Executive Order 6102 is an executive order signed on April 5, 1933, by US President Franklin D. Roosevelt "forbidding the hoarding of gold coin, gold bullion, and gold certificates within the continental United States." The executive order was made under the authority of the Trading with the Enemy Act of 1917, as amended by the Emergency Banking Act in March 1933.
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Todays Thought
A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.
-Henry Adams, historian and teacher (16 Feb 1838-1918)
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Todays Thought
Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote.
-George Jean Nathan, author and editor (14 Feb 1882-1958)
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The government ought not to be invested with power to control the affections, any more than the consciences of citizens.
-Lydia Maria Child, activist, novelist, and journalist (11 Feb 1802-1880)
Todays Thought
The government ought not to be invested with power to control the affections, any more than the consciences of citizens.
-Lydia Maria Child, activist, novelist, and journalist (11 Feb 1802-1880)
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