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of Is it all right for us to use that line about controlling
the price level? You had been speaking off the record.
THE PRESIDENT: Yes, I think you can use that with the very
definite thought in mind that we have got to raise the
price level but, keep it from going too high.
Q You spoke of some form of international gold standard.
Does that imply the possibility of a lower gold content
in the monetary units of the world?
THE PRESIDENT: Well, I would not put it that way. One of
the things they are talking about - the economic end
of the conference - is a different gold ratio - a dif-
ferent gold reserve to currency. You see, at the present
time, the old standard was 40% and there is talk of
changing that ideal 40% standard, which was the old
ideal, to something else.
Q Would you describe this as another step toward a con-
toolled or managed currency?
THE PRESIDENT: Currency? Yes, but I think you ought to
couple with that the effort to get a more controlled
credit, because the two go hand inhand.
Q The public works program will fit in this general campaign
sooner or later, would it not?
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