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(CONFIDM'TTIAL — Revisecl draft of April 5 , 1953.)
FXECITTIVE ORDER
Forbidding the Hoarding of Cold Coin, C-old Bullion
and Gold Certificates.
By virtue of the authority vested in me by Section 5(b) of the
Act of October 6, 1S17, as amended by Section 2 of the Act of March
9, 1935, entitled "An Act to provide relief in the existing national
emergency in banking, and for other purposes1'', in which amendatory
Act Congress declared that a serious emergency exists, I , Franklin D.
Roosevelt, President of the United States of America, do declare that
said national emergency still continues to exist and pursuant to said
section do hereby prohibit the hoarding of gold coin, gold bullion,
&nd gold certificates within the continental United States by individ
uals, partnerships, associations and corporations and hereby prescribe
the following regulations for carrying out the purposes of this order:
Section 1 . For the purposes of this regulation, the term "hoard
ings means the withdrawal and withholding of gold coin, gold bullion or
gold certificates from the recognized and customary channels of trade.
The term "person" means any individual, partnership, association or
corporation.
Section 2* All persons are hereby required to deliver on or be
fore May 1 , 1933, to a Federal reserve bank or a branch or agency '
thereof or to any member bank of the Federal Reserve System all gold
coin, gold bullion and gold certificates now owned by them or coming
into their ownership on or before April 28, 1933, except the following:
(a) Such amount of gold as may be required for legit
imate and customary use in industry, profession or art within a
reasonable time, including gold prior to refining and stocks of
gold in reasonable amounts for the usual trade requirements of
owners mining and refining such gold.
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(b) Gold coin and gold certificates in an amount
not exceeding in the aggregate ^'100.00 belonging to any
one person; and gold coins having a recognized special
value to collectors of rare and unusual coins.
(c) Gold coin and bullion earmarked or held in
trust for a recognized foreign government or foreign
central bank or the Bank for International Settlements .
(d) Gold coin and bullion licensed for other
proper transactions (not involving hoarding) includ
ing gold coin and bullion imported for reexport or held
pending action on applications for export licenses.
Section 3 . Until otherwise ordered any person becoming the
owner of any gold coin, gold bullion, or gold certificates after April 28,
1933, shall, within three days after receipt thereof, deliver the same in
the manner prescribed in Section 2; unless such gold coin, gold bullion or
gold certificates are held for any of the purposes specified in paragraphs
(a ) , (b) or (c) of Section 2; or unflless such gold coin or gold bullion is
held for purposes specified in paragraph (d) of Section 2 and the person
holding it is , with respect to such gold coin or bullion, a licensee or
applicant for license pending action thereon.
Section 4 . Upon receipt of gold coin, gold bullion or gold
certificates delivered to it in accordance with Sections 2 or 3, the
rederal reserve bank or member bank will pay therefor an equivalent
amount of any other form of coin or currency coined or issued under
the laws of the United States.
Section 5. Member banks shall deliver all gold coin, gold
bullion and gold certificates owned or received by them (other than as
exempted under the provisions of Section 2) to the Federal reserve
banks of their respective districts and receive credit or payment
therefor.
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Section 6. The Secretaiy of the Treasury, out of the sum
made available to the President "by Section 501 of the Act of March 9,
1933, will in all proper cases pay the reasonable costs of transporta
tion of gold coin, gold bullion or gold certificates delivered to a
member bank or federal reserve bank in accordance with Sections 2, 3,
or 5 hereof, including the cost of insurance, protection, and such
other incidental costs as may be necessary, upon production of satis
factory evidence of such costs. Voucher forms for this purpose may
be procured from federal reserve banks.
Section 7. In cases where the delivery of gold coin, gold
bullion or gold certificates by the owners thereof within the time
set forth above will involve extraordinary hardship or difficulty,
the Secretary of the Treasury may, in his discretion, extend the time
within which such delivery must be made. Applications for such ex
tensions must be made in writing under oath, addressed to the Secre
tary of the Treasury and filed with a Federal reserve bank. Each
application must state the date to which the extension is desired,
the amount and location of the gold coin, gold bullion and gold cer
tificates in respect of which such application is made and the facts
showing extension to be necessary to avoid extraordinary hardship or
difficulty*
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Section 8 , The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized
and empowered to issue such further regulations as he may deem necessary
to carry out the purposes of this order and to issue licenses thereunder,
through such officers or agencies as he may designate, including licenses
permitting the I'ederal reserve banks and member banks of the Federal Re
serve System, in return for an equivalent amount of other coin, currency
or credit, to deliver, earmark or hold in trust gold coin and bullion to
or for persons showing the need for the same for any of the purposes
specified in paragraphs ( a ) , (c) and (d) of Soction 2 of these regulations,
Scction 9 . Whoever willfully violates any provision of this Executive
Order or of these regulations or of any rule, regulation or license issued
thereunder may be fined not more than f.10,000, or, if a natural person,
may be imprisoned for not more than ten years, or both; and any officer,
director, or agent of any corporation who knowingly participates in any
such violation may be punished by a like fine, imprisonment, or both.
This order and these regulations may be modified or revoked at any
time
TRimLIH D . ROOSEVELT
TEE r 'KITE "DUSE
April , 1S33*
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April 4 , 1953*
Memorandum for Mr. McClelland:
Attached hereto is a carbon copy of the pro
posed executive order forbidding the hoarding of gold coin,
gold bullion and gold certificates. Mr. Harlan brought
the proposed order to Mr. Wyatt and myself at 11:00 o’ clock
this morning and we compared it with the amended draft
which was approved at Board meeting yesterday afternoon.
At Mr. Harlan’ s request we initialled a carbon copy of the
order.
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Attachment.
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•al 4*14 Carttf faataa.
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of Ooto*ar «, 1917, an owoartod Igr Soatloa 3 of tfca J*t of lfarck 9,
1W3, aatltlad *Aa Act to pra*tda rollof la tfca ailotl*« aatloaal
mrgoaar la ta*rla*, aai for otiur purpotttS in oaaadatory
Aat Ooftfraao doalarod tfcat * oorloao ja w n n y ox lota, I* Fnuiclla B*
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•ootloa 4o hcrofc? prohibit tfeo hoardlac of «9ll toll, galA M lloa ,
«al gold M r ilf iM N i « l % l l Iho ooftllMBtol IrtliA IlftU * Mr la ilfU ift l* ,
partaorohlpa, aavoaiatiaaa aad oarporatlow fcara r sjraaarifca tba
fallovlaft rai«UllM« for wrvjrtai ««ft U t parpaaot of this ordart
Soatioa 1. for tho parpooao of thu ragalatiaa, tho tova
"hoard! a** »«aao tho withdrawal and withhold la* of cold «aia, «ol*
b»lllo* or gold aarttfla*t«* f « » tfca roao«aiiod aad ffntiwry ohanaola
of trada. th* tav* •p#r»o«* m k w aa? la d iv lM , pArtotnlilp, a«oo«ta~
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fcafara May 1, 19&9, to a fodoral raaorr* task or a hraaoh or agoaaj
thoroof or to aaf i —lir b*afc of tfca /odaral S««rr* Sjrotoi all gald
oolo, «old laillaa aad gold aartiftaataa mow oaaad by tiM ar s m Im
into thodr owaorohlp «a or W ora April 28, 1939, oxeopt tfca follovlaft
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(dONFIDMriAi Revised draft of April 3 , 1933.) ^Ifttrafeu
EXECUTIVE ORDER
Forbidding the Hoarding of Gold Coin, Gold Bullion
and Gold Certificates*
By virtue of the authority vested in me by Section 5(b) of the
Act of October 6, 1S17, as amended by Section 2 of the Act of March
9, 1933, entitled "An Act to provide relief in the existing national
emergency in banking, and for other purposes” , in which amendatory
Act Congress declared that a serious emergency exists, I , Franklin D*
Roosevelt, President of the United States of America, do declare that
said national emergency still continues to exist and pursuant to said
section do hereby prohibit the hoarding of gold coin, gold bullion,
and gold certificates T/ithin the continental United States by individ
uals r partnerships, associations and corporations and hereby prescribe
the following regulations for carrying out the purposes of this order:
Section 1 . For the purposes of this regulation, the term "hoard
ing’’ means the withdrawal and withholding of gold coin, gold bullion or
gold certificates from the recognized and customary channels a£ trade*
The term "person" means any individual, partnership, association or
corporat ion.
Section 2, All persons are hereby required to deliver on or be
fore May 1, 1933, to a Federal reserve bank or a branch or agency
thereof or to any member bank of the Federal Reserve System all gold
coin, gold bullion and gold certificates now owned by them or coming
into their ownership on or before April 28, 1933, except the following:
| (a) Such amount of gold as may be required for legit
imate and customary use in industry, profession or art within a
reasonable time, including gold prior to refining and stocks of
goli in reasonable amounts far the usual trade requirements of
owners mining and refining such gold*
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(b) Gold coin and gold certificates in an amount
not exceeding in the aggregate C100*00 belonging to anyone person; and gold coins having a recognized special
value to collectors of rare and unusual coins,
(c) Gold coin and bullion earmarked or held in
trust for a recognized foreign government or foreign
central bank or the Bank for International Settlements.
(d) Gold coin and bullion licensed for other proper transactions (not involving hoarding) includ
ing gold coin and bullion imported for reexport or held pending action on applications for export licenses*
Section 3. Until otherwise ordered any person becoming the
owner of any gold coin, gold bullion, or gold certificates after April 28,
1933, shall, within three days after receipt thereof, deliver the same in
the manner prescribed in Section 2; unless such gold coin, gold bullion or
gold certificates are held for any of the purposes specified in paragraphs
(a ) , (b) or (c) of Section 2; or unless such gold coin or gold bullion is
held for purposes specified in paragraph (d) of Section 2 and the person
holding it is, with respect to such gold coin or bullion, a licensee or
applicant for license pending action thereon.
Section 4 . Upon receipt of gold coin, gold bullion or gold
certificates delivered to it in accordance with Sections 2 or 3, the
Federal reserve bank or member bank will pay therefor an equivalent
amount of any other form of coin or currency coined or issued under
the laws of the United States.
Section 5. Member banks shall deliver all gold coin, gold
bullion and gold certificates owned or received by them (other than as
exempted under the provisions of Section 2) to the Federal reserve
banks of their respective districts and receive credit or payment
therefor.
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Section 6 . The Secretaxy of the Treasury, out of the sum
made available to the President by Section 501 of the Act of March 9,
1933, will in all proper cases pay the reasonable costs of transporta
tion of gold coin, gold bullion or gold certificates delivered to a
member bank or federal reserve bank in accordance with Sections 2, 3,
or 5 hereof, including the cost of insurance, protection, and such
other incidental costs as may be necessary, upon production of satis
factory evidence of such costs. Voucher forms for this purpose may
be procured from federal reserve banks.
Section 7. In cases where the delivery of gold coin, gold
bullion or gold certificates by the owners thereof within the time
set forth above will involve extraordinary hardship or difficulty,
the Secretary of the Treasury may, in his discretion, extend the time
within which such delivery must be made. Applications for such ex
tensions must be made in writing under oath, addressed to the Secre
tary of the Treasury and filed with a federal reserve bank* Each
application mast state the date to which the extension is desired,
the amount and location of the gold coin, gold bullion and gold cer
tificates in respect of which such application is made and the facts
showing extension to be necessary to avoid extraordinary hardship or
difficulty.
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Section 8 . The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized
and empowered to issue such further regulations as he may deem necessary
to carry out the purposes of this order and to issue licenses thereunder,
through such officers or agencies as he may designate, including licenses
permitting the I’ederal reserve banks and member banks of the Federal Re
serve System, in return for an equivalent amount of other coin, currency
or credit, to deliver, earmark or hold in trust gold coin and bullion to
or for persons showing the need for the same for any of the purposes
specified in paragraphs (a), (c) and (d) of Soction 2 of these regulations*
Scction 9, 7/hoevor willfully violates any provision of this Executive
Order or of these regulations or of any rule, regulation or license issued
thereunder may be fined not more than 010,000, or, if a natural person,
may be imprisoned 1'or not more than ten years, or both; and any officer,
director, or agent of any corporation who knowingly participates in any
such violation may be punished by a like fine, imprisonment, or both.
This order and these regulations may be modified or revoked at any
time*
FRAMLIN D. ROOSEVELT.
TEE V'HITE "'OUSE
April , 1933*
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9 BC9B. NO . 131i FEDERAL RESERVE
U i l i c e C o r r e s p o n d e n c e K,4RD
To______For files________________________ __ Subject:
From ______ Mr. Carpenter#_____________ ____________________
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The attached transcript of notes taken at the meeting
of the Executive Committee of the Board on March 30, 1933, was
prepared at the request of Mr* James, The notes were taken dur
ing the discussions of the executive order prohibiting the hoard
ing of gold, now under consideration by the Board*
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Date___ March 31 f 1955
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(NOTES TAKEN BY MR. OAHP3SNTER AT liEETING OF EIOCCUTIVE COMMITTEEi!
ON MARCH 30, 1933)
(Not a verbatim record)
At the afternoon meeting of the Executive Commit tee of the Fed
eral Reserve Board on March 30, 1933, Mr. James moved "that at the proper
time the information conveyed orally by Mr. Morrill regarding the conver
sation between Mr. Goldens? eiser and Mr. Burgess be reduced to writing and
made a part of the record of this meeting.”
Later Mr* Goldenweiser joined the meeting and Mr. James requested
that "the matter which Mr. Morrill reported separately to the meui>ers of
the Board be reported by Mr. Goldenweiser as a part of the record of this
meeting.”
Mr. Goldeisreiser stated "I assume that you refer to the conversa
tion about the fact that Dr. Burgess said that they thought that no export
licenses should be granted for gold until after some arrangement had been
made with the Bank of England as to how they were going to act in
connection with stabilizing the pound;until same arrangement had been
arrived at with England as to what course of action they would pursue as
to stabilizing the pound. He said that it would probably be some time
this week n&ien an arrangement might be reached. He and Governor Harrison
feel strongly that way." Mr. Goldenwe iser also stated that the matter
came up twice and that Assistant Secretary Douglas was present at one time
and Under Secretary of the Treasury Ballantine at another.
Mr. Goldenweiser also stated "I believe it would be very desirable
to make a recommendation to the Secretary of the Treasury that licenses for
the export of gold in legitimate transactions should be granted very freely.
I would like the Board to consider the advisability of such a recommendation.
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Mr, James then stated that "to inject an international question
in a matter that is purely an endeavor to stop hoarding in the United
States and release all restrictions at the earliest possible moment, and
to do it in the way it was done behind the back of this Board, is
certainly reprehensible and entitles the Board to an explanation from
the Federal Reserve Bank of New York* I think the Federal Reserve Board
is entitled to an explanation from the officers of the Federal Reserve
Bank of Hew York as to why they should assume responsibility of handling
these matters without reference to the Board,"
Mir. Goldenweiser stated "Mr* Burgess’ statement did not refer to
gold already earmarked but to future exports. I feel strongly that this
is an emergency matter and it hasn't anything to do with the international
gold standard, that we want to go back on that standard as soon as possible
and that that situation cannot properly be used as a leverage in an inter
national situation,”
The members of the Board present appeared to agree with Mr.
Golden? eiser*s statement.
Mr. James then said "the point I want to make is the propriety of
negotiations of that kind on the part of the officers of the Federal Re
serve Bank of Hew York without taking the Federal Reserve Board into con
sideration. It is going to make a great difference some time if we are
going to inject this international situation into this hoarding order.”
Lie. Goldenpreiser stated that the attitude of the New York bank in
the matter of the granting of licenses could have an effect on the
Executive Order notwithstanding that -they have no authority themselves to
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grant suck licenses.
Mr. Hamlin said "could we ask: New York what negotiations the New
York bank has had with the Bank of England?”
Hr. Janies stated that "the information conveyed privately lays
someone open to an embarrassing situation. The New York bank conveyed
information that is not in any place in our record.”
Governor Meyer stated that "the question is whether Hr. Burgess
merely expressed an opinion or what he would advise. I do not know that
such a remark could be interpreted as a negotiation.”
Mr. James stated "Mr. Ballantine referred to the confidentially
communicated idea that there would be no difficulty about getting ear
marked gold. Vlhere do our records show iiiat authority was given the New
York bank to mak3 that communication?"
Governor Meyer stated that "it went from the Treasury Department
on March 6 or 7. Everybody knew about it ."
Mr. James stated that "the point I am making is what is the
Boardrs relation to the Government and the public?"
Governor Meyer referred to the fiscal agency relationship between
the Federal reserve bank and the Treasury Department 7/hieh brings the two
into rather close relationship.
Mr. James stated that "that relationship if exercised can nullify
any policy that may be developed in the Federal Reserve Board."
Governor Meyer stated thathe had felt far some time that both the
Treasury and the Federal reserve bank had gone beyond the necessity arising
out of the fiscal agency relationship, leading to discussion of policy in
which the Board should have been more fully advised, but unless you take
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the position that the banks cannot call on the telephone for infonna tion
and reports, you to some extent have to rely on their sense of propriety.
Mr. James stated that in considering Federal reserve bank
policies all writers put the responsibility on the Board.
The Governor stated that "this is not an action but a remark of
Mr* Burgess'.”
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Forbidding the Hoarding of Gold Coin, Gold Bullion
and Gold Certificates.
By virtue of the authority vested in me "by
9# Section &jof the Act of October 6, 1917, as amended by Section 2 Aof the Act of March 9 , 1933, entitled nAn Act to provide relief in
the existing national emergency in banking, and for other purposes” ,
in which amendatory Act Congress declared that a serious emergency
exists, I , Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States of
America, do declare that said national emergency still continues to
exist and pursuant to said section do hereby prohibit the hoarding of
gold coin, gold bullion, and gold certificates within the continental
United States by individuals, partnerships, associations and corporations
and hereby prescribe the following regulations for carrying out the
purposes of this order:
Section 1. For the purposes of this regulation, the term
"hoarding11 means the withdrawal and withholding of gold coin, gold
bullion or gold certificates from the recognized and customary channels
of trade. The term "person" means any individual, partnership, associa
tion or corporation.
Section 2. All persons are hereby required to deliver on or
before April'IS^ 1933, to a Federal reserve bank or a branch or agency
thereof or to any -member bank of the Federal Reserve System all golcL
coin, gold bullion and gold certificat#^axcrept the followings *
(a) Such amount of gold as may be required for legit
imate and customary use in industry, profession or art within a
reasonable time, including gold prior to refining and stocks of go14 in reasonable amounts for the usual trade requirements of
owndrs mining and refining such gold*
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(b) Gold coin and gold certificates in an amount not exceeding in the aggregate (;100.00 belonging to any one person; and gold coins having a recognized special
value to collectors of rare and unusual coins.
(c) Gold coin and bullion earirarked or hold in trust for a recognized foreign government or foreign
central bank or the Bank for International Settlements.
4 (d) Gold coin and bullion licensed for othertransactions (not involving hoarding) includ-(/ 4r '
m g gold coin and bullion imported for reexport or held
ponding action on applications for export licenses.
Section 3. Until otlicraise ordered any person becoming the
owner of any gold coin, gold-bullion, or gold certificates after April
1933, shall, within three days after receipt thereof, deliver the same in
the manner prescribed in Section t^iless such gold coin, gold bullion or
gold certificates are held fq^pJcrposcs specified in paragraphs (a), (b)
<rt/ . v(c) of Section 2; or unless such gold coin or gold bullion is held for
purposes specified in paragraph (d) of Section 2 and the person holding it
is, with rcspcct to such gold coin or bullion, a licensee or applicant for
mKsmqmmk license ponding action thereon.
Section 4 . Upon receipt of gold coin, gold bullion or gold
certificates delivered to it in accordance with Sections 2 or 3, the-
Federal reserve bank or member bank will pay therefor a*-.aquivaloi±.
asaoun.'t of any other form of coin or currency coined or issued under the
laws of the United States.
Section 5. Humber banks shall deliver all gold coin, gold
bullion and gold certificates owned or received by them (other than as
exempted under the provisions of Section 2) to the Federal reserve
banks of thoir respective districts aiii receive credit or payment
therefor;.
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Section 6. The Secretary of the Treasury, out of the sum
made available to the president by Section 501 of the Act of March 9,
1933, will in all proper cases pay the reasonable costs of transporta
tion of gold coin, gold bullion or gold certificates delivered to a
member bank or jfPederal reserve bank in accordance with Sections 2, 3,
or 5 hereof, including the cost of insurance, protection, and such
other incidental costs as may be necessary, upon production of satis
factory evidence of such costs. Voucher forms for this purpose may
be procured from federal reserve banks.
bullion or gold certificates by the owners thereof within the time
set forth above will involve extraordinary hardship or difficulty,
the Secretary of the Treasury may, in his discretion, extend the time
within which such delivery must be made. Applications for such ex
tensions must be made in writing under oath, addressed to the Secre
tary of the Treasury and filed with a Federal reserve bank. Each
application must state the date to which the extension is desired,
the amount and location of the gold coin, gold bullion and gold cer
tificates in respect of which such application is made and the facts
showing extension to be necessary to avoid extraordinary hardship or
difficulty.
Section 7. In cases where the delivery of gold coin, gold
a t iiXBODTivii
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Scction 8. Tho Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized
and empowered to issue such further regulations as he m y deem necessary
to carry out the purposes 'of this order arid to issue licenses thereunder,
through such officers or agencies as he may designate, including licenses
permitting the Federal reserve batiks and meiiber banks of the Federal Re
serve System, in return J?or an equivalent,amount of other coin, currency
j** 'fro*or credit-, to dellve^gold c0!11 a1- bullion (feai'iiurte w-ftcflMt."An trust
cnlrt ooiiffi nnrl hiilTIrm frrr) prr-inrin showing the need for, the same for any
of the purposes specified in paragraphs (a ), (c) and (d) of Section 2 of
these regulations.
Section 9. Whoever willfully violates any provision of this
Executive Order or of these regulations or of any xula, regulation or
license issued thereunder may be fined not more than $10,000, or, if a
natural person, may be impriooned for not more than ten years, or both;
and any officer, director, or agent of any corporation who knowingly
participates in any such violation may be punished by a like fine,
imprisonment, or both.
This order and these regulations may be modified or revoked
at any time,
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
THE WHITE HOUSE
March , 1933,
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sn .m m m
In the past weeks the country lias given a remarkable
demonstration of confidence. With the reopening of a majority
of the "banks of the country, currency in excess of
$1,000,000,000, of which $600,000,000 was in the form of gold
and gold certificates, has been returned to the federal reserve
banks.
Many persons throughout the Uiiited States have hastened to
turn in gold in their possession as an expression of their
faith, in the (Jovernment and as a result of their desire to be
helpful in the emergency. There are others, however, who have
waited for the Government to issue a formal order for the return
of gold in their possession. Such an order is being issued
by the President today.
The order authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury
to issue licenses for obtaining gold for industrial require
ments, exportation pf gold for trade purposes, and other
legitimate needs not involving hoarding. With these exceptions,
the order requires all persons to deliver to one of the fed
eral reserve banks, branches or agencies, or to a member bank,
in exch&nge for other currency, their gold coin, gold bullion
and gol|L certificates other than gold coin and gold certificates^
not exceeding $100 and gold coin having a recognized special
ivalue t> collectors of rare and unusual coins. While the
order la in effect persons who come into possession of gold not covered by
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the exceptions set forth in the order, will also "be required to
exchange it for other currency* The order is limited to the
period of the emergency.
The chief purpose of the order is to restore to the
country*s reserves gold held for hoarding and the withholding
of which under existing conditions does not promote the public
interest.
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STATEMENT
In the past weeks the country has given a remarkable
demonstration of confidence. With the reopening of a majority
of the hanks of the country, currency in excess of
$1,000,000,000, of which $600,000,000 was in the form of gold
and gold certificates, has been returned to the Federal reserve
banks•
Many persons throughout the United States have hastened to
turn in gold in their possession as an expression of their
faith in the Government and as a result of their desire to be
helpful in the emergency. There are others, however, who have
waited for the Government to issue a formal order for the return
of gold in their possession. Such an order is being issued
by the President today.
order authorizes tha Secretary of
issue license£\for obtaining gold
not involving hoaN^ing, industrial requirements
the Treasury t o ^ /^
exportation of gold fciK trade
the order requires all pers
oses. With -these exceptions,
ls wli> have in theii
gold coin, not having special vftlue to collectcrs, gold certificates,
/ \or golfl. bullion, in excess of 1100 ,x $o return tais gold to one of
I \the IFelLeral reserve banks, or/a member b&sjk. tSiile the order is
j / ' \ in effect persons who come iiito possession o f q l d not exempted by
for all legitimate needs-* BXBKJDTIVB (X)MMBraDI
, and the
possession
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the exceptions set forth in the order, will also he required to
exchange it for other currency. The order is limited to the
period bf the emergency.
The chief purpose of the order is to restore to the
country’s reserves gold held for hoarding and the withholding
of which under existing conditions does not promote the public
interest.
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H i 0 , I
statemeut
In the past J^T^weeks the country has given a remarkable
demonstration of confidence. With the reopening of a majority
of the banks of the country, currency in excess of
$1,000,000,000, of which $600,000,000 was in the form of gold
and gold certificates, has been returned to the Federal reserve
banks.
Many persons throughout the United States have hastened to
turn in gold in their possession as an expression of their
faith in the Government and as a result of their desire to be
helpful in "S^emergency. There are others, however, who have
waited for the Government to issue a formal order for the return
of gold in their possession. Such an order is being issued
by the President today.
The order authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to
issue licenses for obtaining gold for all legitimate needs
not involving hoarding, industrial requirements, and the
exportation of gold for trade purposes. With these exceptions,
the order requires all persons who have in their possession
gold coin,*££0Id certificates, or gold bullion, in excess of
$100, aa&fftot having special value to collectors^ to return this
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gold to one of the Federal reserve banks, or a member bank. While
the order is in effect persons who come into possession of gold not
exenrpted by the exceptions'no4^4 in the order, will also be required
to exchange it for other currency. The order is limited to the
period of the emergency.
The chief purpose of the order is to restore to the country's
reserves gold w h for hoarding and the with-
oUtholding of which under existing conditions agaiifrisV the public
interest.
unction-of gold in modern '•banfctns'-and--e»«dlt,,.......
systems is tor serve basic bank reserves and, as a means of settle
ment between countries. , Under present conditions its -tse for hand
to han^/currency or as a store of value in hoarding is not consistent
/with/building up the nation1 s finaneial structure to its maximum
/ \S'strength for the furtherance of economic recovery.
(The present orde^ relates on^- to gold coin akd bullion and
gold certificates, and d$es not include other forms oX;currency.
It is believed\hat a continuation of tfye voluntary retWn of currency
will make a more inclusive fcrder unnecessary.)
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EXECUTIVE OEDER
Forbidding the Hoarding of Gold Coin, Gold Bullion
and Gold Certificates.
By virtue of the authority vested in me by subsection (b)
of Section 5 of the Act of October 6, 1917, as amended by Section 2
of the Act of March 9, 1933, entitled MAn Act to provide relief in
the existing national emergency in banking, and for other purposes",
in which amendatory Act Congress declared that a serious emergency
exists, I , Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States of
America, do declare that said national emergency still continues to
exist and pursuant to said section do hereby prohibit the hoarding of
gold coin, gold bullion, and gold certificates within the continental
United States by individuals, partnerships, associations and corporations
and hereby prescribe the following regulations for carrying out the
purposes of this orders
Section 1. For the purposes of this regulation, the term
^hoarding1’ means the withdrawal and withholding of gold coin, gold
bullion or gold certificates from the recognized and customary channels
of trade. The term f,person,f means any individual, partnership, associa
tion or corporation.
Section 2. All persons are hereby required to deliver on or
before April 15, 1933, to a Federal reserve bank or a branch or agency
thereof or to any member bank of the Federal Reserve System all gold
coin, gold bullion and gold certificates except the following!
(a) Such amount of gold as may be required for legit-
imat£ and customary use in industry, profession or art witMn a v J reasonable time, including gold prior to refining and stocks oftgold
owners mining and refining such gold.
in reasonable amounts for the usual trade requirements of /
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(b) Gold coin and gold certificates in an amount
not exceeding in the aggregate (,*100.00 belonging to anyone person; and gold coins having a recognized spocial value to collectors of rare and unusual coins.
(c) Gold coin and bullion earmarked or hold in trust for a recognized foreign govemmeirfc or foreign
central bank or the Bank far International Settlements.
(d) Gold coin and bullion licensed for other legitimate transactions (not involving hoarding) including gold coin and bullion imported for reexport or hold
ponding action on applications for export licenses.
Section 3. Until otherwise ordered any person becoming the
owner of any gold coin, gold bullion, or gold certificates after April 12,
1933, shall, within three days after receipt thereof, deliver the same in
the manner prescribed in Section 2; unless such gold coin, gold bullion or
gold certificates are held for purposes specified in paragraphs (a), (b)
and (c) of Section 2; or unless such gold coin or gold bullion is held for
purposes specified in paragraph (d) of Section 2 and .the person holding it
is, with respect to such gold coin or bullion, a licensee or applicant far
an export license ponding action thereon.
Section 4 . Upon receipt of gpld coin, gold bullion or gold
certificates delivered to it in accordance uith Sections 2 or 3, the
Federal reserve bank or member bank will pay therefor an equivalent
amount of any other form of coin or currency coined or issued under the
laws of the United States.
Section 5. Member banks shall deliver all gold coin, gDld
bullion and ©Did certificates owned or recoived by them (other than, as
exempted under the provisions of Section 2) to the Federal reserve
banks of thoir respective districts and receive credit or payment
therefor.
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Section 6. The Secretary of the Treasury, out of the sum
made available to the President by Section 501 of the Act of March 9,
1933, will in all proper cases pay the reasonable costs of transporta
tion of gold coin, gold bullion or gold certificates delivered to a
member bank or federal reserve bank in accordance with Sections 2, 3,
or 5 hereof, including the cost of insurance, protection, and such
other incidental costs as may be necessary, upon production of satis
factory evidence of such costs. Voucher forms for this purpose may
8
be procured from federal reserve banks.
Section 7. In cases where the delivery of gold coin, gold
bullion or gold certificates by the owners thereof within the time
set forth above will involve extraordinary hardship or difficulty,
the Secretary of the Treasury may, in his discretion, extend the time
within which such delivery must be made. Applications for such ex
tensions must be made in writing under oath, addressed to the Secre
tary of the Treasury and filed with a federal reserve bank. Each
application must state the date to which the extension is desired,
the amount and location of the gold coin, gold bullion and gold cer
tificates in respect of which such application is made and the facts
showing extension to be necessary to avoid extraordinary hardship or
difficulty.
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Scction 8. The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized
and empowered to issue such further regulations as he m y deem necessary
to carry out the purposes of this order and to issue licenses thereunder,
through such officers or agencies as ho may designate, including licenses
permitting the Federal reserve banks and meiiber bonks of the Federal Re
serve System, in return for an equivalent amount of other coin, currency
gold coin and bullion for) persons showing the need for the same for any
of the purposes specified in paragraphs (a ), (c) and (d) of Section 2 of
the s e regula ti ons .
Executive Order or of these regulations or of any iu Io , regulation or
license issued thereunder may bo fined not more than $10,000, or, if a
natural person, maybe impriooned for not more than ten years, or both;
and any officer, director, or agent of any corporation who knowingly
participates in any such violation may be punished by a like fine,
imprisonment, or both.
r t /or credit, to deliver
Section 9. Whoever willfully violates any provision of this
This order and these regulations may be modified or revoked
at any time
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
THE WilTE HOUSE
March , 1933.
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(CO*!FimTIAL — Revised draft- of Mardli 2 ^ 1933a)
MCttflVB ORDER
Forbidding the Hoarding of G-old Coin, G-old Bullion
and G-old Certificates,
3y virtue of the authority vested in me by subsection (b)
of Section 5 of the Act of October 6, 1917, as amended by Section 2
of the Act of March 9, 1933, entitled "An Act to provide relief in
the existing national emergency in banking, and for other purposes” ,
in which amendatory Act Congress declared that a serious emergency
exists, I , Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States of
America, do declare that said national emergency still continues to
exist and pursuant to said section do hereby prohibit the hoarding of
gold coin, gold bullion, and gold certificates within the continental
United States by individuals, partnerships, associations and corporations
and hereby prescribe the following regulations for carrying out the
purposes of this order!
Section 1. For the purposes of this regulation, the term
^hoarding11 means the withdrawal and withholding of gold coin, gold
bullion or gold certificates from the recognized and customary channels
of trade. fhe term HpersonH means any individual, partnership, associa-’
tion or corporation.
Section 2. All persons are hereby required to deliver on or
Ibefore April 15, 1933, to a Federal reserve bank or a branch or agency
thereof or to any member bank of the Federal Reserve System all gold
coin, gold:bullion and gold certificates except the followings
[a) Such amount of gold as may be required for legit
imate and customary use in industry, profession or art within a reaso:siable time, including gold prior to refining and
gold :.n reasonable amounts for the usual trade requiremei
owners; mining and refining such gold.
; within a \j stocks
saents of
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(b) G-old coin and gold certificates in an amount not exceeding in the aggregate $100.00 belonging to any
one person; and gold coins having a recognized special
value to collectors of rare and unusual coins.
(c) Gold coin and bullion earaarlced flr held *»
trust for a recognized foreign ggireirnnent or^fore. m v«mv « • the Bank far International Settlements.
r fd) Gold coin and bullion licensed for
legitinate transactions (not involving hoard^ p h ld W goS coin end bullion imported ^ r f ^ t ^ heM p^jfng action on applications top eaqpor* licenses.
S6ct£cHi 3• oistosrifis© ordered, any p e rs o n\ V
the
owner of anygold coi*, g^ld bullion, or gom.oertificates after
April 1A 1933 (except for ^W - r ,p eo ifie d » W . : M
and (c) of\ction 2, or exceptfrarpurposes 3Pecj j H ^ ln Paragraph ^
(d) of aectiraiNj; fit th~respect to S *^ gold coin_ or
an export liceHf® pending
ttorebC. deliver
% 'f iVf such person is [,censeeyor
action ther«c^ 3hal)^wittifi days a i^ r e c a
the saoe In the m a n n e r ^resffirifeed in iection 2 .
exempted under the provisions of Section 2) to the Federal reserve
banks of their respective districts and receive credit or payment
therefor.
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Section 6 . The Secretary of the Treasury, out of the sum
made available to the President "by Section 501 of the Act of March 9,
1933, will in all proper cases pay the reasonable costs of transporta
tion of gold coin, gold bullion or gold certificates delivered to a
•member bank or Federal reserve bank in accordance with Sections 2, 3,
or 5 hereof, including the cost of insurance, protection, and such
other incidental costs as may be necessary, upon production of satis
factory evidence of such costs. Voucher forms for this purpose may
be procured from Federal reserve banks.
Section 7. In cases where the delivery of gold coin, gold
bullion or gold certificates by the owners thereof within the time
set forth above will involve extraordinary hardship or difficulty,
the Secretary of the Treasury may, in his discretion, extend the time
within which such delivery must be made. Applications for such ex
tensions must be made in writing under oath, addressed to the Secre
tary of the Treasury and filed with a Federal reserve bank. Each
application must state the date to which the extension is desired,
the amount and location of the gold coin, gold bullion and gold cer
tificates in respect of which such application is made and the facts
showing extension to be necessary to avoid extraordinary hardship or
difficulty.
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Section 8* The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized
and empowered to issue such further regulations as he may deem necessary
to carry out the purposes of this order and to issue^thereunder, through * >*
such officers or agencies as he may designate^ licenses permitting the
Federal reserve banks and member banks of the Federal Reserve System, in
return for an equivalent amount of other coin, currency or credit, to . ** * I \
deliver gold coin and bullion to. persons showing the ne$d for the same I J
K ' W < 0for any of the purposes specified in paragraphs (a)} tfA (e) of Section
A
2 of these regulations,*
Section 9* 7/hoever willfully violates any provision of this
Executive Order or of these regulations or of any rule, regulation or
license issued thereunder may be fined not more th&a C10,000, or, if
a natural person, may be imprisoned for not more than ten years, or
both* and any officer, director* or agent of any corporation Who knowing
ly participates in any such violation may be punished by a like fine,
imprisonment, or both.
This order and these regulations may be modified or revoked
at any time*
FRAMLIN D. ROOSEVELTI
THE !HI3jE HOUSE
March , 1933*
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Section 3 , Until otherwise ordered, any
person becoming the owner of any gold coin, gold
bullion, or gold certificates after April 13, 1935
(except for purposes specified in paragraphs (a),
(b) and (c) of section 2, or except for purposes
specified in paragraph (d) of section 2 if with
respect to the gold coin or bullion involved such
person is a licensee or applicant for an export
license pending action thereon) shall, within three
days after receipt thereof, deliver the same in the
manner prescribed in section 2#
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(COi'DTIDEl'TTXAL — Revised draft of March 29, 1933.)
EXECUTIVE ORDER
Forbidding the Hoarding of Gold Coin, Gold Bullion
and Gold Certificates.
3y virtue of the authority vested in me by subsection (b)
of Section 5 of the Act of October 6, 1917, as amended by Section 2
of the Act of March 9, 1933, entitled "An Act to provide relief in
the existing national emergency in banking, and for other purposes” ,
in which amendatory Act Congress declared that a serious emergency
exists, I , Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States of
America, do declare that said national emergency still continues to
exist and pursuant to said section do hereby prohibit the hoarding of
gold coin, gold bullion, and gold certificates within the continental
United States by individuals, partnerships, associations and corporations
and hereby prescribe the following regulations for carrying out the
purposes of this order;
Section 1. For the purposes of this regulation, the term
’'hoarding11 means the withdrawal and withholding of gold coin, gold
bullion or gold certificates from the recognized and customary channels
of trade. The term ’’person11 means any individual, partnership, associa
tion or corporation*
Section 2. All persons are hereby required to deliver on or
before Aptfil 15, 1933, to a Federal reserve bank or a branch or agency
thereof or to any member bank of the Federal Reserve System all gold
coin, golct bullion and gold certificates except the following;
imate
reascgoldowner!
(a) Such amount of gold as may be required for legit-
and customary use in industry, profession or art within a nablc time, including gold prior to refining and stocks of
in reasonable amounts for the usual trade requirements of s mining and refining such gold.
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(b) Gold coin and gold certificates in an amount not exceeding in the aggregate $100.00 belonging to any
one person; and gold coins having a recognized special value to collectors of rare and unusual coins.
(c) Gold coin and bullion licensed for legitimate j *
transactions (not involving hoarding), including gold J mJ
action on applications for export licenses or held in /
coin and bullion imported for reexport or held pending
trust or earmarked for a recognized foreign government/ O v
or foreign central bank or the Bank for International' n . I
Settlements.
Section 3. Until otherwise ordered, any person becoming the
owner of any gold coin, gold bullion or gold certificates after April
12, 1933, (except as exempted by the provisions of Section 2) shall,
within three days after receipt thereof, deliver the same in the manner
prescribed in Section 2.
Section 4 . Upon receipt of gold coin, gold bullion or gold
certificates delivered to it in accordance with Sections 2 or 3, the
Federal reserve bank or member bank will pay therefor an equivalent
amount of any other form of coin or currency coined or issued under the
laws of the United States.
Section 5. Member banks shall deliver all gold coin, gold
bullion and gold certificates owned or received by them (other than as
exempted under the provisions of Section 2) to the Federal reserve
banks of their respective districts and receive credit or payment
therefor.
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Section 6. Die Secretaiy of the Treasury, out of the sum
made available to the President by Section 501 of the Act of March 9,
1933, will in all proper cases pay the reasonable costs of transporta
tion of gold coin, gold bullion or gold certificates delivered to a
member bank or Federal reserve bank in accordance with Sections 2, 3,
or 5 hereof, including the cost of insurance, protection, and such
other incidental costs as may be necessary, upon production of satis
factory evidence of such costs. Voucher forms for this purpose may
be procured from Federal reserve banks.
Section 7. In cases where the delivery of gold coin, gold
bullion or gold certificates by the owners thereof within the time
set forth above will involve extraordinary hardship or difficulty,
the Secretary of the Treasury may, in his discretion, extend the time
within which such delivery must be made. Applications for such ex
tensions must be made in writing under oath, addressed to the Secre
tary of the Treasury and filed with a Federal reserve bank. Each
application must state the date to which the extension is desired,
the amount and location of the gold coin, gold bullion and gold cer
tificates in respect of which such application is made and the facts
showing extension to be necessary to avoid extraordinary hardship or
difficulty.
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Section 8 , The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized
and empowered to issue such further regulations as he may deem necessary
to carry out the purposes of this order and to issue thereunder, through
such officers or agencies as he may designate, licenses permitting the
// Federal reserve banks and member banks of the Federal Reserve System, in
return for an equivalent amount of other coin, currency or credit, to
deliver gold coin and bullion to persons showing the need for the same
for any of the purposes specified in paragraphs (a) and (c) of Section
Z of these regulations.
Section 9, Whoever willfully violates any provision of this
Executive Order or of these regulations or of any rule, regulation or
license issued thereunder may be fined not more than ^10,000, or, if
a natural person, may be imprisoned for not more than ten years, or
both; and any officer, director, or agent of any corporation who knowing
ly participates in any such violation m y be punished by a like fine,
imprisonment, or both.
This order and these regulations may be modified or revoked
at any time.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
THE 1H2T1 HOUSE
March , 1933,
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Mr. Oeorge U Sewrt*#®* Ooterndr, lidfnl Beaerre Bemk of lev fork,Im York, Hew York*
Dear Oofemor Harriaom
She Board apprealatee wry wm% reeelTin# ywir
lette w o f _Marsh i4|*8d »?* 19S3, to downier HiTir, In-
aiming eopie* of the letters addx»*a*d fcy you to Uader
Secretary of the Treaaury Ballaatiae with ragard to the
propoaed exeemtiv* order hy the President of the United
statea prohibiting the hoardla* of gold.
It la motet .twm your eeoond letter to Mr*
Belleatiae that you ha*e reoelyed a oopy of the order ae
approved hy the Board em Hareh IS, 1939 m i it 1« under*
atood that Hr* Bttxt**a haa acquainted you el Hi the polnta
ralaed duriuf the dl»cu*.<ion of the order at the s*atings
ehloh lie attended on Jriday and Saturday of l«*t **#k and
other di aeuaelftne of th* natter In which he pertiolpated.
Tory truly your**
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mo, iFe d e r a l R e s e r v e B a n k
o f N e w Y o r k
March 27, 1953.
Dear Governor Meyer:This morning Mr. Ballantine telephoned me
to talk about the proposed gold order as I understand it now to be drafted. I gave him my reactions on the telephone, and told him I would write him. For your information I am enclosing a copy of my letter.
Faithfully yours,
Governor.
Hon. Eugene Meyer,Governor, Federal Reserve Board, Washington, D. C.
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MAR 28 1933
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FEDERAL RESERVE BASK.
OF NEW YORK
March 27, 1933.
Dear Mr. Ballantine:
Mr. Burgess has just returned from Washington with
the latest revision of the proposed order relative to gold.
I think it is a great improvement over the tentative draft
which you sent roe on March 22.
In view of the large return flow of gold which has
already taken place, an order against hoarding may seem much
less necessary than a few weeks ago, but assuming that it is
advisable or necessary because of various other factors, I think
the proposal in its present form is a consistent and workable
one. As now written, I think that it overcomes many of the prac
tical difficulties which concerned me before, and there is no
doubt that by permitting obligors on gold contracts to obtain gold
for payment when demanded, the order as now drawn has the important
advantage of unequivocally preserving the integrity of gold con
tracts in form, even though section 3 provides for the immediate
recapture of gold paid out for purposes not specifically excepted
by the order itself. On the whole, this procedure has the merit
of dealing with the matter of hoarding as contemplated by the law,
and while legally protecting gold contracts in the interim, it
leaves for future and more mature determination the broader and
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more substantial problems involved in unrestricted gold payments
I think this, of course, is most important.
Faithfully yours,
George L* Harrison
Governor.
Hon. A. A* Ballantine,
Undersecretary of the Treasury,
Treasury Department,ISashington, D. C.
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( CONFIDENTIAL — Revised draft of March 25, 1933.)
EXECUTIVE ORDER
Forbidding the Hoarding of Gold Coin, Gold Bullion
and Gold Certificates.
By virtue of the authority vested in me by subsection (b)
of Section 5 of the Act of October 6, 1917, as amended by Section 2
of the Act of March 9, 1933, entitled "An Act to provide relief in
the existing national emergency in banking, and for other purposes’1, I
Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States of America, do
hereby prohibit the hoarding of gold coin, gold bullion, and gold
certificates within the continental United. States by individuals,
partnerships, associations and corporations and hereby prescribe
the following regulations for carrying out the purposes ofthis order:
Section 1. For the purposes of this regulation, the term
"hoarding*1 means the withdrawal and withholding of gold coin, gold
bullion or gold certificates from the recognized and customary chan
nels of trade. The term ^person11 means any individual, partnership,
association or corporation.
Section 2. All persons are hereby required to deliver on or
before April 15, 1933, to a Federal reserve bank or a branch or agen<
thereof dr to any member bank of the Federal Reserve System all gold
coin, goj.d bullion and gold certificates except the following?
(a) Such amount of gold as may be required for legit
imate and customary use in industry, profession or art within a
reasonable time, including gold prior to refining and stocks of golcj. in reasonable amounts for the usual trade requirements of owners mining and refining such gold*
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( I d ) Gold coin and gold certificates in an amount not exceeding in the aggregate $100.00 "belonging to any one person;
and gold coins having a recognized special value to collectors of rare .and unusual coins.
(Cl) Gold coin and bullion licensed for^ legitimate ifc transactions (not involving hoarding in
cluding gold coin and bullion imported for reexport or held
pending action on applications for export licenses/''
(d) Gold coin and bullion earmarked or held in trust for a recognized foreign government or foreign central bank or the
lank for International Settlements.
^(e) Gold coin and bullion actually needed to meet maturing obligations payable in gold coin or bullion in any case where
payment in gold coin or bullion actually has been demanded by the obligee; provided that, in order to facilitate the enforcement
of Section 3 hereof, the obligor shall furnish to the Federal
reserve bank of the district in which such payment is made a
written statement showing the name and address of each person to whom or for whose account such a payment is made and the amount
paid to each such person.
Section 3. Until otherwise ordered, any person becoming the
owner of any gold coin, gold bullion or gold certificates after April
12,. 1933, (except as exempted by the provisions of Section 2) shall,
within three days after receipt thereof, deliver the same in the manner
prescribed in Section 2.
Section 4 . Upon receipt of gold coin, gold bullion or gold
certificates delivered to it in accordance with Sections 2 or 3, the
Federal reserve bank or member bank will pay therefor an equivalent
amount of any other form of coin or currency coined or issued under the
laws of the United States.
; Section 5. Member banks shall deliver all gold coin, gold
bullion ,nd gold certificates owned or received by them (other than as
exempted under the provisions of Section 2) to the Jtederal reserve
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banks of their respective districts and receive credit or payment
therefor.
made available to the President by Section 501 of the Act of March 9,
1933, will in all proper cases pay the reasonable costs of transporta
tion of gold coin, gold bullion or gold certificates delivered to a
member bank or Federal reserve bank in accordance with Sections 2, 3,
or 5 hereof, including the cost of insurance, protection, and such
other incidental costs as may be necessary, upon production of satis
factory evidence of such costs. Voucher forms for this purpose may
be procured from Itederal reserve banks.
bullion or gold certificates by the owners thereof within the time
set forth above will involve extraordinary hardship or difficulty,
the Secretary of the Treasury may, in his discretion, extend the time
within which such delivery must be made. Applications for such ex
tensions must be made in writing under oath, addressed to the Secre
tary of the Treasury and filed with a Federal reserve bank. Each
application must state the date to which the extension is desired,
the amount and location of the gold coin, gold bullion and gold cer
tificates in respect of which such application is made and the facts
showing extension to be necessary to avoid extraordinary hardship or
difficulty.
Section 6. The Secretary of the Treasury, out of the sum
Section 7. In cases where the delivery of gold coin, gold
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Section 8. The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized
and empowered to issue such further regulations as he may deem necessary
to carry out the purposes of this order and to issue thereunder, through
such officers or agencies-as he may designate, licenses permitting the
Federal reserve banks and member banks of the Federal Reserve System, in
return for an equivalent amount of other coin, currency or credit, to
deliver gold coin and bullion to persons showing the need for the same
for any of the purposes specified in paragraphs (a ), (c)
of Section 2 of these regulations.
Section 9. Hilhoever willfully violates aiiy provision of this
Executive Order or of these regulations or of any rule, regulation or
license issued thereunder may be fined not more than $10,000, or, if
a natural person, may be imprisoned for not more than ten years, or both;
and any officer, director, or agent of any corporation who knowingly
participates in any such violation may be punished by a like fine,
imprisonment, or both.
This order and these regulations may be revoked at any time.
FRAHKLIiT D. ROOSEVELT
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March , 1933.
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Fe d e r a l R e s e r v e B a n k
o f N e w Y o r k
March 24, 1333
Dear Governor Meyer:Yesterday I received from Undersecretary Ballantine
a letter with which he enclosed a copy of the proposed draft of executive order relating to the recapture of gold. He asked certain questions of policy and invited my suggestions. Some of our reactions I have attempted to give him over the telephone; but it was only this morning that I realized, after talking with Mr. Burgess, that many of the questions of policy and much of the detail have already been agreed upon. That being so, I have today written to Mr. Ballantine in response to his inquiry on the basis of those decisions as to policy. I do not want to cross wires nor do I want unnecessarily i its comment? might be he] problem, 1
Hon. Eugene ,Governor, Federal Reserve Board, Washington, D. C.
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COrYOF NEW YOUK
March 84, 103S.
Pear Mr* Sallantines
1 have received your letter of lurch 2£, with which you
Mat sm two copies of a tentative statement and draft of executive
order which have been prepared relative to the hoarding of gold*
Ton ask certain specific questions relative to these doeunents and
invite discussion of other questions that s&ght he involved*
Sr» Burgess, who has hem in Washington yesterday and
today, is entirely familiar with our point of view regarding this
prospective gold order and we have kept his currently informed of
oitr suggestions as they have ocoured to us in studying the drafts
which you sent *e»
However, there are certain comments I would like to
sake concerning the three specific questions contained in your
let tear i
1* fe have felt that it eould’have hem preferable to
except gold bullion fro* the proposed order* partly because there
is an insignificant aswont of gold bullion now hoarded, and partly
beeause we have felt that the fever the restrictions that nay heI
made now the eaaler it will he later to determine the country's
gold policy* I understand, however, that it is pretty well
settled that the regulation is to ifeclude bullion (and we appre-
el*U> that there are good reasons for doing so), so that our
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comments regal*ding the pro{>os»d order are predicated upon the assumption
that It will relate to bullion as wall as to fold cola and certificates*
i* fou ask whether the order should except gold owned before
a particular data* la feel very definitely that at long as the order
la to he Issued oft the theory that it Is to prevent hoarding, there
should be no exception baaed upon the date of acquisition*
3* Ton ask how gold contracts are to be handled* Our theory
has hem that the simplest and most certain metho^bf protecting exist
ing gold contracts would be to continue the present executive order
against* the payment of gold, and by a new order to retire the surrender
of gold outstanding in exchange for other money* these two orders will,
we think, afford the best protection to obligors against suits either
for specific performances or for damages* and we hawe felt that it
would be preferable to handle gold contracts in this fashion than to
permit obligors to get gold with which to m ke payment to creditors,
who would be required immediately to return it to the treasury or the
Federal resenre tanks* Furthermore, there are certain practical diffi
culties that sight well arise if the proposed order is to permit of
payments in cases alters the gold Is demanded by creditors, and then to
require the creditors to surrender the gold* lut even if , as I under
stand, it has beam determined as a matter of policy to permit of gold
payments by obligors and then to recapture the gold from the payees.
It would seem necessary to make some amendments to the proposed order,
which wei have taken the liberty of suggesting on the draft which I am\
returning herewith for your consideration*
| I think that each of these suggestions will speak for itself,
but in Considering them it is important to point out t&at section 0 of
the profjosed order clearly relates to gold mow outstanding and actuallyDigitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
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held outside the Federal reserve banks end the treasury* It purports
to be an order to those now holding gold to return It before April IS
unless it can be shorn that it falls within any one of the five cate
goric* listed as exceptions in paragraphs (a) to (e) inclusive* that
being so, paragraphs (a) to (e) should be clearly drafted to relate
theaselves solely to gold now outstanding and should not be designed
to cover eases of licenses for the payment of gold in the future, sueh
as Indicated in paragraph (c), for Instance* *e have, therefore,
suggested certain modifications in paragraphs (a) &n& (e ), hairing in
aind that they relate to gold now outstanding, and have proposed the
elimination of paragraph (c) frost section 2*
cover only eases of gold now outstanding, section § should be revised
so as unequivocally to cover the question of licensing the payment and
a revision of section 8 on this theory, setting forth in that section
the three different classes of cases for which licenses night be granted,
that is, cases of future transactions of the kinds described in para
graphs (a ), (c ), and (e) of section ft*
effect as a cris&nal statute, it is our opinion that it requires the
aost careful and expert drafEasaanship Quite apart fro* the questions of
policy. Consequently, I hope that yon will accept our suggestions not
as final suggestions as to draftnanship but rather as indications of
points which we think are important to be considered in preparing the
order*
But if section 2 and Its exceptions are redrafted so as to
ownership of gold in j transactions. Accordingly, we have suggested
But since this executive order will have the sane force and
Tery tmlt yours,
(Jeorge L* Harrison Governor.
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(CmWimmiML — Tentative draft of March SEt 1011.)
EXECUTIVE ORDER
Forbidding the Hoarding af Gold Coin, Gold Bullion and
Sold Certificates*
By virtue of the authority seated In ne by subsection (b)
of Section 5 of tho let of October 6, 1917, at amended by Seetion £
of the Act of March 9f 1953, entitled *A» Act to provide relief in
the existing national emergency in banking, and for other purposes,*
approved March 0 , 19£S, I t Franklin D* Boosevelt, President of the
United State* of America, do hereby prohibit the hoarding of gold
coin, gold bullion, and gold certificates by individuals, partner**
ships, associations and corporations within the continental United
States, and 1 hereby prescribe the following regulations for carry-
lag out the purposes of this ordert
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Beans any individual, partnership, association or corporation within
the continental United States*
Section £* All persona are hereby required to deliver on
or before April IS, IM S , to a Federal reserve bank or a branch or
agency thereof or to any member bank of the Federal Reserve By ate*
all gold coin, gold bullion and gold certificates except the follow**
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(a) Such amount of gold as may be required for legitimate
and customary use in fr»a<y% profession or art within a reason
able time, including gold prior to refining and stocks of gold
In reasonable amounta for the usual trade requirements of owners
(b) Gold coins m <I gold certificate* 1b an amount not ex
ceeding in the aggregate $100*00 belonging to any one personj
and gold coins having a recognised special value to collectors
of rare and unusual coins*
4e) Gold sola and bullpen lloensed for—leglMaa^e^ ejepgrrt
transactions not1 lavolyiftg hoa*dlag-*ir»”aj»eeulet tony lncltidlftg
g o ld eein-wnd bullion importod fea> re«^>orfc or held^andlnc^EC^
(d) Sold coin, gold bullion and gold certificates which
were owed by a reeognised foreign government or foreign central
bank or the Bank J&r International Settlements on March 6f 2Mft«
(e) Gold coin 01* bullion actually needed to met waturtaig obligationaApayable 1& gold^ coin or bullion, ihen payment In gold coin or bullion has actually been demanded, regardless of whether the obligee Is at hose or abroad*
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or after April 11, 19BB, et *y
iee^ien#-!1.end & hereof) shall, within three days after receipt thereof, deliver the same In the manner prescribed in Section £*
Section 4« Open receipt of such gold coin,/gold bul
lion or gold certificates, the Federal reserve bank or isember bank
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Provided, however, that this shall not apply to any person becoming the owner of gold coins and gold certificates in an amount not exceeding in the aggregate $100 belonging to any one person, and gold coins having a recognised special ▼slue to collectors of rare and unusual coins, and provided further that it shall not apply to any person who has received gold for any of the purposes specifically set forth in Section 8 hereof.
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will pay therefor «» equivalent amount of any other form of coin or
currency coined or issued under the lavs of the Baited States*
Section 5* Mesiber banks shall deliver all gold coin, gold
bullion and gold certificates owned or received by thea (other than
than exempted under the provisions of Section^ V ro I E) to the federal
reserve batiks of their respective districts and receive credit or pay
ment therefor.
Section 6* the Secretary of the treasury* out of the sum
wide available to the President by Sectioa_501^ of the Act of March 9f
1$$S, will pay all reasonable costa »nnni m such gold
coin, gold bullion or gold certificates, including the cost of insur
ance* protection, and such other incidental costs as may be reasonably4
necessary, upon production of satisfactory .evidence of such costs* d e £ u K &*f n m (<L
Forms of Toucher/ ftfr this purpose aa#' be procured frop federal reserve
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Section ¥ * In easel where the delivery of gold coin, gold
bullion or gold certificates by the osiers thereof within the tine set
forth above will involve extraordinary hardship or difficulty, the
Secretary of the treasury nay, In his discretion, extend the time with
in which sueti delivery must be mde* Applications fir such extension*
Must be made in writing under oath, addressed to the Secretary of the
Treasury and filed with a federal reserve bank within the time set
forth above* Such applications must state the date to which the ex**
tension is desired, the amount and location of the gold coin, gold
bullion and gold certificates In respect of which such application^
. . - d « . r . c t . — « - , ! « w . » - - > *extraordinary hardship or difficulty*
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Section 8* the Secretary of the treasury Is hereby author*
ised and empowered to issue such regulations not inconsistent with
these regulations as he nay dees necessary to carry ot*t the purposes
of this order and to issue licenses thereunder permitting the Federal
reserve banks and meatber ban** of the Federal Reserve Syates to de
liver gold w in and bullion to p m rso n * shoeing the need for the sane
for any of th^purposesrspeelfled itt-psregraphs ■{*■) »e--(s)» lnsaneiv»|
of geotlenB of these »e|aliill»titr
Section 9* Whoever violates any provision of this Executive
Order or of these regulations or of any rule or regulation Issued
thereunder may he fined net mre than $10,0OOf ©r# if a natural per
son, nay be imprisoned for not sort than ten years, or #othf and any
officer, director or agent of any corporation who knowingly partici
pates in any such violation M f Ini vanished by s like fine, Imprison-
sent or both*
This order and these regulations may be revoked at any time*
Ffiiimi 0« BOOBWWUJ
THE mXSM H008B March f 1 *W *
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(a) Such amount or gold as may be required for a
reasonable period for legitimate and customary
use in manufacture, profession or art, includ
ing gold prior to refining and stocks of gold
in reasonable amounts for the usual trade re-
Lrements of owners mining and refining such
gold,
(b) Gold bullion required for legitimate export or
earmarking transactions not involving hoarding
or speculation, including gold bullion imported
for reexport or held pending action on applica
tions for export licenses*
(c) Gold coin or bullion actually needed to meet
maturing obligations payable in gold coin or
bullion, when payment in gold coin or bullion
has actually been demanded, regardless of
whether the obligee is at home or abroad.
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March 3 t f 1933 .
Dear Mr* Ballmtinoi
1 bare rooeivod yoxir tetter o f March witii vfafafa ytm
*#nt rae two oopiec o f * tentative statement and draft o f executive
order which b o m boon prepared to the hoarding o f gold*
Term aak certain apcoiflc (pLe^tlone p s 1a tire to t h e w doccnentrs and
invite dlacusaion o f other qaeetion# that rai&ht bo involved.
Mr. Bargeoo, who has boen in Washington yesterday and
today, eniiraly fa«ill«r *i1b o$ur point #£ viow tt®$rdiiig this
prospective gold ordor and wo have k»pt M b currently inf owned of
#*wr rafigeetiane as thoy haw* ocroxred to tig in *tiij%tng Hit draft#
which you oottt 'HO#
Howowwr, thorw ar* cortain entrant* I would t$ M to
make ooaeoraing the three wpeoific questions oant&inod in your
tettar*
X* le have felt that it would have boon preferable to
except $oM bullion from the proposed order# partly beoauae there
ie an insignificant anotxat of gold bullion now boarded* and partly
beoanee wo haw® felt that the fewer the rootriction* that bo
Made now tha wufimv It will bo later $o detoBntno tbo
gold policy. I mdorataad, however, that 11 le prwttf well
eottled that the regulation is to inolnda botllion («id wo upfrt**
oiato that there are good reaeona for doing *o ), eo that oar
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consent# regarding the proposed order « n predicated upon the assumption
that it w ill relate to M U i o m as w ell as to gold ©ola m &
2 . Tom a«k whether the order should exoopt gold owasd before
a partim iiar dAte. tf§ fool i?e*y defin itely that long as the ordar
is to be issued on the thaoiy that It t * to p m r m k hoarding, there
should be no excerption baead upcm the date o f acqu isitio n .
3 . You ask how gold contract* a i « t# be handled. Our theory
h&a been that the slaplest and most certain method o f protecting e x ist
ing sold oontracts would be to oontlnue the present executive order
agal&at the payraent o f 6 0 & & , as*& V % new order to require the mmmtftm?
o f gold outstanding | » esohcu^e for other seney . Ihe*e two < &&»#* w il l ,
w# thinly affo rd th» b « *t fw tetttioa to obligors against salts either
fbr sp ecific perfOHBonces « * f & r d jm g e s , and we 3msm» f t l i that It
m i l be |*refierable to hssidle gold contract* In this faahlon than to
permit obligor* to to creditors,
who w w O d be required inwedtately to return it to th * Ureasuiy or 'the
fedar&l rw serve banks. there t m ©#jftai» jafactical d l f f l *
-iuitles that mi^ht w ell arise I f the proposed order 1 * to penult # f
payment* In canes where the gold Is denaadad by creditors, end then to
require the creditors to surrender the go ld . la t even, I f , as I tmder^
stand, It has been deteialned as a a » t t *r o f policy to peiralt o f gold
payment* by obligors and D m to reoapture the gold fxtitt the gMtf***,
It m m M m m naoessaiy to make sooe amen&aents to the proposed order,
which we haws taken the liberty o f suggesting on the draft which 1 m
herewith fo r your consideration.
I think that each of these {raggeBtlo&s w ill for it s e lf ,
t »t in ao&sldertng thera It. 1 * important to point out that section 2 o f
p r o p e l ontor oKwutly m lrtM *0 gold now outatandlsg ^ aotewa^
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held outside the federal reserve banks and the ftreastny* It purports
to be an order to those now bolding gold to retarn it before IS
unless it can be shown that It falls within any one of Hie five cate
gories listed as exceptions in para&r&phe (a) to {«) inclusive, Shat
being so* paragraphs (a) to (e) should be clearly drafted to relate
themselves solely to gold now outstanding and should not be desired
to cover oases of lioeases for the payoent of gold in the future. such
as Indicated in paragraph (e), for instance, f# h&vw, therefore,
suggested certain nodifications In paragraphs (a) to (e), having in
sdnd that they relate to ©old now outstanding, and have proposed the
elimination of paana&raph (c) section 2*
Bat if section 3 and its exceptions art redrafted so as to
cover only oases of gold now outstanding* section 8 should he revised
so as ‘unequivocally to cover the question of licensing the payment and
ownership of gold in fntnara transactions, Accordingly, we have suggested
a revision of section 3 on this theosy, setting forth in that section
the three different classes of oases fbr which licenses might be granted,
that ls» oases of futurs transactions of the kinds described in para-
graphs (a), (c), and (e) of saction 3*
Bat sinoe this executive order will have the sans fores and
effect as a criminal statute, it Is our opinion that it requires the
nost car©fed and expert draftsmanship qolte s p o rt from the questions of
policy* Consequently* I hope that you will accept our suggestions not
as final suggestions as to draftgaanship but rather as indications of
points which we think are important to be considered in preparing the
ostier#
Yeiy truly ycrers,
Hon.A,A. 'Ballsntin*. Georg© L. Harrison,Undersecretary of the Tre&suxy, Oovesnor.Washington, B*C*
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(00m asam .& — Ton^tive draft of March 22, 1933.)
m m w m om m
the Boarding of Gold Cto*»# Oold Bullion and
Gold OitUfltttM*
W virtue of the authority minted in m subsection (b)
of Seotloa 5 of tbs &ot of Ootober 6, 191?t as amended by Section 2 of tho M t of Matoh 9, 1933, entitled *.** Jilt to provide xtUof In
the nisU ag national lit bonking, for other purposes, *
e^fpTeved Ifareh 9, 1933* Xf franklin D. B&oeevelt, President of the
United States of Aaerioa, do hereby prohibit tho hcarding of gold
coin* gold bullion, and gold certificates Tap Individuals, partner*
ships* assoai&tlons and ooipomtSoaa within tho continental Unitod
States, and I hereby prescribe tho fbllowli^ xw&ilatieiis for oa**y»
lug omt tho purposes of this ordert
Section 1* Jbr tt» purposes of this regulation, tho tom retaining posMnloa « f control
"hoarding* meana/tha wlfrbftsswaiil m & irtllil—m4mg of gold coin, $oldcontrary to tho provisions of this txecatiw Order,
bullion or $oM oert ifIcates/ iSesi the »noi|piotd mA esst- asy thaw
to oo4» o» polA- imJLllpn ahew by the n mmm theaoqg-4o.ha*» boom
e» mm befbps $mm » | W . The tom "person*
means any individual, partnership* association or corporation within
tho continental Uni tod States*
motion 2m MX persona are hereby required to deliver on
or before .April IS, 1333, to a Ibderal reeerve bank or a br&nch or
agsnoy thereof or to aqy Masker bank of the Sbderal Im rve Cretan
all gold coin, ^ ld bullioii and sold certificates except the follow*
iagt
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(n) such m&m% of sold m m f* b« fern XogltiasAtA
a n d < r a « t o n a r y I a I p * * * , p r o f u s i o n or « r t w i t h i n a r o A » « * »
afcl# tiiat, lnolMifiC isoXA p*i«r to ?Af|?llfl4£ and. Stftodci of
Ia r«Afto»able a s j o i m t a f o r tho v m m X t r a & A r o q u l r m e a t s s f a « m t «
Aiitlug aad roflnlag ouoh goftfi.*
(b) Halt coin* and gold o«rtifi<JAto& In a® mmm% not oss*
th« fioo.oo ho lo^i^ to- «ngr » » t»«r«H»A»
and «*oi& m &M * rooo^aisoa opoci&X v*Xu* to oollAetor*
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(4) GoM cola, ML lion ^ £d!4 oortifiOAtot which
w lay a r«cogal*«d foreign £ov*n»»ont w foreign o«atr*&
fc&iiE or tli@ aufe tm iatonmioaol sottlemoata on m ra h G, 1933*
(«} Gold m tm nr bullion AOtmUjf noodAd to ai«| wAdw iAfis ,
obligation* / pAjpAblo 1b §olt& oelft or bullion* *lwa payiaAist |m
cold coia or tralllOA hat ae*a*U3r b««n d**ndod# rogiirdlo«» of
vbotier th§ ®fell«*o I* At ham or abroad.
<UO(l VJkUPU (S« uWS*m» OlAATWJfcOA OTA ATOft# WBgr p iflO n INPOAA*
Iaa tho ormor of aaar xolA Mil* &old toftHoA or gold eortifioAtAo oa
•r oftor t&fiX X -'\ 1983# tpiwwptriA. Awwjiioa fey. t*^^ortaliMMu*i>
t—Until I iwrt t h*—<f) »h*U* *ithin throo day* after ro«*lpt th*r*»
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Sootio* 4* Upoo receipt of ouch ^o!4 eoln* goH h«l»
iliSA or fsM eeartl£i€Kktse, the vaAanijI jaii iff a tMuak or moftiiAr IhhAc
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bullion m»<£ isold oartifleatoe owaad «r roealrad % tha* (other thaa
•xaaptad taa&sr tha provisions of Ih u S 2) t« tha F*ft«ral
r****?'* hanks of that* m p w U ft d istricts and roe*!** « n i i l or py**-
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8**tlaa 6* fh* 3aor*tary «f th* Tt*mmxry$ °f th# ma
nad* available to th* I*r**id*»t Bastion 601 of th* Act of Naroli l»
1933* sill pay nil rsasoaahl* costs of /t>*a*ps»%**i <» *f snail #&&
eoia* gold ^ I U gb or *pld oortifi«at*s» inelt*ding tbs cost of tiurar*
an**f i*rot*#iloa, and msdh other Incidental costs as ®x«r 1* rsasonaifljr
M a****?, T*poa ^rodoctlon of satisfactory «rld«BM of such costs # la aafciag imMvm? of stiah gold coin, £*ld bullioa or gold e*rtifl©at** frnm of roaskaar for this nay fc* proewad fro# f*d*r*l m ary*to a ***d*rsl r***rr* haute, or a hraacth or agamor tharaaft or to *»&r awtehsr
»#hank aadar th* f»r»fi*laa* of $*etioa* a and 3*
station f * im oas*s mm tha delivery of gold ooia, tfold
bullion «xr fold osrtlfic*tss V ths w w tfcaaNKif wItMa th* tie* ••*
forth afco** will inroiro axtraordlnai? fc»rd*&ip or diffioiilty, th*
Saarotary of tha 5Jr«Muiy m pv in M s diaorotioa, oxtand tha tin* witfe*
la nhi<5h msfo, d*liveiy swat h* wad*. Applications for suet* extansioqi
a&at h* lands la isrltlng wliflp oath* adrfroaaod to th* Saorotary of tha
fraemiry nnd fiisd wltii a fadsr&l rossarv-s 'bmek. witMa ths tlna s#t
forth afeoff* * M b applieatioiis wnst state th# dat* to ni&efe Hi* «*»
»sn*losa m &*sir*of aiMy iat aaa looattos o» yus foifi ooi,nt g*«a
oaiuoa siao p ia Qsriinoniss ia r**p*ei o* i^o a cracwi apputoationp
I* aado a^d tfe* faots shoving astaastoa t* } * nooassary to «r«idI
^atraordl iupy hard fcdp or dlffloal^r#
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la m m&mit not ««MM*£lag la Hi* atfNUPl* $100 belonging to
a*T om« parson, and g*ld sots* tawrlag & r®eogjii*#d apodal
ro& m ts eollaetort # raar* a»d uru**&1 caiao, «**& provided
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Ilf Toxk
Mawfe at, 1,933*
Dear Mr* Tm llantinai
I haw reocived ymat letter of ii&roh 33# «ith whioh y m
seat m tuo copies of m teatative statetmnt and draft of executive
order whioh torn fceea prepared relativ© to the boarding of gold.
Ton ask certain apeolflo questions relative to theee doowaeate m &
invito diaoaeeion of otto? qaoatloao that id^st he involved.
itr# 3or®eee, who had hem In lashing ton yootorday and
today, ie entirely familiar with <ror point of r im t r&gaidlng this
prospective gold ©rdor and mi have iwpt him currently infoaaed of
our troogeetioas a* they have oomirred to us In st®dyin& the drafts
shloh you sent ai«
ifooevsr, there are certain cooaenia I mild lika to
isafc® concerning the three specific questions contained ia your
lot ton
1. $e have felt that it would him been preferable to
except gold hullioa fro© the proposed order, partly boosuee there
la m inssl<3Hificant saoml of ^>ld bullion war hoarded, and partly
booaneo wo haw felt that the fewer the reotrictions that nor to
nado now the easier* it will he later to detesalae the ooHatiy1*
sold policy* I Tinderstand, however, that it is pretty well
settled that the regulation le to ineit*ia Tmlllon (and we appro-
elate that there are good raaeona for doing so), eo that ow
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aoroaeate recording the proposed order are predicated v%*m the aeeuK&tlon
that It will relate to fcollioa as m i l m to $ol& cola m & oertlfloatee*
J|» Tou &ak whether the outer tfumld exoopt gold oaaed helfcx*
a partioiaiar date* He feel taxgr definitely that m Vmg m the order
it to he iseoed on the theoxy that it is to pm m m * hoaxdia&» thex*
#hoal& he no exaaptloii haeed apon the date of acquieition.
3* To*a arfe how gold contract* are to he hsadlad* 0«r theory
has heea that the efcapleet asad taoet oertaia aethod of protecting exlefr*
ifi/y rmid contracts wotild he to continue the t>ree&tt e?r«wmtiv# order
egalaet the payaaot of £$old# ^ & new order to racjnir* the earxaafler
of &old outstanding la eaohaflga for other mcmqt* Shaaa tea orders will*
we thlale, afford the heat protection to chillers against salts either
for speelfle perfbnaemoes a# for &ma@ee, and we have felt that it
wooM. ha preferable to handle {gold aoatxaata la thie faahioa than to
pesndt obligors to ®et gild with which to states payaaat to aradltota*
who aaald he xaqoirad inraedi&tely to retain it to tha ©reasaxy or the
federal reserve banks. furthexiaore, thexa are certain practical difffc*
mil tie e that rni it a l l ariaa If tha proposed oxter le to pexialt of
|fi eeaes shore thfr gyy-M la desuin&ed hy creditors* and than to
re$alre the creditors to lauprsaAer' t$ie ifrst afaat if# aa 1 indax >
stand, It has he«» determined aa a natter of policy to penult of gold
pajmate % obligors then to recaptare tha gold fxaa tha peyeeat
it neoossoxy 'to fwtwe .a®oado*ata to th# proposed order*
which aa have taken the liberty of suggesting oa tha dxaft ehleii 1 m
retoxaiag herewith for yonst aoaatdWRatiiai*
X thiak that eaflh of theae a^gaatloaa will apeak for itself,
hat la acaiaideriag thaa It la Iss ortaat to point aat that eeotlon 2 of
tht pro^oeed order oleaxly relataa to ^oM aov oatata»di^ aad aataallgr
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held out3 ids tho M dsrnX reserve hanks and the fraaaoxy* It purports
to he m order to those now holding &ol& to ret»*» it fcefore 4ptftl 10
m X&m it aan he shown that it falls within aay one of the five cate
gories listed as exaeptiona la paragraphs (a) to (a) inclusive. rlhat
being no, paragraphs (a) to (a) should he clearly drafted to relate
themselves solely to gold now outstanding and should not be desi&aad
to aover oases of licensee for tho pxgmmt of gold In tho future. suoh
a# indicated In par»gr*#h (e)t for instance. m hsive* therefore*
suggested certain modifications In para&mpha (a) to (e)* having in
fflind that they relate to gold mm outstanding, and have proposed the
elimination of paragraph (a) freei section 2*
Bat if eeotien a and its exceptions are redrafted so as to
cover only oases of gold now outstanding, eeotien 8 should Ini revised
so aa unequivocally to cover the question of licensing the payment and
ownership of $old in transactions. Accordingly# we have suggested
a revision of section 3 on this theory* setting forth In that section
the three different classes of eases fbr i»hieh licensee might he .granted*
that is , oases of future transactions of the Idn&s described In par»~
graphs (a), (c), and (a) of seatlon 2m
Bat slnoe this executive aider will have the saiae force and
effect as a criminal statute* it In oar opinion that It retires the
most oarefai and expert draft snsnship <pite a^art t r m the questions of
polley. Ommquently* X hope that you will aooept mat suggestions not
ae final suggestions as to djaftasaanahip hat rather as indications of
points which we think are Important to ha considered .In preparing the
order*
Tory truly yours*
uSmraeavsiasy oftne iraaemy, Washington, B.C.
George I*. Harrison* Oovemor*
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(comasraAL — of March 22, 1933.)
KXIOTIYI OEDIE
JbrMdding the Boarding of Sold Oota, Oold Bullion and
Geld Oartifleatae*
Bgr vtrtm of the authority woatad Im no Igr subsection (h)
of Section $ of Ha# JUst of Oetofcar 6, 191?, as attended hy Soetlon 3
of the Jyet of Horcfc 9f 1933, entitled *M Mt to provide relief i&
tim ejdlating national aaMHgeacgr is iMSkiitgi fgy other pnrpoaee, #
ajipwed Uaitii 9, 1933, lt InaAdift B. Bioeevelt, Preaidont of th*
United Statea of Jntriea, do hereby prohibit the hoarding of gold
ooia, gold fotllloa, and gold oertlfioatea Iqr iadiwidnala, partaer-
ships, aasoelation* ooipomtlo&i within the continental United
State*, and I hereby prescribe tha tfollowii regulation* fhr earrr-
lag oat the pnrpoaea of lldi ordert
Section !• Iir the purposes of this regulation, tha tem retaining possession oaf control
•hoarding ttoaiti/She elthftsanal aad pUhhaMEdaa of gold ooin, fold mafamaty to the provisions of this Wmmtim Order,
bollion or gold cart ifloataa/ fi— tin >i<t(pi>i4 and natawaiy all
aete’of-tmdot-..%al>.th4e o»io# aa<l thoeo pegaAnMiw rinH aat apfUfr
to gold «o*» or geld hollAon A w » ly tha eaaer thm al to hawe Taw
baM byht» e*«P heftae flaw 30 i M l . fho term #peri©a»
means any individual, partnership, association or corporation within
tha continental United Statea#
Section 3, All person* ara barely required to deliver on
or before iipni IS, 1933, to a Moral retort* hank or a branch or
agenqy thereof or to any member hank of tha Ifrderal Baeerve Syste©
all sold eoin, gold bullion and gold certificates except tha follow-.
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a b l e t i m e , i n a l n d i n ^ g o l d i » r i o r t o r e f i n i n * a n d , s t o c k s o f g o l d
i n r e a s o n a b l e a r a o x m t s f o r t h e u s u a l t r a d a r e < 3U l r * m e n t s t > f o w n e r s
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e e e d l a g I n t h e a g g r e g a t e $ 100*00 b e l o n g ! t o a ? j y o n e p e r s o n *
a n d f * o l d c o i n s h a v i n g a r e o o g n i s e d s n e c i a l v a l u e t o c o l l e c t o r e
i i r a r e a n d t m w m a l c o i n * .
g o M e o & n a n d 1 b a m o * t a p o r + a d f o r r e e q p e H t - o r h e l d ...
H o t * e n o p p t i a a t i o w e f o r p a y e r * l i s s n e e o i
( d ) G o l d c o i n , g o l d b u l l i o n a n d g e l d c e r t i f i c a t e s w h i c h
v a r a o w n e d b y & r e c o g n i s e d f o r e i g n g o v e r n m e n t o r f o r e i g n c e n t r a l
b a n k o r t h e B a n k f o r I n t e r n a t i o n a l s e t t l e m e n t s o n M a r c h 6 , 1 9 7 5 3 *
( a ) O o l d c o i n o r b u l l i o n a c t u a l l y n e e d e d t o a e e t a a f r s r l a g
M a t u r i n g b e f o r e j ^ r l l 1 8 , 1 9 3 3
o b U ^ f c i o n a / p a y a b l e i n f o l d o o i n o r b u l l i o n * w i u m p a y m e n t i s
g o l d c o i n o r b u l l i o n h a e a c t u a l l y b e e n d a r ^ - n d e d , r e g a r d l e s s o f
n ^ a t h e r t h e o b l i g e e i s a t h o r n s o r a b r o a d ,
* S e c t io n 3 . U n t i l o th e r w is e o r d e r e d , an y p e re o n becom
i n g th e ow ner o f a n y :o ld c o in , ^ o ld bu$& ion o r « o ld c e r t i f i c a t e s m
o r a f t e r % r r i l 1~* 19~3 , frw nw pt"** e g aa p t afl, by. th e itrisafd a j iana a g
t s h a l l , w i t h i n t h r e e d a y s a f t e r r e e e i p t t h s r a *
o f , d e l i v e r t h a e a m e I n t h e n a n n e r p r e s c r i b e d I n S e c t i o n ? ? • / i n s e r t T a t t a c h e d .
S e c t i o n 4 . U p o n r e e e i p t o f s u c h 150I d c o i n , g o l d b n l -
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• S -w i l l pay therefor m e«F*liralsnt amount of any other fom of coin or
onrriat coined oar issued under the In i of the Waited SU Im .
&sotion 5. Ifenber banks shall deliver all gold cola, gold
bullion and gold eartificates owned or received by thm (other ttes
•soapted nader the provisions of fteotionjl 3Hw* 2) to the M «r»l
reserv* basks of their respective district* and reosive credit or pay~
neat therefor.
Section 6. 9km Secretary of the freasnry, out of the aw
Mod* aval lab It to the President by Section 601 of the tat of Mturoh 11transporting
1933, will pay all reasonable costs of /tret>spor»s*4s* rtf sroch gold
coin, gold 'sullloa or gold certificates, laelxidlng the coot of intur*
ance, protection, and mush other incidental eosts as laey bo reasonably
aeces asry# m*oa production of satisfactory evidence of suoh eosts, im vakiag delivery of such geld coin, gdd bullion or gold certificates ronw of voaeher for this jnarpooo a»y Ini procured from yedeml reserve to a fedoral reserve bank, or a branch or A nflsr thereof, or to any macaber banks*baak under the provisions of Sections 3 aod 3.
Section f « la capos shears tbs delivery of gold coin, j old
bullion or sold certificates by tbs owners thereof within the time set
forth above will lxxreiv* extraordinary hardship or difficulty, the
Secretary of the ©reeeafy may, la Ms discretion, extend the time witfe*
Im which snch delivery vast be nade. Applications for smch extension^
m il be tm&m la writing nader oath, addressed to the Secretary of the
Treasury and filed nith a federal reserve back within the time set
forth shove* Such applications mast state the date to which the ex-
tendon is desired, the amount and location of the gold cola, gold
bullion a*d gold certificates la reepect of which such application^
is aede an* the faote shoving extension to be necessary to avoid.
«rtraerdin*ry hardship or difficulty.
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Station 8. Storttary ©f tho Trtawary it fcorobj author-
istd a**d eeipoirertd to ittna tntfe rtgulationt no! inaontltttx* witk
tfcatt rtgoXa tioii* at hi nay Amm ntoattary to oarry out tho p>arpo»tt
tf this ordar and to la cut liotntat th*rt«ndtr parmitting tDt Vtdarai
rootrvt to&nfct and wmribmt Imnkt of tha Ifedaral Boaerve Syotam to dt*»
livtr gold coin and 'bullion to ptrtant tbovin^ tiki natd fox* tfet taat follovlng Ina«rt 1 attached
far tar of tha/ ifnrpatatj,, jpatiflii In ya#wtgiia (i ).4a <»), latl»itl,*ai
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tharoundor saty fet flntd not mora than $10,000, or, if a natural pm ~
tan# way 1mi inprittatd for not m m than tan yttrn, or bothj aad any
tffloor, dlrootor or agwt of tny corporation who knowingly partiol-
p«l*» In any tntfe violation a*y ba punlihod fey a IHgb fint, tapriton-
Mint or both,
Ibit ardor tod tfeatt rqpOatlona aty %• roraktd at any tin§>
jm m m ». rooothji
SHS 8BISS SOUS® Karefc . , 1933.
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p*r»«a Um oiM r of gold aoin* and cold e« rtiflo a t**
la an mmm% m % «zM«aiag l» aggregate $100 boiongin* i t
aay on* p«r»aa, sad gold *cola* tm im * r«#®0ds#& tpecial
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Harch 28f 1933
On the asemption that (e) Secttm 2 of the pnopoaed order nast
b® olinlm.tad, I would suggest*
(a) that an annouacecient bo oade that llcanooo duringthe life of the order will be issued under(c) Section 2 to provide gold for specific performance «f gpld contracts heM % foreiser®*
(b) fhat a declaration be oade by the Secretary of theTroasuty that all (k)vc«iaten4 obligations peya&lft In gold will be so paid at E tttrity* ^hothar principal or interest, iftten held abroad bp forai^iara#
Without sudi an aimomLceraant and ruling the Hal tad States would
be off the gold standard at home and abroad, and foreign Oorensaonts
a i ^ t dafca that they wero releaaod froa any obLl^atloi to pay g&Id an
the debts owed by th*» to the United States because of the repudiation
by the milted States Govoraaent of its goM obligation**
ji-i' ram ™ u m m m
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(CONF3DEHTIAL — Draft of March 25, 1933)
STATEMENT
The country has responded patriotically to the President’ s proclamation
of March 6 and to his radio speech of March 32# Between March 4 and March 22,
$250,000,000 of gold coin and $310,000,000 of gold certificates were returned
to the Federal reserve banks, in addition to more than $320,000,000 of other
kinds of currency.
Many persons throughout the United States have hastened to turn in gold
in their possession as an expression of their faith in the Government, and as
a result of their desire to be helpful in an emergency. There are others,
however, who have waited for the Government to issue a formal order for the re
turn of gold in their possession* Such an order is being issued by the Presi
dent today.
The order provides adequate opportunity for obtaining gold for all
legitimate needs. It makes available gold for the purpose of meeting gold
obligations and permits the exportation of gold for trade purposes.
With these exceptions the order requires all persons who have in their
possession gold coin, gold certificates* or gold bullion, in excess of $100
and not having a recognized special value to collectors of rare and unusual
coins, to exchange this gold for other currency at one of the Federal reserve
banks, branches or agencies, or at a member bank* While the order is in ef
fect persons who come into possession of gold not exempted by the exceptions
noted in the order, will also be required to exchange it for other currency.
The chief purpose of the order is to restore to the country's reserves
gold which has been withdrawn for hoarding and the withholding of which under
existing conditions does not promote the public interest. The order is
limited to the period of this emergency
containing further suggestions made ing of Executive Committee on March
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The country has responded patriotically to the President’ s proclama
tion of March 6 and to his radio speech of March 12* Between March 4 and
March 22, $250,000,000 of gold coin and #310,000,000 of gold certificates
were returned to the Federal reserve banks, in addition to more than
#380,000,000 of other kinds of currency* As a result, the deposits of the
banks have been increased and the strength of the reserve position of the
Federal reserve banks has been restored*
Many persons throughout the United States have hastened to turn in
the gold in their possession as an expression of their- faith in the Government,
and as a result of their desire te be helpful in an emergency© There are
others, however, who have waited for the Government to issue a formal order
for the return of gold in their possession* Such an order is being issued by
the President today*
This order requires all persons who have in their possession gold coin,
gold certificates, or gold bullion, in excess of #100 and not having a recog
nized special value to collectors of rare and unusual coins, to exchange this
trr\o-gold for other currency at oa-co of the Federal reserve banks, branches or
agencies, or at a member bank# Persons who after the order is issued come into
possession of gold not exempted by the exceptions in the order, shall also b
required to exchange it for other currency.
The order provides adequate opportunity for obtaining gold for all
legitimate needs. It makes available gold for the purpose of meeting gold
obligations and permits the exportation of gold for trade purposes.
• n t r t m m i u a m i U E n m E m n m x p tn a p n r
ittTvtaK The chief purpose of this order is to restgp j-lB
the country*s reserves gold which has been withdrawn for hoarding and^aerves no
public purpose while it is held by individuals* The order is definitely
lim ited tc the period of this emergency and may be revoked at any time.
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(COfrnraraiAL - fsntatlvs draft of March S3, 1933)
tom comity has rsspondud patriotically to tha prssldsnt’s p v m Im *
tion of Ilawk 6 and to hit radio aposoh of ilarcfe 13. Bstwson Maroh 4 and
March 22, $260,000,000 of gold coin and $310,000,000 of gold esrtlflcatas
wore rsturned to the Federal n u m banks, la addition to novo than
$390,000,000 of othsr kinds of onrrsasy. As a result, tbs ratio of the
reserves bold lay tbs ifederal reserve banks to thsir liabllitlss on deposits
aad on federal reserve notes swift inert, m o from 45 par cant on Marsh 4 to
60*5 per o«nt on March 23*
Many persons throughout tbo United States baft hastened to taxn in
tbs gold in their possossion as an expression of thsir faith in tbs Oovsm»
aient, and as a rosalt of their desire to be helpful in sa anergency. &sr»
are others, bowsver, she bars waited for tbs Oovsraneat to issue a foraal
ordsr for tbs return of gold in their possession* Such an order is being
Issued by tbs President today.
Ihis ordsr requires all psrsons who have in thsir possossion gold
ooln, gold osrtifloatss, or gold bullion to exchange this gold for other
currency at one of tbs federal reserve banka, branches or agm lss, or at
a maafeer bank.
She ordsr provides adequate opportunity for obtaining gold for all
logitinats needs* Zt mkas available gold for tbs purpose of ■Mtias gold
ofcll^atlon* aad p*m ta the exportation of gold to r Into porpofaa.
First draft presented by Mr.
Goldenweiser at meeting of Executive Committee on March | $ f
MAR
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The country has patriotically responded to the sucrestlon
of the President in his radio speech of Inarch 12 th, in regard
to hoarding which had so much to do with bringing on the backing
crieis.
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(COOTIDENTIAL — Revised draft of March 25, 1933.) Ga™
EXECUTIVE OHDER
Forbidding the Hoarding of Gold Coin, Gold Bullion
and Gold Certificates.
By virtue of the authority vested in me by subsection (b)
of Section 5 of the Act of October 6, 1917, as amended by Section 2
of the Act of March .9, 1933, entitled "An Act to provide relief in
the existing national emergency in banking, and for other purposes", I,
franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States of America, do
hereby prohibit the hoarding of gold coin, gold bullion, and gold
certificates within the continental United States by individuals,
partnerships, associations and corporations and hereby prescribe
the following regulations for carrying out the purposes ofthis order:
Section 1. For the purposes of this regulation, the term
^carding*' means the withdrawal and withholding of gold coin, gold
bullion or gold certificates from the recognized and customary chan
nels of trade. The term npersonu means any individual, partnership,
association or corporation.
Section 2. All persons are hereby required to deliver on or
before ^pril 15, 1933, to a Federal reserve bank or a branch or age^cy^j
thereof or to any member bank of the Federal Reserve System all gold
coin, gold bullion and gold certificates except the following:
(a) Such amount of gold as may be required for legitimate and customary use in industry, profession or art within a
reasonable time, including gold prior to refining and stocks of goljd in reasonable amounts for the usual trade requirements of ownjers mining and refining such gold.
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(b) Gold coin and gold certificates in an amount not exceeding in the aggregate $100.00 belonging to any one person;
and gold coins having a recognized special value to collectors
of rare and unusual coins,
(c) Gold coin and bullion licensed for legitimate export transactions (not involving hoarding or speculation) in
cluding gold coin and bullion imported for reexport or held
pending action on applications for export licenses.
(d) Gold coin and bullion earmarked or held in trust for a recognized foreign government or foreign central bank or the
Bank for International Settlements.
(e) Gold coin and bullion actually needed to meet maturing obligations payable in gold coin or bullion in any case where
payment in gold coin or bullion actually has been demanded by the
obligee; provided that, in order to facilitate the enforcementof Section 3 hereof, the obligor shall furnish to the Federal
reserve bank of the district in which such payment is made a
written statement showing the name and address of each person to whom or for whose account such a payment is made and the amount
paid to each such person.
Section 3. Until otherwise ordered, any person becoming the
owner of any gold coin, gold bullion or gold certificates after April
12, 1933, (except as exempted by the provisions of Section 2) shall,
within three days after receipt thereof, deliver the same in the manner
prescribed in Section 2.
Section 4. Upon receipt of gold coin, gold bullion or gold
certificates delivered to it in accordance with Sections 2 or 3, the
Federal reserve bank or member bank will pay therefor an equivalent
amount of any other form of coin or currency coined or issued under the
laws of the United States.
; Section 5. Member banks shall deliver all gold coin, gold
bullion ajid gold certificates owned or received by them (other than as
exempted imder the provisions of Section 2) to the Federal reserve
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banks of their respective districts and receive credit or payment
therefor.
Section 6. The Secretary of the Treasury, out of the sum
made available to the President by Section 501 of the Act of March 9,
1933, will in all proper cases pay the reasonable costs of transporta
tion of gold coin, gold bullion or gold certificates delivered to a
member bank or Federal reserve bank in accordance with Sections 2, 3,
or 5 hereof, including the cost of insurance* protection, and such
other incidental costs as may be necessary,- upon production of satis
factory evidence of such costs. Voucher forms for this purpose may
be procured from Federal reserve banks.
Section 7. In cases where the delivery of gold coin, gold
bullion or gold certificates by the owners thereof within the time
set forth above will involve extraordinary hardship or difficulty,
the Secretary of the Treasury may, in his discretion, extend the time
within which such delivery must be made. Applications for such ex
tensions must be made in writing under oath, addressed to the Secre
tary of the Treasury and filed with a Federal reserve bank. Bach
application must state the date to which the extension is desired,
the amount and location of the gold coin, gold bullion and gold cer
tificates in respect of which such application is made and the facts
showing: extension to be necessary to avoid extraordinary hardship or
difficulty.
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section 8. The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized
and empowered to issue such further regulations as he may deem necessary
to carry out the purposes of this order and to issue thereunder, through
such officers or agencies as he may designate, licenses permitting the
Federal reserve "banks and member banks of the Federal Reserve System, in
return for an equivalent amount of other coin, currency or credit, to
deliver gold coin and bullion to persons showing the need for the same
for any of the purposes specified in paragraphs (a ), (c ), (d ) , and (e)
of Section 2 of these regulations.
Executive Order or of these regulations or of any rule, regulation or
license issued thereunder may be fined not more than $10,000, or, if
a natural person, may be imprisoned for not more than ten years, or both;
and any officer, director, or agent of any corporation who knowingly
participates in any such violation may be punished by a like fine,
imprisonment, or both.
Section 9. Whoever willfully violates any provision of this
This order and these regulations may be revoked at any time.
FEAITKLIIT D. ROOSEVELT
TES WHITE HOUSE
March , 1933
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(CONFIDENTIAL — Revised draft of March 24, 1933)
EXECUTIVE ORDER
Forbidding the Hoarding of Gold Coin, G-old Bullion
and Gold Certificates.
By virtue of the authority vested in me by subsection (b)
of Section 5 of the Act of October 6, 1917, as amended by Section 2
of the Act of March 9, 1933, entitled "An Act to provide relief in
the existing national emergency in banking, and for other purposes”,
I, Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States of ianerica,
do hereby prohibit the hoarding of gold coin, gold bullion, and gold
certificates within the continental United States by individuals,
partnerships, associations and corporations and hereby prescribe the
following regulations for carrying out the purposes of this order:
Section 1. For the purposes of this regulation, the term
“hoarding" means the withdrawal and withholding of gold coin, gold
bullion or gold certificates from the recognized and customary chan
nels of trade. The term ’’person11 means any individual, partnership,
association or corporation.
Section 2. All persons are hereby required to deliver on
or before April 15, 1933, to a Federal reserve bank or a branch or
agency thereof or to any member bank of the Federal Reserve System
all gold coin, gold bullion and gold certificates except the following:
(a) Such amount of gold as may be required for legitimate and customary use in^toada-r profession or art within a reaspnable time, includingjgold prior to refining and stocks of
gold in reasonable amounts/for the usual trade requirements of
owners mining and refinin
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(b) Gold coin and gold certificates in an amount not exceeding in the aggregate $100.00 "belonging to any one person;
and gold coins having a recognized special value to collectors of rare and unusual coins,
(c) Gold coin and bullion licensed for legitimate / export transactions (not involving hoarding or speculation in-
eluding gold coin and bullion imported for reexport or held pending action on applications for export licenses.
oo- y(d) Gold coin and bullion^ which we-ra held in trust -e»~
■undoy "cawgagle for a recognized foreign government or foreign central bank or the 3ank for International Settlements on Maye-3a-"€,r\rrn
(e) Gold coin and bullion actually needed to meet
maturing obligations payable in gold coin or bullion in any case where payment in gold coin or bullion actually has been demanded by the obligee; provided that, in order to facilitate the enforcement of Section 3 hereof, the obligor shall furnish to the
federal reserve bank of the district in which such payment is
made a written statement showing the name and address of each
person to whom^such a payment is made and the amount paid to each such person.
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Section 3, Until otherwise ordered, any person becoming the
owner of any gold coin, gold bullion or gold certificates after April
12, 1933, (except as exempted by the provisions of Section 2) shall,
within three days after receipt thereof, deliver the same in the manner
prescribed in Section 2.
Section 4. Upon receipt of gold coin, gold bullion or gold
certificates delivered to it in accordance with Sections 2 or 3, the
Federal reserve bank or member bank will pay therefor an equivalent
amount of any other form of coin or currency coined or issued under the
laws of the United States.
Section 5. Member banks shall deliver all gold coin, gold
bullion land gold certificates owned or received by them (other than asf!
exempted, under the provisions of Section 2) to the Federal reserve
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"banks of their respective districts and receive credit or payment
therefor.
Section 6. The Secretary of the Treasury, out cf the sum
made available to the President by Section 501 of the Act of March 9,
1933, will in all proper cases pay the reasonable costs of transporta
tion of gold coin, gold bullion or gold certificates delivered to a
member bank or Federal reserve bank in accordance with Sections 2, 3,
or 5 hereof, including the cost of insurance, protection, and such
other incidental costs as may be necessary, upon production of satis
factory evidence of such costs. Voucher forms for this purpose may
be procured from Federal reserve banks.
Section 7. In fcases where the delivery of gold coin, gold
bullion or gold certificates by the owners thereof within the time
set forth above will involve extraordinary hardship or difficulty,
the Secretary of the Treasury may, in his discretion, extend the time
within which such delivery must be made. Applications for such ex
tensions must be made in writing under oath, addressed to the Secre
tary of the Treasury and filed with, a Federal reserve bank. Each
application must state the date to which the extension is desired,
the amount and location of the gold coin, gold bullion and gold cer
tificates in respect of which such application is made and the facts
showing extension to be necessary to avoid extraordinary hardship or
difficulty*
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/Section 8. The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby author-
ized and empowered to issue such/regulationsZflq\ i n antwadfth
the&cugogtttetfrfeMM as he may deem necessary to carry out the purposes
of this order and to issue thereunder, through such officers or
agencies as he may designate, licenses permitting the Federal reserve,
banks and member banks of the Federal Reserve System^to deliver gold
coin and bullion to persons showing the need for the same for any oft*)f CO, («0, (A)
the purposes specified in paragraphs (a) te -{e)-, itrelugiivoi of Section
2 of these regulations.
Section 9. Whoever willfully violates any provision of
this Executive Order or of these regulations or of any rule, regula
tion or license issued thereunder may be fined not more than $10,000,
or, if a natural person, may be imprisoned for not more than ten
years, or both; and any officer, director, or agent of any corporation
who kaowingly participates in any such violation may be punished by a
like fine, imprisonment, or both.
This order and these regulations may be revoked at any time.
T H E W H IT E H O U S EM a r c h ____ , 1 9 3 3
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
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(CONFIDENTIAL — Revised draft of March 24, 1933)
EXECUTIVE ORDER
Forbidding the Hoarding of Gold Coin, Gold Bullion
and Gold Certificates.
By virtue of the authority vested in me by subsection (b)
of Section 5 of the Act of October 6, 1917, as amended by Section 2
of the Act of March 9, 1933, entitled "An Act to provide relief in
the existing national emergency in banking, and for other purposes",
I, Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States of ianerica,
do hereby prohibit the hoarding of gold coin, gold bullion, and gold
certificates within the continental United States by individuals,
partnerships, associations and corporations and hereby prescribe the
following regulations for carrying out the purposes of this order:
Section 1. For the purposes of this regulation, the term
"hoarding" means the withdrawal and withholding of gold coin, gold
bullion or gold certificates from the recognized and customary chan
nels of trade. Thb term "person" means any individual, partnership,
association or corporation.
Section 2. All persons are hereby required to deliver on
or before April 15, 1933, to a Federal reserve bank or a branch or
agency thereof or to any member bank of the Federal Reserve System
all gold coin, gold bullion and gold certificates except the following:
(a) Such amount of gold as may be required for legitimate and customary use in trade, profession or art within a reasonable time, including gold prior to refining and stocks of
goljd in reasonable amounts for the usual trade requirements of
ownjers mining and refining such gold.
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(b) Gold coin and gold certificates in an amount not exceeding in the aggregate $100.00 belonging to any one person;
and gold coins having a recognized special value to collectors of rare and unusual coins.
(c) Gold coin and bullion licensed for legitimate export transactions not involving hoarding or speculation, in
cluding gold coin and bullion imported for reexport or held pending action on applications for export licenses.
(d) Gold coin and bullion which were held in trust or under earmark for a recognized foreign government or foreign cen~
tral bank or the Bank for International Settlements on March 6, 1933.
(e) Gold coin and bullion actually needed to meet maturing obligations payable in gold coin or bullion in any case where payment in gold coin or bullion actually has been demanded
by the obligee; provided that, in order to facilitate the en~ forcement of Section 3 hereof, the obligor shall furnish to the
Federal reserve bank of the district in which such payment is
made a written statement showing the name and address of each
person to whom such a payment is made and the amount paid to each such person.
Section 3. Until otherwise ordered, any person becoming the
owner of any gold coin, gold bullion or gold certificates after April
12, 1933, (except as exempted by the provisions of Section 2) shall,
within three days after receipt thereof, deliver the same in the manner
prescribed in Section 2.
Section 4. Upon receipt of gold coin, gold bullion or gold
certificates delivered to it in accordance with Sections 2 or 3, the
Federal reserve bank or member bank will pay therefor an equivalent
amount of any other form of coin or currency coined or issued under the
laws of the United States.
Section 5. Member banks shall deliver all gold coin, gold
bullion and gold certificates owned or received by them (other than as
exempted under the provisions of Section 2) to the Federal reserve
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banks of their respective districts and receive credit or payment
/ therefor.
Section 6. The Secretary of the Treasury, out cf the sum
made available to the President by Section 501 of the Act of March 9,
1933, will in all proper cases pay the reasonable costs of transporta
tion of gold coin, gold bullion or gold certificates delivered to a
member bank or Federal reserve bank in accordance with Sections 2, 3,
or 5 hereof, including the cost of insurance, protection, and such
other incidental costs as may be necessary, upon production of satis*-
factory evidence of such costs* Toucher forms for this purpose may
be procured from Federal reserve banks*,
Section 7, In fcases where the delivery of gold coin, gold
bullion or gold certificates by the owners thereof within the time
set forth above will involve extraordinary hardship or difficulty,
the Secretary of the Treasury may, in his discretion, extend the time
within which such delivery must be made. Applications for such ex
tensions must be made in writing under oath, addressed to the Secre
tary of the Treasury and filed with a Federal reserve bank. Each
application must state the date to which the extension is desired,
the amount and location of the gold coin, gold bullion and gold cer
tificates in respect of which such application is made and the facts
showing extension to be necessary to avoid extraordinary hardship or
difficulty.
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Section 8. The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby author
ized and empowered to issue such regulations not inconsistent with
these regulations as he may deem necessary to carry out the purposes
of this order and to issue thereunder, through such officers or
agencies as he may designate, licenses permitting the Federal reserve
banks and member banks of the Federal Heserve System to deliver gold
coin and bullion to persons showing the need for the same for any of
the purposes specified in paragraphs (a) to (e ), inclusive, of Section
2 of these regulations.
Section 9. Whoever willfully violates any provision of
this Executive Order or of these regulations or of any rule, regula
tion or license issued thereunder may be fined not more than $10,000,
or, if a natural person, may be imprisoned for not more than ten
years, or both; and any officer, director, or agent of any corporation
who knowingly participates in any such violation may be punished by a
like fine, imprisonment, or both.
This order and these regulations may be revoked at any time.
THE T7HIEE HOUSEMarch , 1933.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
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(COHFIBBJ3PUL — Be vised draft of March 24, 1933)
suoksjuvs order
forbidding the Hoarding of Gold Coin, Gold Bullion
and Gold Certificates.
By virtue of the authority vested in me by subsection (b)
of Section 5 of the Act of October 6, 1917, as amended by Section 2
of the Apt of March 9 S 1933, entitled "An Act to provide relief in
the existing national emergency in banking, and for other purposes",
I, franklin B. RooseveIt, President of the United States of America,
do hereby prohibit the hoarding of gold coin, gold bullion, and gold
certificates within the continental United States by individuals,
partnerships, associations and corporations and hereby prescribe the
following regulations for carrying out the purposes of this order?
Section 1. for thg purposes of this regulation, th& term
"hoarding" means n'*ll #°ld coin, goldfgj oi mojlq. com, goia >5
bullion or gold certificates S»e»-4ibe-jaeed^e&*eiaBi^b
The teim "person" means any individual, partnership,
association or corporation.i| Section 2. All persons are hereby required to deliver on
or beforfe April 15, 1933, to a jpfetasftl reserve bank or a branch or
agency tiereof or to any member bunk of the federal Reserve System
all gold! coin, gold bullion and gold certificates except the folXctfmg*
(a) Such amount of/go Id a s nay be required^for legit
imate and customary use in Itaii , profession or art wtttito> ■» pfrarcmnMnii itn», including gold prior to refining and stocks of
£ J lA.
goll in reasonable amounts for the usual trade requirements of
oymsrn mining and refining such gold.
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(b) Gold coin and gold certificates in an amount not
exceeding in the aggregate. $100.00 "belonging to any one person;
and gold coins having a recognized special value to collectors of rare an4 unusual coins. _
* - * ? tr* £ck‘i Gold QMMP«M#Pbullion licensed for le g it im ate d ^ "*
export/[tra3isaStilns^not involving hoarding or speculatioi^Tn- eluding gold ailii — 4 bullion imported for reexport or held
pending action on applications for export licenses.
(d) Gold coin and bullion which were held in trust or
under earmark for a recognized foreign government or foreign cen
tral bank or the Bank for International Settlements on March 6,
1933* O j U , t s w
(e) Gold cp fn and bullion actually needed to meet Maiwwiftg' obligations'payable in gold coin or bullion in any case
where payment in gold coin or bullion actually has been demanded by the obligee; provided that, in order to facilitate the enforcement of Section 3 hereof, the obligor sh&ll furnish to the
Ifederal reserve bank of the district in which such payment is
made a written statement showing the name and address of each person to whom,such a payment is made and the amount paid to each such person. ^ ^ )
Section 3* Until otherwise ordered, any person becoming the
owner of any gold coin, gold bullion or gold certificates after Jpril
12, 1933, (except as exempted by the provisions of Section 2) shall,
within three days after receipt thereof, deliver the same in the manner
prescribed in Section 2.
• |
| Section 4. Upon receipt of gold coin, gold bullion or goldj
certificates delivered to it in accordance with Sections 2 or 3, the
federal reserve bank or member bank will pay therefor an equivalent
amount cf any other form of coin or currency coined or issued under the
law® of
bullion
the United States.
Section 5. Member banks' shall deliver all gold coin, gold
and gold certificates owned or received by them (other than as
exempt®! under the provisions of Section 2) to the federal reserve
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■banks of their respective districts and receive credit or payment
therefor.
Section 6. The Secretary of the Treasury, out of the sum
made available to the President by Section 501 of the Act of March 9,
1933, will in all proper cases pay the reasonable costs of transport.®!
4*m*t of gold coin, gold bullion or gold certificates delivered to a
member bank or Federal reserve bank in accordance with Sections 2, 3,
t>r 5 hereof, including the cost of insurance, protection, and such
other incidental costs as may be necessary, upon production of satis-
factory evidence of such costs* Voucher forms for this purpose may
be procured from Federal reserve banks#
Section 7. In dases where the delivery of gold coin, gold
bullion or gold certificates by the owners thereof within the time
set forth above will involve extraordinary hardship or difficulty,
the Secretary of the Treasury may, in his discretion, extend the time
within which such delivery must be made. Applications for such ex
tensions must be made in writing under oath, addressed to the Secre
tary of the Treasury and filed with a Federal reserve bank, Each
application must state the date to which the extension is desired,
the amount and location of the gold coin, gold bullion and gold cer
tificates in respect of which such application is made and the facts
showing extension to be necessary to avoid extraordinary hardship or
difficulty*
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Section 8. The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby author
ized and empowered to issue such regulations not inconsistent with
these regulations as he may deem necessary to carry out the purposes
of this order and to issue thereunder, through such officers or
agencies as he may designate, licenses permitting the Federal reserve
banks and member banks of the Federal Heserve System to deliver gold
coin and bullion to persons showing the need for the same for any of
the purposes specified in paragraphs (a) to (e ), inclusive, of Section
2 of these regulations#
Section 9. Whoever willfully violates any provision of
this Executive Order or of these regulations or of any rule, regula
tion or license issued thereunder may be fined not more than $10,000,
or, if a natural person, may be imprisoned for not more than ten
years, or both; and any officer, director, or agent of any corporation
who knowingly participates in any such violation may be punished by a
like fine, impi-isonment, or both.
This order and these regulations may be revoked at any time.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
THE '.vriXTE HOXJSEMarch __, 1933.
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(CONFIDENTIAL - Tentative draft of March 23, 1933)
The Country has responded patriotically to the President’ s proclama
tion of March 6 and to his radio speech of March 12. Between March 4 and
March 18, $230,000,000 of gold coin and $235,000,000 of gold certificates
were returned to the Federal reserve hanks, in addition to more than
$100,000,000 of other kinds of currency. As a result, the ratio of the
reserves held hy the Federal reserve banks to their liabilities on deposits
and on Federal reserve notes combined rose from a low point of 45 per cent
on. March 4 to 53 per cent on March 18.
Many persons throughout the United States have hastened to turn in
the gold in their possession as an expression of their faith in the Govern
ment, and as a result of their desire to be helpful in an emergency. There
are others, however, who have waited for the Government to issue a formal
order for the return of gold in their possession. Such an order is being
issued by the President today.
This order requires all persons who have in their possession gold
coin, gold certificates, or gold bullion to exchange this gold for other
currency at the Treasuxy of the United States, at one of the Federal reserve
banks or branches, or at a member bank.
The order provides adequate opportunity for obtaining gold for all
legitimate needs. It makes available gold for the purpose of meeting gold
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(COHFllMflAL — Tentative draft of March 32, 1933.)
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EXECUTIVE OEDSE
forbidding the Hoarding of G-old Coin, G-old Bullion and
Gold Certificates*
By virtu© of the authority vested in me “by subsection (b) of
Section 5 of the Act of October 6, 1917, as amended by section 2 of
til© Act of March 9, 1933, entitled ,fAn Act to provide relief in the
existing national emergency in banking, and for other purposes” ,
approved March 9, 1933, I , franklin D. Roosevelt, president of the
United States of America, do hereby prohibit the hoarding of gold coin,
gold bullion, and gold certificates by individuals, partnerships,
associations and corporations within the continental United States, and
I hereby/prescribe the following regulations for carrying out the pur
poses of this order:
Section 1. for the purposes of this regulation, the term nhoard~
ingfl meiams the withdrawal and withholding of gold coin, gold bullion orI
gold certificates from the recognized and customary channels of trade;
but this order and these regulations shall not apply to gold coin or
gold bullion shown by the owner thereof to have been actually held by
or before June 30, 1931. The term ^person1* means any individual,
partnership, association or corporation within the continental United
States,
Section 2, All persons are hereby required to deliver on or be
fore April 15, 1933, to a federal reserve hank or a branch or ag ency
him on
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JEMiMocm nbeaaunamMBTBTOHSi
MAR 2 3 193? #
MAR 2
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thereof or to any member bank of the Federal Reserve System all gold
coin, gold "bullion and gold certificates except the following:
(a) Such amount of gold as may be required for legitimate
and customary use in trade, profession or art within a reasonable
time, including gold prior to refining and stocks of gold in
reasonable amounts for the usual trade requirements of owners
mining and refining such gold.
(b) Gold coins and gold certificates in an amount not ex
ceeding in the aggregate $100.00 belonging to any one person; and
gold coins having a recognized special value to collectors of rare
and unusual coins.
(c) G-old coin and bullion licensed for legitimate export
transactions not involving hoarding or speculation, including gold
coin and bullion imported for reexport or held pending action on
applications for export licenses.
(d) G-old coin, gold bullion and gold certificates which were
owned by a recognized foreign government or foreign central bank or
the Bank for International Settlements on March 6, 1933.
(e) G-old coin or bullion actually needed to meet maturing
obligations payable in gold coin or bullion, when payment in gold
c<$in or bullion has actually been demanded, regardless of whether
the obligee is at home or abroad.
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Section 3. Until otherwise ordered, any person 'becoming the
owner of any gold coin, gold bullion or gold certificates on or after
April 12, 1933, (except as exempted by the provisions of Sections 1
and 2 hereof) shall, within three days after receipt thereof, deliver
the same in the manner prescribed in Section 2.
Section 4. Upon receipt of such gold coin, gold bullion or gold
certificates, the Federal reserve bank or member bank will pay therefor
an equivalent amount of any other form of coin or currency coined or
issued under the laws of the United States.
Section 5. Member banks shall deliver all gold coin, gold bullion
and gold certificates owned or received by them (other than that exempted
under the provisions of Sections 1 and 2) to the Federal reserve banks of
their respective districts and receive credit or payment therefor.
Section 6. The Secretary of the Treasury, out of the sum made avail
able to the President by Section 501 of the Act of March 9, 1933, will
pay all reasonable costs of transportation of such gold coin, gold bullion
or gold certificates, including the cost of insurance, protection, and
such other incidental costs as may be reasonably necessary, upon pro
duction of satisfactory evidence of such costs. Forms of voucher for,
this purpose may be procured from Federal reserve banks.
Section 7, In cases where the delivery of gold coin, gold bullion
or gold|certificates by the owners thereof within the time set forth
above will involve extraordinary hardship or difficulty, the Secretary of
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the Treasury may, in his discretion, extend the time within which such
delivery mast he made. Applications for such extensions must be made in
writing under oath, addressed to the Secretary of the Treasury and filed
with a Federal reserve hank: within the time set forth above. Suph appli
cations must state the date to which the extension is desired, the amount
and location of the gold coin, gold bullion and gold certificates in
respect of which such application is made and the facts showing extension
to be necessary to avoid extraordinary hardship or difficulty.
Section 8. The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and
empowered to issue such regulations not inconsistent with these regula
tions as he may deem necessary to carry out the purposes of this order and
to issue licenses thereunder permitting the Federal reserve “banks and mem
ber banks of the Federal Reserve System to deliver gold coin and bullion
to persons showing the need for the same for any of the purposes specified
in paragraphs (a) to (e ), inclusive, of Section 2 .of these regulations.
Section 9. Whoever violates any provision of this Executive Order
or of these regulations or of any rule or regulation issued thereunder may
be fined not more than $10,000, or, if a natural person, may be imprisoned
for not more than ten years, or both; and any officer, director or agent
of any corporation who knowingly participates in any such violation may be
punished by a like fine, imprisonment or both.
This order and these regulations may be revoked at any time,
i FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
THE WHITE HOUSE March ______ , 1933
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( CONFIBS&TIAI. - Tentative draft of March 22, * L - I f
Hi© country has responded patriotically to the President1 s proclama
tion of March 6 and to his radio speech of March 12. Between March 4 and CoS*
March 18, $230,000,000 of gold coin and $235,000,000 of gold certificates
were returned to the Federal reserve “banks, in addition to more than t
1100,000,000 of other kinds of currency. As a result, the ratio of the
reserves held by the federal reserve banks to their liabilities on deposits
asjd on IM eral reserve notes cowbined rose from a low point of 45 per cant
on March 4 to 53 per cent on March IS.
Many persons thro-ughout the United States have hastened to turn in
the gold in their possession as an expression of their faith in the Govern
ment , and as a result of their desire to be helpfoaH in an emergency. User©
are others, however, who have waited for the Government to issue a formal
order for the return of gold in their possession. Such an order is %eis$
issued by the President today- ^
!®iis order requires all persons who have in their possession gold
coin, gold certificates, or gold bullion acquired subsequently to June 30,
1931, tf? exchange this gold for other currency at the Treasury of the United
States,! at on® of the Ifederal reserve banks or branches, or at a member
bank. fBi© amount of gold in circulation had not increased for a number of
years pfcior to the smm&T of 1931, and though there may have been individual
cases o £ hoarding, in general the volume of gold in circulation m s in
Confofiffiity with the usual habits and requirements of the American people.
©old thit is now hoarded has been withdraws for the most .part since that
Wm result of lack of confidence* The president now- requires that
Id, which serves na public p&rposein the hands* of individuals, be
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returned to the Government or the Federal reserve "banks to become once more
a part of the country*s gold reserve,
The order provides adequate opportunity for obtaining gold for all
legitimate needs. It makes available gold for the purpose of meeting gold
obligations and permits the exportation of gold for trade purposes,
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virtu* of tint authority w iM i ia s» tijr trohoootiaa (H) of
$oetlo& 5 of Hi* Act of Ootohor 6, 1917, as aa»adod fcy S*«tt«a M otf
th* Aot «T Mural! 9 , 19S3, t i l U M *Aa A«t to pro* 14* rollaf in tho
oxlstla* aatloaal «nir8»MQr la imating. aad far other i»arfOooo*,
a?pro**d Marah 9, l®S3g X, Jfraaklla a* H*o*o*olt, l?ro*id*at of tint
Ualtod itata* of AmtIm , do kwn^r prohibit tho hoarding of gold cola,
gold Vallioft, aad gold oortifioatao any ladlvi&uai # pCLrtaor ahiy ,
or oorporatioa vlthia tho Ualtod »tateo or as? place oafc-
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hallloa aad gold oortlf loatoa, all ladividaalo, jiartaarohlf* aad aaooci-
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vltaia th* Ufcltod Statoo of Aaarloa^iaolodixig ltd torritorioa aad la*
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March 31, 1933, to tho fraoaarar of tho tfeltad Statas* to a yodoral
rotorvo feaak a* fl*oal agoat of tho Ualtod Statotj or to aajr othor
•imesr horolnaftor daolcnotod. all ittal cold cola, cold hullloa aad
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(fc) Gold coin ar talllon actually aoadad ts aaat aatariag
obligations pa/aSlo la gold ooin «r ValMaa and wtitflm U IW »
^ M I aaatfri> ahaa payaaat la gold sola dr fcallloa lias actually
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(a) Oold cola or fcallloa lioonaad f#r lagltiaata ixpoH
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(d) (laid prior to refining and statics of gold la raaoeaafcle
—Wftti far tho usual trada r«fulr«B»ata af oaners mining aad ref in*
lag suah gold*
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af rare aad unusual coins.UWCJUav Ou t w .
Cf) 3uoh aaouat af gold aa say )w soosoaafc&y required forA
legltlaate aad ouataaary uoo la trade, profesaion or art.
(t) dald coin* aad gold certificates la an amount not exceed
ing la tl*# aggregate $100*00 ht longing to any ooi person*
(h) &eld between suah tlas aa agpliaatlea far expert thereof
frca Ilia Ualtad States lo fllod with tho Secretary df the Treasury
aad three days aftor tho applicant la notlfiod of tho denial of such
affplloatloa*
(1) Gold iaparted into tho United statea far reexport ar for
tho purpose of being refined, provided suah gold is exported or ueed
la trade* prafessioa or art wlthia a reasonable tiae aftor tho re
fining thereof*
(J) Geld coin, gold bullion ar gold certificatea which were oaaad
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Section Until this Or&er and theee regulation* ntokad,
any individual* partnership, association or corporation ( including
all*** residing in th# (felted states) becoming the owner of any gold
coin, gold bullion or gold eartifioates on or after March 23. 1933,
(except that exengpted lay th* provisions of faction 1 hereof) shall, within
three days after ree*ipt thereof, deliver the sane to the treasurer of
the Halted itatee, to a Federal reserve hasste a* fiscal agent of the United
State* or to any ether agency authorised by this Order to receive such
delivery, and shall obtain, reiiafeurseigent thereSBr In the naaner provided
elsewhere In this order.
ie*tien 3* Ifpen receipt of such gold coin, geld bullion or gold
certificates, the secretary of the Treasury, or sudh Federal reserve
beak, will p*y therefor an equivalent anmmt of any ether fens of
coin or currency oolned or issued under the law* of th* United States*
.iection 4. the payment and delivery of such geld coin, gold
bullion end geld certif icates nay he effected (other than by nsnher hanks
of the federal reserve System) by delivery thereof to a hank which is
a neaber of the Federal reserve £ystesu Such beak shall pay therefor
an equivalent araunt of any other fom of coin or currency coined or
issued vndnr the law* of th* united states, and shall thereupon deliver
such gold coin* geld bullion and gold certificates to the treasurer
of the united states or to the federal reserve beak in it* district
aad receive credit or paynent therefor*
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or sold, certificates by the owners thereof within tha tixa» sot forth
above will involve extraordinary hardship or difficulty, the Secretary
of the treasury Mgr, la hit discretion, sxtead tho tins within which
such delivery waot 1m aado. Applications for such extensions oast ho
aade ia writing under oath, addressed to tho 3ooretary of tho Treasury
end fllod vith a federal reserve baak within tha tin* set forth above.
Such applications mist stats tho date to ahleh tha extension is de
sired, tha aaount and location of tha fold coin, gold bullion and
gold oortlfioatoo ia reopaot of which such application is aade and
tho foots shoving extension to ho necessary to avoid sxtraordinary
hardship or difficulty*
Section 9* Tha secretary of tho Treasury lo hereby authorised
and eopowered to looiio licenses, under ouch regulations as ho say
prescribe, permitting tho Troaouror of tho {felted States, tho
federal reserve banks ao fiscal agents of tha United Statss and my
other agencies which he may designate, to pop and deliver gold coin
and bullion to may individual* partnership, association or corpora
tion actually neodlng tho scans for aay of the purposes specified in
paragraphs (b) to (4) of Section 1 of these regulations*
Section 10* Whoever violates any provision of this Kxocutiv©
Order or of those regulations or of aay rule or regulation issued
thereunder aoy bo fined not aore than $10,000, or, if a natural
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uqr officer, director «ar ae«nt «f stay aojrparaUen *fe* par-
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asetinf of 3fcce<mtive CoBaittea^oa March 21, 1933*
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! consideration at meeting of Executive CoKmittee on March 21, 1933*
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(In Billion* of dollar*)
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floral rotorra aoto* M * 2 H.H05* H,oo6 ♦263 -399 -1$
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total k .& 7 *.25? ♦ 5 ♦ 10 * 15
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MAR 211933
Statement presented by Mr. Goldenweiser at meeting of
Executive Committee on March 211 1933#
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Marah 18, 1999*
Th* Honorable,
The Seeretary of State*
Dear Hr* Secretary:
Receipt it acknowledged ©f yoor letter of Mareh 16,
1989 with reference to the treats*at to be accorded to gold
hold, under earmark or otharviee, in thia country by fbreigs
•astral banka and other foreign banking inetitutione*
It la sy understand!ng that thia aiattar haa bees
dieatieeed with Mr* Fata of yoor Dfpartaent, and that ha ia
fasillar*vith all tha de'telopsents la connection therewith*
the Treasury nm haa irndar consideration the issuance of oar*
tala ordara or regulations relating to gold, and Z m advised
that, before any notion ia taken tharaon, th*y id 11 ba fartherI
disonssed with representatives of your Department*
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The Honorable,
The Secretary of fyate.
S I R :
I beg to acknowledge recoipt of yomr lot tor of March
16, 1933 making Inquiry with rospoet to tho propoood regul^.
tlons governing tho treatment to ho accorded to gold hold
under earmark or otherwise in this country by foreign control
banks and other foreign banking initiations.
Tho proposed regulations, Jhich are in the form of an
order by the Secretary of the frMsury, have been discussed
with Mr. Fois of your Department, W it is contemplated that
before any orders and regulations are issued regarding these
matters they will be furthe/ discussed with representatives
of your Department. /
/ Respectfully,
ftogene Moyer,Governor.
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT TELEGRAMWHERE WRITTEN
Washington
March 17, 1933*
Harrisob*Hew York.
Application for the export of seventeen million fifty three thousand nine hundred eighty nine dollars sixty five cents gold for Banco d* Italia eight million five hundred seven thousand four hundred eighty five dollars per S/S Conti Di Savoie, on March eighteen eight million five hundred forty six thousand five hundred four dollars sixty five cents per S«S« Augustus on March twenty five and six hmdffed one thousand eight hundred seventy five dollars forty cents for Banco de Portugal, Lisbon per S. S. Yulcania from ITew Tork on March twenty four in accordance your telegram to Federal Seserve Board March fifteenth may he approved hy you on
"behalf of Secretary of Treasury•WOODIE
OFFICIAL BU8INESSCOMMERCIAL RATES
COLLECT
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Ik a . M i- y iw y a W y y r u n n
I
Attached hereto are copies of the letter of March 15, 1935,
from Hr. Ballantine to Ur* Crane oat lining tho policy which v&s
adopted by tho Treasury Department regarding earmarked gold for
foreign central banka, which was not made public, as well as a
oopy of telegraa of March 17, 1935 to Governor Harrison regarding
shipment to the oentral bank of Italy*
I aa also returning to jm herewith the draft of letter to
tho Secretary of State, In view of the fact that tha policy
disclosed in the above letter of March 15 has not been made
public, and in Tiew of the fact that Mr, Feis has been advised
as to all these matters it would sees advisable not to put
more in the letter, at this tine, than Is necessary*
O '*
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ADDRESS OFFICIAL COMMUNICATIONS TO
T H E S E C R E T A R Y O F S T A T E
WASHINGTON, D . C .
m o
DEPARTM ENT OF STA TEWASHINGTON
In reply refex to Maroh 16 1933EA
l|y dear Hr* Meyers
I am Informed that the Federal Reserve Board
vill proceed in the near future to the formulating
of decisions and the making of regulations govern
ing the treatment to be accorded to gold that may
be held) under earmark or otherwise, in this coun
try by foreign central banks, foreign semi-official
banks of different varieties, and ordinary foreign
banking institutions*
Since these decisions may become matters
affecting the general relations between this govern
ment and foreign governments, and since this Depart
ment is likely to be approached by foreign govern
ments in regard to them, may I respectfully request,
ifI
The Honorable
Eugene Meyer,
Governor, Federal Reserve Board,
Washington, D. 0*
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if it is proper, that this Department be informed
in advance of the main lines of decision to be
taken so that it may have an opportunity to con
sider them*
Sincerely yours,
BECEIVED
MAR 16 1933OFFICE OF THE OOv5RNORFederal RcstRvg board
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March 15, 1933*
Federal Reserve Bank of Hew York,
New York, N. Y.
Attentions Mr. J. E. Crane#
liri
X find that apparently there has been no acknowledgment by the Treasury of your telegram of March 7th, reading as follows*
"In accordance with the authorization which you gave us last night by telephone and which we understand is to be confirmed today by wire we have sent the following cable to the bank for International Settlements and to those foreign central banks and foreign Governments which had gold under eaimaxk with us prior to March 61
1,1 The Secretary of the Treasury has advised us that we may assure you privately that it will be the policy of the Secretary of the Treasury daring any gold embargo to permit by license the exportation of gold earmarked with us prior to March 6 for account of foreign central banks, the Bank for International Settlements and foreign governments.1n
Your telegram was authorized by me in accordance with instructions from the Secretary of the Treasury, and correctly expresses the policy of the Secretary of the Treasury.
Sincerely yours,
(Signed) A* A. Ball ant ine
Under Secretary of the Treasury*
cab
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JOIHT pSOIiUSIOl*
Declaring a bank holiday in the United States
and for other purposes.
y
MAY 1 4 1 9 5 8
V 7 D , — I
I l ' S y
WHEREAS the lationrf hanging institutions are feelog subjected
to heavy withdimwals of currency for hoarding; and Carded
WHMffiAS there is increasing- speculative activity in foreign
exchanges; and
' f M m # these conditions have created a nat ional emergency
in which it is in the best interest of all bank depositors that a period
of. respite be provided with a view to pr©v©mting further holding of
coin, bullion ©* eurreney or speculation in foreign exchange, ani
permitting the application of appropriate measures for dealing with
the emergency in order to protect the interests of all the people;
and
a i t o * s t t m s m A tk asd sduse of snassKftATivis o f i s
UHIIBD STATES OF AMERICA IH C0»a8ESS AS31UBOT, That, frao%
________ _ the day of -March, to ________________the
&ay of torch, Nineteen Hundred and Thirty Three, both
dates inelusive» there shall be maintained and observed throughout
the United Slates of America a teak holiday for all of the purposes
hereinafter set forth;
Sec. 2. During said holiday, no banking institution as
herein4fter defined shall pay out, ©report, earmark, or -permit the
withdrawal or transfer in any manner or by any device whatsoever of
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any gold or silver coin or ‘bullion or currency or tal® any other ac
tion which might facilitate the hoarding thereof; nor shall any such
tanking institution pay out deposits, make loans or discounts, deal
in foreign exchange, or transact any other banking business whatsoever.
Sec. 3. Upon the expiration of said holiday and until otherwise
ordered by the President of the United States, such banking institutions
may pay out, export, earmark or permit the withdrawal or transfer of
gold or silver coin or bullion or currency, or deal in foreign exchange
to such extent as may be permitted by license or otherwise under
regulations issued by the Secretai*y of the Treasury with the approval
of the President.
Sec. 4. The Secretary of the Treasury, with the approval of
the President, is authorized arid empowered to prescribe such regulations
as he may find necessary to carry out the purposes of this resolution.
Sec. 5. The term ’’banking institution" as herein used shall
include all Federal reserve banks, national banking associations, banks,
trust companies, savings banks, building and loan asss cia tio ns, credit
unions, or other corporations, partnerships, associations or persons
engaged in the business of receiving deposits, making loans, discount
ing business paper, or transacting any other form of banking business.
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Sec. 6. Whoever shall willfully violate any of the provisions of
this resolution or of any license or regulation issued pursuant to its pro
visions shall, upon conviction, be fined not more than $10,000 or, if a
natural person, "be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned for not
more than 10 years, or both, in the discretion of tte court.
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EXECUTIVE ORDER
WHEREAS the Nation*s Banking institutions are being subjected to
heavy withdrawals of currency for hoarding? and ^ J ~
WHEREAS there is increasing speculative activity in foreign j ^
exchanges; and
WHEREAS these conditions have created a national emergency
ia which it is in thebest interest of all bank depositors that a
period of respite be provided with a view to preventing further hoarcU
ing of coin, bullion or currency or speculation in foreign exchange,
and permitting the application of appropriate measures for dealing with
the emergency in order to protect the interests of all the People; and
WHEREAS it is provided in Section 5(b) of the- Act of October
6* 1917, as amended, that MThe President may investigate, regulate, or
prohibit* under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe, by means
of licenses or otherwise, any transactions in foreign exchange and the
export* hoarding, melting, or earmarkings of gold or silver coin or bullion
or currency * * **• and
WHEREAS it is provided in Section 16 of the said Act that
H Whoever shall willfully violate any of the provisions of this
Act or of any license, rule, or regulation issued thereunder, and
whoever shall willfully violate, neglect, or refuse to comply with
any order of the President issued in compliance with the provisions
of this Act shall, upon conviction, be fined not more than $10,000, or,
if a natural person, imprisoned for not more than ten years, or both * *
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3T0W, THEREFORE, pursuant to the authority granted by
said Act, I hereby order, direct and declare that£
1« From , , , the day of March, to
- the day of March, Nineteen
Hundred and Thirty Three, both dates inclusive, there shall be
maintained and observed throughout the United States of America
a bank holiday for all of the purposes hereinafter set forth;
2* During said holiday;* no banking institution as herein^
after defined shall pay outf^Pormdirk, or permit the withdrawal or
transfer in any manner or by any device whatsoever of any gold or
silver coin or bullion or currency or take any other action which
might facilitate the hoarding thereof ( nor shall any such banking
institution pay out deposits, make loans, or discounts, deal
in foreign exchange, or transact any other banking business what**
soever»
3» Upon the expiration of said holiday and until other
wise ordered by the President of the United States, no such
banking institution shall pay out, export, earmark or permit the
withdrawal or transfer in any manner or by any device whatsoever of any
gold or silver coin or bullion or currency or take any other action whiah
might facilitate the hoarding thereof, deal in foreign exchange, except
as : .ay be permitted by licerBe or otherwise under regulations issued
by the Federal Reserve Board with the approval of the President*
4. The Federal Reserve Board, with the approval of the President,
is authorized and empowered to prescribe such regulations as it may find
necessary to carry out the purposes of this order*
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5, The term ttbanking institution*1 as herein used shall include
all Federal reserve banks, national banking associations, banks,
trust companies, savings banks, building and loan associations, credit
unions, or other persons, partnerships, associations or corporations
engaged in the buiness of receiving deposits, making loans, discounting
i
business paper, or transacting any other form of banking business*
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