History may not always make us smarter, but it can at least tell us wh
at to expect. Every once in a while, the real power structure shows up at the White House (again). Click for higher res.
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| Bankers offer President cooperation on banking problems. Washington, D.C., Dec. 20. President Philip A. Benson of the American Bankers Association and other ABA officers visited President Roosevelt today and assured him of their willingness to cooperate on banking problems. They also invited the President to address their 1939 convention at Se attle. In the front row, left to right: P.D. Houston, Second Vice President; Robert M. Hanes, First Vice President; Philip A. Benson, President. Back row: Robert L. Fleming, past President, and Dr. Harold Stonier, Right, Executive manager of the ABA, 12/20/38. Image courtesy Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. |
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A fine looking bunch they are!
“Bankers offer the president cooperation”….hahahaha…they’re only at the White House to see if there is any money LEFT for them to TAKE!!
A famous quote from Banker Phillip A.Benson,
President of the American Bankers’ Association, June 8, 1939:
“There is no more direct way to capture control of a nation than through its credit (money) system.”