Promises: The Republican Party promised to keep the TaftHartley labor law intact. The Republican candidate for President said he recognized its inequities and promised amendment. Performance: No change in that law. Promise: Statehood for Hawaii and Alaska. Performance: Nothing. Promise: A change in our permanent immigration laws to liberalize them and remove the inequities and unfairness thereof. Performance: No change. The temporary Refugee Immigration Act to admit 317.000 immigrants over a 3year period was part of the Democratic program and was enacted only because of Democratic support. Promise: To conserve the natural resources of the Nation. Peformance: Submerged oil lands given away.
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