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ELLISON D. SMITH, S. C , CHAIRMAN

BURTON K. WHEELER, MONT.
ELMER THOMAS, OKLA.

GEORGE W. NORRIS, NEBR.
CHARLES L. MC NARY, OREG.

GEORGE MC«*ILL, KANS.
JOHN H. BAf tHEAD, ALA.
W. J. BULOW, S. DAK.
HATTIE W. CARAWAY, ARK.
JAMES P. POPE, IDAHO
CARL A. HATCH, N. MEX.
THEODORE G. BILBO. MISS.

ARTHUR CAPPER, KANS.
PETER NORBECK, S. DAK.
LYNN J. FRAZIER, N. DAK.

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COMMITTEE

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AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY

HENRIK SHIPSTEAD, MINN.
C. A. LAWTON, CLERK




October 11, 1936

Honorable Marriner S. Eccles
Chairman, Board of Governors
Federal Reserve System
Washington, D, C.

Dear Mr. Eccles:
Those interested in the appointment
of James K. Vardaman, Jr., of St. Louis, Missouri, for the vacancy on the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System have written
me in his behalf.
They speak so highly of him that I
desire to add my name to those who have endorsed
him for this place. I sincerely trust that he
may be appointed.

Sincerely yours,

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October 16, 1936.

My dear Mrs. Caraways
I have your letter of October 15th
recoanending Mr. Janes K* Yardaaan, Jr., for appointment to the existing vacancy on this Board*
As you are aware, the aatter of appointments is exclusively a prerogative of the
President. However, I shall be glad to keep your
letter In mind in the event that X should be consulted in this connection.
Sincerely yours,

II* S. Eccles,
Chal
Mrs. Battle W* Caraway,
United States Senate,
Washington, D. C«