MR. LANDON'S POLICY
WORKERS AND UNIONS
FREEDOM OF ACTION
United Press Association—By Electric Telecraph—Copyright. TOPEKA (Kansas), July 23. Before 100,000 enthusiastic partisans, Governor Alfred Landon today formally notified his nomination as the Republican Presidential candidate and delivered a formal speech of acceptance. His address consisted, of 3500 words, which is comparatively short for such occasions, and, in addition to a generalised attack on the New Deal, Mr. Landon limited his remarks to comparatively few issues. He promised to restore the American Government to an "efficient and constitutional basis" with a redaction of Government spending to bring a balanced Budget without curtailing unemployment relief for those needing it most.
A significant part of the speech politically was the elucidation of his Labour policy, Mr. Landon declaring in effect for the "open shop." He emphasised that workers should be free to join or not join any union which they wished, rather than to be governed by majority decisions, which is a basic principle of President Roosevelt's Labour policy.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 22, 25 July 1936, Page 6
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166MR. LANDON'S POLICY Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 22, 25 July 1936, Page 6
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