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032 CONFIDENTIAL Press Conference #3 At the Executive Offices of the White House, March 15, 1933 - 10.25 AM THE PRESIDENT: Sorry to keep you waiting, but the Secretary of the Treasury was over, as usual, this morning. Q You are kept busy. THE PRESIDENT: The Japanese Admiral is coming to see me this morning. Steve will tell you all about him. Q Are we going to have a war? (Laughter) THE PRESIDENT: I haven't any real news, but suppose you would like tohave me talk a little bit about the two other measures. Entirely Just for background, the general thought has been this: That if we can get through the three measures -- banking ecoomics, the economy bill and the beer bill -- those are all per- fectly obvious and speak for themselves -- but we won't have done anything on the constructive side unless you consider the beer bill partially constructive. There are two other matters that I would very much like to get started while the Congress is here -- both of them constructive. The first is a definite effort to put people to work. And the way I would put it is