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Show SILVER PLAN EXPECTED TO HID RECOVERY important Announcements Expected To Follow Money Parley WASHINGTON, Doc. 23 ,p) Administ ration leaders j-iv counted upon the gov-VmiMit's gov-VmiMit's silver coinage pro-i-mi to give important sup-'rt sup-'rt to business, now enter-,, enter-,, the usually dull post-in-istmas season, as several -velopments indicated new mone-rv mone-rv moves were being studied. .ilit Is Seen The developments included the lion of the White House in re-rring re-rring to Attorney General Cum-inKs" Cum-inKs" for study a bill proposed ; Senator Thomas, Dera, Okla., Ivoeate of currency inflation, nich would authorize the treas-ry treas-ry to realize a $4,000,000,000 rofit on the federal reserve sys-em's sys-em's stocks of impounded gold. This profit would accrue from a e-valuation of the gold at $41.34 in ounce, twice the statutory val-"e val-"e of $20.67 under the old gold andard. Another development was &i, ,iht - hour conference at the :reasury of government officials ;-M heads of eastern federal re-;erve re-;erve bank. One of the conferees con-ferees said the subject of the long .inference was "too important to ilk about." Evpect Gold Plan President Roosevelt expressed the hope that the nations of the world would come to an agreement agree-ment on gold such as the London Filver agreement, ratified Thursday Thurs-day night by an official proclamation proclama-tion for the limited coinage of Mlver. The silver plan is designed to r.tlp promote foreign trade and ling commodity prices in order 'rat the recovery program may e carried further. Another aid for the recovery ogram was the report today of iay Helvering, commissioner of eternal revenue, on his campaign collect back income taxes. Helping Hel-ping revealed a decline in total fivernment tax collections from 1164,148,138 in October, to $135,-i0ii,&23, $135,-i0ii,&23, but a sharp increase in ''come tax collections. |