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On the recordOctober 23, 1934
Government should assert its leadership in encouraging not only the confidence of the people in banks, but the confidence of the banks in the people.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Address to the Bankers' Convention at Constitution Hall, Washington, D.C.

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