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I want to not your tonsideration neution at gall City Speech at Deen Con- some of the bas done. Bankers of late have been doing somo howling, but I wonder where they'd be now if it hadn't beon for the atrong course puraued in their behalf by Roogevelt. Perbapa none or them would be in business today. s MATIONAL ARCHIME AND REGORDS that courso not only saved the financial SERVICEIN structure of the nation, but the interests of the can who keepa his money an the bank vore safeguarded. For the first time in history the benkers and their directors have becomo roal trustees for the depositors. Under Coolidge there were 633 bank failures over a four and a half year period; under lioover during four years thore woro a thousand and thirty-five. Somo two handred end sevon falled to reopon after the bank holiday. There have been oight failures in three years undor Roose- velt, and every depositor with five thousand or less in these eight got his money. Banks