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EKJI^HA
25 EAST

M . F r i e d m a n
67TH

N EW YORK

STREET
2 I , N . Y.

March 19,

1945

Hon« Marriner S. Eccles,
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System,
Federal Reserve Building,
Washington, D. C,
Dear Mr. Eccles:
I should greatly appreciate having a copy of
your remarks, both before the Congressional Committee and any press releases on your proposals to
check speculation.

lours sincerely,

Elisha M. Friedman

EMF:KT




March 21, 1945*

Mr. llisha M. Friedman,
25 last 67th Street,
foew York 21, Now York,
Dear Mr» Friedman:
In accordance with your letter of
March 19> I take pleasure in enclosing a copy
of a press statement I prepared in connection
with my suggestion for a special wartime capital
gains tax.
I do not have available any copies
of my testimony. However, the matter is set
forth more fully in this statement than in what
I said as a witness when I was unexpectedly
questioned on this subject.
Sincerely yours,

M. S. Eccles,
Chairman.

Enclosure

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