BRITAIN AND CRISIS
MR. MELLON'S TRIBUTE
FAITH IN AMERICA TOO
(British Official Wireless.) . • EUGBY, 6th ( May. The United States. Ambassador, Mr. Andrew Mellon, was welcomed; to the city at a Mansion House luncheon presided over by the.Lord Mayor.
Beplying, Mr..Mellon referred to the dire predictions He had heard expressed during the crisis in England last autumn. Knowing the steadiness, courage, and real capacity of the? British people, he said, he had never for a moment doubted that they would rise tc the occasion, and surmount their difficulties as they always did in a great emergency.
Similarly faith in America was fully justified^ he1-continued. Congress was seeking means to levy over one billion dollars of new taxes, and there was a very clear understanding of what should and must be done by the party leaders and by the President, . who had shown leadership of the highest order in submitting a programme, of legislation designed to . strengthen 'the credit structure and restore confidence.
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 108, 9 May 1932, Page 7
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