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Therefore the United States must take firmly in its own hands the control of the gold value of our dollar.
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gutenberg.orgFDR: “Therefore the United States must take firmly in its own hands the control of the gold value of our dollar.”
Editor's note · Context
Roosevelt asserts the necessity for the U.S. to control its own currency's gold value.
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