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Put simply, Owen wanted government money, Glass, private bank notes. Also, Owen wanted the entire Federal Reserve Board to be appointed by the president; Glass thought some of the directors should be chosen by bankers.
Roger Lowenstein • America's Bank

President Wilson’s belief that founding the League of Nations would be the best guarantee against future aggression by Germany—or anyone else—was not universally shared. In particular, France, led by Georges Clemenceau, the host of the Paris Peace Conference that was to bring a formal end to World War I, was preoccupied with ensuring that Germany
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Geoeconomic Pressure
both cases, it viewed the rest of the world through the prism of a primary threat. So, if there was a problem in Africa and the Soviets were not involved, the United States didn’t respond. If the Soviets were there, the United States became obsessed.