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Banking Crisis in 1933 Tests Public Confidence
Washington commentary explains the banking emergency of March 5 1933 as a test of the US financial system and public trust. It outlines emergency banking measures, notes secretive cabinet discussions, and discusses the roles of Roosevelt Woodin Mills Ballantine and Douglas, plus plans to unify farm credit agencies under Morgenthau.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Treasury
William H. Woodin
Woodin
Congress
Michigan
Maryland
Sound Money
Ogden L. Mills
Arthur A. Ballantine
John Douglas
Henry Morgenthau
Federal Farm Board
Morgenthau
Mr. Morgenthau
Henry A. Wallace
Western Newspaper Union