Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

I have today, by proclamation, proceeded to ratify the London agreement with regard to silver.

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

I urge all employers in trades and industries not covered by Codes to cooperate by continuing to maintain higher wages and shorter hours.

all clerks and other employees in the Federal service in the District of Columbia... are hereby excused from duty on those days.