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FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD

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WASHINGTON

December 21, 1922.

SUBJECT:

Sendte Resolution 3jl.

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Daar Sir;
Bela~ follo~s a copy of Senata Rasolution 351 requesting the Fedaral Resarvc Boa,rd to o"btain from Federal
Reserve Bank officials ti.1e lbt of names, Nith post office
addresses, of th.:;; citizens to ,:vhom the speacl:: refarred to
was sent.

"S, Res .

351 ·

·;lfERE1\S, the officials of the tNelve Federal Reserve banks
have adrrdtte'J. that t£1ey had printed and circulat8d, out
of the funds of the banks, thousanas of copies of~
speech made in tha Sen.o1te, touching a. controvertaci subject, and in :.rhich the position of one Senator is assailed
and criticized by another Senator; and
1;VHERSAS, tha Senata feels t:t,at t:12 Senator who spol~c~ on the
other side of the: subJact involved in the Senator's speBch
which was printed and circulataJ. by said Federal Heserve
bank officials is entitL~d, in fair play and justice 1 to
have the opportunity of sending copi3s of his speech to
the citizens who lJ.aVa racaiv::d tlw syeecn which assailed
and criticized him; and
':'!IlEREAS, the S-:mata, by r;;solution, raquastl:'?d anu received
from officials of the Federal Ra~erve Bam: of Atlanta, a
certain list of citizens to who:n thay have sent the s 1Jeech
in question; and
1.:.rHEREi',S, tJ.:ce Senate feels that the officials of the other
eleven Faderal Raser•'e banl:s should furnish to the Senate
a list of the name;, anci post-office addr.:;s ,es of citizens
to whom they ;;;ent co 1Jii.Js. of said speechj TLerefore be
it
RESOLVED That the Federal Reserve Board be, and it
is :1ereby, requested to obtain from said Federal Raserve
bank officials, dnd hav..:l ;,ent to the Senate, the list of




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names with post office addres3es of .tha citizens to whom
said spaech wa~ ~ant.
Attest:
(Signed) George A. Sanderson
SacretJ.ry."

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One of the F~deral Reserve Banks has sug~estad that
tha purpose of tha resolution as expressed in th~ preamble
could be carried out by offering to mail to the same list of
names, Senator Hefli:1 1 s ans\ver to Send.tor Glass's speech,
i f furnished. to tn.:.: b.;.J..Ii;.:.s.
:Sy 0riier of thd FeJ.aral Re ::urva :Soard:
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Very truly yours,

Wm. :;r. Hoxton,
Secretary.

TO ALL F. R.




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