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A meeting of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
8Yetealwas
held in Washington on Monday, June 14, 1943, at 11:00 a.m.
PRESENT:

Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.

Ransom, Vice Chairman
Szymczak
McKee
Draper
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 hereina`rt

referred to
was taken by the Board:
The
eral lt

minutes of the meeting of the Board of Governors of the Fed-

"erlre System held on June 12, 1943, were approved unanimously.
4temorandum of this date from. Mr. Morrill, recommending that
t 4 MarY A• Forrest be appointed as a cafeteria helper in the Secre4
)
718
clah
ice on a temporary basis for a period of not to exceed 60
'with
salary at the rate of $1,080 per annum, effective June 14,
943.

Approved unanimously.
MeMorandum dated June 12, 1943, from Mr. Morrill, recommending
bert P. Warner, a clerk in the Accounting Section of the Secret ot

1943

rice, be granted leave of absence without pay beginning June
80 that

NAir

he might enter active duty with the United States

urPs Reserves, and that he be granted the benefits provided
p
°I-icy adopted by the Board on November 14, 1940, and amended
w.tat 20

111

'1941, for all employees entering military service.




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-2Approved unanimously, with the understanding that the payment of one month's unearned salary would be at the rate of basic
salary plus overtime.

Letter dated June 8, 1943, from Kit Williams, submitting his
resign
atIon as Attorney in the Legal Division, to become effective as
Ot the
close of business on June 15, 1943, instead of the close of busi488

JIllY 31, 1943, as requested in his letter of May 1, 1943.
The resignation was accepted, effective as of the close of business on June
15, 1943.
Memorandum dated June 11, 1943, from Mr. Goldenweiser, Direc-

to%

er the.
plvision of Research and Statistics, submitting the resignat14401,
es Mildred Crews as a clerk-stenographer in that Division, to
,
oltte
er ective as of the close of business on July 23, 1943, and rectole .
that the resignation be accepted as of that date.
The resignation was accepted.
emorandum of this date from Mr..Morrill, recommending, for the
th

()11 stat.
-ed in the memorandum, that Harry Sousa, a cafeteria helper in
eret.a

t
-17 s Office, be separated from service, effective as of the

Cloae

c't b
usiness on May 31, 1943.
Approved unanimously.
,
14414 Letter to the eresidents of all the Federal Reserve Banks,
g as

follows.

For your information there is enclosed a copy of a memoraxi
:
to 14:1-1411 dated May 22, 1943 from the Navy Department addressed
ot pit; amead, signed by William A. Coolidge, Assistant Chief
Nee. ance Section. This memorandum is in reply to a letter
ihej
/fed by one of the Federal Reserve Banks from a financing
wh.tea ution making application for a guarantee of a loan,
- application was declined by the Navy Department on the




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-3ft
riground that it was
unwilling to guarantee the loan as the
for the material was not sufficiently great to warrant
iie NavY taking any financial risk. The position taken in
J. Coolidge's letter is not a general policy adopted under
"gulation V. It relates solely to the Navy Department."

j

Approved unanimously.
Telegran to Mr. Ford, Vice President of the Federal Reserve
41 ot

.dalias, reading as follows:
oRe
t,
p Your telegram June 12, Regulation W does not permit the exof additional credit for accessories such as a radio or
but does permit addition for cars with overdrive as extra
nt. See enclosure with Board's letter dated March 21,
19




Approved unanimously.

Thereupon the meeting adjourned.

Secretary.