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March /; / f S^f*
Internal Memorandum
Conversation with Dr. Karl Bopp
(taken from Mi's handwritten notes)
Munitions. Inquiry - 10 volumes, on finance including correspondence between
Jay and Strong, Morgan Bank reply
Warburg
Jones

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hearing on appointments

Skelton Williams)
Hearings on Gov* Talley of Dallas Bank in 1920!s, also mess on directors
J«M. Daiger - Current History Oct. 1932 - "Bid the Federal Reserve play
politics?11 re Chicago rate ease - Crissingerfs resignation
(one can trust Baiger)
Wm. Allen White "Puritan in Babylon" incident 1927
HI Public Library, Roland Allen Sawyer - 1928
Bibliography on Federal Reserve System, 1931> compiled by
Pearl M # Bay - to June 1930
Miller memo on conversation with Harding after World War I, "I think we will
have to resign", went into Treasury-Fed-troubles, could be early 1919
Howard Loeb, Chairman of Board of Tradesmans1 Bank, also early member
of Federal Advisory Council
0. Howard Wolfe much to do with Gold Settlement Fund
2 weeks before bank opened

Johh Davis ?

24 l/2 years service

Bopp ?

Seymour published House papers C« J. Ehoads still living
Norris1 speech - 1935
Elmer Wood at JJ. of Missouri - (see his book on Theories of Central Banking
at the Bahk of England)
Schwartz at Fed, of S.F. - Research



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Correspondence on Talley in Dallas Bank
Vol II of Stockholders meeting at Boston Bank never published - why?
Chicago might have things at 1st National Bank - Forgan1s papers might be there
Commerce Trust Co at Kansas City
Sawyer & Josack Miller - M. had son who was in field - papers?
Hearings of 1931 on Operation of Federal Reserve System, Vol 6> appendix
71st Congress
S. Kes. 71
Appendix part 6
Wagner had Charles Hardy do questionnaire - never published - Fed. Reserve
Banks did answers - are in files Hearings before Joint CoEiiaittee on Agriculture - Vol II has Strong &
WPG Harding testimony
1926-28 - 2 hearings on Stabilization, House Com on Bank & Currency
1929 Senate hearing on Brokers Loans
Earliery June - Feb* 1929* Sen Tom Heflin of Alabama introduced resolution
asking what Fed. meant to do about speculation.
Feb. 2/29 Directive'
Glass-Mitchell fight followed
G.J.Ehods is on Bryn Mawr Board
Integrity
Atlantic City National
2nd National Bank of Atlantic City - paid 10 cents on dollar - one in Ft.
Wajgne paid 8 or 9 cents
Were 16 banks there at one time.
When smoke cleared, only 3-4- banks left.
Branch banking now




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"Operation Bootstrap" on getting industry in -