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L L MCGIVENA & CO.. INC. . ADVERTISING
4 4 4 MAD/SON AVE, NEW YORK 2 2 , N. Y.




Dear M r . Eccles:
I would appreciate very mack r e c e i v i n g
a copy o f the testimony you gave yesterday
before the J o i n t Committee on the economic
report.
I n my o p i n i o n , you are about the o n l y
man i n the country who knows tfiat makes the
i n f l a t i o n t i c k , and has the courage t o speak
out about i t i n p u b l i c . Whether Congress
w i l l have sense enough t o l i s t e n t o your
proposals i s something else again.
Thanks vexy much.
Sincerely,

Howard W. Roper

Mr. Marriner S. Eccles
Board o f Governors
Federal Reserve Board
Washington, D. C.

January 26, 1951
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January 31, 1951.

Mr. Howard W. Roper,
L . E. McGivens & Co., I n c . ,
/ t /i/i Madison Avenue,
New York 22, New York.
Dear Mr. Ropers
I t was very t h o u g h t f u l o f you t o take time t o w r i t e
me about my testimony on January 25, before the J o i n t Comm i t t e e on the Economic Report i n i t s hearings on the P r e s i dent.*^ Economic Program.
I always appreciate having the r e a c t i o n s o f o t h e r s ,
whether of approval or c r i t i c i s m , t o my p u b l i c u t t e r a n c e s .
I am glad t o know t h a t you approve o f the suggestions I made i n
my statement before the Committee as r e p o r t e d i n the newspapers.
I n accordance w i t h your request I am sending t o you h e r e w i t h a
copy o f my statement. I hope you w i l l f i n d i t i n t e r e s t i n g .
S i n c e r e l y yours,

M. S. Eccles.

Enclosure.

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