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...House of Representatives committee on coinage yesterday that the devaluation of the dollar could not possibly have any beneficial effects, unless it meant that in the near future there would be no more monetary experiments. He declared that the purpose of France's revaluation of the franc was to maintain the price level that was then obtained, not to cause an increase in prices...
...prefer to consider our relations with Russia in as simple a light as possible, instead of trying to make them a complicated affair. There is nothing very complex in trying to maintain friendly relations with one's neighbors, which is essentially the administration's purpose in making the move...
...third year of recovery [1935-36] and from that time on seek a continuing reduction of the national debt. This excess of expenditures over revenues amounting to over $9,000,000,000 during two fiscal years . . . is a large amount but the immeasurable benefits justify the cost. ... If we maintain the course I have outlined we can confidently look forward to ... increased volume of business, more general profit, greater employment . . . greater human happiness...
...above), he received an interim report from the RFC on his gold buying program. Out of $75,000,000 allotted it since the start of the purchase plan Oct. 26, the RFC had spent $17,000,000 on domestic gold, $45,000,000 on foreign gold. Therefore to maintain its buying power in the gold market the RFC was allotting itself another $25,000,000. President Roosevelt felt that $100,000,000 was a cheap price to pay for eight weeks of his experiment in dollar depreciation...
...atmosphere which contemporary writers have to re-create or be silent, it is probably the best available medium. For her mastery of it Mrs. Parker ought to be remembered with Ring Lardner. It is true that absolute objectivity, for all but the greatest writers, is an impossible attitude to maintain, and Mrs. Parker does not always maintain it. But by the time the reader becomes conscious that Mrs. Parker is grinning derisively at her characters as she writes, he realizes that he is grinning derisively himself...