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Show QUOTES "QUOTES IIQUOTESII I1"QUOTES " I1 QUOTESCOMMENTS "QUOTESCOMMENTS r rCOMMENTS COMMENTS ON ONCURRENT ONCURRENT ONCURRENT CURRENT TOPICS BY BYNATIONAL BYNATIONAL BYNATIONAL NATIONAL CHARACTERSBANKING CHARACTERS CHARACTERSBANKING BANKING CONTROL CONTROLBy By LESLIE C McDOUALL McDOUALLNew MCDOUALLNew McDOUALIiNew New Jersey Banker Danke . A A GRAVE problem today is iswhether is iswhether is1\ is1 is1whether A AGRAVE \ whether the public or politi politi- political political political - - cal parties partles shall control the banksof banlsof banls banks of America Amerlca Do we want the credit creditof creditof creditof of tnis tnls this country to be controlled and anddIspersed anddispersed anddispersed dIspersed for tor whatever the adminis administra adminlstra administration + ra . tion tlO'1 tlO1 tioa ' of today or tomonow tomorlOW tomorrow considers considersdesnablc considersdesirable considersdesnable desnablc desirable , , . thiough thlOUgh through the political control controlcontemplated controlcontemplated controlcontemplated contemplated In the banking act of of1935 103.5 1035 19351 . ? 19351Slience Silence Slience and conciliation concHlahon do not win winrestraint winrestraint winrestraint restraint ' Ihe 'llie llie 1 he 7eal 7e'11 7e11 yeah ' for refoirn refolm refotm rem remains remainsactise remainsactive 'tIns tIns 'tInsacth ' acth actise e . . . ' The 'l'he lhe ' Idealists would dIspense dIspensellcre'1sing dispenseihereasing dispenseIncreasing ll\cre'1sing ll cre'1sing cre1sing ihereasing \ ' chanty charity \ with Ith other peollle's peollles people's peoples peollle'smoney people'smoney people'smoney peoplesmoney ' money The government still borrowstomorrow's bono\\s bono s borrows bonostomorro bonowstomorrow's bonowstomorrows \ ' for today's todays tod'lY's todlYs ' ' ex- ex expenses expenses ex expenses - tomorro tomorrow's tomorrows " 's s S'l\ S'l Sl savings S'lIngs sasings ' \ Ings penses Continued Ion long ; enough , this thismeans thismeans thismenus means Inflation and further devalua devnlun- devnlun devalua- devnluntIon devaluation devaluation - - tion We must fight for sound and andconstructh andconstructise andconstructive constructh constructise e action In congress In hope hopeof hopeof hopeof of btab11izin stabilizing stab111zing . ; ' our monetary s system s3steni , } stem so sorhftt sorhut soThat rhftt rhut business businees ; may m:1Y m1Y : go forward foi fO ! ward The Thegreat Thegreat Thegreat great problem before the country Is IsI Isthe isthe Istiie I the unwillingness unwiHingness of governments governmenta , na naUonal natlonal natlonal Uonal tlonal , , . stale st:1te st1te state : and municipal . , , to live live"Ithln livewithin livewithin "Ithln Ithln within " their means If necessary/lead necessary lead necessarytlead- necessarytlead necess'1ry necess1ry necessarytleadership necessaryleadership ' / : lead- lead leadership - ership should be undertaken undert'11"en undert11en undertmken ' " by the thelJ'1l1l thebanks thebanks banks lJ'1l1l lJ1l1l ' s Our piesent plesent present ta\Ing ta Ing ta\lng lng taxing \ " : and rev rev- revenue revenue revenue - enue system is surely leading to chaos chaosnnd chaosand chaosjmd nnd and onfiscatlon 'onfiscaUon onfiscaUon confiscation ( ' |