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LITTLE EXCITEMENT Community Looks to Roosevelt for Solution Business men and women cerned only making their usual cash stood with in the run two banks yesterday morning. Both received the news that Gov Dave Sholtz had declared five-day holiday. Officials the First National Bank Florida Bank their moratorium only few hours. Although Pres. Willard Hamilton had opened with the intention of paying rapidly the swept along the crest of state after heavy that began Knots of people gathered the streets watch the flurry banks, there little excitement. Orlando, which several during the feverish days bursting, appeared turn the face of national crisis. LOOK TO CHIEF the the nation this looked Franklin Roosewhich inaugural address being even as Orlando runs, relief. There that President do before night," will put the banks under Thus lando voiced faith in the new Another finance center that conducted its ordinary Saturday postal savings partment Orlando postoffice. Laycock, nounced that deposit the ing exceeded withdrawals by This, in the face of condition which might well created heavy demand ready cash, the theory that suf fering the due the abruptly days. This particularly true the that the postal savings department marked steady increase the number accounts during past years. STAY CHEERFUL In addition to would-be depositbanks yesterday mornthere array sympathetic who were not the banks for any business but wanted clasp the hands the men they had done the possibly could for the depositors and the community. Bitterness such evidence during other bank crashes absent. Business men joked with each hasty plans taking their Ed Asher, San managtold on his hotel early in the morning when travelmen wanted checks they could get out of town. Hamer, power the Angebilt hotel, dollar bill which he said just happened have his when the bank holiday began. In the stores looked their customers and were credit to people they knew.
