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Tennessee Socialist Party Platform, 1932

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
From the Collection:

This small leaflet compares previous prosperity and current unemployment to show the inevitable failure of the capitalist system. It claims that the Democrats and Republicans have no solution other than booze and bullets. In Tennessee, capitalist government created the "Leah, Horton, Caldwell fiasco.” The leaflet then calls on the workers to organize by joining the Socialist Party before it lists the measures they seek to accomplish. These are organized under unemployment and labor legislation, agriculture, education, social ownership, more democracy and civil liberties, and taxation. The bottom of the second page lists the national and state candidates for the 1932 election, including John H. Compton for governor of Tennessee.

Dates

  • 1932

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Extent

From the Collection: 0.1 Linear Feet

Repository Details

Part of the Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Repository

Contact:
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Knoxville TN 37996 USA
865-974-4480