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February 1 " , 1950.

Dear Senator F u l b r i g h t :
I am e n c l o s i n g h e r e w i t n a l i s t o f economists which I discussed with, you on the telephone
today.
From ay d i s c u s s i o n w i t h Mr. Young, Messrs.
Kaplan and Hoover or Mr. Bach appear to be trie best
choices from the l i s t .
I know Mr. Bach p e r s o n a l l y and
t h i n k he would be f i n e i f you ^ o u l d get him. He
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the b i g g e s t p a r t o f the tasK f o r c e j o b cover in,., the
bank s u p e r v i s o r y and l e n d i n g agencies f o r the Hoover
Commission.
I hope you w i l l be able t o ^ e t one o f these
men o r someone e l s e who w i l l "re e n t i r e l y s a t i s f a c t o r y t o
you.
Don't h e s i t a t e t o c a l l upon me i f there i s
a n y t h i n g f u r t h e r I can do.
Sincerely yours,

Honorable V. J . F u l b r i g h t ,
U n i t e d S t a t e s Senate,
Washington, D. C.

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I n s t i t u t i o n w i t h which
Associated

Name
* A. D. H. Kaplan

Brookings

Institute

* Edgar Hoover

C o u n c i l o f Economic A d v i s e r s

Burton K l e i n

C o u n c i l o f Economic A d v i s e r s

I r w i n Friend

Department o f Commerce

Fred D i r k s

N a t i o n a l Defense
N o r t h e r n T r u s t Company

* Douglas F u l l e r
Joseph Reeve

Bureau o f t h e Budget

James E c k e r t

Bureau o f t h e Budget

W i l l i a m Cooper

Carnegie I n s t i t u t e o f Technology

* George L . Bach

Carnegie I n s t i t u t e o f Technology
H o / s t r a College

A l f r e d Oxenfeldt
? L . H. S e l t z e r

Wayne U n i v e r s i t y

? R. L . Weissman

C i t y C o l l e g e o f New York

? E l i Shapiro

U n i v e r s i t y o f Chicago

Clay Anderson

F e d e r a l Reserve Bank o f

Philadelphia

Robert V. Rosa

F e d e r a l Reserve Bank o f New York

Paul McCracken

U n i v e r s i t y of Michigan
Harvard U n i v e r s i t y

* Myles Mace
John L i n t n e r

Harvard U n i v e r s i t y

M o r r i s Adelman

Mass. I n s t i t u t e o f Technology
University of

* V. Lewis Bassie

* Best c h o i c e s

Illinois