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A meeting of the Executive Committee was held in
the office of the Board on Thursday, December 9th, at
5:10 p.m.
PRESZTT: The
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Governor
Platt
Wills
Foxton, Secretary.

In accordance with the - action of the Board today,
the Governor submitted the letter from the Treasury Depar
ment, transmitting certain new designs for Federal Reserve
gederal Reserve Bank notes.

notes

After some discussion, the Governor was requested to advise the ?reasury De, artment that
the proposed forms are satisfactory to the Board,
at the same time calling attention to certain
s which mi -ht properly be
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minor c h
,latt desired to be recorded as objectin, to both
the present and the pro osed forms of Federal Reserve notes, in that the inscriptions upon such
notes emphasize the liability for payment of the
United States of Lmerica, rather than the liability of the 'Federal Reserve Bank of issue.
The COrrnittee agreed to a draft of letter submitted
by Governor Harding making reply to a letter of October 9,
1920, addressed to the Board by the Cha.ni)er of Commerce of
the United States.
At 6 p.m. the meeting adjourned.

Approved:




vernor.