Conservative Manifesto

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The Conservative Manifesto was a position statement drafted in 1937 by a bi-partisan group of New Deal critics. Those involved in its creation included opponents of President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal as well as erstwhile supporters who had come to believe its programs were proving ineffective. The statement of principles included, among other things, a call for lower taxes and reduced spending as well as greater respect for state and local governmental authority. One of its key authors was Senator Josiah W. Bailey, a Democrat from North Carolina.

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• "Conservative Manifesto" from the North Carolina History Project
• William E. Forbath, The New Deal Constitution in Exile, 51 Duke L. J. 165 (2001)