RENEW PLEDGE LA FOLLETTE
WASHINGTON—Selecting the
anniversary of the birth of their
late leader to announce their pro
gram, five candidates on the “La
Follette Progressive Republican’'
ticket, which will oppose the reg
ular Republican slate in Wisconsin
this fall, to-day made public a
platform of seventeen planks.
The official synopsis of the plat
form listed the following “promises
to the people:’’
Progressive Leadership—Larry on
that record of constructive achieve
ments begun by Senator La Follette
thirty years ago, which has made
Wisconsin known through-out the
world as a model commonwealth.
Foreign Policy—Oppose entrance
into the League of Nations and
denounce administration and Sen
ators who voted to put the United
States into the League’s World
-Court as a betrayal of sacred pub
lic trust; withdraw United States
from World Court, “dollar diplo
macy;” denounce foreign debts
settlement which shifts burden to
American taxpayers; asserts con
.stitutional right of Congress to
voice in foreign affairs; favors
outlawry of war; abolition of con
scription and referendum on peace
■or war; condemns use of armed
forces as collection agency for
international bankers; demands
reduction of national war expendi
ures; opposition to universal mili
tary training.
Economy and taxation: National
retrenchment and economy impera
tive; commends Wisconsin for eco
nomics which made unnecessary for
the first time in twenty years state
taxes on real or personal property;
urges local economy with readjust
ment in assessments, especially of
farm property; commends income
and inheritance taxes, reducing
taxation on property and asks
amendment to prevent evasion; con
demns reduction by last Congress
to reduce millionaire’s taxes and
leave burden on small producers;
asks abolition of nuisance taxes
and demands complete publicity of
Federal tax returns.
“Agriculture and Labor: Favors
State and national legislation to
protect Wisconsin cheese, butter
and other farm products against
dishonest competition and practices;
demands equality for the purchasing
power of farmers’ products; aboli
tion of injunctions in labor disputes;
protection of rights of laborers
and farmers to organize and bargain
collectively; prohibit profiteering
in farm products; demands reduc
tion in excessive monopoly tariffs.
Transportation: Repeal Esch
Cummins law; restore railroad com
mission control of Western rates;
reduce freight rates to pre-war
levels; denounce Wall Street looting
of St. Paul Railroad; pledge con
tinuance of vigorous policy to stop
the Chicago lake water steal and
thereby make immediately possible
the St. Lawrence waterway; oppose
ship subsidy.
rngnways: continue present law
with modifications demanded by ex
perience; use all special automobile
taxes, state or Federal, for highway
construction and maintenance.
Industry and commerce: Protect
public against monopoly and trust
control; continue developing Wis
consin industries alike in large and
small centers; encourage home own
ed and home managed enterprises;
oppose branch banking; make bor
rowing money available without
class discrimination; restore Federal
trade tariff and interstate commerce
commissions to legitimate service
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