As a founding member of the socialist party, eugene v. debs did whata)advocated racial segregation and opposed women's suffrage. b)supported progressive reforms for the working class, including a minimum wage and an eight hour workday. eliminatec)proposed a series of tax breaks for large industrial corporations like u. s. steel and standard oil company. d)strongly encouraged young men to enlist in the military, and fiercely opposed efforts to reduce recruiting and slow war production.

B) Supported progressive reforms for the working class, including a minimum wage and an eight hour workday.

In an 1890 article in the Locomotive Firemen's Magazine, Debs said:  "The eight-hour question is up for debate, and the discussion will proceed until the demand that eight hours shall constitute a day’s work will he granted. It is a righteous demand."  [Debs was organizer of the American Railway Union.]

Incidentally, Eugene Debs was in favor of women's rights and greater equality for blacks.  In regard to the racial prejudice displayed by many white persons, Debs wrote:  "My observation is that the less real ground there is for such indignant assertion of self -superiority, the more passionately it is proclaimed."