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MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE
FEDERAL OPEN MARKET COMMITTER
HELD AT WASHINGTON, D. C.
JUNE 19, 1935.

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The meeting was called to order in the Federal Reserve Board offices
at 10:32 a. m . , there being present:
Governors Young, Seay, and Fleming, and
Deputy Governors Preston and Burgess, secretary.
On motion Governor Young was elected temporary chairman.
There was a general discussion of Treasury financing policy*
There was also a brief discussion of the possibility of aiding a
better distribution of government securities among Federal reserve banks by
some adjustment in the amount of Treasury currency allotted to the different
banks*

The secretary reported that Mr. Staead's office was preparing figures

showing the shipment of Treasury currency to each Reserve bank.
At 11:00 a. m. the meeting adjourned to the office of the Secretary
of the Treasury in the Treasury building, there being present in addition to
those listed above:
Secretary Morgenthau, Governor Eccles, and Under Secretary Coolidge,
and Messrs# Bell, Haas, and Upham.
There took place a discussion of the Treasury financing program
until September 15, including a discussion of the continuation of financing
through offerings of bonds for tenders, the refunding of Fourth 4 l/4 per cent
bonds, and the possibility of a note or bond issue for cash subscriptions in
July or August as a principal means of securing the necessary amount of cash*




The meeting adjourned at 12:00 m*

W. Randolph Burgess,
Secretary.