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A meeting of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System was held in Washington on Saturday, January 15, 1944, at 11:30
a.m.

PRESENT:

Mr. Eccles, Chairman
Mr. McKee
Mr. Evans
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.

Morrill, Secretary
Bethea, Assistant Secretary
Carpenter, Assistant Secretary
Clayton, Assistant to the Chairman

The action stated with respect to each of the matters hereinafter referred to
was taken by the Board:
Memorandum dated January 4, 1944/ from Mr. Morrill, recommending (1) that the
following increases in basic annual salaries of em131°Yees in the Secretary's Office be approved, effective January 16,
1944, and (2)
that the temporary appointment of Miss Anne Lipscomb as
4 jUnior file
clerk be made permanent, effective immediately:
Name
Lipscomb, Anne
Allred, Frances
Kapp
Davis, Marilyn
Beale, Loretta
D.
Haltigan, Helen A.
Dodge, Mary
J.
UcAllister, Emily Aknter,
Maize, Beatrice
Margery D.

Designation
Junior File
Junior File
Junior File
Junior File
File Clerk
File Clerk
File Clerk
File Clerk
File Clerk

Clerk
Clerk
Clerk
Clerk

Salary increase
To
From

1,560
1,560
1,620
1,620
1,740
1,740
1,860
1,980

1.k1,560
1,620
1,620
1,680
1,740
1,860
1,860
1,980
2,100

Approved unanimously.
Letter to Mr. Rounds, First Vice President of the Federal Reserve
Bark of New York, reading as follows:




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"The Board of Governors approves the payment of salaries to the following officers of your bank, for the period January 1, 1944 to March 31, 1944, at the rates shown
Which are the rates fixed by your Board of Directors as
reported in your letter of January 6, 1944.
Annual Salary
Name
Title
J. W. Jones
16,000
Vice President
15,000
Arthur Phelan
Vice President
15,090
Valentine Willis
Vice President
Franklin E. Peterson
Manager, Bank Rela6,500
tions Department
E. C. French
Manager, Collection
7,000
Dept.
"It is noted from your letter that all officers of
the Bank and Branch, including the four newly promoted officers listed above, were appointed for the period until
the first meeting of the board of directors in 1945, except the President and First Vice President, whose terms
are fixed by statute, and Messrs. French and Kettner, each
of whom has attained age 65 and was reappointed for the period through March 31, 1944.
"It is also noted that Mr. I. B. Smith, formerly
Manager of the Bank Relations Department and the Government Check Department will continue as Manager of the Government Check Department."
Approved unanimously.
Letter to Mr. Young, President of the Federal Reserve Bank of

oh,cago,

reading as follows:

"The Board of Governors approves the payment of a
salarY to Mr. Edward D. Bristow, as an Assistant Cashier,
at the rate of
14,500 per annum, for the period January
16, 1944 to March 31, 1944, which is the rate fixed by
Your Board)1;:ij:ectors
..)4
as reported in your letter of
January 7,
Approved unanimously.
Letter to Mr. Vest, Vice President of the Federal Reserve Bank
°I' San F
rancisco, reading as follows:




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"In accordance with the request contained in your
letter of January 4, 1944, the Board approves the designation of the following as special assistant examiners
for the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco:
Salt Lake City Branch
PUtland J3rancli
John W. Eaton
L. D. Moyer
Harold E. Schmeer
"Appropriate notations have been made in our records
f the names reported as deletions."




Approved unanimously.

Thereupon the meeting adjourned.

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Chairman.