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FEDERAL

RESERV E BANK OF ST. LOUIS

NOMINATION FOR

DIRECTOR

St. Louis, March 13, 1929.

TO

T H E M EM B ER BANKS IN D IS T R IC T No. 8:

In accordance with the provisions of Section 4 of the Federal Reserve Act and my circular dated
February 7, 1929, in regard to election of a Class B director to succeed Rolla Wells, who resigned to
accept appointment as Class C director, of this bank, there is given on the back hereof the name and
biography of the candidate nominated for such director and a list of the banks nominating him.
There is sent herewith to each bank in Group 1 a preferential ballot for use in voting on the candi­
date for Class B director. There are also enclosed an envelope bearing on its face the certificate in re­
gard to the vote, an envelope marked “ Ballot” in which to seal the ballot, and a self-addressed return
envelope.
The ballot and certificate on the envelope must be executed by the officer who has been authorized
to cast the vote. A list of the designated officers 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, and the following procedure should be observed:
(1)

After the preferential ballot has been marked,

(2)

It should be placed in the envelope marked “ Ballot” and the envelope sealed.

(3)

After the certificate on the certificate envelope has been executed,

(4)

The ballot envelope should be placed within the certificate envelope and the latter sealed.

(5)

Then this certificate envelope containing the sealed ballot envelope should be returned to
me in the self-addressed envelope.

Under the law, the ballot must be returned so as to reach me w ith in fifte e n d a y s after its re­
ceipt. T he polls will open on March 14 and close at 3 p. ra. on March 29, 1929. At that time the ballot
box will be opened in the Board Room of this bank, the sealed envelopes containing the ballots will be
opened, the votes counted and result of election announced. The candidate is invited to be present or
represented on th a t occasion.
While the banks in Groups 2 and 3 will not vote in this election, this circular is sent to them w ith­
out forms for their information.




Respectfully,
ROLLA W ELLS,
Chairman of the Board.
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C A N D ID A T E F O R CLASS B D IR E C T O R
N O M IN A T E D BY F O L L O W IN G B A N K S IN G R O U P 1

N A M E A N D B IO G R A P H Y

J. W, Harris, St. Louis, Mo..... ................. .....
Place and dale of birth: Callaway C ounty, Mo., 1870.
Education: H igh School, F ulton, Mo.
husiness activities, past and present: In 1890 employed by W hite,
Branch, Shelton H a t Co., S t. Louis, as shipping clerk. From 1891 to
1897 w as salesm an for said com pany. From 1897 to 190J w as sales­
man for Boogher, Force & Goodbar H at Co. In 1903, w ith others,
organized H arris-P olk Hat Co., and has been its President since 1915.
( Uher afiliations, past and present: W as P resident of W est E nd Bank,
St. L ouis, from 1912 to 1917. At present is a director of Keith
Bros.
Co., W holesale H a tte rs, Chicago, 111.; N ational H atters,
Inc.. D anbury, C o n n .; A m erican Association of W holesale H a tte rs ;
M erchants T ransportation Association, St. L ouis; Municipal Research
Bureau. St. L o u t'; Presbyterian O rphans Home. Farm ington, Mo.,
ami S tate National Bank, St. Louis, tA dvises will resign as director
of said bank to qualify as d irector of Federal Reserve Bank.)




American S outhern T ru s t Co.. L ittle Hock, Ark.
Bankers T ru st Co.. L ittle Rock, Ark.
Union T ru st Co., L ittle Rock, Ark.
Simmons N ational Bank, Pine Bluff, Ark.
F irst N ational Bank, E ast St. Louis, 111.
Union T ru st Co.. E ast St. Louis, III.
National Stock Y ards N atl. Hank, National Stock Y ards, III.
Boatm en’s N ational Bank. St. Louis, Mo.
Bremen Bank, St. Louis. Mo.
Cass A venue Bank, St. Louis, Mo.
F irst N ational Bank, St. Louis, Mo.
Franklin-A m erican T ru st Co., St. L ouis, Mo
Lafayette-South Side Bank & T ru st Co.. St. Louis, Mo.
L iberty C entral T rust Co., St. Louis, Mo.
M anchester Bank, St. L ouis. Mo.
M ercantile T ru st Co., St. Louis, Mo.
M erchants-Laclede National Bank, St. Louis. Mo.
Mississippi Valley T ru st Co., St. L ouis. Mo.
N ational Bank of Commerce, St. L ouis, Mo.
N ational City Bank, St. Louis, Mo.
N orthw estern T ru st Co., St. Louis, Mo.
South Side National Bank, St. L ouis, Mo.
S tate N ational Bank, St. Louis, Mo.
T elegraphers National Bank, St. Louis, Mo.
Tow er Grove Bank, St. Louis, Mo.
U nited S tates Bank, St. Louis, Mo.

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