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International economic and monetary conferences

CycleCandidatePositionSolutionStrengthAttributionVerdict
1932Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)Convene international monetary and economic conferences to stabilize currencies and restore tradeThe United States to invite an international monetary conference (silver, exchange stability) and an international economic conference to restore trade; take the lead in "asking for a general conference to establish less…specific_pledgecandidate_directbroken?
1932Herbert Hoover (Republican)A world economic conference on monetary stabilization and trade, with an agricultural representativeParticipate in organizing the world economic conference for late 1932 (later London, 1933) to rebuild credit structures, restore stable currencies and reduce obstacles to trade; send a representative of agriculture as a …specific_pledgecandidate_directnot_applicable