Although the United States took measures to avoid political and military conflicts across the oceans, it continued to expand economically and protect them. President George Washington had noninvolvement in European wars and politics. American involvement with Europe had brought war in 1917 an unpaid debt throughout the 1920s. Having grown weary with the course of world events, citizens were convinced the most important issues to be tackled was domestic. Foreign policy leaders of the 1930s once again led the country down its good path of isolationism. Leaders of Europe nations hoped to increase trade and stabilize international currencies. Roosevelt sent a bombshell message to the conference refusing the attempt to tie the American dollar to a gold good standard. The conference dissolved with European delegates miffed at the lack of cooperation by the United