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TREASURY DEPARTMENT FISCAL SERVICE W A S H IN G T O N , D.C. OFF'CE o f 20220 TREASURER OF THE UNITED STATES D ecem ber 2, 1968 TO ALL BANKS, BANKERS AND OTHERS CONCERNED: In calendar year 1969, from January to July, the Treasury's Bureau o f A ccounts w ill is s u e about 30 million ch e c k s preprinted on the back in a format different from that on regular c h e c k s . Below the sp a ce for the p a y e e 's endorsement there w ill be a line d esign a ted for the payee to insert his address in his own handwriting. Altogether about 600 m illion Treasury ch e c k s w ill be iss u e d during that year, but the others w ill not carry the address lin e . A specim en o f the s p e c ia l format is shown b e lo w . This is an experiment. By it the Treasury hopes to find out whether the addition by the payees o f their a d d resses in their own handwriting w ill afford them and those who ca sh their ch e c k s (merchants, banks and others) greater protection against forgeries The ch e c k s to be used in the six-m onth test are th ose iss u e d for veterans com p en sa tion and p e n s io n s , the one c la s s of payments coverin g a sin gle program with an appro priate volume for the test; the use o f this c la s s o f payments has no s p e c ia l s ig n ifica n ce otherw ise. The p a y e e 's insertion o f his address on th ese ch e c k s is not a mandatory condition for their payment upon presentment to the Treasurer of the United States. In short, the em ission o f the address w ill not, o f i t s e lf , c a u s e dishonor o f a c h e c k . N e v e rth e le ss , n q urgently request the cooperation o f the p a y e e s , and those who ca sh their c h e c k s , : o a ssu re that a d d ress es are written in. O therw ise, the test w ill not produce meaningful -esu lts. Acting Treasurer 4-> •H Q) ■*-* •H U * X u O S >> A <V TJ O a 03 •H a 0 o 0 B 0 A 4-» 3 U-. a £ a •H w a 0 C0 u 0) a CD U a <v 0 J a <v <D 03 U 0 TJ a 0) r—4 A TJ O in w 0) G •H * A W 2 B ui A <D <u O 03 •H •H 03 <1) u A O P. 4-> Vw 0 ^-4 O A 03 <D 0 a r—4 a TJ <D u •H 0) 4-J a 03 d) tr* O' 3 03 03 •H O' a •H > •H O' ■*-> HH 03 4-» A <b HH <D A J4 U <D T3 0) 4-» a> u 3 •H a 0 CP 0 a O' •H o a H CX B 0 u a, 03 0 a) >n 0 (X 1*4 0 03 II 0) V* <