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J'OJ'IU No.

Ml

Office Correspondence
To

Governor Eccles

From

J. M.

H DLRAL RE5ERVL
BOARD

Date
Subject:

May 8, 1935

FHA conference

/

I have had another all-day meeting with the FHA people,
and I think very definite progress is now being made in the direction
of the changes that you and I have been talking about. I shall give
you a report in regard to them as soon as they are in a more definite
form.
You will be interested in knowing that the Hudson County
National Bank of Jersey City is advertising a new form of trust to
be set up for the participation of individual investments of $5,000
or more against mortgages insured ty the FHA. As far as I can see
there is nothing in the housing act or the FHA regulations to prevent
a bank from doing this. It may represent the practical solution
of one of the problems that you have had in mind*