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Organized 1885
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WlCHtTA FALLS,
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president




April

16,

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19 39

M r . M. S, E c c l e s , C h a i r m a n
B o a r d of G o v e r n o r s
Federal Reserve System
W a s h i n g t o n , D* C*

D e a r Mr.

Eccles:

Thank you sincerely for your tentative agreement
to be w i t h us in D a l l a s on t h e 1 8 t h of n e x t m o n t h y o u r a p p e a r a n c e t h e r e on the p r o g r a m -would be of
i n e s t i m a b l e v a l u e to the A s s o c i a t i o n a n d w e t h i n k
to a ll T e x a s — we w o u l d do o u r d e a d - l e v e l best
to m a k e y o u r s t a y h er e a h a p p y one - we a re e x ­
p e c t i n g the b i g g e s t c r o w d in t h e h i s t o r y of Te x a s
b a n k i n g at t h i s p a r t i c u l a r c o n v e n t i o n - f o r a
m i l l i o n r e a s o n s we w o u l d l i k e to m e e t and g r e e t
y o u on T e x a s soil - y o u have just h o n o r e d our
S t a t e by y o u r c o n f i r m a t i o n of M r . R. R. G i l b e r t
as P r e s i d e n t of o u r o wn g r e a t F e d e r a l R e s e r v e
B a n k , in D a l l a s - w e t h i n k y o u r c o m i n g w o u l d
be a f i t t i n g c l i m a x to all of o u r a c t i v i t i e s —
we h o p e n o t h i n g w i l l p r e v e n t .

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