Excerpts from the Press Conference
03/06/1939
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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 m...
The Executive Authority should be authorized and directed to make the purchases of silver necessary to attain this ultimate objective.
Cardinal Gibbons during his long life ever extended the gift of freedom, which he himself so highly appreciated, unto all of his fellow citi...