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We are proud of and shall continue our far-reaching and sound advances in matters of basic human needsexpansion of social securitybroadened coverage in unemployment insurance improved housingand better health protection for all our people.
In all those things which deal with people, be liberal, be human.
Government must have a heart as well as a head.
We shall continue vigorously to support the United Nations.
We will vigorously promote, as we have in the past, a non-political career service under the merit system which will attract and retain able servants of the people.
Further reductions in taxes with particular consideration for low and middle income families.
To meet the immense demands of our expanding economy, we [will initiate] the largest highway, air and maritime programs in history, each soundly financed.
We favor self-government, national suffrage and representation in the Congress of the United States for residents of the District of Columbia.
We favor a comprehensive study of the effect upon wildlife of the drainage of our wetlands. We recognize the need for maintaining isolated wilderness areas
A continuously vigorous enforcement of anti-trust laws Legislation to enable closer Federal scrutiny of mergers which have a significant or potential monopolistic connotations; Procedural changes in the antitrust laws to facilitate their enforcement.
Extend the protection of the Federal minimum wage laws to as many more workers as is possible and practicable. Stimulate improved job safety of our workers, through assistance to the States, employees and employers. Assure equal pay for equal work regardless of Sex. Clarify and strengthen the eight-hour laws for the benefit of workers who are subject to federal wage standards... Revise and improve the Taft-Hartley Act so as to protect more effectively the rights of labor unions, management, the individual worker, and the public.
We recommend to Congress the submission of a constitutional amendment providing equal rights for men and women.
This was the Republican Platform in 1956. I don't think they would recognize their party today.
Republican Party Platforms: Republican Party Platform of 1956 - August 20, 1956
We are proud of and shall continue our far-reaching and sound advances in matters of basic human needsexpansion of social securitybroadened coverage in unemployment insurance improved housingand better health protection for all our people.
In all those things which deal with people, be liberal, be human.
Government must have a heart as well as a head.
We shall continue vigorously to support the United Nations.
We will vigorously promote, as we have in the past, a non-political career service under the merit system which will attract and retain able servants of the people.
Further reductions in taxes with particular consideration for low and middle income families.
To meet the immense demands of our expanding economy, we [will initiate] the largest highway, air and maritime programs in history, each soundly financed.
We favor self-government, national suffrage and representation in the Congress of the United States for residents of the District of Columbia.
We favor a comprehensive study of the effect upon wildlife of the drainage of our wetlands. We recognize the need for maintaining isolated wilderness areas
A continuously vigorous enforcement of anti-trust laws Legislation to enable closer Federal scrutiny of mergers which have a significant or potential monopolistic connotations; Procedural changes in the antitrust laws to facilitate their enforcement.
Extend the protection of the Federal minimum wage laws to as many more workers as is possible and practicable. Stimulate improved job safety of our workers, through assistance to the States, employees and employers. Assure equal pay for equal work regardless of Sex. Clarify and strengthen the eight-hour laws for the benefit of workers who are subject to federal wage standards... Revise and improve the Taft-Hartley Act so as to protect more effectively the rights of labor unions, management, the individual worker, and the public.
We recommend to Congress the submission of a constitutional amendment providing equal rights for men and women.
This was the Republican Platform in 1956. I don't think they would recognize their party today.
Republican Party Platforms: Republican Party Platform of 1956 - August 20, 1956