The DVP platform promoted Christian family values , non-religious education , lower tariffs , opposition to welfare spending and agrarian subsides and hostility to `` Marxism '' ( that is , the Communists , and also the Social Democrats ) . The DVP platform promoted Christian family values , secular education , lower tariffs , opposition to welfare spending and agrarian subsides and hostility to `` Marxism '' ( that is , the Communists , and also the Social Democrats ) .