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.FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD
WASHINGTON

ADDRESS OFFICIAL. CORRESPONDENCE TO
THE FEDERAL. RESERVE BOARD

Se~tember

SUBJ~CT:

23, 1927.

Topic for Governors' Conference.

Dear Sir:
The Board h3s received from one of the Federal
reeerve banks and has voted to refer to the forthcoming
Conference of !}overnors and Federal Rcsorve Agents, an
inauiry as to '"l:ether deposits in r:J.embor banks by building and loan associations and mutual savings banks should
be classed as amounts "Due to Banks:', w:i. thin the meaning
of Section 19 of the Federal "Reserve Act, or should be
tlassed as d~and or time dc"!')osits, against which amounts
"Due from Banks" can not bo a-pulied ir. a.>:riving at the
basis for ascerte.inint~ required reserves. The Board would
like to be advised whether in tho oninion of the !}ovcrnors'
Conf 0 rence the same rule shoulQ be extended to include
denosits in member banks by cooperative b~mks, crndit
unions and Horris Plan banks.
Very truly yours,

Edmund Platt,
Vice !}ovcrnor.

To the Governors of all
Federal reserve banks.