THE PRESIDENT said:
"I have the report of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation which shows the following distribution of their activities:
Number of Loans Average per
Institutions Authorized Institution
Banks and trust companies 587 $126, 895, 073 216, 162 "The banks and trust companies, receiving the loans totaling $126 million, are located in 45 States. The great majority of these loans are to smaller communities. Less than $3,500,000 has been authorized in cities of over 1 million population; more than $116 million has been authorized in towns of under 600,000 population." |
Herbert Hoover, Statement on the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/208606