Statements and Speeches of William McChesney Martin, Jr.

1951

• April 2, 1951 - Statement on taking the Oath of Office (65.2K)

• May 10, 1951 - Statement before the Banking and Currency Committee. House of Representatives. (621.5K)

• July 9, 1951 - Letter to Chairmen of the House and Senate Banking and Currency Committees (493.6K)

• October 2, 1951 - Our Federal Reserve System (171.6K)
  Remarks before the 77th Annual Convention of the American Bankers Association.

• October 23, 1951 - Summary of Remarks before the Kentucky Bankers Association (153.4K)
  Speech before the Kentucky Bankers Association

1952

• February 6, 1952 - Mortgage Financing and the Money Markets in 1952 (177.2K)
  Statement before the Mortgage Financing Conference of the Senate Banking and Currency Committee.

• March 4, 1952 - Statement before the Banking and Currency Committee. Senate (220.6K)

• April 11, 1952 - Letter to the Hon. Brent Spence with Enclosures (960.0K)
  Statement of Board views on H.R. 6504.

• May 19, 1952 - Banking Independence (190.0K)
  Remarks before the 18th Annual Convention of Independent Bankers.

• May 28, 1952 - Remarks before the Bankers Club of Chicago (106.4K)

• December 2, 1952 - Summary of remarks before the Annual Convention of Investment Bankers Association of America (117.0K)

1953

• January 21, 1953 - The Role of the Federal Reserve System (1.5M)
  Publication No. L53-84. Industrial College of the Armed Forces.

• March 27, 1953 - Summary of Remarks before the American Cotton Manufacturers Institute Convention. (136.6K)

• March 30, 1953 - Statement before the Banking and Currency Committee. Senate. (178.0K)
  On S. 753, A bill to provide standby economic controls, and S. 1081, a bill to provide authority for temporary economic controls.

• April 13, 1953 - The Transition to Free Markets. (511.5K)
  Remarks at The Economic Club of Detroit.

• May 6, 1953 - Address on the Occasion of the Opening of the New Building of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. (439.1K)

• June 10, 1953 - Statement regarding Bank Holding Company Legislation before the Senate Banking and Currency Committee. (2.1M)

• December 8, 1953 - Extemporaneous Remarks at Chairman's Conference. (452.8K)
  What can directors of the Federal Reserve Banks do to promote a better understanding of the System's monetary and credit responsibilities and their relation to other functions of government?

1954

• February 3, 1954 - Statement before the Joint Committee on the Economic Report. (498.9K)
  Considering The President's Economic Report.

• March 29, 1954 - Statement before the Subcommittee on Federal Reserve Matters. Senate Committee on Banking and Currency. (127.2K)

• April 9, 1954 - Summary of talk before the Pacific Northwest Conference on Banking, State College of Washington. (86.3K)

• April 8-9, 1954 - Monetary Policy and the Federal Reserve System. (798.6K)
  Proceedings of the 15th Annual Pacific Northwest Conference on Banking at The State College of Washington.

• May 13, 1954 - Statement on S. 3206 and S. 3268 before the Subcommittee on Federal Reserve Matters of the Senate Banking and Currency Committee. (107.7K)

• May 26, 1954 - Statement on H.R. 8729 and H.R. 9143 before the House Committee on Banking and Currency. (106.0K)

• June 2, 1954 - Statement on H.R. 7602 before the House Committee on Government Operations. (177.6K)

• December 15, 1954 - Summary of Remarks at a luncheon of The Bond Club of New York, The Bankers Club. (100.6K)

• December 15, 1954 - Address before members of The Bond Club of New York, Bankers Club. (519.3K)

1955

• February 28, 1955 - Statement regarding Bank Holding Company Legislation before the House Banking and Currency Committee. (340.7K)

• March 14, 1955 - Statement at Hearings on the Study of the Stock Market before the Senate Committee on Banking and Currency. (210.8K)

• June 13, 1955 - Statement before the Anti-Trust Subcommittee of the Committee on the Committee on the Judiciary. House of Representatives. (310.8K)

• June 24, 1955 - Statement before the Subcommittee on Antitrust and Monopoly of the Committee on the Judiciary. Senate. (316.4K)

• June 27, 1955 - Statement before the Subcommittee on Securities of the Committee on Banking and Currency. Senate. (285.0K)

• July 5, 1955 - Statement regarding Bank Holding Company Legislation of the Senate Banking and Currency Committee. (449.0K)

• July 13, 1955 - Statement on S. 1427, Subcommittee on the Federal Reserve System of the Senate Committee on Banking and Currency. (33.1K)
  Repealing Certain Silver Legislation.

• October 19, 1955 - Address before the New York Group of the Investment Bankers Association of America. (Punch Bowl speech) (262.5K)

• November 28, 1955 - Monetary Policy and the Real Estate Markets. (288.0K)
  Statement at a Roundtable Discussion before the Subcommittee on Housing. Senate Banking and Currency Committee.

1956

• January 6, 1956 - Summary of Remarks at the 100th Anniversary Observance of Rand McNally & Company. (87.3K)
  Palmer House. Chicago, Illinois.

• January 12, 1956 - New Horizons in Money and Banking. (677.2K)
  Round Tables for Business Executives of the Business Administration Center of the New School for Social Research.

• February 7, 1956 - Consumer Installment Credit (90.7K)
  Testimony before the Joint Committee on the Economic Report.

• February 7, 1956 - Testimony before the Joint Committee on the Economic Report. (220.4K)

• February 29, 1956 - Statement before the House committee on Banking and Currency, on H.R. 9285. (77.2K)

• May 4, 1956 - Address before the 62nd Annual Convention of the Pennsylvania Bankers Association. (342.4K)

• May 23, 1956 - Statement on Bank Merger Bills before the Subcommittee on Antitrust and Monopoly of the Committee on the Judiciary. Senate. (220.2K)

• June 12, 1956 - Statement before the Subcommittee on Economic Stabilization of the Joint Committee on the Economic Report. (334.0K)

• December 11, 1956 - Statement before the Subcommittee on Economic Stabilization of the Joint Economic Committee. (140.2K)

1957

• February 5, 1957 - Statement before the Joint Economic Committee. (478.3K)

• February 21, 1957 - Statement on Bills to Increase the Maximum Interest Rate Permitted on United States Savings Bonds, before the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives. (92.0K)

• March 7, 1957 - Statement before the Subcommittee on Disarmament. (326.2K)
  Senate Committee on Foreign Relations.

• March 8, 1957 - Statement before the Antitrust Subcommittee on Bills to Amend the Clayton Act. (212.6K)
  Committee on the Judiciary. House of Representatives.

• March 12, 1957 - Our American Economy: Strength of the Republic. (334.3K)
  Address before the Economic Club of New York.

• March 19, 1957 - Statement before the Subcommittee on Housing. (151.1K)
  Senate Banking and Currency Committee.

• April 26, 1957 - Remarks in Accepting the Degree of Doctor of Laws. (192.2K)
  Convocation of the University of Pennsylvania Council Marking the 75th Anniversary of the Founding of the Wharton School of Finance and Commerce. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

• June 14, 1957 - Statement before the Subcommittee on Fiscal Policy. (124.8K)
  Joint Economic Committee.

• June 20, 1957 - Statement before the Subcommittee on Small Business. (131.1K)
  Senate Banking and Currency Committee.

• July 15, 1957 - Statement Regarding the Proposed "Financial Institutions Act of 1957." (419.0K)
  House Banking and Currency Committee.

• August 13, 1957 - Statement before the Committee on Finance. United States Senate. (564.8K)

• September 25, 1957 - Opening Statement at Panel Discussion on "Current Problems of Monetary and Fiscal Policy." (58.6K)
  12th Annual Meeting International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and International Monetary Fund.

• September 27, 1957 - Statement to the Twelfth Annual Meeting of the International Bank. (190.3K)

• October 2, 1957 - Remarks at the 38th Annual Meeting of the Texas Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association. (199.1K)

• November 4, 1957 - Our American Dollar. (1.6M)
  American Finance Conference. Washington, D.C.

• November 21, 1957 - Small Business Financing. (251.3K)
  Statement before the House Select Committee on Small Business.

• December 11, 1957 - Basic Research and Financial Processes. (263.5K)
  Remarks at the Annual Meeting of the Life Insurance Association of America. New York City.

1958

• January 9, 1958 - Remarks at the 91st Annual Meeting of the Richmond Chamber of Commerce. (257.1K)
  Richmond, Virginia.

• February 6, 1958 - Statement before the Joint Economic Committee. (334.1K)

• February 19, 1958 - Statement before the Subcommittee on the Federal Reserve. (277.7K)
  Senate Committee on Banking and Currency.

• March 19, 1958 - The Slump and Federal Spending: Reduced Prices to Increase Public Buying and Production Called Recovery Route. (84.1K)

• April 21, 1958 - Statement before the Subcommittee on Small Business. (247.2K)
  Senate Committee on Banking and Currency.

• April 22, 1958 - The Battle Against Recession. (302.2K)
  Statement before the Committee on Finance. United States Senate.

• May 13, 1958 - Statement before the Subcommittee on Housing. (111.2K)
  Senate Committee on Banking and Currency.

• July 9, 1958 - Kansas City and Denver Federal Reserve Banks. (63.6K)

• December 12, 1958 - Our American Economy (233.2K)
  Remarks at Luncheon Meeting of The Executives' Club of Chicago. Grand Ballroom, Hotel Sherman. Chicago, Illinois.

1959

• February 6, 1959 - A Year of Recession and Recovery. (469.5K)
  Statement before the Joint Economic Committee.

• June 10, 1959 - Statement before the Ways and Means Committee. House of Representatives. (258.8K)

• June 11, 1959 - Statement before the Ways and Means Committee. House of Representatives. (266.5K)

• July 17, 1959 - Statement before Joint Meeting of Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City and Its Denver Branch. (84.2K)
  Denver, Colorado.

• July 27, 1959 - The Government Securities Market and Economic Growth. (274.1K)
  Statement before the Joint Economic Committee.

• July 29, 1959 - Statement before the Housing Subcommittee. (165.2K)
  Senate Banking and Currency Committee.

• October 16, 1959 - Inflation (99.1K)

1960

• February 2, 1960 - Monetary Policy and Economic Growth. (651.3K)
  Statement before the Joint Economic Committee.

• February 16, 1960 - Statement before the House Banking and Currency Committee. (141.3K)

• April 5, 1960 - Statement before the Subcommittee on Production and Stabilization. (200.5K)
  Senate Banking and Currency Committee.

• May 10, 1960 - Summary of Remarks before 40th Annual Meeting of the National Association of Mutual Savings Banks. (255.4K)
  Shoreham Hotel. Washington, D.C.

• June 28, 1960 - Statement before Subcommittee No. 3. (248.4K)
  House Banking and Currency Committee.

1961

• March 7, 1961 - Statement before the Joint Economic Committee. (971.5K)

• April 11, 1961 - Prosperity for Free Men. (569.0K)
  Remarks before the Annual Meeting of the Association of Reserve City Bankers. Boca Raton, Florida.

• July 15, 1961 - Statement at the Joint Meeting of the Directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City and Its Denver Branch. (72.2K)
  Denver, Colorado.

• July 19, 1961 - Statement before the Subcommittee on Production and Stabilization on S. 1740 (289.3K)
  Senate Banking and Currency Committee.

• December 5, 1961 - Maintaining the Value of Our Money. (632.4K)
  Remarks at the Annual Dinner Meeting of the Tax Foundation. New York City.

• December 13, 1961 - The Balance of Achievement. (540.9K)
  Remarks at the 1961 William Penn Award Dinner of the Chamber of Commerce of Greater Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Pa.

1962

• January 19, 1962 - Address before the Treasury Conference. (190.7K)
  Sheraton-Park Hotel. Washington, D.C.

• January 30, 1962 - Statement before the Joint Economic Committee. (777.1K)

• February 28, 1962 - Statement before the Committee on Banking and Currency on H.R. 10162. House of Representatives. (291.4K)

• May 10, 1962 - Some Aspects of Structural Unemployment. (552.5K)
  Statement for the Joint Economic Committee. Congressional Record of May 10, 1962, p. 7620-7622. Authored by Murray Wernick.

• June 14, 1962 - Remarks to the Harvard Alumni Association. (328.9K)
  Cambridge, Massachusetts.

• July 13, 1962 - Statement before the Subcommittee on Economic Stabilization, Automation, and Energy Resources. (347.1K)
  Joint Economic Committee.

• July 17, 1962 - Statement before the House Committee on Banking and Currency on H.R. 12080. (96.3K)

• July 19, 1962 - Statement before Subcommittee No. 1 on S. 1771, H.R. 8874, and H.R. 7796. (304.8K)
  House Committee on Banking and Currency.

• August 16, 1962 - Statement before the Joint Economic Committee. (434.7K)

• December 28, 1962 - Monetary Policy and International Payments. (731.3K)
  Remarks at the Joint Luncheon of the American Economic Association and the American Finance Association. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

1963

• February 1, 1963 - Statement before the Joint Economic Committee. (421.5K)

• February 14, 1963 - Statement for the Kansas City Star. (63.4K)

• February 21, 1963 - Statement for the United States Information Agency. (149.0K)

• March 12, 1963 - Statement before the House Committee on Banking and Currency on H.R. 4413. (80.6K)

• April 29, 1963 - Statement before the Senate Committee on Banking and Currency on H.R. 5389. (76.3K)

• May 8, 1963 - Statement before the Subcommittee on Bank Supervision and Insurance on H.R. 5874. (218.1K)
  House Committee on Banking and Currency.

• June 5, 1963 - Statement before Subcommittee No. 3 on H.R. 3516. (64.8K)
  House Committee on Armed Services.

• June 24, 1963 - Statement before the Senate Committee on Banking and Currency on S. 1642. (113.0K)

• July 22, 1963 - Statement before the Committee on Banking and Currency. House of Representatives. (198.4K)

• July 22, 1963 - Interview for The General Electric Forum. (97.6K)

• September 24, 1963 - Statement before the House Committee on Banking and Currency on H.R. 5845, H.R. 7878, H.R. 8245, and H.R. 8247. (555.8K)

• October 29, 1963 - Statement for 46th Observance of National Thrift Week. (47.5K)

• December 9, 1963 - Monetary Policy and the Balance of Payments. (326.2K)
  Remarks before Annual Dinner Meeting of the United States Council, International Chamber of Commerce. New York City.

• December 13, 1963 - Statement before the Committee on Banking and Currency. House of Representatives. (78.0K)

1964

• January 21, 1964 - Statement before the Subcommittee on Domestic Finance. (318.8K)
  Committee on Banking and Currency. House of Representatives.

• April 14, 1964 - Summary of Remarks at the Silver Anniversary Dinner of the Association of Customers' Brokers. (117.2K)
  Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. New York City.

• May 6, 1964 - Panel Discussion on the Economy. (475.0K)
  Preprint of statement before The Advertising Council Washington Conference.

• June 10, 1964 - Statement before the Subcommittee on Commerce and Finance on H.R. 8499 and H.R. 9410. (128.2K)
  House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.

• June 11, 1964 - Statement before the House Committee on Banking and Currency on H.R. 11499. (32.1K)

• July 7, 1964 - Statement on the Jacksonville Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. (86.8K)

• July 30, 1964 - Our American Economy and the Federal Reserve System. (268.5K)
  Remarks at the Arkansas Workshop on Economic Education, University of Arkansas Medical Center. Little Rock, Arkansas.

• November 23, 1964 - Press Conference Concerning Federal Reserve Actions of That Day. (211.9K)

1965

• February 1, 1965 - Statement before the House Committee on Banking and Currency on H.R. 3818. (241.7K)

• February 2, 1965 - Statement before the Senate Committee on Banking and Currency on S. 743, S. 797, and S. 814. (250.2K)

• February 11, 1965 - Dollars, Gold, and International Payments. (211.9K)
  Remarks before the Annual Dinner Meeting of The Bond Club of New York. New York City.

• February 18, 1965 - Remarks to Representatives of Bank and Nonbank Financial Institutions with Respect to the President's Balance of Payments Program. (83.9K)

• February 26, 1965 - Statement before the Joint Economic Committee. (243.1K)

• March 10, 1965 - Statement before the Subcommittee on International Finance. (280.3K)
  Senate Committee on Banking and Currency.

• March 11, 1965 - Statement on H.R. 5280 before the Antitrust Subcommittee. (103.4K)
  Committee on the Judiciary. House of Representatives.

• March 16, 1965 - Statement before the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. (190.4K)
  Committee on Government Operations. United States Senate.

• March 24, 1965 - Statement to the Committee on Banking and Currency in Support of H.R. 6497. House of Representatives. (102.8K)

• April 29, 1965 - Remarks for the American Chamber of Commerce. (162.9K)
  Sao Paulo, Brazil.

• May 19, 1965 - Statement before the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions on S. 1698. (220.7K)
  Committee on Banking and Currency. United States Senate.

• June 1, 1965 - Does Monetary History Repeat Itself? (339.2K)
  Address before the Commencement Day Luncheon of the Alumni Federation of Columbia University. New York City.

• June 25, 1965 - Some Observations on Monetary Matters. (333.6K)
  Address at the 29th Annual Commencement of The Stonier Graduate School of Banking. Rutgers University. New Brunswick, New Jersey.

• July 6, 1965 - Statement before the House Committee on Banking and Currency on H.R. 7601. (119.1K)

• July 15, 1965 - Statement before the Antitrust Subcommittee on H.R. 5280. (166.9K)
  Senate Committee on the Judiciary.

• July 21, 1965 - Statement before the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions on S. 1308, S. 1309, S. 1556, S. 1557, S. 1558, and S. 1559. (244.9K)
  Senate Committee on Banking and Currency.

• August 11, 1965 - Statement before the Subcommittee on Domestic Finance on S. 1698 and Related Bills. (253.0K)
  Committee on Banking and Currency. House of Representatives.

• August 17, 1965 - Remarks with Respect to Balance of Payments Developments in the Second Quarter. (45.1K)
  Remarks at a Press Conference.

• August 30, 1965 - Statement before the Subcommittee on National Security and International Operations. (416.9K)
  Committee on Government Operations. United States Senate.

• December 8, 1965 - The Federal Reserve's Role in the Economy. (578.0K)
  Remarks before the 59th Annual Meeting of the Life Insurance Association of America. New York City.

• December 13, 1965 - Statement to the Joint Economic Committee. (291.5K)

1966

• March 16, 1966 - Statement before the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions on S. 2352, S. 2418, and H.R. 7371. (525.2K)
  Senate Committee on Banking and Currency.

• April 21, 1966 - Talking Paper on the U.S. Balance of Payments Problem. (349.9K)
  The Conference of Governors of the Central Banks of the American Continent. Runaway Bay, Jamaica.

• May 4, 1966 - Banquet Speech. International Savings Bank Institute. (238.0K)
  Savings Bank Congress. New York City. May 1-5, 1966.

• June 8, 1966 - Statement before the Committee on Banking and Currency. House of Representatives. (293.0K)

• June 16, 1966 - Statement before the Committee on Banking and Currency. House of Representatives. (213.4K)

• October 31, 1966 - Extemporaneous Remarks on the Occasion of Naming of Building at Harvard University for Former Secretary of the Treasury, Robert B. Anderson. (201.2K)

1967

• January 30, 1967 - International Responsibilities of the Federal Reserve. (522.1K)
  Remarks at the Annual Dinner of The Overseas Bankers Club. Guildhall. London, England.

• February 9, 1967 - Statement before the Joint Economic Committee. (534.2K)

• March 17, 1967 - Statement before the Select Committee on Small Business. United States Senate. (367.0K)

• March 21, 1967 - Statement before the Committee on Finance on H.R. 6950. United States Senate. (318.2K)

• May 16, 1967 - Remarks at a Luncheon Session of the Symposium Observance of the 175th Anniversary of New York Stock Exchange. (502.6K)
  New York State Theater, Lincoln Center. New York City.

• June 26, 1967 - Summary of Remarks before the Rotary Club of Toledo. (227.3K)
  Commodore Perry Hotel. Toledo, Ohio.

• September 14, 1967 - Statement before the Ways and Means Committee. House of Representatives. (427.5K)

• November 15, 1967 - Summary of Remarks before the 47th Annual Meeting of the American Petroleum Institute. (173.3K)
  Conrad Hilton Hotel. Chicago, Illinois.

• November 29, 1967 - Statement before the Ways and Means Committee. House of Representatives. (283.5K)

1968

• January 22, 1968 - Statement before the Ways and Means Committee. House of Representatives. (200.6K)

• January 23, 1968 - Statement on Legislation to Repeal the Gold Cover Requirement. (126.7K)
  Committee on Banking and Currency. House of Representatives.

• January 30, 1968 - Statement on Legislation to Repeal the Gold Cover Requirement. (163.9K)
  Committee on Banking and Currency. United States Senate.

• February 14, 1968 - Statement before the Joint Economic Committee. (444.6K)

• February 14, 1968 - The Price of Gold is Not the Problem. (589.3K)
  Remarks before the Financial Conference of The National Industrial Conference Board. The Waldorf-Astoria. New York City.

• March 18, 1968 - Good Money is Coined Freedom. (861.7K)
  Detroit Branch, Federal Reserve Bank. 50th Anniversary Address before The Economic Club of Detroit. Cobo Hall.

• March 21, 1968 - Remarks before The Yale Club of Washington at its annual dinner honoring Charles Carroll Glover, Jr. (285.4K)
  Mayflower Hotel. Washington, D.C.

• April 19, 1968 - Facing Up To the Problem. (708.8K)
  Extemporaneous Remarks before the American Society of Newspaper Editors. Washington, D.C.

• May 1, 1968 - Statement on H.R. 16911 To Provide for United States Participation in the Facility Based on Special Drawing Rights in the International Monetary Fund. (107.1K)
  Committee on Banking and Currency. House of Representatives.

• June 27, 1968 - Statement before the Committee on Banking and Currency on H.R. 16092. (609.1K)
  House of Representatives.

• September 18, 1968 - Observations. (187.4K)
  Remarks before the Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. Sesquicentennial Anniversary Dinner. Sun Valley, Idaho.

• September 24, 1968 - Statement before the Committee on Banking and Currency. House of Representatives. (432.8K)

1969

• February 26, 1969 - Statement before the Joint Economic Committee. (442.8K)

• March 25, 1969 - Statement before the Committee on Banking and Currency. United States Senate. (439.3K)

• April 18, 1969 - Statement before the Committee on Banking and Currency. House of Representatives. (656.6K)

• May 22, 1969 - The U.S. Dollar at Home and Abroad. (622.1K)
  Remarks before the 77th General Meeting of the American Iron and Steel Institute. The Waldorf-Astoria. New York City.

• June 30, 1969 - Statement before the Committee on Banking and Currency. House of Representatives. (391.2K)

• September 10, 1969 - Statement before the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions. (727.2K)
  Committee on Banking and Currency. United States Senate.

• September 24, 1969 - Statement before the Senate Banking and Currency Committee on H.R. 7491, S. 2906, and Related Proposals. (90.6K)

• September 26, 1969 - Statement concerning the Report of the Commission on Mortgage Interest Rates. (365.2K)
  Committee on Banking and Currency. United States Senate.

• October 6, 1969 - Statement before the Committee on Banking and Currency Concerning H.R. 13939. House of Representatives. (284.7K)

• October 7, 1969 - Statement before the Senate Banking and Currency Committee on S. 2569. (163.7K)

• October 17, 1969 - Reminiscences and Reflections. (466.9K)
  Remarks before The Business Council. Hot Springs, Virginia.