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the record, the general thought is that we have got to
bring commodity prices back to a recent level but not
to the 1929 level, except in certain instances. Well,
you take for instance city real estate in 1929. Then
it was altogether too high and you ought not to bring
city real estate back to the 1929 level. That is ob-
vious. On the other hand, farm commodity prices were
comparatively low in 1929 and have been going down
rather steadily for five or six years. So that it
has got to be a definitely controlled inflation be-
cause the man on the street does not understand it
any more than the average banker understands it. It
has got to be a controlled price level.
Q Mr. President, is it still the desire of the United
States to go back on the international gold standard?
THE PRESIDENT: Absolutely; one of the things we hope to do
is to get the world as a whole back on some form of
gold standard.
Q Can you tell us any of your plans for the opening up of
closed banks?
THE PRESIDENT: Mr. Woodin is going to talk with the Federal
Reserve people about that today. I don't know what the
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