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B O A R D OF G O V E R N O R S
OF THE

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
WASHINGTON

OFFICE

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Dear John:

desk.

I am sending it to you as I think

you might get a chuckle from reading it.
Sincerely,

The Honorable John 7/. Snyder,
Secretary of the Treasury,
Washington 25, D. C.

Enclosure




OF THE

CHAIRMAN

I am old arid rather tired.

X look about the

same as always but I am not nearly the man I once was.

W popularity seems to be waning*

In the old days

people liked to have me around, particularly* when they
grew older,

they sort of depended on a© to take care

of them in their old. age*

It is different now.

ean*t seem to get rid of m fast enough*
ay parents* fault really*
sisters.

They

I suppose it1

1 h a w so many brothers and

He were born faster than

parents could

produce the necessities of life but when the doctors
suggested birth control they scoffed and said, «Don*t
try to interfere with our w a y of life*11 I aa only

worth about half as much as a f m years ago and I feel
a little discouraged*

ftio am 1? fhy I m the oldest

son of commerce and finance. I am an Jai@ric.an dollar*