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A meeting of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
Sisten

was

held in Washington on Wednesday, July 19, 1944, at 11:00

PRESENT:

Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.

Eccles, Chairman
Ransom, Vice Chairman
McKee
Evans

Mr. Bethea, Assistant Secretary
Mr. Carpenter, Assistant Secretary
Mr. Clayton, Assistant to the Chairman
The action stated with respect to each of the matters hereinafter

referred to was taken by the Board:
The minutes of the meeting of the Board of Governors of the

Federal Reserve
System held on July 18, 1944, were approved unaniMolisly.
Memorandum of this date from Mr. Bethea recommending that
4118. Grace L.
Thorne be appointed as a charwoman in the Secretary's
Offic
e on a temporary basis for
a period of not to exceed 60 days,
with basic
salary at the rate of $1,200 per annum, effective as of
the
date upon
which she enters upon the performance of her duties after
havin
g passed
satisfactorily the usual physical examination, with the
derstafldjng
(1) that if anything derogatory develops in the investigation of her
references her services may be terminated immediately
44d (2) that she will
not become a member of the retirement system
during her
temporary appointment.




Approved unanimously.

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7/19/44

-2Memorandum addressed to the Personnel Committee by Mr. Leonard,

Director
of the Division of Personnel Administration, under date of
julY 17, 1944, recommending, for the reasons stated in the memorandum,

that approval be given to the payment of bills in the amount of $35
for the Physical
examination of Ruth Jarvis, maid in the Division, which
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made

by Dr. Barr, the Board's examining physician, at Mr. Leonard's

l'equest.
Approved unanimously.
Memorandum dated July 18, 1944, from Mr. Bethea recommending,
for the
reasons stated in the memorandum, that approval be given to

the f 1,
-°,
-J-oving increases in the 141, budget of the Board of Governors:




Board Members' Offices:
Printing and Binding - g500
Office of the Secretary:
Secretarial and Administrative Functions
Furniture and Equipment - $500
Approved unanimously.

Thereupon the meeting adjourned.

Assistant Secretary.