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A meeting of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
SYstem was held in Washington on Saturday, March 25, 1944, at 11:00
a.m.
PRESENT:

Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.

Eccles, Chairman
Szymczak
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 hereinafter referred to was taken by the Board:
The minutes of the meeting of the Board of Governors of the
Pederal Reserve System held on March 24, 1944/ were approved unani-

Memorandum dated March 24, 1944, from Mr. Morrill, recommendthat Lee Ratliff be appointed as a laborer in the Secretary's Of-

on a temporary basis for an indefinite period, with basic salary
4t

he

the rate of P1,200 per annum, effective as of the date upon which

enters upon the Performance of his duties after having passed satis-

4ct°rUy the usual physical examination, with the understanding that
if
anYthing derogatory develops in the investigation of his reference
hi8 services may be terminated immdiately.
Approved unanimously.
Telegram to Mr. Peyton, President of the Federal Reserve Bank
U4_
of-Ln
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stating that, subject to conditions of membership

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numbered 1 to 3 contained in the Board's Regulation H, the Board apPl'olres the application of the "Iron Exchange Bank", Hurley, Uisconsin,
for membership in the Federal Reserve System and for the appropriate
aniount of stock in the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis.

The tele-

g't 1A requested that the Federal Reserve Bank advise the applicant bank
°f the Board's
approval of the application and conditions of members4113
prescribed, together with necessary instructions as to the Procedure for accomplishing membership, and stated that a letter containing detailed advice regarding such approval would be forwarded
to the
applicant bank
through the Reserve Bank.
Approved unanimously.
Telegram to the Presidents of all the Federal Reserve Banks,
reE04_
as follows:
"In re our telegram of March 23rd relating to Amendment No. 11 to Regulation W.
"If you plan to reprint Regulation before receiving
Our photo-offset printing negative, please make following
Changes:
"On cover page and page 5 of Regulation, change 'as
revised effective May 6, 1942' to 'as amended effective
April 3, 1944'.
"In foreword to Regulation, add following new first
Paragraph: 'This reprint of the Regulation incorporates
all amendments to and including Amendment No. 11, effective
1Tril 3, 1944'; change 'has been' to 'was' in second line
Present first paragraph; and in quotation from Presioent's special message, change 'payment' to 'paying off'.
"Omit all footnotes in section 13 and delete section
15. Note that section 7(d) still carries footnote 6.n




Approved unanimously.




Thereupon the meeting adjourned.