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Minutes for

To:

Members of the Board

From:

Office of the Secretary

Aimust 14, 1964

Attached is a copy of the minutes of the
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System on
the above date.
It is not proposed to include a statement
with respect to any of the entries in this set of
minutes in the record of policy actions required to
be maintained pursuant to section 10 of the Federal
Reserve Act.
Should you have any question with regard to
the minutes, it will be appreciated if you will advise
the Secretary's Office. Otherwise, please initial
below. If you were present at the meeting, your
initials will indicate approval of the minutes. If
you were not present, your initials will indicate
only that you have seen the minutes.

Chm. Martin
Gov. Mills
Gov. Robertson
Gov. Balderston
Gov. Shepardson
Gov. Mitchell
Gov. Daane

Minutes of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
on Friday, August 14, 1964.
PRESENT:

Mx.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.

The Board met in the Board Room at 10:00 a.m.

Martin, Chairman
Balderston, Vice Chairman
Mills
Shepardson
Mitchell 1/
Daane
Kenyon, Assistant Secretary
Noyes, Adviser to the Board
Molony, Assistant to the Board
Cardon, Legislative Counsel
Fauver, Assistant to the Board
Holland, Associate Director, Division of
Research and Statistics
Mr. Partee, Adviser, Division of Research and
Statistics
Mr. Furth, Adviser, Division of International
Finance
Mr. Sammons, Adviser, Division of International
Finance
Mr. Katz, Associate Adviser, Division of
International Finance
Mr. Spencer, General Assistant, Office of the
Secretary
Mr. Bernard, Economist, Division of Research
and Statistics
Miss Krummack, Economist, Division of Research
and Statistics
Mr. Baker, Economist, Division of International
Finance

Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.

Money market review.

There were distributed tables on money

Market factors for the period January-August 12, 1964, the Federal cash
budget (fiscal years 1964 and 1965), monetary developments in the four
weeks ended August 12, 1964, and U. S. capital flows.
Mr. Partee presented a report on bank reserves, bank credit, and
the money supply, after which Miss Krummack commented on developments
in the Government securities market and discussed Federal budget results

7- Withdrew from meeting at point indicated in minutes.
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and projections.

Mr. Baker then discussed foreign exchange market

developments.
During the foregoing presentation Governor Mitchell withdrew
from the meeting.

Following the reports, all members of the staff except

Messrs. Kenyon, Molony, Cardon, Fauver, and Spencer withdrew and the
following entered the room:
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.

Hackley, General Counsel
Farrell, Director, Division of Bank Operations
Solomon, Director, Division of Examinations
Hooff, Assistant General Counsel
Daniels, Assistant Director, Division of Bank Operations
Leavitt, Assistant Director, Division of Examinations
McClintock, Supervisory Review Examiner, Division of
Examinations

Discount rates.

The establishment without change by the Federal

Reserve Bank of Minneapolis on August 12, 1964, and by the Federal Reserve
Banks of Cleveland, Richmond, Chicago, Kansas City, and Dallas on August 13,

1964, of the rates on discounts and advances in their existing schedules
was approved unanimously, with the understanding that appropriate advice
would be sent to those Banks.
Circulated or distributed items.

The following items, copies

of which are attached to these minutes under the respective item numbers
indicated, were approved unanimously:
Item No.
Letter to First Trust and Deposit Company, Syracuse,
New York, approving the establishment of a branch at
219 East Adams Street.

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-3Item No.

Letter to Chemical Bank New York Trust Company, New
York, New York, approving the establishment of a branch
at 130 William Street, branch operations now conducted
at Fulton and Cliff Streets to be discontinued simultaneously with the establishment of this branch.

2

Letter to Wyandotte Savings Bank, Wyandotte, Michigan,
approving the establishment of a branch at 31062 Ecorse
Road, Romulus Township.

3

Letter to The Detroit Bank and Trust Company, Detroit,
Michigan, approving the establishment of a branch at 2651
East Jefferson Avenue (to be opened in temporary quarters
at 2700 East Jefferson Avenue).
Letter to Commonwealth National Bank, Boston, Massachusetts,

5

granting its request for permission to maintain reduced
reserves.
Letter to the Comptroller of the Currency submitting an
adjusted printing order for Federal Reserve notes for
fiscal year 1,
)65.

6

Letter to Cross Armored Carrier Corp., Bayside, New York,
regarding the question whether free armored car service
Provided by member banks to their depositors constitutes
Payment of interest on demand deposits.

7

Letter to Houston Bank & Trust Company, Houston, Texas,
interposing no objection to a past investment in bank
Premises and approving a proposed investment in bank
Premises.

8

All members of the staff except Mr. Kenyon then withdrew from
the meeting.
Revision of Board's Regular Salary Schedule (Item No. 9).

It

having been ascertained that the President had today signed into law
the Government Employees Salary Reform Act of 1964, effective retroactively
tO the
first day of the first pay period beginning on or after July 1, 1964,

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the Board approved unanimously a revision of its Regular Salary Schedule
the
retroactive to July 5, 1964, in such manner as to correspond with
basic compensation rates established by the Salary Reform Act and
authorized appropriate adjustment of the basic compensation of those
Board employees paid under such schedule effective as of July 5, 1964.
The Board also approved the related recommendations contained in a memorandum from the Division of Personnel Administration dated August 14,
1964, (copy attached as Item No. 9), which had been distributed.
Mr. Kenyon then withdrew from the meeting and the Board went
into executive session.
Officer salaries.

The Secretary's Office was advised later that

inasmuch as the changes in salaries of officers of the Board that were
made effective in January of this year had been predicated on anticipation
Of the passage of legislation along the lines of the Government Employees
Salary Reform Act of 1964, it was decided during the executive session
that no further changes in officer salaries would be made at this time.
The meeting then adjourned.
Secretary's Notes: Governor Shepardson
today approved on behalf of the Board the
following items:
Letter to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (attached Item No. 10)
aPProving the appointment of James H. Oltman as examiner.
Letter to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (attached Item No. 11)
aPProving the appointment of Arnold A. Egli as assistant examiner.

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Letter to the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond advising that the
instructions regarding authorized signers of checks drawn on the Board's
General and Payroll Funds have been revised to permit either manual or
machine signing of checks drawn on either fund, and enclosing a specimen
impression of the autograph plate signature of the Controller, Mr.
Kakalec.
Memorandum from the Division of Personnel Administration dated July

1964, recommending that annual refunds of overpayments received in connec
tion with the Board's voluntary accident insurance policy be turned over
to the Reserve Board Club, with the understanding that no restrictions
would be placed upon the Club as to the use of the money.
Memorandum from the Division of Personnel Administration dated
August 14, 1964, recommending adjustments as indicated in the wage rates
of the following part-time substitute employees, effective July 5, 1964,
in conjunction with the General Pay Increase:
Annie W. Becton, Substitute Maid, Division of Personnel
Administration, from $1.64 to $1.68 per hour.
Ruth Page, Substitute Maid, Division of Personnel Administration, from $1.64 to $1.68 per hour.
Frances L. Hornbeck, Substitute Charwoman, Division of
Administrative Services, from $1.80 to $1.85 per hour.
Marie Willard, Substitute Cafeteria Helper, Division of
Administrative Services, from $1.80 to $1.85 per hour.
Memoranda recommending the following actions relating to the Board's
staff:
Salary increases, effective August 16, 1964

Name and title

Division

Basic annual salary
To
From

Examinations
Jc)hn Albert Treimann, Federal Reserve Examiner

$9,530

$10,310

6,635

6,968

3,880

4,215

3,880

4,215

Administrative Services
'
Carl J. Steger, Steamfitter-Operating Engineer
Data Processing
Janet Cross, Draftsman (change in title from
Draftsman-Trainee)
Jean C. Hartig, Draftsman (change in title from
Draftsman-Trainee)

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Leave without pay
Harriet D. Berger, Secretary, Division of International Finance,
for the period from August 30 through September 30, 1964.
Permission to engage in outside activity
Sandra Lee Herbough, Statistical Clerk, Division of Bank Operations,
as keypunch operator for Expert Key-Punching Services, Alexandria,
work
to
Virginia, on a part-time basis.
Establishment of new position
Additional programming position at Grade FR-9-11 in the Division
Of Data Processing, it being understood that this would be offset by
the elimination of a position in the Business Conditions Section of the
Division of Research and Statistics.

Assistant Secre

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BOARD OF GOVERNORS

Item No. 1
8/14/64

OF THE

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
WASHINGTON, D. C. 20551
ADDRESS orricsAL CORRESPONOENCE
TO THE SOARD

August 14, 1964.

Board of Directors,
First Trust and Deposit Company,
Syracuse, New York. •
Gentlemen:
The Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System approves the establishment by
First Trust and Deposit Company; Syracuse, New
York, of an in-town branch at 219 East Adams
Street, provided the branch is established within one year from the date of this letter.
Very truly yours,

(Signed) Karl E. Bakke
Karl E. Bakke,
Assistant Secretary.
(The letter to the Reserve Bank stated that the
Board also had approved a six-month extension
of the period allowed to establish the branch;
and that if an extension should be requested,
the procedure prescribed in the Board's letter
of November 9, 1962 (S-1846), should be followed.)

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BOARD OF GOVERNORS

Item No. 2
8/14/64

OF THE

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
WASHINGTON, D. C. 20551
ADDRESS OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE
TO THE BOARD

August 14, 1964.

Board of Directors,
Chemical Bank New York Trust Company,
New York, New York.
Gentlemen:
The Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System approves the establishment of a
branch by Chemical Bank New York Trust Company,
New York, New York, at 130 William Street, New
York, New York, provided the branch is established
within two years from the date of this letter,
and provided further that branch operations now
conducted at the northwest corner of Fulton and
Cliff Streets, New York, New York, are discontinued simultaneously with the establishment
of the above branch.
Very truly yours,
(Signed) Elizabeth L. Carmichael
Elizabeth L. Carmichael,
Assistant Secretary.
(The letter to the Reserve Bank stated that the
Board also had approved a six—month extension
of the period allowed to establish the branch;
and that if an extension should be requested,
the procedure prescribed in the Board's letter
of November 9, 1962 (S-1846), should be followed.)

BOARD OF GOVERNORS

Item No. 3
8/14/64

OF THE

o.
. 'Slit kk,
.x0
I.

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
WASHINGTON, D. C. 20551
AOORESS OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE
TO THE •OARD

August 14, 1964.

Beard of Directors,
Wyandotte Savings Bank,
Wyandotte, Michigan.
Gentlemen:
The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System approves the establishment by Wyandotte Savings
Bank, Wyandotte, Michigan, of a branch at 31062 Ecorse
Road, Romulus Township, Michigan, provided the branch
is established within one year from the date of this
letter.
Very truly yours,
(Signed) Elizabeth L. Carmichael

Elizabeth L. Carmichael,
Assistant Secretary.
(The letter to the Reserve Bank stated that the
Board also had approved a six-month extension
of the period allowed to establish the branch;
and that if an extension should be requested,
the procedure prescribed in the Board's letter
of November 9, 1962 (S-1846), should be followed.)

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BOARD OF GOVERNORS
Item No. 4
8/14/64

OF THE

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
WASHINGTON, D. C. 20551

ADDRESS! OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE
TO THE BOARD

August 14, 1964.

Board of Directors,
The Detroit Bank and Trust Company,
Detroit, Michigan.
Gentlemen:
The Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System approves the establishment by
The Detroit Bank and Must Company, Detroit,
Michigan, of an in-town branch at 2651 East
Jefferson Avenue, provided the branch is established within one year from the date of this
letter. It is noted that your bank plans to
open this branch in temporary quarters at 2700
East Jefferson Avenue.
Very truly yours,
(Signed) Karl E. Bakke

Karl E. Bakke,
Assistant Secretary.
(The letter to the Reserve Bank stated that the
Board also had approved a six-month extension
of the period allowed to establish the branch;
and that if an extension should be requested,
the procedure prescribed in the Board's letter
of November 9, 1962 (S-1846), should be followed.)

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BOARD OF GOVERNORS
OF THE

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Item No. 5
8/14/64

WASHINGTON, D. C. 20551
ADDRESS orriciAL CORRESPONDENCE
TO THE BOARD

August 14, 1964.

Board of Directors,
Commonwealth National Bank,
Boston, Massachusetts.
Gentlemen:
With reference to your request submitted through
the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, the Board of Governors,
acting under the provisions of Section 19 of the Federal
Reserve Act, grants permission to the Commonwealth National
Bank to maintain the same reserves against deposits as are
required to be maintained by nonreserve city banks, effective
as of the date it opens for business.
Your attention is called to the fact that such
Permission is subject to revocation by the Board of Governors.
Very truly yours,
(Signed) Kenneth A. Kenyon
Kenneth A. Kenyon,
Assistant Secretary.

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BOARD OF GOVERNORS

Item No. 6
8/14/64

OF THE

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
WASHINGTON, D. C. 20551
ADDRESS OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE
TO THE BOARD

August 14, 1964.
The Honorable,
The Comptroller of the Currency,
Treasury Department,
Washington, D. C. 20226
Sir:
This refers to our letter of June 24, 1964, requesting that
Ye1.1 place an order with the Bureau of Engraving and Printing for
Printing 1,938,000,000 Federal Reserve notes (single units) of the 1963
series or 1950 series during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1965.
The order was subject to adjustment in small amount for particular
denominations in order to accommodate the serial numbering
Procedures for currency.
The Bureau of Engraving and Printing has now advised us of
adjustments. The revised printing order for Federal Reserve notes
° be delivered in fiscal year 1965 is shown below:
Denomination
Boston

New York

•

Number of
notes

Dollar
amount

$S3,760,000

$1

53,760,000

5

n4,520,000

10
20

15,880,000
7,080,000

50
loo

512,000
512,000

141,600,000
25,600,000
51,200,000

$1
5
lo

153,920,000
51,360,000

153,920,000
256,800,000

20

88,200,000
h0,120,000

50
loo

3,072,000
3,328,000

882,000,000
802,400,000
153,600,000
332,800,000

5

73,120,000
8,320,000
15,800,000

73,120,000
41,600,000
158,000,000

1,280,000
944,000

64,000,000
94,140,00o

Philadelphia
10
20
50
100

72,600,000

158,800,000

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The Comptroller
of the Currency

Cleveland

Richmond

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Denomination

Number of
notes

Dollar
amount

a
5
lo

54,400,000
19,bool000
16,760,000

20

14,520,000

5o
loo

1,024,000
544,000

$54,1400,000
98,000,000
167,boos000
290,1400,000
51,200,000
54,400,000

$1

128,100,000

128,160,000

39,840,000

199,200,000
194,800,000
412,000,000
38,400,000
51,200,000

5
lo
20
50
100
Atlanta

$1
5
lo
20
50

Chicago

St. Louis

Minneapolis

19,480,000
20,600,000
768,000
512,000

132,800,000
333680,000
23,320,000
16,880,000

132,800,000
168,400,000
233,200,000

337,600,000

loo

432,000

43,200,000

$1
5

186,1400,000
57,200l000

186,400,000

10
20
50
100

68,200,000
33,680,000
2,048,000
1,456,000

$1

62,080,000

5

15,880,000

10
20
50
100

10,200,000
5,360,000
288,000
656,000

$1

21,760,000

5
10
20

50
100

510h0l000

286,000,000
682,000,000
673,600,000
102,400,000
145,600,000
62,080,000
79,400,000
102,000,000
107,200,000

114,100,000
65,600,000
21,760,000
25,200,000

IMMO

1h4,000
1h14,000

7,200,000

14,400,000

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The Comptroller
of the Currency

Kansas City

-3Denomination

Number of
Notes

Dollar
amount

$1

0,280,000
9,800,000
8,4)40,000
7,360,000
256,000
256,000

$49,280,000
49,000,000
84,400,000
147,200,000
12,800,000
25,600,000

56,960,000

56,960,000
50,h00,000
98,000,000
94,400,000
25,600,000
65,600,000

5
10
20
50
100
Dallas

$1

5

San Francisco

Totals

10,080,000

10
20
50
100

9,800,000
)4,720,000
512,000
656,000

$1

128,160,000

5

53,920,00o

10
20
50
100

30,0)40,000
38,760,000
1,280,000
1,680,000

128,160,000
269,600,000
300,1,00,000
775,200,000
64,000,000
168,000,000

$1

1,100,800,000
319,2)40,000
306,120,000
189,080,000
11,181,000
11j120 000

1,100,800,000
1,596,200,000
3,061,200,000
3,781,600,000
559,200,000
1,712,000,000

5
10
20
50
100

1193715h4 000 11 211 000,000
Respectfully,
(Signed) Kenneth A. Kenyon
Kenneth A. Kenyon,
Assistant Secretary.

Item No. 7
8/14/64

BOARD OF GOVERNORS
OF THE

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
WASHINGTON, D. C. 20551
ADDRESS OFFICIAL. CORRESPONDENCE
TO THE BOARD

August 14, 1964.

Mr. J. K. Murphy, General Counsel,
Cross Armored Carrier Corp.,
222-17 Northern Boulevard,
Bayside, New York. 11361
Dear Mr. Murphy:
This refers to your letter of July 29, 1964, with respect
to the question whether free armored car service provided by member
banks to their depositors constitutes a payment of interest on
demand deposits in violation of the Board's Regulation Q.
Section 19 of the Federal Reserve Act prohibits member
banks from paying interest on demand deposits but authorizes the
Board of Governors to determine what shall be deemed to be a payment
of interest. In Regulation Q, the Board has stated that any payment
to or for an account of the depositor "as compensation for the use
of funds constituting a deposit" shall be considered interest.
In an effort to give reasonable application to the law,
the Board has taken the position that, where a member bank renders
services to its customers for which it may or may not make a charge,
the omission of a charge for such services does not involve any
payment" to the depositor. Thus, for example, the Board does not
consider the common practice of analyzing individual checking
accounts, and offsetting the expense of handling such accounts by
their estimated earning value to the member bank, as a payment to
the depositor.
In offering free armored car service, no money is paid to
the depositor or credited to his account, although it is recognized
that the customer does benefit from such free service. There is no
same
Federal statute that would require member banks to provide the
appears
service
delivery
and
Pick-up
customers.
free services to all
to have a direct relationship to the receipt or payment of deposits,
and is similar to other services rendered by banks such as providing,

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OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Mr. J. K. Murphy

without charge, specially printed checks, postage paid envelopes,
parking facilities, etc. All of these are benefits for which the
customer would have to pay if the bank did not absorb the cost.
Accordingly, the Board does not consider the offering of
free armored car service to depositors as a payment of interest on
demand deposits in violation of Regulation Q.
Very truly yours,
(Signed) Kenneth A. Kenyon
Kenneth A. Kenyon,
Assistant Secretary.

BOARD OF GOVERNORS
Item No. 8
8/14/64

OF THE

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
WASHINGTON, D. C. 20551

ADDRESS OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE
TO THE BOARD

August 14, 1964.

Board of Directors,
Houston Bank & Trust Company,
Houston, Texas.
Gentlemen:
The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System has
received the requests of your bank for approval pursuant to Section 24A
of the Federal Reserve Act of a $55,000 recent expenditure for improvement of a parking lot and a proposed expenditure, direct and indirect,
of $4,144,949 for bank premises. Since the $55,000 expenditure in this
casehas already been made, the prior approval contemplated by the
statute cannot be given. However, if a timely request had been made
for the required approval, it appears, on the basis of information before
the Board, that such approval would have been granted. Accordingly, the
Board offers no objection to the expenditure of $55,000.
After consideration of all pertinent information, the Board
aPProves an investment, direct and indirect, of $4,144,949 by Houston
Eat* & Trust Company for the purpose of adding a ten-story tower to the
Present banking house. It is understood that $4,000,000 of this proposed
Investment will be represented by funds borrowed by the bank's whollyowned affiliate from a source other than the subject bank.
In approving this substantial investment in bank premises,
1,4sh1ch will place a heavy burden on the bank's capital structure, the
40ard has carefully considered the proposed additions to capital funds
f
tilr°ugh the sale of new capital stock. It is understood that capital
lunds will be increased by $990,000 through the sale of new stock not
ater than January 31, 1965, and an additional sale of stock, increasing
c aloital funds by $440,000 will be consummated upon completion of the
Proposed building program. The Board urges that the bank's capital
P°aition be frequently reviewed by the board of directors, that earnings be
c°nserved to strengthen capital structure, and that further sales of new
s tock be undertaken when warranted by future deposit growth of the bank.
Very truly yours,
(Signed) Kenneth A. Kenyon
Kenneth A. Kenyon,
Assistant Secretary.

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Item No.9
8/14/64

BOARD OF GOVERNORS
Of THIL

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Office Correspondence
Board of Governors
Proin2ivision of Personnel Administration

Date
Subject:

August 14, 1964

General Adjustment to the

Board's Regular Salary Schedule

Background
Today the President signed into law the "Government Employees
Salary Reform Act of 1964", to become effective retroactive the first day of
the first pay period which begins on or after
July 1, 1964. The effective
date for the Board, if approved, would therefore be July
5, 196h.
In addition to retroactively adjusting the annual rate of compensation within the general salary schedule, as it would be used to affect
Board employees, the Act (1) increases the number of within grade
steps to
ten for Grades FR-11 through FR-15, thus substantially increasing the range
of compensation in those grades, (2) adjusts the salary rates of employees
Within the first three grades who receive compensation in excess of the
tenth step under the 1962 Salary Act, to the tenth step of the
new general
salary schedule, (3) provides that all rates shall be computed to
the nearest
cent, counting one-half cent and over a whole cent (this
revises the former
method of rounding up of all fractional amounts) and (4) also provides
that
notwithstanding any provision of
the Act, the basic, gross, or total annual
compensation received by an employee immediately prior to the effective date
of the Act shall not be reduced by reason of enactmen
t of the Act.
RECOMMENDATIONS
In keeping with the Board's policy of maintaining a salary structure
for its
•
employees comparable to that of other agencies of the Federal
Government, it is recommended that
the Board approve the following:
(1) Revision of the Boaed's Regular Salary Schedule Retroactive to
July
1964 in accordance with the attached table (Attachment 1.) which
aorresponds to the basic compensa
tion rates established by the "Government
P219yees Salary Reform Act of 1964"; and, further, adjust accordingly
the
°asic compensation of those employees paid under
this schedule effective as
°f July 5, 1964.
(2) Application and Implementation of Revised Salary Structure.
Wi
th the approval of the Board Member in charge of internal administr
atZ.ve
:
Iliffairs, the Division of Personnel Administration
shall be responsible for
111!ing adjustments in (1) the per diem and hourly wage rates of the WAE
"en actually employed) employees, (2) pending employee appointments,
etc.

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(3) Administration and Procedure. The Office of the Controller and
the Division of Personnel Administration will use Government regulations and
interpretations as guides in deciding questions of administration and procedure.

(4) Computations Under the New Salary Formula. The 1964 Pay Act
sets up a new pay computation formula - also retroactive. The 1958 Pay Act
rounded up all fractions of a cent on the hourly rates, which in turn were
used to fix the biweekly basic pay. This resulted in many instances of payments up to approximately $21 more than the employee's annual salary rate.
7he new formula rounds down the hourly rate where a fraction
less than a
half cent is involved; if half or more it continues to be rounded up. To avoid
any employee not included in this general pay increase (wage board and official
staff) receiving, however minor, a salary "cut", it is recommended that the
flew Pay computation formula be deferred until such time as he does receive an
4-nerease in basic salary.
Exceptions
Not included in these recommendations are Board employees paid under
the Metropolitan D.C. Prevailing Rate Wage Schedule (mechanics, gardeners,
1.einters)
1
and the Interdepartmental Lithographic Wage Board (printing) Pay
elledule. These employees receive periodic salary, adjustments as a result of
allnual area wage surveys.
No recommendation is made in this memorandum with regard to the
annual salaries of the Board's official staff. It is assumed that any deterMination on this matter will be made by the Board, as in the past.
e°mments
Title I, Part II of the basic Act (Postal Service and Federal
fliPloyees Salary Act of 1962) provides for an annual review of salary rates
Pda
eid to Federal employees by the President and Congress, a requirement much
sired by Government personnel people. The enactment of the present Act is
result of this obligation.
The purposes of this legislation are principally (1) to adjust civilian
c eer
salaries in the Federal Government in accordance with the principle of
'
()MParability with other than Government salaries; (2) to establish a new,
prneistent, and rational structure for positions at the highest level; (3) to
(6)vide a logical and appropriate relationship between career salaries and
?e!, to adopt a salary structure designed to meet the present day needs of the
1De
'
4eral Government, the most important of which is ottaining and retaining
l'eonnel of the highest caliber at every level.

j

kttachment.

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BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
REGULAR SALARY SCHEDULE
Basic Annual Pay Rates by Grades -- July 5, 1964

(Rates in effect January 5, 1964 to July 4, 1964 are shown
on the second line of each grade.)
Progress Steps

urade

Step

One Year Periods

Increase

1

2

3

FR....1

115
105

3385
3305

3500
3410

3615
3515

FR-2

125
105

3680
3620

3805
3725

135

4005

4140

105

3880

FR-4

150
140

FR-5

Two Year Periods

Three Year Periods

5

6

7

13

9

10

3730
3620

3845
3725

3960
3830

4075
3935

4190
4040

4305
4145

4420
4250

3930
3830

4055
3935

4180
4040

4305
4145

4430
4250

4555
4355

4680
4460

4805
4565

4275
4090

4410
4195

4545
4300

4680
4405

4815
4525

4950

5085

5220

3985

4650

4775

4900

4480
4215

4630
4355

4780
4495

4930
4635

5080
4775

5230
4915

5380
5055

5530
5195

5680
5335

5830
5475

165
160

5000
4690

5165
4850

5330
5010

5495
5170

5660
5330

5825
5490

5990
5650

6155
5810

6320
5970

6485
6130

185
175

5505
5235

5690
5410

5875
5585

6060
5760

6245
5935

6430
6110

6615
6285

6800
6460

6985
6635

7170
6810

FR-7

200
195

6050
5795

6250
5990

6450
6185

6650
6380

6850
6575

7050
6770

7250
6965

7450
7160

7650
7355

7850
7550

FR,..8

220
210

6630
6390

6850
6600

7070
6810

7290
7020

7510
7230

7730
7440

7950
7650

8170
7860

8390
8070

8610
8280

FR_9

245
230

7220
7030

7465
7260

7710
7490

7955
7720

8200
7950

8445
8180

8690
8410

8935
8640

9180
8870

9425
9100

ER-10

270
255

7900
7690

8170
7945

8440
8200

8710

8980

9250

8455

8710

8965

9520
9220

9790
9475

10060
9730

10330
9985

295

8650
8410

8945
8690

9240
8970

9535
9250

9830
9530

10125
9810

10420
10090

10715
10370

11010
10650

11305

280
R-12

355
330

10250
9980

10605
10310

10960
10640

11315
10970

11670
11300

12025
11630

12380
11960

12735
12290

13090
12620

13445

FR....13

420
385

12075
11725

12495
12110

12915
12495

13335
12880

13755
13265

14175
13650

14595
14035

15015
14420

15435
14805

15855

,!FR-14

490
450

14170
13615

14660
14065

15150
14515

15640
14965

16130
15415

16620
15865

17110
16315

17600
16765

18090
17215

18580

FR-15

570

16460
15665

17030
16180

17600
16695

18170
17210

18740
17725

19310
18240

19880
18755

20450
19270

21020

21590

FR_3

FR-6
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FR-11

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BOARD OF GOVERNORS
OF THE

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Item No. 10
8/14/64

WASHINGTON, D. C. 20551
. 1171CIAL CORRESPONDENCE
ADDRESS 0
TO THE BOARD

August 17, 1964.

CONFIDENTIAL (FR)
Mr. Howard D. Crosse, Vice President,
Federal Reserve Bank of New York,
New York, New York. 10045
Dear Mr. Crosse:
In accordance with the request contained in
Mr. Treiber's letter of August 11, 1964, the Board
approves the appointment of James H. Oltman as an
examiner for the Federal Reserve Bank of New York,
effective today.
It is noted that Mr. Oltman is indebted to
First National City Bank, New York, New York.
Accordingly, the Board's approval of the appointment
of Mr. Oltman is given with the understanding that he
will not participate in any examination of that bank
until his indebtedness has been liquidated.
Very truly yours,
(Signed) Karl E. Bakke
Xarl E. Bakke,
Assistant Secretary.

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BOARD OF GOVERNORS
Item No. 11
8/14/64

OF THE

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
WASHINGTON 25. D. C.

ADDRESS OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE
TO THE BOARD

August 17, 1964.

CONFIDENTIAL (FR)
Mr. Howard D. Crosse, Vice President,
Federal Reserve Bank of New York,
10045
New York, New York.
Dear Mr. Crosse:
In accordance with the request contained in
Mr. Qackenbush's letter of August 12, 1964, the Board
approves the appointment of Arnold A. Egli as an assistant
examiner for the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Please
advise the effective date of the appointment.
It is noted that Mr. Egli is indebted to First
National Bank of Passaic County, Paterson, Hew Jersey.
Accordingly, the Board's approval of the appointment of
Mr. Egli is given with the understanding that he will not
Participate in any examination of that bank so long as his
indebtedness remains unliquidated.
Very truly yours,

(Signed) Elizabeth L. Carmichael

Elizabeth L. Carmichael,
Assistant Secretary.