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Socialist Party (U.S.). Socialist Handbook, Campaign 1916 - Image 8. 1916. Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries. University of Houston Digital Library. Web. January 24, 2021. https://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/scpamp/item/260/show/199.

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Title	Socialist Handbook, Campaign 1916
Alternative Title	Socialist handbook, for president, Allen L. Benson; for vice-president, George R. Kirkpatrick; the workers' candidates, not backed by Wall street or the war trust
Creator (LCNAF)	Socialist Party (U.S.)
Publisher	Socialist Party
Place of Creation (TGN)	Chicago, Illinois
Date	1916
Subject.Topical (LCSH)	Socialism
Subject.Topical (Local)	Campaign literature
Subject.Name (LCNAF)	Socialist Party (U.S.)
Genre (AAT)	pamphlets
Language	English
Type (DCMI)	Text
Original Item Extent	63 pages; 17 cm.
Original Item Location	HX89.S62
Original Item URL	http://library.uh.edu/record=b8304531~S11
Original Collection	Socialist and Communist Pamphlets
Digital Collection	Socialist and Communist Pamphlets
Digital Collection URL	http://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/scpamp
Repository	Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries
Repository URL	http://libraries.uh.edu/branches/special-collections
Use and Reproduction	This item is in the public domain and may be used freely.
File Name	index.cpd

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Title	Image 8
Format (IMT)	image/jpeg
File Name	uhlib_11666601_007.jpg
Transcript	of the United States in subjection. A greater navy is desired to safeguard the foreign investments of American capitalists and to "back up" American diplomacy in its efforts to gain foreign markets for American capitalists. The war in Europe, which diminished and is still diminishing the remote possibility of European attack upon the United States, was nevertheless seized upon by capitalists and by unscrupulous politicians as a means of spreading fear throughout the country to the end that, by false pretenses, great military establishments might be obtained. We denounce such "preparedness," as both false in principle, unnecessary in character and dangerous in its plain tendencies toward militarism. We avocate that sort of social preparedness which expresses itself in better homes, better bodies and better minds, which are alike the products of plenty and the necessity of effective defense in war. The Socialist Party maintains its attitude of unalterable opposition to war. We reiterate the statement that the competitive nature of capitalism is the cause of modern war, and that the cooperative nature of Socialism is alone adapted to the task of ending war by removing its causes. We assert, however, that, even under the present capitalist order, additional measures can be taken to safeguard peace, and to this end, we demand: MEASURES TO INSURE PEACE (1) That all laws and appropriations for the increase of the military and naval forces of the United States shall be immediately repealed. (2) That the power be taken from the President to lead the nation into a position which leaves no escape from war. No one man, however exalted in official station, should have the power to decide the question of peace or war for a nation of a hundred millions. To give one man such power is neither democratic nor safe. Yet the President exercises such power when he determines what shall be the nation's foreign policies and what shall be the nature and tone of its diplomatic intercourse with other nations. We, therefore, demand that 6