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A meeting of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System was held in Washington on Friday, Tune 30, 1939, at 2:30 p.m.
PRESENT:

Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.

Eccles, Chairman
Ransom, Vice Chairman
McKee
Davis
Draper

Mr. Morrill, Secretary
Mr. Bethea, Assistant Secretary
Mr. Clayton, Assistsnt 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 June 29, 1939, were approved unanimously.
Memorandum dated June 29, 1939, from Mr. Noell, Assistant
Secretary, recannending, for the reason stated in the memorandum,
that (1) the resignation of Warren D. Shepherd, Guard, be accepted,
effective at the close of business on ;Tune 26, 1939, and (2) that
Frederick H. Huber be appointed as an elevator operator in the
Board's building, with salary at the rate of U,200 per annum, effective as of the date upon which he enters upon the performance
of his duties after having passed satisfactorily the usual physical
examination.
Approved unanimously.
Letter to NIT.. Young, President of the Federal Reserve Bank of
Boston, reading as follows:




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"In response to your letter of Tune 8, 1939, you
are advised that the Board approves the payment of a fee
of 4;825, together with reimbursanent for cash disbursements amounting to $171.25, =king a total bill of $996.25,
to the law firm of Gross, Hyde& Williams of Hartford,
Connecticut, for professional services rendered in connection with the foreclosure of a mortgage made by C. E.
Wilson & Company, Inc., to the Federal Reserve Bank of
Boston, the payment of such bill having previously been
approved by the Board of Directors of the Federal Reserve
Bank of Boston upon the recommendation of the bank's General
Counsel."
Approved unanimously.
Letter to Mr. Logan, Vice President and General Counsel of the
Federal Reserve Bank of New York, reading as follows:
"In response to your letter of June as, 1939, you
are advised that the Board approves payment by the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York of $2,000 to Davis, Polk, Wardwell,
Gardiner & Reed for legal services in the case of Leno
Soma v. George Handrulis, Sarah Alkoff and Federal Reserve Bank of New York, in which that firm has acted as
trial counsel for the Bank."




Approved unanimously.

Thereupon the meeting adjourned.

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Chairman.