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At a regular meeting of the Federal Reserve Board held in the office of the Board on
Monday, June 3, 1918, at 11 A. M.,
PELL-ENT:
Mr. Harding, presiding,

Mr. Hamlin,

Mr. Warburg,

Ur. Delano,r

Mr. Miller,

Mr. Willis, Secretary.

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The minutes of the meeting of the Board held
on May 31st were read and on motion approved.
The minutes of the meetings of the Gold Export Committee, held on Juno 1st and 3d, were presented and on motion approved, and the action therein
set forth ratified.
letter from the Federal Reserve Bank of
Kansas City re rates of discount, with special reference to the question of maximum rates was read and
ordered circulated.
Letters from the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia re the election of new officers at that institution were read and referred to Committee No. 1.
A letter from the National Association of
Credit Men re opposition to trade acceptances was read
and the Secretary directed to reply.




A dispatch from Consul Poole of Y.oscow re
financial conditions in Russia was read and noted.
A letter from R. E. Wilson, re the meeting
of a committee on cotton financing and the desired
presence of Governor Harding was read and on motion
:Jr. Harding was authorized to visit New York at the
expense of the Board.
letter from Governor Strong re the elimination of "float" growing out of acceptance collections
and Governor

arding's reply thereto were read and re-

ferred to Committee No. 2.
On motion the question of a hearing re a
proposed Oklahoma Branch was referred to the Chairman
of the Committee on the Kansas City Bank,. with power
to proceed to Kansas City and hold a hearing there on
the subject, at his discretion.
Governor Harding read a letter from the Cumberland Valley National Bank of Nashville, Tenn., re the
question of establishing a Branch at that point, also
correspondence from other places as to the same matter,
incidentally dealing with the question of purchasing
"float".

The correspondence was referred to Mr. Harding

and Mr. Delano as the Atlanta Committee.




Letters relating to powers of attorney to
be filed by Federal Reserve Banks re the hypothecation
of government notes and bonds to protect Federal Reserve bank notes, and a proposed telegram of reply
to certain questions asked by the Federal Reserve Bank
of Cleveland regarding the use of such powers of attorney were read and the telegram -authorized.
A letter from Governor Van Zandt, addressed
to Governor Harding, re a proposed absence from Dallas,
was read and noted.
A letter from Federal Reserve Agent Wellborn
re a pro2osed campaign for the getting of State bank
members was read and noted; also a letter from the
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland on the same subject.
Mr. Delano stated that the new private wire
service between Federal Reserve banks was in process
of installation.
Reports of Committees were presented and approved as follows;
No. 1.
Dated June 3d (informal and oral), recommending the
appointment of Mrs. J. A. Hutton (Board's staff)
on probationary tenure at the rate of1,200
per annum, effective June 1st, an entry in
the minutes of May 31st being authorized.




Dated June 3d, recommending the appointment of
W. H. Mitchell in the Division of
Statistics at :;1,800 per annum, effective on assuming duty.
'Dated June 3d, recommending certain increases in the
salaries of the staff of the Federal
Reserve Bank of Chicago proposed in
the letter of Secretary McLallen of
that bank in his letter of May 27th.
Dated June 3d, recommending the appointment of Louise
Patterson (Division of Foreign Exchange)
at $900 per annum, effective June 1st.
No. 3.
Dated June lst,recommending changes in stock at Federal Reserve Banks as follows:
District No. 1; application for original stock:
State rational Bank, Lynn, :lass.,
150 shares.
District No. 8; application for surrender of stock:
The Mercantile National Bank,
Memphis, Tenn., 360 shares.
On recommendation of Mr. Delano, the following
memorandum re by-laws at Kansas City 4was adopted and ordered
transmitted to Federal Reserve Agent Ramsey:
Memorandum for Board:
Eamsey's letter to the Board of May 29th advises
of the action of the Kansas City Board in passing resolution accepting examination from the State Bank Commissioner
of Wyoming, of such State banks as may be admitted to
membership from that 3tate. He calls attention, however,
to the fact that the resolution is useless now, as the
Attorney General of Wyoming has ruled that State banks can
not subscribe for stock in the Federal .Reserve Bank. The
resolution is passed so that in case any change should be
made in the present laws, the Reserve Bank would be prepared.




"The action in authorizing, not to exceed two
senior employees of each branch to countersign "for
manager" in the absence of the manager, all checks
for payment of money signed by the Cashier, and not
to exceed two other senior employees to countersign
similarly "for Cashier", checks signed by the Manager
seems to be an amplification of the by-laws of Omaha
and Denver Branches, where under Article IV Section
3, the Head Office is authorized to appoint an acting manager, or similarly, Section 5 of same Article,
to appoint an acting Cashier. Under these sections
of the by-laws the acting manager and acting cashier
are to receive such compensation as may be fixed by
the Head Office."
On motion of 14r. Williams, it was voted that
the license for earmarking or exporting gold in favor
of the Equitable Trust Company on behalf of Musher &
Company be withdrawn on June 10th unless sooner availed
of.
Discussion concerning a proposed ruling re
cold storage paper ensued but no action was taken.
The Secretary of the Board called attention to
the facts regarding a shipment of Federal Reserve notes
sent by the Division of Issue through error to Cleveland instead of to Pittsburgh.
On motion at 1 P. L., the Board adjourned:
APPROVED:

Secretary,

Chairman.