I do not promise you that every bank will be reopened or that individual losses will not be suffered, but there will be no losses that possibly could be avoided; and there would have been more and greater losses had we continued to drift.
Roosevelt acknowledged the uncertainty of bank reopenings but promised to minimize losses.
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The point in history at which we stand is full of promise and of danger.
We all know that the reduction of Government-created barriers to trade will not solve all our trade problems.
I recommend that the Congress authorize the acceptance of the Constitution and the participation of the United States in the work of the Food and Agriculture Organization.
All sections of our population—labor, farmers, businessmen have shared and will share in the benefits which increased trade brings.
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