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  US President Franklin D. Roosevelt Forbids Hoarding of Gold (1933)Executive Order 6102 required US citizens and businesses to turn in all but a small amount of gold to the Federal Reserve in exchange for $20.67 per ounce. It came in the midst of a banking crisis, when the stability of paper currency was in doubt. Consequently, many tried to withdraw their money and redeem it for gold, which was considered safer. However, there simply was not enough gold in the US—or the world—to cover the nation's debts. How many people were prosecuted for violating the order? More... Discuss |
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3 comments:
I think this is one of the best from Leanne , a little different I think to some of her songs, I had her on one of my playlists then it was removed , but now I see its back on YT so I will go add her again ( : I wish I could Yodel like her .
A wonderful classic. Love this son, Mike.
I'm not a huge country and western music fan, preferring to pick and choose what I want to listen to, but I was flipping through the channels and saw the very first airing of this video.
I watched for hours, VCR ready to go and record when they played it again. I recorded the vid and took it to my folks who said she sounded like a cross between Brenda Lee and Patsy Cline, which is a fair comparison.
Seeing her...and knowing how old she was....made me feel funny because I'm old enough to be her grandfather. If I had been 16 then, I'd really would've had a bad crush on her.
Still, she was SO cute then and still is pretty (but too thin, IMHO) I like it when she ventures outside of the country genre and wish she'd do some different things now 'n then.
Thanks for posting!
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