In a quote that many will find oddly relevant to the COVIDcrisis, House Banking Committee Chairman Louis McFadden (D-NY) said of the Great Depression: It was no accident. It was a carefully contrived occurrence. . . . The international bankers sought to bring about a condition of despair here so they might emerge as rulers of us all. U.S. Congressman Louis McFadden, speaking about the 1929 Stock Market Crash.