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FE D E R AL R E SE R V E B AN K OF DALLAS Dallas, Texas, September 16, 1939 N O M IN A TIO N FO R C L A S S B D IR E C TO R S P E C IA L ELECTION To the Member Banks of the Eleventh Federal Reserve District: In accordance with the provisions of Section 4 of the Federal Reserve Act and my circular dated August 15, 1939, in regard to election of a Class B director of this bank to succeed H. C. Wiess, resigned, whose term expires December 31, 1940, there is given on the reverse side of this circular the name and business affiliations of a candi date nominated for such directorship, together with a list of the nominating banks. There is sent herewith to each bank in Group 1 a ballot for use in voting on the candidate. There is also an en velope bearing on its face the certificate in regard to the vote; also a colored envelope marked “ Ballot,” in which the ballot is to be sealed. The ballot and certificate on the envelope must be executed by an officer who has been authorized to cast the vote. A list of the designated voters was attached to my circular above mentioned. In order that the ballot may be secret, the name of the bank and of the voting officer should not be written on the ballot, but only on the certificate envelope. AFTER THE BALLOT HAS BEEN PROPERLY MARKED, please observe the following instructions: (1) It should be placed in the colored envelope marked “ Ballot” and the envelope sealed. (2) Then after the certificate on the certificate envelope is executed, the colored sealed envelope should be placed within and the certificate envelope sealed. (3) Then this certificate envelope containing the sealed ballot envelope should be returned to me in the enclosed self-addressed envelope. Under the law the ballot must be returned so as to reach me within 15 days after its receipt. The polls will open on September 18 and close at 3:00 P. M. on October 3, 1939. At that time the ballot box will be opened in the board room of this bank. All of the sealed colored envelopes containing the ballots will first be removed and segregated from the certificate envelopes before any of the colored envelopes are opened, thus insuring the secrecy of the ballot. Then the colored envelopes will be opened, the votes counted and the results of the election announced. The candi date is invited to be present or represented on this occasion. While the BANKS IN GROUPS 2 AND 3 WILL NOT VOTE IN THIS ELECTION, this circular is sent to them without forms for their information. Respectfully, Chairman of the Board This publication was digitized and made available by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas' Historical Library (FedHistory@dal.frb.org) C A N D ID A T E F O R C L A S S B D IR E CTO R Name of Candidate Nominated by the Following Banks in Group 1: Texas J. M. WEST Chairman of the Board West Production Company Houston, Texas J. M. West was born in Waynesboro, Mississippi, and moved with his parents to Trinity County, Texas, in 1880, receiving his early education in the public schools of that county. In 1906 he moved to Houston, Texas, where he has been engaged for the past thirty-three years in various lines of business. Mr. West is Chairman of the Board of Directors of the West Production Company of Houston, and occupies sim ilar positions with the West Securities Company and with the South Texas Lumber Company of the same city. He is President of the West Cattle Company and is a member of the Boards of Trustees of the Texas Technological College, Lubbock, Texas, and the Southwestern University, George town, Texas, respectively. Austin...................................... -....... American National Bank Beaumont................................................ American NationalBank Beaumont........... First National Bank Dallas.......................................................... .First NationalBank Dallas........ ...................................Mercantile National Bank Dallas .......... ....................................Republic National Bank Fort Worth..............................................Continental NationalBank Fort Worth....................................Fort Worth National Bank Galveston............................. . ..United States National Bank Houston................................ Citizens National Bank Houston....... ........................... First National Bank Houston..................................... National Bank of Commerce Houston............................. — ................Second National Bank Houston........... ... South Texas Commercial National Bank Houston........... ................................ - .... State National Bank Houston............................................. Union National Bank San Antonio.................................................... Alamo NationalBank San Antonio........... -Frost National Bank San Antonio......................................— Groos National Bank Sherman........ ..............Merchants & Planters National Bank Texarkana.....................................Texarkana National Bank Wichita Falls......... ................................. First National Bank