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FEDERAL RESERVE
OF NEW

BANK

YORK

r Circular No. 2 4 8 4 "1
L A u g u s t IS, 1942
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Authorized Signatures
Referesa© Library

AVe submit herewith, on the following pages numbered 2 to 14 inclusive, a list
containing facsimile signatures of persons authorized to sign in behalf of Federal
Eeserve Bank of New York, subject to the conditions and limitations hereinafter set
f o r t h or referred to in this circular or in such list. This circular and list supersede
and cancel Circular No. 2406, dated April 1, 1942, and the list submitted therewith,
and Circulars Nos. 2438 and 2451, dated May 22, 1942 and J u n e 20,1942, respectively.
All checks or d r a f t s payable in foreign countries, and all foreign correspondence
involving payments or transfers of funds, or delivery of securities or other property,
must bear the authorized signatures of two officers, and one of such signatures shall
be that of the President, a vice president, or an assistant vice president.
All instruments, documents, correspondence and other papers, in connection with
the transaction of domestic business need bear but one authorized signature.
We shall appreciate it if you will acknowledge receipt of this circular and list.




ALLAN

SPROUL,

President.

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C H A I R M A N

A N D

F E D E R A L

R E S E R V E

A G E N T

BEARDSLEY R U M L ,

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Chairman of the Board of Directors
and Federal Reserve Agent,
will sign:

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D E P U T Y CHAIRMAN

EDMUND E .

DAY,

Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors,
will sign:




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VICE P R E S I D E N T S

LESLIE R .

ROUNDS,

First Vice President,

RAY M .

will sign

GIDNEY,

Vice President,

will sign:

L. WERNER KNOKE,

Vice President,

will sign:
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W A L T E R S . LOGAN,

Vice President and
General Counsel,

ign:
will sign

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JAMES M . RICE,

Vice President,

will sign:

ROBERT G . ROUSE,

Vice President,

JOHN H.

will sign:

WILLIAMS,

Vice President,




ivill sign:

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EDWARD O . DOUGLAS,

Assistant Vice President,

GEORGE W .

will sign:

FERGUSON,

Assistant Vice President,

will sign.

J . WILSON JONES,

Assistant Vice President,

will sign:

HERBERT H . KIMBALL,

Assistant Vice President,

will sign

SILAS A . MILLER,

Assistant Vice President,

will sign:

ARTHUR PHELAN,

Assistant Vice President,

will sign:

HAROLD V . ROELSE,

Assistant Vice President,

will sign:

VALENTINE WILLIS,

Assistant Vice President,

will sign:

A S S I S T A N T GENERAL COUNSEL
TODD G . T I E B O U T ,

Assistant General Counsel,
RUFUS J.

will sign:

TRIMBLE,

Assistant General Counsel,




will sign:

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LOREN B . ALLEN,

Manager, Credit Department,

will sign:

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D U D L E Y H . BARROWS,

Manager, Cash Department,
HAROLD A .

will sign :

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BILBY,

Manager, Check Department,
and Assistant Secretary,

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will sign:

ROBERT H . BROME,

Assistant Counsel,
WESLEY W .

will sign:

BURT,

Manager, Government Bond Department,
will sign:
F E L I X T . DAVIS,

Manager, R. F. C. Custody
Department,

will sign:

NORMAN P . DAVIS,

Manager, Foreign Property Control Department, and Manager,
Security Loans Department,
will sig>n

EDWIN C.

FRENCH,

Manager, Collection Department, will sign:

MARCUS A .

HARRIS,

Manager, Securities Department,
will sign:

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WILLIAM A . HEINL,

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Manager, Personnel Department, ivillsign: sCOc&CcGa**.
NORRIS 0 .

JOHNSON,

Manager, Research Department,

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will sign:

WILLIAM

M.

KETTNER,

Manager, Security Custody
Department,




will sign:

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MYLES C. MCCAHILL,

Manager, Service Department,

ROBERT F .

will sign.

MCMURRAY,

Manager, Safekeeping
Department,

will sign

HORACE L . SANFORD,

Manager, Foreign Department,
will sign.

WILLIAM F .

SHEEHAN,

Manager, Bank Examinations
Department,
and Chief Examiner,

will sign:

INSLEY B . S M I T H ,

Manager, Bank Relations
Department,

FREDERICK

will sign:

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STOCKER,

Manager, Cash Custody
Department,

will sign:

WILLIAM F . TREIBER,

Assistant Counsel,
and Secretary,

CHARLES N . V A N

IIOUTEN,

]Manager, Foreign Property
Control Department,

JOHN H.

will sign

will sign:

WURTS,

Manager, Government Bond
Department,




will sign:

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The following have authority to sign per procuration correspondence in connection with the
work of the Bank Relations Department:
BUCHAN

will sign:

per pro

A . HERBERT GRAUE

will sign:

per pro

FRANKLIN E .

will sign:

per pro

JAMES H .

PETERSON

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The following have authority to sign per procuration correspondence, advices, receipts and tickets,
and checks drawn on this bank, relating to the routine operations of the respective departments
indicated after their names:
(Safekeeping

JAMES H . BAKER

Department)

will sign:

M. B O Y D (Government Bond
Department)

will sign:

HARRY

per pro

per pro

( A l s o has a u t h o r i t y to sign as indicated on page 11)

(Government Bond
Department)

WALTON BRUSH

will sign:

per pro

( A l s o h a s a u t h o r i t y to sign as indicated on page 11)

C. D R E W (Accounting
Department)

HARVEY

PETER P . LANG

ivillsign:

per pro

will sign:

per pro / j f a .

will sign:

per pro

(Foreign Department) will sign:

per pro

(Foreign Department)

HAROLD W . L E W I S

(Government Bond

Department)

DANIEL J . LIDDY




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BERTRAND H . WEBBER

(Foreign

Department)

will sign:

per pro

The following have authority to sign per procuration correspondence relating to the routine
operations of the respective departments indicated after their names:
CURTIS

R.

BOWMAN

(Credit Department)
Will Sign:

( A l s o has a u t h o r i t y to sign as indicated below)

GEORGE H . L O T T S

(Cash Department)

per prO

will sign:

per pro

will sign:

per pro

will sign:

per pro

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(Also has a u t h o r i t y to sign as indicated on page 10)

GUSTAV OSTERHUS

(Bank Examinations

Department)

J E R E V . D . STRYKER

(Bank Examinations

Department)

The following have authority to sign per procuration Registration Certificates, relating to the ""
operations of the Credit Department, under Regulation W of the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System:
CURTIS R . BOWMAN
(Also h a s a u t h o r i t y to sign as indicated above)

Will Sign:

per prO

HENRY GREEN

will sign:

per pro

GERHARD G . S T U R M

will sign:

per pro

The following have authority to sign per procuration correspondence, advices, receipts and
tickets, relating to the routine operations of the respective departments indicated after their names,
but have not authority to sign checks:
RAPHAEL

A.

DELEON

CHARLES E . DIRINGER




(Service Department)
will sign:

per pro

(Check Department)
will sign:

per pro

W . HARRY SAMMIS

PHILIP

(Personnel Department)
will sign:

per pro

M. S C H M I D T (Discount Department)
ivillsign:

per pro

(Discount Department)
will sign:

per pro

HARRY W . STANLEY

The following have authority to sign per procuration advices, receipts and tickets, and checks
drawn on this bank, relating to the routine operations of the Cash Department and Collection Department ; have authority to sign per procuration checks drawn by this bank as fiscal agent of the United
States on the Treasurer of the United States in payment of coupons which are obligations of the
United States; and have authority to sign per procuration letters of transmittal in connection with
presentation of coupons, but have not authority to sign other correspondence:
THOMAS BRUDER

will sign:

JOSEPH H . P . FARNON

will sign:

ALFRED C . LTJM

will sign:

FREDERICK J .

will sign:

TUCK

per pro
per pro
per pro

per pro

The following have authority to sign per procuration advices, receipts and tickets, and checks
drawn on this bank, relating to the routine operations of the respective departments indicated after
their names, but have not authority to sign correspondence:
JOSEPH H . BISSELL

(Government Bond

Department)

will sign:

per pro

J . B R O W N (Safekeeping
Department)

will sign:

per pro

will sign:

per pro

A. H A R R I S (Government Bond
Department)
will sign:

per pro

ANDREW

J A M E S K . FLANAGAN

(Government Bond

Department)
( A l s o h a s a u t h o r i t y to sign as indicated on page 11)

PEMBERTON




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CHARLES J . K U C H L E R

(Safekeeping

Department)

will sign:

per pro

will sign:

per pro

will sign:

per pro

(Government Bond
will sign:

per pro

Louis W. L E G E R (Safekeeping
Department)

J . R O C H E (Foreign
Department)

THOMAS

BURTHAL A . ROEBUCK

Department)

( A l s o has authority to sign as indicated on page 11)

WALTER S . RUSHMORE

(Foreign Department)
will sign:

per pro

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Tlie following have authority to sign per procuration advices, receipts and tickets, relating to
the routine operations of the respective departments indicated after their names, but have not
authority to sign correspondence or checks:
ROBERT

D.

BACON

(Discount Department)
ivillsign:

ROLAND H . B E H R E N S

WILLIAM

A.

KEEPERS

per pro

(Securities Department)
will sign:

per pro

(Securities Department)
will sign:

.
per pro

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The following have authority to sign per procuration certifications of checks, drafts and other
orders for the payment of money, drawn on this bank:

GEORGE H . L O T T S

will sign:

(Also has authority to sign as indicated on page 8)

WARREN MARCUS




will sign:

p e r

prO

per pro

The following have authority to sign per procuration checks drawn by this bank as fiscal agent
of the United States on the Treasurer of the United States in payment of obligations of the United
States:

HARRY M . BOYD

will sign:

per pro

ivill sign:

per pro

will sign:

per pro

will sign:

per pro

( A l s o lias authority to sign as indicated on page 7)

WALTON BRUSH
(Also has a u t h o r i t y to sign as indicated on page 7)

J A M E S K . FLANAGAN
(Also has authority to sign as indicated on page 9)

BURTHAL A .

ROEBUCK

(Also has authority to sign as indicated on page 10)

The following have authority to sign per procuration correspondence, advices, receipts and
tickets, relating to the routine operations of the R.F.C. Custody Department; and also have authority
to sign per procuration checks drawn by this bank as fiscal agent of the Reconstruction Finance
Corporation on the Treasurer of the United States pursuant to instructions received by the bank
from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation:
HAROLD A .

LAWRENCE

JOSEPH

M.

CRANE

F.

KEANE

O'BRIEN

will sign:

per pro

will sign:

per pro

will sign:

per pro

^ ^ ^ ^ ^ '

The following have authority to sign per procuration (a) licenses granted under the authority
of Section 5(b) of the Trading with the Enemy Act, as amended, and any executive order (including
Executive Order No. 8389, as amended), regulation, ruling or instruction issued thereunder, and
(b) correspondence and tickets relating to the routine operations of the Foreign Property Control
Department:

CHARLES D . BLAUVELT

will sign:

per pro

HENRY T . CHRISTENSEN

will sign:

per pro




PER

PROCURATION

SIGNERS—Continued

will sign:

per pro

will sign:

per pro

J O H N M . GILLEAUDEAU

will sign:

per pro

HAROLD G . GREGG

will sign:

per pro

VERNON

C.

HARTMAN

will sign:

per pro

ARTHUR

H.

NOA

will sign:

per pro

SHERWOOD

will sign:

per pro

will sign:

per pro

ROBERT R . TOMPKINS

will sign:

per pro

ALBERT H . V A N

will sign:

per pro

O ^ X * ^

will sign:

per pro

fylM&Cs

CLEMENT F . FOULON

WILLIAM FUELLING,

NORMAN E .

CARL A .

JR.

STROM

HAROLD M .

SAUN

WESSEL

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The following has authority to sign per procuration correspondence and tickets relating to the
routine operations of the Foreign Property Control Department:

ALOYSIUS J . STANTON




will sign:

per pro

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The following has authority to sign per procuration routine correspondence relating to employment matters in the Personnel Department:
will sign:

R A L P H E . REARICK

per pro f ^

.

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The following has authority to sign per procuration (a) correspondence relating to supplies and
equipment purchased or proposed to be purchased by the bank or relating to services rendered or proposed to be rendered to the bank, and (b) purchase order forms and contracts for such supplies, equipment and services, as may from time to time be requisitioned by an officer:
will sign:

W I L L I A M C . MORGAN

per pro

AUDITING DEPARTMENT
The following have authority to sign only correspondence and reconcilements in connection with
the work of the Auditing Department:
OFFICERS
WILLIAM H .

DILLISTIN,

General Auditor,

DONALD J .

will sign:

U U L L s J Z Z ^

CAMERON,

Assistant General
Auditor,

ivill sign:

PER PROCURATION SIGNERS
The following have authority to sign per procuration correspondence and reconcilements in
connection with the work of the Auditing D e p a r t m e n t :
M I C H A E L A . CROSBY

will sign:
per pro

LESTER E .

ROWE




will sign:
per pro

B U F F A L O BRANCH
The following have authority to sign only in connection with the business of the Buffalo Branch:
OFFICERS
REGINALD B . W I L T S E ,

Managing Director,

HALSEY W .

SNOW,

will sign:

Cashier,

GEORGE J .

will sign:

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DOLL,

Assistant Cashier,

will sign:
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PER PROCURATION SIGNERS
The following has authority to sign per procuration correspondence relating to the routine operations of the division of the Buffalo Branch indicated a f t e r his name:
MILEORD A . GROTE

(Check Division)
will sign:

per pro

The following have authority to sign per procuration, only in connection with the business of
the Buffalo Branch, certifications of checks, d r a f t s and other orders for the payment of money, drawn
on this b a n k :
"WILLIAM R .

BRIDER

will sign:
per pro

R O B E R T R . COVERT

will sign:
per pro

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The following has authority to sign per procuration, only in connection with the business of the
Buffalo Branch, checks drawn by this bank as fiscal agent of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation
on the T r e a s u r e r of the United States pursuant to instructions received by the bank from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation:
HARRISON E .




MARTIN

will sign:
per pro