03/05/1935
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"There should be a tax of at least 50 percent on the profits accruing from dealing in silver."
"I recommend legislation at the present session, declaring it to be the policy of the United States to increase the amount of silver in our monetary stocks with the ultimate objective of having and mai..."
"The Executive Authority should be authorized and directed to make the purchases of silver necessary to attain this ultimate objective."
"This proof that two great Republics of the American Continent can resolve the difficulties which had arisen between them through peaceful adjustment furnishes an example to the entire world."