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Oct. 14,1964 THE SKYSCRAPER Page Five Reveal Candidates' Beliefs Disarmament Furthers World Peace Prospect In his first presidential address to a joint session of Congress, Lyn don B. Johnson said, In this age where there can be no losers in peace and no victors in war we must recognize the obligation to match national strength with na tional results. We must be pre pared at one and the same time for both the confrontation of power and the limitations of power. The Kennedy-Johnson Adminis tration aimed to reverse the nu clear arms race through enforcea ble control measures. In 1963 President Kennedy signed the nu clear test ban treaty which has since been ratified by 105 nations. In January of 1964 President John son said, We must take new steps ... toward the control and the even tual abolition of arms. Even in the absence of agreement, we must not stockpile arms beyond our needs or seek an excess of military power that could be provocative as well as wasteful. The Johnson Administration fully supports the United Na tions as a world-wide com munity. In an address to the General Assembly in Decem ber, 1963, President Johnson said, And more than ever we support the United Nations as the best instrument yet devised to promote the peace of the world and to promote the well- being of mankind. Fidel Castro took over Cuba in January, 1959. Under the leader ship of the Kennedy-Johnson Ad ministration, Cuba has been iso lated from the rest of Latin America and excluded from the Or ganization of American States. In April, 1964, President Johnson said, Our first task must be, as it has been, to isolate Cuba from the Inter-American system, to frus trate its efforts to destroy free governments and to expose the weakness of communism so that all can see. After turning back Red Chi nese aggression twice in the Vietnamese area, President Johnson said, The situation in Vietnam is difficult. But there is an old American saying that 'when the going gets tough, the tough get going.' Let no one doubt that we are in this battle as long as South Vietnam wants our support and needs our assistance to protect its freedom. In his State of the Union mes sage in 1964 President Johnson summed up his foreign policy pro gram by saying, Our ultimate goal is a world without war, a world made safe for diversity, in which all men, goods and ideas can freely move across every border and every boundary. We must advance to ward this goal in 1964 . . . not as partisans, but as patriots. President Promises Relief To Economically Deprived President Lyndon Johnson and the Democratic candidates of 1964 are dedicated to the constitutional principal of promoting the general welfare. In his budget message to Congress for the fiscal year 1965, President Johnson said, A govern ment that is strong, that is com passionate, is the kind of govern ment that endures. There is no in consistency in being prudent and frugal, in being alert and strong, and in being sensitive and sympa thetic to the unfilled needs of the people. The Kennedy-Johnson adminis tration has supported legislation to assist secondary and elementary education by providing for a 1.5 billion four-year program of aid to the states to raise teachers' sala ries, construct classrooms and meet special educational require ments. In December, 1963, President Johnson signed the Higher Educa tion Facilities Act to provide for additional college classroom con struction, graduate schools and fa cilities in at least 10 to 20 major academic centers and technical in stitutes in 25 to 30 public com munity colleges every year. Under the Economic Opportunity Act Lyndon Advocates Tax Reform; Administration Stresses Frugality The tax plank of the Democratic Platform promises three reforms in the present tax system. The pri mary goal, as stated by President Johnson, is to cut excise taxes by eliminating those that are ob solete. The platform also calls for the removal of inequities in the existing tax laws and a considera tion of fiscal policies which would provide revenue sources to hard- pressed state and local govern ments. On Nov. 30, 1963, President Johnson pledged that the Execu tive Branch will be administered with the utmost thrift and fru gality; that the government will get a dollar's value for a dollar spent; and that the government will set an example of prudence and economy. Signs Tax Bill After signing the tax cut bill the President expressed an attempt to reduce government expenditures by eliminating administrative budget expenditures and total civilian em ployment in the Executive Branch, wherever possible. The budget deficit was cut al most in half and on July 18 Presi dent Johnson announced expendi tures had been cut another 200 million resulting in a 3.6 billion re duction from the original deficit es timate. Avoids Recession Before the Democratic Adminis tration took office, the nation was burdened with its fourth post war recession, according to the 1964 Democratic Fact Book and the rate of economic growth was at a low two and one-fourth per cent. The economy promises to hit more than a five per cent rate of expansion this year, and as a re sult of the tax cut, an extra 8 bil lion is being added to consumer pockets. President Johnson believes that only under his Administration will the nation be solvent for he holds that you can be frugal and thrifty without being reactionary. Administration Will Back Kennedy Policy Johnson Enforces Civil Rights Act of '64 Since the passage of the Civil Rights Act, the law has been a recurrent issue in the presidential campaign. Public opinion, incited by the recent civil rights demonstrations, has focused on order and law enforcement. President Johnson has sup ported the views of the late President Kennedy and has con tinued the policy of the Democratic Party concerning civil rights and the law. When he signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, President Johnson said, The purpose of this law is simple. It does not restrict the freedom of any American, so long as he respects the rights of others. It does not give special treatment to any citizen. It does say the only limit to a man's hope for happiness, and for the future of his children shall be his own ability ... It does say that those who are equal before God shall now be equal in the poll ing booths, in the classrooms, in the factories, and in the hotels, res- turants, movie theaters and other places that provide service to the public. With the support of the Johnson Administration, Con gress passed and the states ratified an amendment outlaw ing the poll tax. During the Kennedy - Johnson Administra tion, the Department of Justice overruled lower courts in 57 voting rights cases, thereby en abling thousands of eligible citizens to register and vote. The present administration has dedicated itself to the maintenance of law and order throughout the nation. We must and shall main tain respect for law and order in America, says President Johnson, but democracy never has and never will solve its problems at the end of a billy club ... In every part of this country the law must be respected and violence must be checked. Wherever local officers seek help or Federal law is broken, I have pledged and I will use the full resources of the Federal gov ernment. The Administration has quad rupled the size of its organized crime force and established a network of field units within that force. It has established a combined intelligence system under the Attorney General's office to pool information from 26 separate investigating and law enforcement agencies. Since 1960 the number of convictions for racketeering has multiplied five times. In July, 1964, President Johnson summed up his position on law en forcement by saying, ... we're going to urge state and local gov ernments to halt terrorism and to continue their law enforcement, and where it's inadequate the Federal government will always promptly assist local authorities to maintain order as long as the lives and secu rities of our fellow citizens are in danger. (anti-poverty bill) of 1964, the Vo cational Education Act of 1963 and the Mental Retardation Act of 1963, the Johnson Administration has provided adequate assistance for adult, vocational and specialized educational needs. Cites Goal At the University of Texas commencement in 1964, President Johnson said, I now call for a goal of higher education for every American with the desire and the capacity to learn. No one should be kept from knowledge because there is no room, or no teacher, or no library, or because he has no money. Since they initiated the original Social Security program in 1935, Democrats have consistently up dated and expanded the bill. In 1964 additional benefits were pro vided by a five per cent increase in monthly payments to all present and future beneficiaries, by adding 600,000 previously ineligible el derly persons to the qualified lists for benefits and by raising the monthly maximum of 143. 40. Support Medicare Since 1960 Democrats in the U.S. Senate and the House of Repre sentatives have tried to establish a program of medical care for the aged under the social security sys tem. Presidents Kennedy and John son supported such legislation. In March, 1964, President Johnson stated, Medical assistance through social security is the sensible, is the prudent, is the enduring way to give older people a chance to take care of medical expenses with dig nity and hope. At a Democratic dinner in June, 1964, President Johnson said, We will not turn our backs on those who, through no fault of their own, can no longer sustain themselves Pass Poverty Bill In 1964 the United States Con gress passed the Economic Oppor tunity Act of 1964. This legisla tion, more commonly known as the anti-poverty bill, was sponsored by President Johnson to help those least able to help themselves. This comprehensive program will attack poverty through a Job Corps pro viding 100,000 young people, age 16-21, with two-year vocational training and work experience, by establishing a work-study program to provide employment for 140,000 needy students to conf *uie college and by the creation of Volunteers in Service to America, a domestic Peace Corps to aid needy Ameri cans. In January, 1964, President Johnson said, Poverty is a na tional problem, requiring improved national organizations and support . . . Our aim is not only to relieve the symptom of poverty, but to cure it, and above all, to prevent it. Concerning the alleged problem of the United States becoming a welfare state supported by an al mighty, centralized government, President Johnson believes that partnership is the path to the fu ture ... If government is to serve any purpose it is to do for others what they are unable to do for themselves.
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1964-10-14 (5)
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