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C H A M B E R OF C O M M E R C E OF T H E UNITED ST AT ES A N a tio n w id e F e d e r a tio n o f A m e r ic a n B u s in e s s O r g a n i z a t i o n s WASHINGTON M E S S. K E M P E R P R E S ID E N T March 28, 1941« Dear Mr. Eccles: I am writing to extend a most cordial Invitation to you to be an Honor Quest at the Chamber's Annual Meeting Dinner in the Ballroom of the Willard Hotel, Washington, the evening of Thursday, May the first. The Dinner is planned as the featured event of a fourday convention, April 28 - May 1, which will have a program in keeping with the broad national interests of these times. As Honor Guests at our head table at the Dinner we are inviting a distinguished group of leaders in business, government, and other walks of life, whom we shall be proud to present to the large number of men and women attending. Delegates to the meeting are coming from all parts of the country and are representative of all fields of American business. With Washington one of the chief centers of world atten tion, and the business aspects of national defense so much in the minds of all, this forward-looking meeting promises to be a memo rable one. I hope you will be able to attend, and particularly that we may have your early acceptance of this invitation to the Dinner. April 8, 1941. Dear Mr. Kemper, Your kind invitation of March twentyeighth arrived while I was in the latest, and this is the first opportunity I have had to acknowledge it. Thank you very much for asking me to at tend, as one of the honor guests, the annual Meeting Dinner of the United States Chamber of Commerce, in the Ballroom of the Willard Hotel, Washington, on Thursday evening, May the first. I am pleased to accept, and I assure you that I will be looking forward to the event with much interest. •Sincerely yours, Mr. James S. Kemper, President, Chamber of Commerce of the United States, Y»ashington, D. C. cm u/9/a Miss Egbert Re - the U. S. Chamber of Commerce dinner on May 1:The dinner begins at 7:30 - but the honor guests usually assemble at 7*00. cm C H A M B E R OF C O M M E R C E OF T H E UNITED ST AT ES A N a tio n w id e F e d e r a tio n o f A m e r ic a n B u s in e s s O r g a n i z a t i o n s WASHINGTON J A M E S S. K E M P E R P R E S ID E N T April 12, 1941. Dear Mr* Bedes: I am really delighted to learn through your letter of April eighth that you are planning to be with us at our annual banquet on May first. We shall write you again shortly and give you full information regard ing the arrangements in detail for the honored guests of the evening. With all good wishes and warm regards, I am Reserve System, Washington, D. C. CHAMBER OF C O M M E R C E OF T H E UNITED ST AT ES A N a tio n w id e F e d e r a tio n o f A m e r ic a n B u s in e s s O r g a n i z a t i o n s WASHINGTON April 22, 1941 Dear Mr. Eccless It would give me a great deal of pleasure to have you sit at the head table at the general luncheon to be held in the Ballroom of the Mayflower Hotel on Thursday, May First, at one o'clock. At this session Dr. Franklyn Bliss Snyder will speak on the subject, "American Youth in the Present Emergency. Your presence will honor the speaker and help to make this an outstanding occasion. Enclosed is a ticket for the luncheon. A place has been definitely reserved for you at the head table. Sineerely, Hon. Marriner :cles, Chairman, Board of Govei Federal Réservé Washington, D. C. Enclosure April 2 5 t 1941. Dear Mr. Kemper: This is to thank you for your letter of April 22 inviting me to sit at the head table at the general luncheon to be held in the Ballroom of the Mayflower H0tel on Thursday, May first, at one o’clock. I shall be very happy to join you on this occasion and I appreciate your kindness in sending me the ticket for the luncheon and reserving a place for me. Sincerely yours, Mr. James S. Kemper, President, Chamber of Commerce of the United States, Washington, D. C. IT:b C H A M B E R OF C O M M E R C E OF T H E UNITED ST AT ES A N atio n w id e F e d eratio n o f A m e ric a n B usiness O rg a n iz a tio n s WASHINGTON J A M E S S. K E M P E R P R E S ID E N T Kay 1, 1941 Dear Mr* Sceles: Thank you very much for your splendid contribution to the program of oar Annual Meet ing. Your presentation of "Controlling Inflation" was of real value in rounding out a successful session. With appreciation and warmest regards, Honorable Marriner S. Socles, Chairman, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System, Washington, D. C. May 5, 1941. Dear Mr. Kemper: Your letter of May 1 is very much appre ciated. I am glad to know that you feel my presenta tion of controlling inflation was of value. I was pleased to have the opportunity to address such a rep resentative group as the United States °hamber of Commerce. I appreciate your courtesy and thoughtful ness in having Mrs. Eccles and ray brother and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. George Eccles, as your guests, and myself as one of the honor guests at the annual dinner meeting of the United States Chamber of Commerce. I assure you we all had a most interesting and enjoyable evening. toith kindest regards, Sincerely, Mr. James S. Kemper, President, United States Chamber of Commence Washington, D* C. VE cm Dear Mr. O'Connor: I want to express my appreciation for your courtesy and consideration in arranging for Mrs* Eccles and my brother and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. George ■Eccles, to attend the annual dinner meeting of the United States Chamber of Commerce. My secretary tells me that your office advised her that they were to ■e the guests of Mr. Kemper, your President, and that therefore no charge would be made for the tickets. I am writing Mr. Kemper today, expressing my gratitude. However, I rxjuld like to say that in requesting permission for them to attend, I did so fully with the intention of paying for their tickets. It was only because Mr* and Mrs. George Eccles were visiting with us in Washington at the time that I took the liberty of taking the matter up with you. We all had a most interesting and en joyable evening. With kindest regards, Sincerely, VE cm Mr. John J. (^Connor, United States Chamber of Commerce, Washington, D. C. C h a m b e r U n it e d S W F in a n c e JO H N C o m m e r c e o f OF THE t a t e s o f A m e r ic a a s h in g t o n D e p a rtm e n t J. O'CONNOR M a n a g e r May 7, 1 9 a Hon# Marriner S. Eccles, Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Washington, D. C. Dear Governor Eccles: Thank you very much for your note of May 5* Mr. Kemper expressed his pleasure at the opportunity to have your wife and Mr. and Mrs. George Eccles as his guests at the Annual Meeting dinner. He, as I, was fully aware of your desire to purchase the tickets. We discussed protocol and felt that under all the cir cumstances it would be proper to meet Mr. Kemper* s wishes, especially since he knew Mr. George Eccles and expressed his personal regard for him. We are deeply grateful to you for your willingness to take on the address at short notice and for your most interesting presentation. With kind personal regards, I am, 335/328 I n t e r n a t io n a l B u s in e s s Ma c h in e s Co r p o r a t io n GENERAL 590 NEW D I V I S I O N S : OFFICES, MADISON e l e c t r i c AVENUE a c c o u n t i n g IN T E R N A T IO N A L T IM E YORK A chine5 IN TERN ATION A L ELE C TR IC m a c h i n e d i v i s i o n R E C O R D I N G DIVISION S C A L E W R IT IN G DIVISION MACHINE June 1 1 , 1$*1 The Honorable Marriner S. Sccles Chairman of the Board Federal Reserve System Washington, D. C. Dear Mr. Sccles, I deeply regret to have to infarm you that in quoting you in our symposium of speakers at the recent United States Chamber of Commerce meeting, we unaccountably used an excerpt from Mr. Ellsworth C. Alvard’s speech, instead of from your own» The error occurs on page 28 of the enclosed issue. Mr. Alvord very- kindly called it to our attention, in connection with another matter. If you wish, we will he glad to publish an erratum in our next issue. Meanwhile, please accept our deepest apologies far this error. Bespectfully yours, EPE:B:m DIVISION This article is protected by copyright and has been removed. The citation for the original is: Think Magazine, “Marriner S. Eccles, Chairman of the Board, the Federal Reserve System,” May 1941, p. 28. June .1 3 , 19a. Mr. F. Hackett, -Editor, Think Magazine, 590 Madison avenue, New York, dew York. Dear Mr. Hackett: This will acknowledge your letter of June 11 addressed to Mr. Eccles and drawing his attention to the misquota tion accredited to him in your publication for May, 1941. It is kind of you to offer to publish an erratum in your next issue, but the Chairman does not feel it necessary for you to go to this trouble. Sincerely yours,, Secretary to Mr. M. S. Eccles. cm
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