Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

This agreement, of course, was for the purpose of allowing demand and supply to govern the price of silver.

Proclamation and Statement Ratifying the London Agreement on Silver

12/20/1933

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I may say that in my judgment this Government is under an unescapable obligation to carry out the Treaty of 1915 and the Protocol of 1919.

it is hereby ordered that the effective date of article IX, section 4, be extended to July 1, 1934.

The provisions of article V, division A, part 4, of this code are hereby suspended from operation.

I, Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States, pursuant to the authority vested in me by title I of the National Industrial Recov...