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W O R K S PR O G R E SS A D M IN IS T R A T IO N STATE OF WASHINGTON November 16, 1939 Hon, Marriner S. Eccles Chairman, Board of Governors Federal Reserve System Washington, D. C. Dear Sir: I am •writing to learn whether you could supply me with one or more copies of the address which you delivered at St. Louis on November 9« TRhile your audience at this occasion probably consisted mainly of bankers and business men, you may be interested to know that your analysis of present economic needs in the United States correspondcvery closely with the conclusions arrived at by YiPA workers and trade union ists here in the State of Washington. As one of our students stated in a TSPA class: "that man Eccles has a lot of common sense fcr a banker." We have about forty teachers here in the State of Washington conducting classes in workers* education under my general supervision, and they are keenly interested in sueh subjects as those which you have been discussing. Incidentally, we would greatly appreciate it if sometime you would take occasion to deliver an address over the radio explaining in simple terms so that the average wording man can understand it just how the Federal Peserve banking system is set up, who controls it and how it is related ‘•■o the bank ing and financial apparatus of the Nation, Very truly yours, WORE PROJECTS ADMINISTRATION Don G. Abel, Administrator By: C. Kennedy - Consultant /Forkers’ Education jclî/gb November 21, 1939* Mr. John C. Kennedy, Consultant Workers' Education, Works Progress A d m i n i s t r a t i o n , 4.02 A l a s k a Building, Seattle, Washington. Dear Mr. Kennedy: a s Mr. Eccles is temporarily in the West, I wish to acknowledge receipt of your letter of November 16. In accordance with your suggestion, I am enclosing a half-dozen copies of his recent talk at St. Louis and also a copy of the book recently issued undertaking to explain the operations of the Federal Reserve System. Further copies of the book can be obtained upon request. Sincerely yours, Elliott Thurston, Special Assistant to the Chairman. enclosures ET:b
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