1944 - Economic Planning Outlined, Bretton Woods Delegates Speaking

1944 - Economic Planning Outlined, Bretton Woods Delegates Speaking Senator Charles W. Tobey, thin man w/ bad teeth, at podium & microphones w/ multiple flags of nations behind: SOF “168 years ago in this country men of various creeds & from varied walks of life met together...to establish a free nation....today men & women...are here assembled together...to work out...a plan...for the benefit of the people’s of the world.” “...to formulate a practical plan for establishment of a world fund & for the stabilization of exchange. This is our immediate...objective...” 16:59:39 CU speaking: “...every great effort in human history has had its saboteurs...we must not fail...” 17:00:32 MS “There are nations represented here today who have had their sides pierced, they fight with & for us & we fight w/ & for them...” 17:01:50 “168 years ago... 17:02:48 Unid. round-faced man w/ glasses: “Several hundred able & hard working men & women have gathered here at Bretton Woods...they have sent military forces to battlefields all around the world....now they are showing the same kind of unity bringing into a single center to reconstruct the world after the present crisis; and to give some hope of continued prosperity & employment. I have talked to many....only mutual cooperation such as we are demonstrating in the conference...” 17:06:09 CU repeats. Economics; Post-WWII Planning; Post-WW2; World Monetary System; 1944; Jul44; NOTE: One speaker should be Senator Robert Wagner of New York.