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LA a meeting of the Fecutive
Federal

onimittee of the

eserve Board held in the office of the Vice .Gov-

ernor on Wednesday, June 6, at 12.15 p.m.,'
PiiEZENT:
Yr. Warburg,

Mr.

Mr.

Mr. Willis, Secretary.

Delano,

ar. Warburg read a letter received from Governor
ahoads of Philadelphia, with reference to participation
in the Liberty :',oan campaign.

The letter was noted but

no ,action taken.
In view of the fact that several members were absent, Mr. Warburg announced that it would be necessary to
lay all pendingz.pplications of banks for membership on
the table until a fall meeting of the Board.
darburg laid before the Committee a letter from
the Yew York Federal deserve Bank containing facts as to a
British credit of :50,000,000 which is shortly to be paid
off by the British stock banks in .301d, and raising the
vestion whether it would be possible for Federal reserve
banks to count such gold held abroad for them under satisfactory conditions, as part of their reserve.

In this

connection he briefly discussed the main facts as to the

sitt.iationin New York.
riembers of the Oomrnittee expressed their opinion
informilly with reference to.the reserve vestion, aid it
was agreed that no action be taken at the present time until more attention coild be given to it.
On motion

LITAOVID:




ChzArman.

at 1 p. m. the

ommittee adoarned.