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Minutes of actions taken by the Board of Governors of the

efzierEti Reserve

System on Friday, December 2, 1949.

PRESENT:

Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.

McCabe, Chairman
Eccles
Szymczak
Draper
Clayton
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.

Carpenter, Secretary
Sherman, Assistant Secretary
Morrill, Special Adviser
Thurston, Assistant to the Board

Minutes of actions taken by the Board of Governors of the
ee

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41 Reserve System on December 1, 1949, were approved unani4°1181Y.
Telegrams to the Federal Reserve Banks of Boston, New

York,
Philadelphia, Atlanta, Chicago, St. Louis, Kansas City, and
411t,
'
I'ancisco stating that the Board approves the establishment with°IA change
by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco on November
bY the

Federal Reserve Banks of Atlanta and Chicago on November

the Federal Reserve Banks of New York, Philadelphia, and
44s48 City on December 1, by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
(14 rieceraber

2, 1949, and by the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston today

°I
'the rates
of discount and purchase in their existing schedules.
Approved unanimously.
Memorandum dated December 1, 1949, from Mr. Thomas, Economic
leerto the Board, recommending the appointment of Miss Dorothy

lioee pe
rkins as a clerk-typist in the Division of Research and




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Steistics on a temporary indefinite basis, with basic salary at
the

rate of $2,450 per annum, effective as of the date upon which

She
.ters upon the performance of her duties after having passed
"
the

usual physical examination.
Approved unanimously.
Letter to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, reading as

rolloys:

"The Board has received Mr. Clarke's letter of
11°vember 18 informing us that the services of Mr.
Alan Holmes, of the Research Department of your Bank,
h,ave been made available to a committee of the United
etions for a period of about one month for a study
°f the relations between economic stability, full emand related Government policies. The Board
c°11cur5 in this action and is confident that Mr. Holmes'
services will be valuable to the United Nations and
also to the Federal Reserve System."
Approved unanimously.
Letter to Mr. Shepard, Federal Reserve Agent at the Federal
Ye Bank of Minneapolis, reading as follows:
"In accordance with the request contained in Mr.
Pev.4,J'on's letter of November 29, 1949, the Board of
,7vernors approves, effective December 1, 1949, the
l'Yment of salary to Mr. John Johnson, Alternate As'lstant Federal Reserve Agent, at the rate of $4,800
Per annum."
Approved unanimously.
Telegram to the Presidents of all Federal Reserve Banks,
4 as follows:
rat4 "The Board plans to reprint Regulation T incorpo'ng the amendments to July 20, 1949 (including




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Amendment No. 10) and we should appreciate your
:
1 iring us how many copies of the reprint you would
like us to send you. We contemplate sending the
4%7 reprint from here (as we did the April 1, 1948
reprint) to each broker or dealer registered with
the Securities and Exchange Commission (including
all members of exchanges) and to the branch office
list of the National Association of Securities
Dealers with an enclosed note stating that additional copies may be obtained from the Federal Re8erve Bank of the district.

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Approved unanimous

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Secretary.

Approved:




Chairman.