Show TURNED IN GOLD back in march during the banking bankin criss crisis president roosevelt prohibited ted the withdrawal of gold from ba banks aks and called upon all citizens who had possessed the precious metal to return it then attention icil was called to the law which provides penalties of imprisonment and fine for hoarding gold A large number of our citizens voluntarily carried their gold back to the banks but there were about five thousand persons in the list of those who had withdrawn gold and failed to return it when the department of justice began its campaign to secure obedience to the law most of these have surrendered their hoard but according to last reports there were nearly three hundred people holding about which they refused to give up legal action against these hoarders boarders hoar ders is expected in the near future while mile the amount of money being held is comparatively small as millions and millions were returned the government does not intend to allow those who violate the law to get by |