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T H E FIR ST N A T IO N A L B A N K OF C H IC A G O E M I L A. S T A K E VI CE PR ESID EN T April 18, 1936 My dear lfarriner: It was certainly nice of you to take the time to stop off at Chicago and talk to the business men as you did yes terday. I want to say that I personally enjoyed very much indeed the outline you gave of your ideas and of the plans for the future. I know there will be many favorable reactions to your remarks. I have asked Hr. Dion, Executive Secretary of the Economic Club, to send you a list of those who were in attendance and also some of the clippings from today's newspapers. It was so nice to have had a little chat with you yesterday. With all good wishes, I remain, Hon. llarriner S. Eccles Chairman Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System Washington D. C. April 20, 1936. Dear Emil: I was glad to have the opportunity to meet so many of your prominent business and financial leaders as were present at the luncheon given by the Economic Club of Chicago last Friday. I am happy to know that you enjoyed my address and that you feel the reaction to it will be favorable. I wish to thank you for having Mr. Dion, Execu tive Secretary of the Economic Club, send me a list of those who were in attendance and also some of the news paper clippings covering my appearance before the club. I received these from Mr. Dion today. I, too, enjoyed the short visit we had while I was in Chicago. I hope whenever you are in Washington you will call in to see me. With kindest regards, Sincerely yours, Mr. Emil A. Stake, Vice President, The First National Bank of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. MSE:VE:b T H E F I R S T N A T IO N A L B A N K C H IC A G O B E N T L E Y G. M ? C L O U D V ICE P R E S I D E N T April 18, 1936 Mr. Marriner S. Eccles Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System Washington, D. C, dear Mr. Eccles: I enjoyed meeting you at the luncheon at the Chicago Club yesterday and was very much inter ested in your speech. It so happened I had to attend a meeting of the Directors of the Mercantile Trust and Savings Bank which was called for three o'clock to elect a new president to fill the vacancy caused by Mr. Grut's death. I was therefore obliged to leave about five minutes of three but Emil Stake tells me that I was fortunate enough to hear most of your speech. As I told you both Mr. Oleson, the Chair man of our Board, and Mr. Brown, our President, are away. I was sorry it was not possible for us to be favored with a visit from you so that all of our official staff would have had the pleasure of meeting you. With best regards, I am Very truly yours B. G. McCloud Vice President April 20, 1936 My dear Mr. McCloud: I appreciate your thoughtful letter of April 18th and assure you that I, too, enjoyed meeting you at the luncheon of the Economic Club in Chicago last Friday. I was glad to have the opportunity of becoming acquainted with so many of the business and financial leaders of your city. I should have liked to have seen Mr. Oleson and Mr. Brown. I have known them both for a good many years and would have enjoyed having a little visit with them. I hope sometime when I am again in Chicago it will be convenient for me to call at your bank and meet your official staff. With kind regards, Sincerely yours, Mr. B. G. McCloud, Vice President, The First National Bank of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. MSE:VE:b T he P e o p l e s G a s L i g h t and Coke Co m pany C H IC A G O S E O R O E A .R A N N E Y c h a irm a n 20 April 1936 Dear Mr. Eccles: I had the pleasure of m e e t i n g you at luncheon last Friday, and was v ery m u c h impressed w i t h y o u r fair and straightforward address. I had a mo s t important engagement at m y office at 2:45 o ’clock that a f t er no on and I was obliged to leave before you completed your remarks. The purpose of this n ote is to express m y regret at be ing obliged to leave and also to hope that y o u did not consider m y doing so, discourteous. Hon. M. S. Eccles C h a i r m a n of the B o a r d of Governors F ed eral Reserve S y s t e m Washington, D. C. April 23, 1936, My dear Mr. Ranney: I appreciated receiving your letter of April 20th and am glad to know that you were favorably impressed with what I had to say at the luncheon in Chicago last Friday. I remember meet ing you there and am sorry that time did not permit our getting better acquainted. My address was long and I realized afterward that it possibly was too long. I understood thoroughly that I was talking to a group of very busy business men and that some of them would have to leave to fill pre vious engagements. Tour leaving before the meeting ad journed was, therefore, fully understood. Sincerely yours, M. S. Eccles, Chairman. Mr. George A. Ranney, Chairman, The Peoples Gas Light and Coke Company, Chicago, Illinois. MSE:VE:b A p ril 22, 1956. *r. E. G. Bennett, President, First Security Corporation, Ogden, Utah. Dear E.G.t As was arranged prior to ay leaving Ogden, I addressed the Economic Club of Chicago at a luncheon on Friday, April 17th. Thinking you may be interested in knoising what business and financial leaders were in attendance, I as enclosing a list of then* Although there are a number of newspaper sen listed among the guests, I did not speak for publica tion and outside of the paper mentioning ay appearance and making a few general comments on the subject cowered, there m s no publicity. X am glad to have had the opportunity to address this group of man, and from the letters I have received from a number of them, it would ap pear that ay remarks were favorably received. With kind regards, Sincerely yours, enclosure MSEsVEsb C h i c a g o a n d No r t h w e s t e r n R a i l w a y C o m p a n y O f f ic e o f P r e s id e n t C h ic a g o A p r il 23, 1936 F r e d W. S a r g e n t P r e s id e n t jear Mr. Eccles: I was glad to have yours of the twentieth. I had intended writing you the next day after the meeting, but have been out of the Uity. After talking with many of the business men who were there, I have heard nothing but tne kindliest expressions of good will and approval. I think it was an excellent thing for you to come here and talk as clearly and frankly as you did with the business leaders of the Gity, most of whom were present at the luncheon. With kindest regards, I am Sincerely yours, Bon. H. S. Ecoles, Chairman, Board of Governors, System, Eederal Reserve System faskLflgtoa, D. C. April 20, 1956. Star Mr. Sargm tt I want to express ay appreciation of tbe opportunity you gave ne to aeet such an cuts tsi*2ins group of business and financial leaders of Chicago as were present at the luncheon ou Friday. It was a pleasure to becoaa acquainted with then* With kind regards, Sincerely yours, ft* S. Secies, Chairaea. ttr. Fred W. Sargent, President, Chicago and Northwestern Failroed Company, Chicago, Illinois* MSE:VE:b Chicago Title and Trust Company Chester R. Davis 'Vice President and Trust Officer C H I C A G O April £9, 1 9 3 6 Hon. Marriner S. Eccles, Chairman Board of Governors Federal Reserve System Washington, D. C. Dear Mr. EeclesjMrs. Davis and I have just returned from a short vacation in Florida. I have heard many fine comments concerning your address here before the Economic Club. I am sorry that my absence from the city prevented my attendance and again seeing you. May 1, 1936 Dear Mr. Davis: I appreciated receiving your letter of April 29th. I am sorry that I did not have an op portunity of renewing our acquaintance while I was in Chicago recently. It is naturally pleasing to know that my appearance before the Economic Club was favorably received. Sincerely yours, M. S. Eccles, Chairman. Mr. Chester R. Davis, Vice President and Trust Officer, Chicago Title and Trust Company, Chicago, Illinois. MSE:VE:b
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