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 PROCLAMATIONS [CONVENING THE CONGRESS IN EXTRA SESSION] BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION _.J>!arch II, 1933. WHEREAS public interests require that the Congress of the United Preamble. States should be convened in extra session at twelve o'clock, noon, on the Ninth day of March, 1933, to receive such communication as may be made by the Executive; Now, Therefore, I, Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United 81t~OO20:03, 8 July 2014 (UTC)~:h States of America, do hereby proclaim and declare that an extraor- 9 ,1933. ' dinary occasion requires the Congress of the United States to con- vene in extra session at the Capitol in the City of Washington on the Ninth day of March, 1933, at twelve o'clock, noon, of which all persons who shall at that time be entitled to act as members thereof are hereby required to take notice. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused to be affixed the great seal of the United States. Done at the City of Washington this Fifth day of March, in the year of our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred and Thirty-three, and [SEAL] of the Independence of the United States the One Hundred and :Fifty-seventh. By the President: CORDELL HULL Secretary oj State. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT [No. 2038] [BANK HOLIDAY, MARCH 6-9, 1933, INCLUSIVE] BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS there have been heavy and unwarranted withdrawals of gold and currency from our bankmg institutions for the purpose of hoarding; and WHEREAS continuous and increasingly extensive speculative activ- ity abroad in foreign exchange has resulted in severe drains on the Nation's stocks of gold; and WHEREAS these conditions have created a national emergency' and WHEREAS it is in the best interests of all bank depositors that a period of respite be provided with a view to preventing further hoard- mg of coin, bullion or currency or speculation in foreign exchange and permitting the application of appropriate measures to protect the mterests of our people; and 1GS!) March 6, 1933. --.~ Hank holiday. Preamble.