THE GOLD STANDARD
BRITISH POLICY UNCHANGED
(British Official Wireless.) (Received June 4, 2.30 p.m.)
RUGBY, June 3.
In the House of Commons this aftei> noon the Chancellor of the Exchequer was asked to give the same assurance as was given by his predecessor that the country would not return to the gold standard system until he was satisfied that the causes which brought about the downfall of the gold standard in 1931 were removed and not likely to recur.
Sir John Simon replied that the condition necessary before a return to, the gold standard would be possibles had been clearly indicated in previous: declarations, which continued to re-: present the policy of the Government on that subject.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 131, 4 June 1937, Page 10
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117THE GOLD STANDARD Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 131, 4 June 1937, Page 10
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