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^ FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK N E W Y O R K 7, N.Y. January 21, 1947. PERSONAL Honorable M. S. Eccles, Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Washington 25, D. C. Dear Marriner: Here are three more names for consideration for appointment as Chairman of this bank: Charles Evans Hughes, Jr. Oswald W. Knauth Roswell Magill Enclosed is a "Who's Who" sketch of each of these men. Question may arise as to their qualifying under the requirement v/ith respect to "tested banking experience" but, broadly interpreted, it might be satisfied by one or more of them. I think they are worthy of consideration. Yours sincerely All Enclosures January 2U, 191+7« Doftr Allans Again a word of thanks for your letter of January 21 suggesting three additional names and giving me the biographical material on them* X am glad to have your suggestions, as you know* Sincerely, Mr* Allan Sproul, President, Federal 3eaervo Bank of Hew York, York ?, Hew York. / ET:b BROWNLEE, JAMES F., Dep. Adminstr. Office Price Administration, b. Oakland, Calif., July 29, 1691; 8* Malcolm Bruce and Myra Belle (Forbis) B.; A.B., Harvard U., 1913; m. Baeline Morley, Mar. 10, 1917* Began as salesman, Am. S; gar Refining Co., 1913. sales mgr., 1925-28; v.p., General Foods, Inc., 1932-35* pres. Jefferson Island Salt Co., I936-38, now dir.; pres. Frankfort Distilleries, Inc., 1935-U3* Mem. Business Advisory Council, Washington, D. C , 1937~39; War Production Bd., 19U2; dir. Transportation War Food Adzainstrn., 19U3» dep. adminstr., Office Price Adminstrn., 19^3* Mem. Council Com. Louisville (Ky.) Community Chest. Served as 2d Lt. U.S. Array, World War I. Clubs: Augusta, National, Harvard (H.T.), and River Valley, Louisville. Home: 14955 Glenbrook Rd., H.W., Washington, D. C. Bldg., Louisville, Ky. Address: Columbia DANIELS, THOMAS LEONARD, finance exec.j b. Piqua, O. f July h, 1892; s . John W. and Amelia (Leonard) D.; student S t . Paul Acad., H i l l Sch., Yale U.j m. Prances Hancock, Sept. 18, 1915; children—Thomas L. ( d e c ) , Forrest L . , John H., David M., Carol H. With Archer Daniels Co., 19lii--17; entered U.S. diplomatic service and attached to Am. d e l . to Disarmament Conf. i n Wash., 1921; s e c . Am. Embassy, Brussels, Belgium, I922-2I4., Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 192^-^7, Rome, I t a l y , 1927-29; resigned from s e r v i c e , 1929; with Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. since 1929, now v . p . i n charge of finance; d i r . Northwestern Hat. Bank & Trust Co., Minneapolis, Mem. Pood Requirements Com., V)h2; head of f a t s and o i l s branch War Prodn. Bd., and l a t e r of War Food Adminstrn., 19U2-U5. Served as capt. Field Arty, and l a t e r Balloon Corps, 1917-19. Trustee J. J. H i l l Reference Library; d i r . Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, Foreign Policy Assn. (St. Paul). Republican. Mem. Psi Upsilon, Skull and Bones. Episcopalian. Clubs: Century Association (New York); Minnesota, White Bear Yacht, Somerset, Minneapolis. Home: White Bear Lake, Minn. Office: Archer-Daniels-Midland Co., Minneapolis, Minn. MEHOHNAY, HOBBRT LEE, merchant; b. Kansas City, Mo., Feb.'<*?,1888; s. Charles William and Nancy Eleanor (Crooks) M.; grad. high sen., Kansas City, 1907; student engring. U. of Mich., 1907-09; m. Mabelle Hanawalt, Oct. 17, 1911; children — Lee, John William, Elizabeth. Robert With North-Mehornay Furniture Co., retail home furnishers, since 1909* successively s e c , treas. and now pres.; dep. chmn. bd. Fed. Res. Bank, Kansas City, Ho.; formerly dir. First Hat. Bank Kansas City, Mo.; bureau chief, Office of Production Management, Washington, 19U1; Mem. exec. com. bus. adv. council for Dept. of Commerce, Washington, D.C.; chairman Board of Govs. Midwest Research Institute, Kansas City, Mo. Served as captain A.S., U.S. Army, 1917-19, World War. Mem. aaviaory council for expenditure of city bond money, Kansas City, 192b; gen. chum. Allied Charities, Kansas City, 1922; v.p. C. of C , 192L, pres. I9I4U; member Municipal Art Commn., 1926; pres. Kansas City Merchants Assn., 1937; trustee Liberty Memorial Assn. since 1926 (mem. bd. govs. since ¥)$U)i trustee U. of Kansas City; mem. Kansas City Sch. Dist., 1930-36, pres., 1935-36; mem. Nat. Retail Code Authority, 1933- Mem. Nat. Retail Furniture Assn. (pres. 1926), Am. Legion (city central chmn. 1926), I4O and 8. Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Gen. Pershing's citation for meritorious and conspicuous service, Colomby les Belle, France, Apr. 19, 1919; Order Purple Heart (U.S. Army), 1932« of Christ Ch. Mason. Democrat. Mem., Disciples Clubs: Cooperative (pres. 1915), Mission Hilla Country; Furniture Club of America (Chicago). Home: W. 58th St. Office: 1101 McGee St., Kansas City, Mo. 1225 WILLI7S, JOSEPH HBNRY, economist; b. Ward, Doclaware County, Pa., June 16, 1889; s. Francis Parvin and Elizabeth Anna (Paschall) W.; A.B., Swarthmore College, 1911, A.M., 1912, LL.D., 1937; Ph.D., U. of Pa., 1916, LL.D., 1939; m. Huth Clement Sharp, May 3, 1913; children - Barbara Kinsey, Clement P. ( d e c ) , Hobin Dana, Instr. geography and industry, 1912-17, asst. prof., 1919-20, prof., 1920-39, U. of Pa., dean Wharton School of Finance and Commerce, 1933-39; dir. for the Social Sciences, Rockefeller Foundation, since 1939. Bxpert in study of unemployment for Phila., 1915; sec. and v.p. Phila. Assn. for Discussion of Employment Problems, 1915-21; employment supt. U.S. Naval Aircraft Factory, 1917-19; dir. of the Industrial Research Dept., TJ. of Pa., 1921-39; expert in charge of studies in labor relations, U.S.Coal Commn., 1922-23; mem. ednl. advisory bd. John Sinon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 192U-28; former mem. State Industrial Bd., Pa. Mem. President's Emergency Com. for Employment, 1930-31; pres. Mat. Bur. of Bconomic Besearoh, 1933 (exec. dir. 193&-39); former mem. Federal Advisory Council of U.S. Employment Service; mem. President's Emer. Bd. on Railway Wages, 19Ul. Mem. American Academy of Arts and Sciences, American Statistical Association, Am. Political Science Assn., Am. Scon. - 2 - Assn., American Managenent Assn., Soc. for Advancement of Management. Author: The Unemployed in Philadelphia, 1915* (with others) What the Coal Commission Found, 1925; Studies of Labor Belations for the U.S. Coal Commission; also various brochures on labor subjects. of Annals of Am. Acad. Polit. and Social Sciences. Home: Armonk, N.Y. Address: k9 W. U9th St., Hew York 20, N.Y. Editor 3 Creemer Rd., ^ FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK N E W YORK 7, N.Y. January 2 7 , 1947. PERSONAL Honorable M. S. Eccies, Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Washington 25, D. C. Dear I»iarriner: Referring to our recent correspondence, here is another name you might want to consider — Dr. 0. C. Carmichael, President, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, New York. His previous record is enclosed in the biographical sketch taken from "Who's Who". lours sincerely, Allan Sproul, Enclosure February U, 19U7» Dear Lew: Thank you for your letter of January Z\ with rogartj to Arthur ?age» Ho has a aost distinguished record, as did his eminent father, and Z aacpoot to discuss tiie suggestion with the Board very shortly. X am especially glad to have your very f&vorttble ootseent* Sincerely yours0 Mr. Lewis M. Brown, Chairaaa of the Board, Johns-Manvilie Corporation, 22 Sast i*Oth S t r e e t , Mew York 16, Hew York.
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