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December 17, 1934. My dear Senator: Ever since my present appointment 1 have been hoping that 1 would have an opportunity of making your acquaintance. I recogni e the leading role which you played in bringing the Federal Reserve System into being, and the active part and great interest which you have taken in its operation since that time. I have great respect for you and I want to express to you my admiration for the valuable and untiring work which you have rendered. I hope you will permit me to call upon you at either your office or your residence in the near future, sometime at your convenience. Sincerely yours, Honorable Carter Glass, United States Senator, Washington, G. CARTER GLASS, V/L, CHAIRMAN KENNETH MC KELLAR, TENN. FREDERICK HALE, MAINE ROYAL S. COPELAND, N.Y. HENRY W . KEYES, N.H. CARL HAYOEN, ARIZ. GERALD P. NYE, N.DAK. ELMER Th MAS, OKLA. FREDERICK STEIWER, OREG. JAMES F.l 'RNES, S.C. PETER NORBECK, S.DAK. MILLARD E.TYDINGS, MD. L. J. DICKINSON, IOWA JOHN G. TOWNSEND, JR., DEL. RICHARD B. RUSSELL, JR..GA. MARCUS A. COOLIDGE, MASS. ROBERT D. CAREY, WYO. ALVA B. ADAMS, COLO. ROSCOE C. PATTERSON, MO. PATRICK MCCARRAN, NEV. JOHN H. OVERTON, LA. JOHN H. BANKHEAD, ALA. JOSEPH C. O'MAHONEY, WYO. IttCtiileb Senate COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS KENNEDY F. REA, CLERK JOHN W. R. SMITH, ASST. CLERK Lynchburg, Virginia9 December 18, 1934. Honorable M. S. Eccles, Federal Reserve Board, Washington, D* C• Dear Governor Eccles: Responding to your kind note of December 17th, addressed to me at Washington and forwarded to my home here, permit rae to say I will be glad to see you at any time that it may suit your convenience to call at my office there or at my apartment in the Raleigh Hotel* Needless to say, I am obliged to you for your most courteous personal allusions to me and to my persistent effort* to maintain the independence of the Federal Reserve banking system. I sincerely trust that we shall be able to cooperate in this direction* It is my expectation to return to Washington on January 1st for the ensuing session of Congress* Very truly yoursf coM*