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Highlights of 1956 Platform Adopted at Democratic Convention
Domestic Policy Plank
Cites 'People's Needs'
Chicago (U.R) Highlights
of the 1956 Democratic platform:
General Domestic Policy
Republicans have reversed 20
years of Democratic accomplish
ment, substituting deceptive slo
gans and dismal deeds for Demo
cratic progress. Republican pros
perity is a myth. Hard money
and GOP tax policy have fav-
oied monopoly while wages lag
farm income collapses, and small
business failures increase.
Democrats will restore funds
for education and health, old
age assistance, slum clearance
and resource development, and
other "needs of the people.
They will balance the budget.
under a 500 billion dollar na
tional economy. Farmers will
get "full parity" of income
necessary school rooms will be
built.
"This country of ours .
blessed with ever-increasing pro
ductive power. The Republicans
have not permitted this potential
abundance to be released for the
mutual benefit of all. We reject
this stunted concept . . ."
Human Welfare
America can and must adopt
measures to assure every citizen
opportunity for full, healthy,
happy life. Democrats will ex
pand and improve great social
welfare programs. Social secur
ity will be broadened and
strengthened, and benefits in
creased. Unemployment insurance will
be liberalized. Public assistance
will be expanded. New aids will
be provided for senior citizens.
Federal aid will be provided for
medical education; support will
be increased for hospital build
ing and public health.
Public housing will be reviv
ed. Democrats believe every
American family is entitled to a
decent home. Republicans have
sabotaged that goal. "Federal
aid and action should be pro
vided, within the traditional
framework of state and local
Labor Relations Act and the
Norris-LaGuardia anti-injunction
law.
The federal minimum wage
should be raised from SI an hour
to at least $1.25. Additional
workers should be covered. Leg
islation is needed to assure equal
pay for women. Jobs must be
provided for depressed areas.
Atomic Energy
The government must build
plants for production of atomic
power; under the Republican
administration, this is left to
private industry, and other coun
tries are forging ahead. The
Atomic Energy Commission
must be taken out of politics.
Democrats will sponsor a com
prehensive survey of radiation
hazards, from bomb tests and
other atomic work, to see if
further protection is needed.
Atomic production will be step
ped up to assure supplies for
both peaceful and military uses.
Financial Policy
An expanding economy can
produce enough taxes to balance
the budget and at the same time
support a tax cut. Democrats fav
or correcting inequities in GOP
tax law. They propose to increase
personal tax exemptions from
$600 to at least $800. Republican
increases in interest rates will be
reversed.
Free Enterprise
"We recognize monopolies and
monopolistic practies as the real
barriers between the people and
their economic and political free
dom." Republicans have fostered
monopoly, stifling small business.
Democrats pledge new aids 'for
small business, including tax re
lief. Foreign Trade
Democrats always have work
ed for expanding world trade.
They will continue vigorous sup
port for Cordell Hull's reciprocal
trade agreements act. However,
Republicans have failed to use
the act's escape clauses as need
ed, with resulting "serious econ-
Stevenson Ponders Selection
Of Vice Presidential Mate
Chicago ;U.B Adlai E. Ste
venson sought a running mate to
day from a field of at least six
hopefuls. A spokesman for the
prospective Democratic presiden
tial nominee said the race for
second spot on the ticket was
"still wide open."
Known entries were Sen. Estes
Kefauver of Tennessee; Sen. Hu
bert H. Humphrey of Minnesota;
Sen. Albert Gore of Tennessee;
Sen. John F. Kennedy of Massa
chusetts: Gov. Robert B. Meyner
of New Jersey; and Mayor Rob
ert F. Wagner Jr. of New York
There could be others. Only
Stevenson know for sure, and he
was closeted in his hotel suite to
day, studying the possibilities of
all the contenders, and keeping
his own counsel.
Stevenson turned his attention
to the choice of a vice presiden
tial nominee after it became ob
vious that he would be nomin
ated for President on the first
ballot tonight. His selection of a
running mate almost certainly
will be quickly ratified by the
convention Friday afternoon.
Studies Abilities
Aides said Stevenson was
weighing the qualifications for
of the available candidates on
two sets of scales, taking into
account not only the question of
their vote pulling power but also
their competence for the na
tion's second highest office, with
particular reference to their abil
ity to serve as a liaison with
Congress.
They stressed that the former
Illinois governor has made "ab
solutely no commitments in
volving the vice presidency.
Having clinched the nomination
without any deals, they said, he
has a free hand to pick the run
ning mate he considers best for
control," to build public schools. I omic injury" to hundreds of
Civil Rights
Democrats are committed to
support and advance individual
rights and liberties. All citizens
are equal before the law and
should enjoy equal political
rights, as well as equal chance
for education, economic ad
vancement, decent living condi
tions. "We will continue our
efforts to eradicate discrimina
tion based on race, religion or
national origin."
Recent Supreme Court rulings
against race segregation in pub
lic schools and elsewhere are of
vast consequence to the nation
and especially the South. "We
reject all proposals for the use
of force to interfere with the
orderly determination of these
matters by the courts."
The party recognizes the Su
preme Court as one of three
branches of government, super
ior to any political party, and
that its decisions are part of the
law of the land. Every child, re
gardless of race, has full right
under the Constitution and law,
"without discrimination," to
educational opportunity."
Senate rules should be revised
to let the majority work its will,
so filibuster can't be used to
block passage of civil rights leg
islaion. k
Labor
Free collective bargaining is
the best way to determine wages
and working conditions. The
Taft-Hartley Act loaded this in
favor of management. President
Eisenhower aggravated the prob
lem by stacking the National
Labor Relations Board with
biased pro-management person
nel. Democrats unequivocally urge
repeal of Taft-Hartley. They also
oppose state right-to-work laws
enacted under its terms. "A new
legislative approach toward the
entire labor-management prob
lem will be adopted, based on
past experience and the prin
ciples of the Wagner National1
American workers. Democrats
will correct this.
Foreign Policy
Eisenhower administra
tion policies of "bluff and blus
ter" have "unnecessarily and
dangerously subjected the Amer
ican people to the risk of atomic
war." President Eisenhower "has
failed to seek peace with deter
mination." Administration lead
ers have been "fraternizing with
the Communists and weakening
(he positive Democratic policy of
halting Communist expansion."
Suez Canal crisis results from
"inept and vacillating" GOP
policy. Democrats support inter
nationalization of the canal.
They promise defensive wea
pons" for Israel and economic
aid to Arab states and Israel.
They oppose admission of Red
China to United Nations, and
support the "great goal of en
forced disarmament" and the
strengthening of UN.
Democrats condemn the GOP
for "heartless record" of broken
1952 campaign promises to lib
erate captive peoples behind the
Iron Curtain.
National Defense
"Political considerations of
budget balancing and tax reduc
tions now come before the wants
of our national security and the
needs of our allies." Republicans
"have stifled -our Air Force,
starved our Army and weakened
our capacity to deal with mili
tary threats of any sort save by
retreat or by . . . massive retal
iation and global atomic war."
Democrats stand for strong de
fense forces "so clearly superior
in modern weapons to those of
any possible enemy that our
armed strength will make an at
tack upon the free world un
thinkable." Agriculture
The Eisenhower administra
tion "has failed utterly to de
velop any programs to meet the
desperate needs of farmers . . .
and has sabotaged" programs in-
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Stevenson Confused
By Too Many Groups
Chicago (UP.) Adlai E. Ste
venson has talked to so many
groups at this convention that
he sometimes loses track of
where he is.
He swept into one meeting
Wednesday that had been in ses
sion all. afternoon and was put
immediately before the micro
phone.
"There is no need for me to
tell you ..." Stevenson began.
Then he stopped and asked:
"What are you all talking about
at the moment?
Amid laughter, he was told he
was talking to the Democratic
Party's nationalities division and
they were talking about foreign
policy.
"Oh," he said. "Well, you've
all heard me on that and know
where I stand. I've written
books about it and I have no rea
son to change what I've said."
Then he dashed off to another
meeting.
herited from Democrats. Dem
ocrats denounce President's veto
of Democratic farm bill that
would have junked flexible price
supports and restored basic crop
props at 90 per cent of parity.
Democrats pledge full parity
of income for farmers through
90 per cent support loans, plus
subsidy payments, direct pur
chases and similar measures.
Democrats will support "contin
ued improvements" in the soil
bank program and "practical
measures" to support prices of
feed grains, other nonbasic crops,
meats, poultry and dairy pro
ducts.
They favor a stamp plan for
distribution of food to the needy,
expansion of school lunch and
milk program, strategic stock
piles of farm commodities and
an international food bank. They
pledge easier credit at lower in
terest rates to farmers and a re
turn of the adminstration of farm
programs to farmer-elected com
mitteemen.
Natural Resources
Pledges "unstinting support to
a full and integrated program of
development, protection, man
agement and conservation of all
of our natural resources for all
of the people."
The Eisenhower administra
tion "has despoiled future gen
erations of their heritage by ut
ter failure to safeguard natural
resources." Administration pil
laging symbolized by "infamous
Dixon-Yates contract, Al Sarena
timber 'mining' scheme and the
low level Hells Canyon dams."
Pledges "resumption of rapid
and orderly" multiple-purpose
river basin development through
out the nation. Democrats will
"preserve and strengthen the
public power competitive yard
stick" in power developments
such as Tennessee Valley Auth
ority, Rural Electrification ad
ministration and Bonneville.
Special 20-car trains with
sleeping and covered platform
cars for automobiles are run on
British Railways for summer va
cationers with connections with
the ferries for the continent.
the party and the country.
All of the top contenders for
the post can claim certain spe
cial qualifications. Kefauver, the
best known of the group, is well
regarded in the strategic farm
areas and fought hard for Ste
venson after bowing out of the
presidential race.
Humphrey is regarded as one
of the Senate's quickest minds
and best campaigners. Gore and
Kennedy are regarded as bright
young men, and they also hap
pen to be handsome, no negli
gible asset in this era of tele
vision campaigning.
All Have Debits
Meyer and Wagner also have
youth going for them, and have
successfully shouldered import
ant administrative responsibili
ties. On the debit side, Kefauver is
thoroughly disliked by many
powers in the South. Humphrey,
a prime mover in civil rights
battles in the 1948 and 1952
conventions, has also provoked
some Southern opposition. Gore
was not included on a list of ac
ceptable candidates which, ac
cording to informed sources, was
compiled by a group of labor
leaders.
Both Kennedy and Wagner
are Catholics and Democratic
strategists are uncertain whether
this would be a net political as
set or liability.
Kennedy has" opposed the
Democratic program of high,
rigid price supports for basic
farm crops.
Meyner is a bachelor. That
would not normally be consid
ered a great handicap. But, as
Stevenson's running mate, he
would complete an all-bachelor
ticket.
Older people are steadily in
creasing in number in relation
to our total population. The
number of persons 65 and over
has quadrupled since 1900, while
total population has only doub
led, says a new report of the
Twentieth Century Fund.
The largest county in the Unit
ed States is San Bernardino in
California, which is 20,160
square miles in area.
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