Georges Bonnet, the Finance Minister, said President Roosevelt's last words when he was leaving Washington were: "Whatever else you do, balance the budget."
The situation was so bad then that it would be several months before the. full effects of the present Gov. ernment's measures would be felt. The country still needed courage and economic discipline, but French conscience had been reayakened, The flight of gold, M. Bonnet declared, had stopped, Rentes were rising, and the public were increasingly inventing savings. The convalescence would be long, but the Government would not ier Reuter.
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