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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1920
Page
3
The Republican platform reiterates allegiance to the U.S. Constitution and civil liberties, attacks Democratic leadership for wartime missteps, and demands reform in federal budgeting, farm policy, industrial relations, and executive power. It condemns war-time powers while noting anticipated tax burdens and revenue needs.
The text attacks the administration as unprepared for peace after war, demanding a quick return to peacetime government. It criticizes demobilization delays, war-time finance, and executive overreach, urging the Republican party to outline its policies and solutions for postwar challenges.
The document lauds Republican Congress for enacting policy reforms amid President’s vetoes. It cites transportation, postal pay increases, veterans' pensions, peacetime army reform, women's suffrage amendment support, food and war risk provisions, oil leasing, water power bills, and efforts to curb Democratic mismanagement while restoring constitutional governance.
The GOP cites 1920 estimates cut by almost three billion dollars and 1921 by over one billion, urging cooperation for a legislative budget. It faults administration for wartime spending and calls for a peace time readjustment, reduced payrolls, fewer officials, and improved efficiency under the executive budget plan.
The speech criticizes the current administration for lacking principles in foreign policy, calling for a liberal approach based on clear rights and duties. It urges protecting American life and property, respecting other nations, and upholding international obligations. It also proposes early tax relief with a simplified income tax and a tax board representing taxpayers.
The passage argues inflation funded most of the war, causing higher costs and losses for Liberty Bond buyers, with credit restrictions hindering legitimate industry growth. It advocates removing political influence from the Federal Reserve System.
The piece blames the high cost of living on a 50 percent depreciation of the dollar from expanded currency and credit. It condemns Democratic administration fiscal policy and pledges a determined attack on rising living costs. It calls for public economy private thrift and a revision of wartime taxes to fit peacetime needs.
A condemnatory note accuses the Democratic administration of failing to enforce anti profiteering laws enacted by the Republican Congress. The brief frames the issue as a partisan failure to uphold price controls and fair trading rules.
The document argues against government or employee control of railroads. It asserts private ownership under proper regulation offers more reliable and economical transport for present and future needs, denying any speculative profit in transportation while protecting existing railway capital and credit to attract future investment.
The statement calls for enlarged railway facilities to meet growth, a fair return on railway property, and steady employment with fair hours and wages. It endorses the 1920 Transportation Act by the Republican Congress as a conservative legislative measure guiding the industry.
The statement declares a national policy to encourage and develop water transportation service and facilities linked to U.S. commerce. It emphasizes fostering waterways to support national trade and economic activity through improved transport infrastructure.
The statement supports amending monopoly laws to help advance advance notice of unlawful combinations. It criticizes the federal trade commission under a Democratic administration as underperforming. It calls for fair treatment of honest business, stronger anti unfair practice laws, and immediate resumption of trade relations with nations at peace.
Uncertain international balances hinder near term forecasts while the Republican Party reaffirms its belief in protection and pledges a revision of the tariff policy.
Endorses the recently enacted sound legislation by the Republican Congress aimed at maintaining the American merchant marine. Supports applying the workmen's compensation acts to the merchant marine sector.
The policy argues that U.S. immigration should favor immigrants whose standards resemble American ones. It calls for higher physical standards and stricter exclusion of mentally defective and criminal individuals, applied annually until naturalization. It supports excluding Asiatic immigrants as sound policy.
Editor argues against granting citizenship to aliens before they prove genuine American status and calls for independent naturalization of women.
A public statement asserts free speech press and assembly for Americans, while denying advocating resistance to law. It calls for deportation of aliens deemed a menace and demands adequate hearing for all under government action.
The document advocates liberal federal appropriations in cooperation with states for highways. It argues taxes lost to reserves affect federal aid shares and condemns the president’s veto of the water power bill. It upholds conservation as a Republican policy urging unity among government, states, and private interests to save forests.
The article endorses a broad reclamation program as a path to greater national wealth and higher production. It argues for a sized and comprehensive policy to spur development and economic growth nationwide.
The piece honors soldiers and sailors of America from the great war and notes Republican gratitude toward defenders. It cites that the present congress appropriated generously for the disabled of the war and that for fiscal year 1990-2 obligations and expenditures reached 1,186,671,893 dollars.
The statement reaffirms strict enforcement of civil service laws and extending coverage where feasible. It cites Congress adopting a broad civil service retirement act and aiming for a comprehensive employment and wage policy to ensure equal and fair treatment of government workers and to centralize administration of new employment.
The piece praises civil service administration and condemns the current administration for harming postal telegraph and telephone efficiency. It also commends Congress for enacting higher pay for postal workers, who were previously among the lowest paid in government service.
The document argues for women’s suffrage and full participation in elections, federal housing and education programs, a centralized public health system, and strict enforcement of child labor laws. It denounces President Wilson’s Armenia mandate, calls for international peace through justice, and outlines a firm Mexico policy protecting American lives and property.
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