendance at baseball games to record 5c sign sales, from 30 per cent gain in theater income (1935 over 1934) to a top in European travel, from the best paint trade in 6 years to the sale of a million and a half electric refrigerators (both 1935 attainments)-such daily signs mark the fulfilling of President Roosevelt's pledge to BRING BACK PROSPERITY. Against this achievement stands only the unbalanced budget-unbalanced in order to feed the starving, to extend government credit to banks and business, to prime industry, raise farm income, PUT THE COUNTRY ON ITS FEET. Of necessity it is the final step in the program of recovery.

Put Your Trust in Acts and Facts
REMEMBER PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S RECORD

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