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...midst of all the bustle, Congressmen found time to listen to an old friend. Blowing into town from Salida, Colo., bearded 82-year-old Prospector Frank E. Gimlett-who regularly turns up before Congress-clumped up to the Hill to tell Congress what was wrong with the country. His judgment this year: too few gold and silver coins; too many labor unions...
...room. The clerk coughed politely and said they were full up. The old mari turned away. "I been saving a year for this trip," he said, "and I did kinda want to stay where 'H. A. W.'* put up." Washington soon found out why Frank Edward Gimlett, 75, oldtime prospector from Salida, Colo., was in town. Said he: "I came here to find out what we are going to use for money." If necessary, he vowed, he would visit every member of Congress to discover why he was getting greenbacks instead of gold coin for the metal...
...lady friend who married the other fellow," he explained. "There's two gold coins that F. D. R. isn't going to get." Money, a mysterious thing to most folks, has no secrets from Prospector Gimlett. Said...
...later Prospector Gimlett had all the backing a man could ask for. Federal Reserve Board Chairman Marriner S. Eccles recommended to Congress and the Administration a succinct and vigorous plan for revising U. S. fiscal and monetary policies. The plan carried the unanimous support of the board's members. It set a precedent. Never before in its 26-year history had the board come out openly and firmly for specific fiscal legislation...
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