Umm is there any answer choices you can provide us?
They were passing through on their way to the West Coast.
The economy was not doing well, soldiers were coming home with horrible PTSD and after-shock, the great depression was going on, etc. :)
He focused on the inflation rate. He concentrated on mandatory price controls.
This covered rent, wages and other prices as a solution to resolve the
inflation. This also enabled the dollar to float compared to other
currencies. Unfortunately it had a
negative response to businessmen as it resulted in food shortages. The inflation also returned which meant that
the solutions were a failure.