1931年10月4日
By the fall of 1931, America's economy was a mess. The Depression was in full swing and recent financial woes in Europe further weakened the nation's already vulnerable banking system. Though history often tags him as a "do-nothing" president, Herbert Hoover attempted some action, convening a meeting of thirty U.S. business leaders on October 4, 1931. Several months later, Hoover established the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, an agency dedicated to funding some of the nation's major institutions, including banks and railroads.
