Statements and Speeches of James Louis Robertson

1952

• April 17, 1952 - A Scotch point of view : address before the New Jersey Bankers Association Convention, Atlantic City, New Jersey (724.6K)

• June 2, 1952 - The outlook for banking : address before the Pennsylvania Bankers Association Convention, Atlantic City, New Jersey (740.9K)

• June 24, 1952 - Statement before the House Banking and Currency Committee on H.R. 6504 (868.7K)

1953

• March 20, 1953 - Duties and responsibilities of the country bank director : address before the Country Bank Workshop of the American Bankers Association, Brown Hotel, Louisville, Kentucky (716.7K)

• September 21, 1953 - Our common trust : address before Trust Division of the American Bankers Association, Washington, D.C. (722.7K)

1954

• March 22, 1954 - The link between monetary policy and installment credit : address before National Installment Credit Conference of the American Bankers Association, LaSalle Hotel, Chicago, Illinois (676.4K)

• October 14, 1954 - Men who count : address before the National Association of Supervisors of State Banks, Raleigh, North Carolina (684.3K)

1955

• June 21, 1955 - People should know : address before the Fifty-ninth Annual Convention of the Wisconsin Bankers Association, Hotel Schroeder, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (731.6K)

• July 6, 1955 - Statement before the Antitrust Subcommittee of the Judiciary Committee of the House of Representatives (535.4K)

1956

• October 22, 1956 - A long view of the Bank Holding Company Act : address before the Independent Bankers Association, Twelfth Federal Reserve District at the American Bankers Association Convention, Statler Hotel, Los Angeles, California (671.0K)

• November 9, 1956 - Statement before the Senate Banking and Currency Committee regarding recommendations for changes in the banking laws (714.9K)

• November 15, 1956 - In defense of monetary policy : remarks before the Bankers Club of Detroit, Statler Hotel, Detroit, Michigan (686.7K)

1957

• February 12, 1957 - Statement before the Senate Banking and Currency Committee regarding Committee Print of Bill to revise the banking laws (786.5K)

• April 26, 1957 - Emerging challenges : address before The Independent Bankers Association, Golden Gate Hotel, Miami Beach, Florida (733.0K)

• November 25, 1957 - The myth of creeping inflation : remarks before the Sixty-fifth Annual Convention of the United States Savings and Loan League, Chicago, Illinois (621.1K)

1958

• April 10, 1958 - Sputnik and monetary policy : remarks before the Nineteenth Annual Pacific Northwest Conference on Banking, State College of Washington, Pullman, Washington (622.4K)

• May 16, 1958 - A challenge to our financial community : remarks before the Seventy-first Annual Convention of the Kansas Bankers Association, Kansas City, Kansas (604.9K)

• September 24, 1958 - Money in peace and war : remarks before the Annual Convention of the American Bankers Association, Conrad Hilton Hotel, Chicago, Illinois (641.7K)

• October 21, 1958 - Monetary policy in a dynamic economy : remarks before the 72nd Annual Convention of the Iowa Bankers Association, Fort Des Moines Hotel, Des Moines, Iowa (659.7K)

1959

• April 28, 1959 - Progress and economic stability : remarks before the Annual Convention of the Ohio Bankers Association, Hotel Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio (606.1K)

• June 19, 1959 - Hard problems and soft hearts : remarks before the Annual Convention of the New Hampshire Bankers Association, Wentworth-by-the-Sea, Portsmouth, New Hampshire (596.7K)

• November 12, 1959 - Must we debase the dollar? : remarks in connection with a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Nashville Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee (564.5K)

1960

• January 25, 1960 - Economic growth: how fast and where to? : remarks before the Mid-Winter Conference of the Louisiana Bankers Association, Baton Rouge, Louisiana (598.6K)

• June 3, 1960 - The battle against economic illiteracy : address before the Fifty-eighth Annual Convention of the American Institute of Banking at the Statler Hilton Hotel, Boston, Massachusetts (601.6K)

1961

• February 15, 1961 - Some thoughts on unemployment : remarks at a meeting of bankers and businessmen held in connection with the Joint Meeting of the Directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco and its Branches (596.8K)

• April 8, 1961 - Some thoughts on our balance of payments problem : remarks at 1961 Eastern Conference of Controllers Institute of America, Shoreham Hotel, Washington, D.C. (609.8K)

• May 16, 1961 - A salute to the memory of Senator George W. Norris : remarks at the George W. Norris National Centennial Conference, Willard Hotel, Washington, D.C. (520.9K)

• June 23, 1961 - Bank mergers in perspective : remarks before the 75th Annual Convention of the Michigan Bankers Association, Mackinac Island, Michigan (643.6K)

1962

• February 1, 1962 - Assuring the continuity of money and credit : remarks at the Special Industrial Preparedness Conference of the American Management Association, Hotel Astor, New York, N.Y. (554.8K)

• May 16, 1962 - The reform of bank supervision : remarks before the 72nd Annual Convention of the Tennessee Bankers Association, Memphis, Tennessee (617.9K)

• September 19, 1962 - Too many cooks : remarks before the Annual Convention of the National Association of Supervisors of State Banks, Bretton Woods, New Hampshire (594.0K)

• December 10, 1962 - United States policies and Latin American progress : remarks before the National and State Bank Divisions of the American Bankers Association, Mayflower Hotel, Washington, D.C. (824.5K)

1963

• May 8, 1963 - Statement concerning H.R. 5874 : remarks before the Banking and Currency Committee of the House of Representatives (717.1K)

• May 14, 1963 - The public interest in uncongenial interbank relations : remarks before the 72nd Annual Convention of the Illinois Bankers Association, Peoria, Illinois (615.1K)

• July 22, 1963 - Statement before the House Banking and Currency Committee, with respect to the recent change in the discount rate and Regulation Q (547.7K)

• October 2, 1963 - Statement on "window dressing" in banks' reports of condition : before the Legal and Monetary Affairs Subcommittee of the Committee on Government Operations of the House of Representatives (685.5K)

• October 3, 1963 - Lest we forget : remarks at the Conference on Trade and Aid, The University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska (685.4K)

• October 15, 1963 - Statement before the Legal and Monetary Affairs Subcommittee of the Committee on Government Operations of the House of Representatives (569.4K)

• November 21, 1963 - The challenge of change : remarks at a dinner meeting held in connection with the Joint Meeting of the Directors of Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and of its Detroit Branch, Chicago, Illinois (570.7K)

1964

• April 11, 1964 - Federal bank supervision : remarks at the Thirtieth Annual Convention of the Independent Bankers Association, Minneapolis, Minnesota (597.5K)

• May 25, 1964 - An inside look at the Federal Reserve System : remarks at the 73rd Anniversary Convention of the California Bankers Association, Coronado, California (629.2K)

1965

• February 12, 1965 - The changing world of banking : remarks before the Mid-Winter Meeting of the Ohio Bankers Association, Columbus, Ohio (622.1K)

• March 17, 1965 - Remarks before the Independent Bankers Association of the Twelfth Federal Reserve District, San Francisco, California (548.2K)

• March 25, 1965 - Purposes and prospects of our voluntary restraint efforts : remarks at a Conference of New Reserve Bank Directors, Washington, D.C. (636.5K)

• April 12, 1965 - Statement concerning H.R. 107 and H.R. 6885 before the Banking and Currency Committee of the House of Representatives (654.4K)

• June 9, 1965 - The balance of payments problem : short-term relief and long-term remedy : remarks at meeting sponsored by the Directors of The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland and its Cincinnati and Pittsburgh Branches, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (657.7K)

• August 5, 1965 - Progress report before the Subcommittee on International Finance of the Senate Banking and Currency Committee on the program for voluntary restraint of foreign credit by banks and other financial institutions (682.0K)

• August 23, 1965 - Statement before the Subcommittee on Domestic Finance of the Banking and Currency Committee of the House of Representatives on S. 1698 and related bills (524.9K)

• October 26, 1965 - Disclosure accounting by banks : remarks at the 41st Annual National Convention of NABAC, The Association for Bank Audit, Control and Operation, St. Louis, Missouri (625.1K)

• December 9, 1965 - Statement of Governor Robertson in place of an appearance before the Joint Economic Committee (564.8K)
  Includes a letter to Wright Patman, dated December 9, 1965, and two enclosed statements, both dated December 3, 1965.

• December 13, 1965 - Banks and balance of payments problem : remarks at the Annual Conference on The Atlantic Community and Economic Growth , Crotonville, New York (638.8K)

1966

• February 14, 1966 - Statement at a Press Conference on February 14, 1966, with Respect to Balance of Payments Developments in 1965 (498.3K)

• April 5, 1966 - Statement before the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions of the Senate Banking and Currency Committee on S. 3158 (541.1K)

• May 4, 1966 - Toward balance in our international payments : remarks at the Annual Dinner of the Bankers Club of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois (629.4K)

• May 17, 1966 - An alternative to fossilization : remarks at the 75th Diamond Jubilee Anniversary Convention of the Illinois Bankers Association, Peoria, Illinois (604.7K)

• May 18, 1966 - Statement at a press conference with respect to balance of payments developments during the first quarter of 1966 (489.5K)

• May 24, 1966 - Statement before the Committee on Banking and Currency of the House of Representatives on H.R. 14026 and related bills (567.2K)

• May 25, 1966 - Statement before the Committee on Banking and Currency of the House of Representatives on H.R. 15173 (489.4K)

• August 4, 1966 - Statement before the Committee on Banking and Currency of the United States Senate on legislation to broaden authority to prescribe maximum rates payable on deposit-type savings, and related proposals (694.8K)

• September 13, 1966 - Statement before the Senate Banking and Currency Committee on H.R. 14026 (501.1K)

• December 5, 1966 - Remarks at the Fourth Annual Business and Economic Outlook Conference co-sponsored by The School of Business Administration, Portland State College and The Portland Chamber of Commerce, in cooperation with The Harvard Business School Association of Oregon and The Stanford Business School Association of Oregon, Portland, Oregon (621.4K)

1967

• March 14, 1967 - Statement before the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions of the Senate Banking and Currency Committee on S. 714, S. 965, and S. 966 (597.3K)

• May 10, 1967 - Statement before the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions of the Senate Banking and Currency Committee on S. 5 (725.1K)

• July 11, 1967 - Dissent and democracy : address on George Norris Day , sponsored by the Nebraska Centennial Commission, McCook, Nebraska (673.7K)

• August 7, 1967 - Statement before the Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs of the House Banking and Currency Committee on H.R. 11601 and related bills (690.9K)

• September 14, 1967 - Statement before the Committee on Banking and Currency, House of Representatives on H.R. 12754 (619.2K)

1968

• February 2, 1968 - Remarks before the National Export Expansion Council, Statler Hilton Hotel, Washington, D.C. (580.1K)

• April 1, 1968 - The foreign credit restraint program of the Federal Reserve: past, present, future : remarks before the Bankers' Association for Foreign Trade, The Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia (651.7K)

• April 3, 1968 - Statement before the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions, Committee on Banking and Currency, United States Senate on S. 2923 and S. 3133 (564.1K)

• May 16, 1968 - Statement before the Committee on Banking and Currency, United States Senate on S. 1299 and S. J. Res. 160 (608.9K)

• June 21, 1968 - Statement before the Subcommittee on Commerce and Finance of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, House of Representatives on H.R. 7696 and H. J. Res. 946 (612.1K)

• September 25, 1968 - Statement before the Committee on Banking and Currency, House of Representatives (596.0K)

• September 30, 1968 - An inside look at federal bank regulation : remarks before the State Bank Division of the American Bankers Association, Chicago, Illinois (632.7K)

• October 21, 1968 - Truth in lending : remarks before the 48th Annual Convention of the Consumer Bankers Association, The Homestead, Hot Springs, Virginia (630.3K)

1969

• March 6, 1969 - Statement before the Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs of the Committee on Banking and Currency, House of Representatives (629.8K)

• March 28, 1969 - The role of banks in truth in lending : remarks before the National Instalment Credit Conference of the American Bankers Association, San Francisco, California (633.1K)

• April 10, 1969 - Back to Brandeis : remarks at a meeting of Member Banks of Metropolitan St. Louis and the Boards of Directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis and its Little Rock, Louisville and Memphis Branches, St. Louis, Missouri (545.6K)

• April 18, 1969 - Statement before the Committee on Banking and Currency, House of Representatives (628.1K)

• May 19, 1969 - Statement before the Senate Banking and Currency Committee, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions (473.0K)

• May 22, 1969 - Temper tantrums : remarks at a Meeting of Omaha and Lincoln Bankers and Members of the Boards of Directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City and its Omaha Branch, Omaha, Nebraska (564.3K)

• July 25, 1969 - On cutting corners : remarks before the Annual Convention of the West Virginia Bankers Association, The Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia (578.0K)

• December 10, 1969 - Remarks at the dedication of the Communications and Records Center, Culpeper, Virginia (579.7K)

1970

• May 14, 1970 - The task ahead : remarks before the Boards of Directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco and its Los Angeles Branch and area bankers and businessmen, Westward Ho Hotel, Phoenix, Arizona (617.5K)

• June 16, 1970 - Time for reform : remarks before the Savings Banks Association of Massachusetts, Hotel Statler Hilton, Boston, Massachusetts (616.0K)

• September 21, 1970 - They labor in vain : remarks before the 48th Annual Convention of the National Association of Bank-Women, Washington , D.C. (646.2K)

1971

• February 19, 1971 - An idea and its hour : remarks before the University of Miami, Savings Institutions Forum, Doral Hotel and Country Club, Miami, Florida (595.3K)

• April 29, 1971 - A malaise of our time : remarks at banquet in observance of Law Day, U. S. A., sponsored by The Southwestern Legal Foundation at the Hilton Inn, Dallas, Texas (676.9K)

• May 17, 1971 - Banking reforms and the corporate customer : remarks at the Annual Finance Conference of the American Management Association at The Americana Hotel, New York, N.Y. (648.4K)

• May 19, 1971 - Statement before the Subcommittee on International Trade of the Committee on Banking and Currency, House of Representatives (595.9K)

1972

• March 15, 1972 - The credibility crisis : remarks before the Independent Bankers Association of America, Hotel Americana, Bal Harbour, Florida (638.8K)

• March 22, 1972 - Statement before the Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs of the House Banking and Currency Committee on the Truth in Lending Act and Federal Reserve Regulation Z (950.8K)

• June 27, 1972 - Consumers in the 70's : remarks before the 60th Annual International Consumer Credit Conference, Statler Hilton Hotel, Washington, D.C. (626.8K)

• November 8, 1972 - Remarks at a dinner sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas at the Shady Oaks Country Club, Fort Worth, Texas (595.7K)