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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 ET:b