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    "ocrText": "008\n-8-\nThat means, for example, the question of control\nof gold. That is obvious. As long as nobody asks\nme whether we are off the gold standard or gold\nbasis, that is all right, because nobody knows what\nthe gold basis or gold standard really is. If you\nwant a definition of the gold standard, read my\nfriend Robey's story in the New York Evening Post\nof last night. I think it is about as good a defin-\nition as there is. It is quite short and if you\nwould like to hear it, I will read it to you. It is\na pretty good document.\nAUDIENCE: If it really tells us what the gold standard\nis --\nTHE PRESIDENT: It is pretty good. It doesn't say whether\nwe are on or off it.\nDeclaration of the national moratorium has\nraised the question in many minds as to what\nconstitutes a gold standard. More specifically\nmany people have wondered whether the United\nStates by this action has suspended the gold\nstandard in a true sense. The Treasury officials\nand some of the bankers maintain that we have not.\nObviously, the answer to the question rests upon\none's conception of what it is necessary for a\ncountry to do in order to maintain a metal standard.\nThis is a problem which can be answered with\ndefiniteness. Over a long period four things\nhave come to be recognized as requisites of a gold\nstandard. When a country is complying with these\nit is on the standard. When it does not it is\noff the standard."
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