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... banks , ( 3 ) empowered the President to investigate , regulate , or prohibit transactions in gold or foreign ex- change , ( 4 ) authorized the Comptroller of the Currency to appoint ... banks were gradually 15 Finance The banking crisis.
... banks , ( 3 ) empowered the President to investigate , regulate , or prohibit transactions in gold or foreign ex- change , ( 4 ) authorized the Comptroller of the Currency to appoint ... banks were gradually 15 Finance The banking crisis.
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... banks were gradually reopened . With a view to enabling the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to aid State nonmember banks through the purchase of capital notes or debentures and the Federal Reserve banks to grant direct loans to such ...
... banks were gradually reopened . With a view to enabling the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to aid State nonmember banks through the purchase of capital notes or debentures and the Federal Reserve banks to grant direct loans to such ...
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... bank holdings of United States Government securities . Deposits of all licensed member banks were $ 1,846,000,000 less at the close of the year than the total held by the member banks at the end of 1932. The shrinkage in nonsecurity ...
... bank holdings of United States Government securities . Deposits of all licensed member banks were $ 1,846,000,000 less at the close of the year than the total held by the member banks at the end of 1932. The shrinkage in nonsecurity ...
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... bank failures , vol- untary closings , and mergers has been to reduce the number of banks in the country , as of June 30 last , below 15,000 . While the closings were very numerous in 1933 , the downward trend in the number of banks was ...
... bank failures , vol- untary closings , and mergers has been to reduce the number of banks in the country , as of June 30 last , below 15,000 . While the closings were very numerous in 1933 , the downward trend in the number of banks was ...
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... Banking difficulties become acute , hoarding of gold and currency increasing rapidly . Many banks forced to suspend operations , with State - wide " banking holidays " in a number of States . Stock and bond averages decline sharply ...
... Banking difficulties become acute , hoarding of gold and currency increasing rapidly . Many banks forced to suspend operations , with State - wide " banking holidays " in a number of States . Stock and bond averages decline sharply ...
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Page 72 - An act to provide for. the establishment of a national employment system and for cooperation with the States in the promotion of such system, and for other purposes," approved June 6, 1933 (48 Stat.
Page 81 - AN ACT To provide for the complete independence of the Philippine Islands, to provide for the adoption of a constitution and a form of government for the Philippine Islands, and for other purposes.
Page 55 - AN ACT To provide for the establishment, operation, and maintenance of foreign-trade zones in ports of entry of the United States, to expedite and encourage foreign commerce, and for other purposes.
Page 83 - AN ACT To provide for the regulation of securities exchanges and of over-thecounter markets operating in interstate and foreign commerce and through the mails, to prevent inequitable and unfair practices on such exchanges and markets, and for other purposes.
Page 10 - Bank shall be to aid in financing and to facilitate exports and imports and the exchange of commodities between the United States or any of its Territories or insular possessions and any foreign country or the agencies or nationals thereof.
Page 88 - SEC. 5. The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to issue silver certificates in such denominations as he may from time to time prescribe in a face amount not less than the cost of all silver purchased under the authority of section 3, and such certificates shall be placed in actual circulation.
Page 86 - Each port of entry shall be entitled to at least one zone, but when a port of entry is located within the confines of more than one State such port of entry shall be entitled to a zone in each of such States, and when...
Page 121 - To Improve the navigability and to provide for the flood control of the Tennessee River; to provide for reforestation and the proper use of marginal lands In the Tennessee Valley; to provide for the agricultural and industrial development of said valley; to provide for the national defense by the creation of a corporation for the operation of Government properties at and near Muscle Shoals In the State of Alabama, and for other purposes.
Page 119 - For regulations applicable to the registration and licensing of persons engaged in the business of manufacturing, importing or exporting arms, ammunition, or implements of war under section 414 of the Mutual Security Act of 1954, see 22 CFR Part 75.
Page 71 - An Act to provide full and fair disclosure of the character of securities sold in interstate and foreign commerce and through the mails, and to prevent frauds in the sale thereof, and for other purposes", approved May 27, 1933, as amended, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "TITLE III "SBC.