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THE TODETB HOUSE
Washington

February 15, 1935.

My dear Governor Secies:
The President on February fourteenth
signed a Proclamation extending for two years
from March 3, 1935, the period m t h i n nhich the
Federal Reserve Board may authorize the Federal
Reserve banks to offer, and the Federal Reserve
agents to accept, direct obligations of the
United States as collateral security for Federal
Reserve notes, as recommended in your letter of
February 2, 1935•
Very sincerely yours,
(Signed) Louis McH. Howe
LOUIS McH* HOWE
Secretary to the President
Honorable M* S« Eccles,
Governor,
Federal Reserve Board,
Washington, D* C*