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Minutes for

To:

Members of the Board

From:

Office of the Secretary

May 20, 1966

Attached is a copy of the minutes of the
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System on
the above date.
It is not proposed to include a statement
with respect to any of the entries in this set of
minutes in the record of policy actions required to
be maintained pursuant to section 10 of the Federal
Reserve Act.
Should you have any question with regard to
the minutes, it will be appreciated if you will advise
the Secretary's Office. Otherwise, please initial
below. If you were present at the meeting, your
initials will indicate approval of the minutes. If
you were not present, your initials will indicate
only that you have seen the minutes.

Chm. Martin
Gov. Robertson
Gov. Shepardson
Gov. Mitchell
Gov. Daane
Gov. Maisel
Gov. Brimmer

Minutes of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System on Friday, May 20, 1966.

The Board met in the Board Room

at 10:00 a.m.
PRESENT:

Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.

Robertson, Vice Chairman
Shepardson
Mitchell
Maisel
Brimmer
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.

Sherman, Secretary
Kenyon, Assistant Secretary
Broida, Assistant Secretary
Holland, Adviser to the Board
Molony, Assistant to the Board
Cardon, Legislative Counsel
Morgan, Staff Assistant, Board Members'
Offices

Messrs. Koch, Partee, Williams, Axilrod, Gramley,
Bernard, Eckert, Ettin, Fry, Keir, and Kelty,
and Mrs. Peskin of the Division of Research
and Statistics
Messrs. Sammons, Hersey, Katz, Reynolds, Baker,
and Gemmill of the Division of International
Finance
Money market review.

Mr. Bernard commented on the Government

securities market and reviewed a table that had been distributed showing trends in selected short-term interest rates.

In the ensuing discus-

sion Governor Brimmer suggested that it would be helpful if the Board
could have information on the upcoming calendar of Federal agency issues,
and the staff indicated that estimates would be developed.
Mr. Fry commented concerning the May projections in the distributed table affording perspective on bank reserve utilization, following
Which Mr. Ettin discussed the recent growth of time and savings deposits

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at commercial banks, and the implications thereof, in which connection
he referred to a series of distributed tables and charts.
Mr. Hersey summarized foreign exchange market developments and
then analyzed U.S. balance of payments prospects, with emphasis on
corporate capital outflows.
All members of the staff who had been present except Messrs.
Sherman, Kenyon, Broida, Holland, Molony, Cardon, Koch, Partee, and
Gramley then withdrew from the meeting and the following entered the
room:
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.

Farrell, Director, Division of Bank Operations
Hexter, Associate General Counsel
O'Connell, Assistant General Counsel
Kiley, Assistant Director, Division of Bank Operations
Leavitt, Assistant Director, Division of Examinations
Smith, Assistant Director, Division of Examinations
Forrestal, Senior Attorney, Legal Division
Egertson, Supervisory Review Examiner, Division of Examinations

Discount rates.

The establishment without change by the Federal

Reserve Banks of New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, and San Francisco on
May 19, 1966, of the rates on discounts and advances in their existing
schedules was approved unanimously, with the understanding that appropriate advice would be sent to those Banks.
Approved items.

The following items, copies of which are

attached under the respective numbers indicated, were approved unanimously
after consideration of background information that had been made available to the members of the Board:

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-3Item No.

Letter to Valley Bank and Trust Company,
S pringfield, Massachusetts, approving the
establishment of a branch in Wilbraham.

1

Letter to Chemung Canal Trust Company,
Elmira, New York, approving the establishment of a branch in The Mall Shopping Center,
Chemung County.

2

Letter to Wells Fargo Bank, San Francisco,
California, approving the establishment of
a branch in the Campus Commons Development,
Sacramento.

3

Letter to The Provident Bank, Cincinnati,
C)hio, granting an extension of time to establish a branch in Colerain Township.

4

Letter to the Fiscal Assistant Secretary of
the Treasury and telegram to the Federal Reserve
Banks regarding regulations and procedures for
the local destruction of unfit Federal Reserve
notes.
Competitive factor report.

5-6

Unanimous approval was given to

the transmittal to the Comptroller of the Currency of a report on the
competitive factors involved in the proposed merger of The Portsmouth
Banking Company, Portsmouth, Ohio, into The National Bank of Portsmouth.
The conclusion read as follows:
Consummation of the proposed merger of The National
Bank of Portsmouth, a subsidiary of BancOhio Corporation,
Columbus, Ohio, a registered bank holding company, and
The Portsmouth Banking Company would reduce from three to
two the alternate sources of commercial banking services
in Scioto County. The National Bank of Portsmouth would
increase its control of area deposits from about 25 per
cent to 44 per cent. It appears that the effect of the
Proposed merger may be substantially to lessen competition.

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-4Proposed legislation on certificates of deposit.

Pursuant to

the understanding at yesterday's meeting, there had been distributed
under date of May 19 a revised draft of statement to be presented by
Vice Chairman Robertson on behalf of the Board next Tuesday before the
House Banking and Currency Committee in connection with hearings on two
bills, H.R. 14026 and H.R. 14422, one of which would prohibit the issuance of certificates of deposit by insured banks and the other of which
would prohibit such banks from issuing certificates in denominations of
less than $15,000.
The draft statement would take a position adverse to the bills,
indicating that in the Board's judgment they represented efforts to
circumscribe competitive processes in ways that would be harmful to the
Public interest.
The proposed statement also would recognize that yesterday the
Secretary of the Treasury had submitted to the Committee a proposal
that the Federal Reserve Act be amended to give the Board temporary
au thority to differentiate maximum rates of interest on time and savings
d eposits according to a criterion not now available to the Board, namely,

the extent to which a deposit was afforded protection through insurance
by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

The rationale underlying

this proposal was that returns on investment should be scaled according
to the risk assumed by the investor.
The draft statement would say that the Board did not interpose
objection to the suggested amendment and that if the proposal were

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adopted by the Congress the Board would implement it to the best of its
ability.

The statement would go on to say that the Board welcomed con-

sideration of any measures that would increase its flexibility in
administering ceiling rates on time and savings deposits, but that it
might well prove difficult, in administering the amendment, to achieve
the stated objectives and still preserve the principles of equitable
treatment as among small and large depositors and among various types
of savings intermediaries.

In any event, the statement would continue,

the contribution such additional authority might make to resolving the
Present competitive situation among financial institutions could be
overestimated.

Under economic conditions requiring monetary restraint,

the tug of rising market rates of interest was attracting interest-sensitive funds from all intermediaries, bank and nonbank.

As an increas-

ing share of savings flowed directly into financial markets, it was to
be expected that competition among intermediaries would sharpen.
The statement would conclude with comments to the effect that

changes in the competitive situation among financial intermediaries
deserved close surveillance, that the Board was watching developments
Closely

and recently had ordered a new survey of changes in the rates

banks were paying on various classes of time and savings deposits, and

that if supervisory action seemed called for, in the light of unfolding
developments, the Board would not hesitate to take whatever action was
within its power, nor would it hesitate to suggest additional legislative changes that were deemed necessary and desirable.

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-6At this meeting, suggested replacements for portions of the

language of the draft statement were distributed.

The proposed revision

would state, at one point, that the Board did not interpose objection
to the suggested amendment and if it were adopted by the Congress the
Board "would conscientiously assume the responsibility to act thereunder
as the public interest required."

The sentence stating that the Board

Welcomed consideration of any measures that would increase its flexibility in administering ceiling rates on time and savings deposits would
be eliminated.

The testimony would conclude by saying that the Board

believed its powers under existing legislation were adequate to enable
it to cope with any problem likely to emerge.
The discussion at this meeting related almost exclusively to the
Portion of the statement having to do with the Fowler proposal.
Vice Chairman Robertson, in commenting on the proposed substitutions, said he thought the Board had the power, under existing legislative authority, to deal with the situation as necessary.

He felt

that it would be well to conclude the statement on such a note.
Governor Mitchell shared the view that the Board's powers were
adequate to deal with the existing situation.

He questioned, however,

Whether it was prudent to go further and state that the Board had
adequate powers prospectively, and there was general agreement that the
c°Mment in the statement should be confined to problems that were foreseeable at this time.

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-7In this connection, Governor Shepardson inquired whether the

Board was fully satisfied that it had adequate powers.

It was noted,

in reply, that the Federal Reserve Act now specified four criteria
that the Board could use in setting maximum rates, namely, maturity of
deposit, conditions respecting withdrawal or repayment, location of
bank, and the discount rate in the several Federal Reserve Districts.
Thus, the principal remaining criterion would appear to be a differentiation based on size of deposit.
There followed some discussion regarding the proper technical
interpretation of the Fowler proposal, during which reference was made
to the text of the Secretary's statement before the Committee.

The

Possibility was suggested that the problem of interpretation might be
raised in the Vice Chairman's statement.

However, it was also suggested

that such matters should more appropriately be clarified through discussion with the Treasury than debated before the Committee.
Governor Mitchell expressed the view that it would be unwise
to overemphasize the specific proposal.

The approach he suggested for

the statement was to indicate that the Board welcomed consideration of
Illeasures that would increase its flexibility in administering ceiling
4Posit rates, that the Secretary's proposal was one such measure to be
"nsidered, but that its administration would involve certain difficulties) for reasons developed in the draft statement.
Governor Brimmer noted that the fact could not be overlooked
that the Secretary had put a proposal on the table.

The Board could

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choose not to deal with the proposal in the prepared statement, but the
Board had to have an attitude toward it.

He thought it would be diffi-

cult and embarrassing for the Board just to say that it opposed the
bills presently before the Committee and then have nothing else to
Offer.

This would amount to saying that the Couunittee was wasting its

time and that there was either no real problem or, if there was, that
the Board failed to see it.
Governor Mitchell said it was his understanding that the Board
had determined its basic position, namely, that it had the power needed
to deal with any existing problem.

The Board, he continued, should

never take the position that people should not be reviewing its judgments and considering various proposals.

However, the Board, by not

acting in some fashion on the ceiling rates, had in effect taken the
Position for several months that such action was not needed.

The matter

had been considered by the Board at length around the turn of the year,
at a time when considerable pressure was being exerted upon the Board
to take some action.
Governor Maisel noted that the April savings flow figures might
illdicate a need to re-examine the earlier decision.
been made earlier, and he still felt it was right.

A decision had
However, if the most

recent figures presented a case for a change, the Board had the power
tO make such a decision.
Governor Brimmer said he was not suggesting that the Board debate
the correctness of an earlier decision.

The question was whether, in

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view of the April experience and in view of what could be anticipated
around the middle of the year, the Board still felt there was no need
to modify its position.
Governor Mitchell replied that this was why the Board was
Presently collecting full current data.

The Board had been in receipt

of a lot of miscellaneous allegations, especially those brought to its
attention by people with axes to grind.

But the situation required

examination in broad perspective, and there had not yet been an opportunity to do that.

It was his general feeling that if the situation

called for taking some action, the Board had adequate power to deal
With the problem.

However, the difficulties confronting the savings

and loans did not, in his opinion, reflect commercial bank competition
SO much as the attractiveness of market rates.
The Vice Chairman then suggested returning to the wording of

the draft statement, and several amendments were offered by members of
the Board.

Members of the staff suggested at this point that considera-

tion be given to the overall thrust of the statement, particularly in
respect to the Fowler proposal.

They noted that the Board had originally

advised the Treasury that it would not object to the proposal, though
Withholding any commitment to use the authority if the proposal was
Passed by the Congress.

Now, as additional suggestions were made, the

statement seemed to take the form of a document presenting a number of
teasons why the Committee should not adopt the proposal.

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-10The Vice Chairman indicated that this was a reason for includ-

ing the sentence stating specifically that the Board did not interpose
Objection to the proposed amendment.

After Governors Maisel and Brimmer

expressed their concurrence, Governor Mitchell indicated that he did
not care to pursue the point, although his preference continued to be
to emphasize the thought that the Board welcomed consideration of any
measures that would increase the flexibility of its powers in this area.
Question was raised whether the Board had a firm view about
using the authority if it were provided, and Governor Mitchell said he
did not believe the authority would be particularly useful as of the
Present time.

Governor Maisel said he thought this comment was valid;

the costs of action would be greater than the gains.

The Vice Chairman

noted that it did not appear necessary to take a position on this point
in the statement.
Governor Shepardson asked if he was correct in assuming that
the Board was prepared to say definitely that it did not need additional
Ilexibility, and the ensuing discussion tended to confirm this assumptio •
4

Governor Brimmer asked whether the Board had ever reached such

conclusion specifically in respect to authority to differentiate by

siZe of deposit, and Governor Maisel replied that thus far, at least,
the record indicated this to have been the Board's position.
Governor Mitchell then suggested that the draft statement be
referred to the Vice Chairman for further editing in light of today's
discussion, and there was agreement with this suggestion.

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-11The meeting then adjourned.
Secretary's Note: Governor Shepardson
today approved on behalf of the Board
the following items:

Letter to the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston (copy attached as
Item No. 7) approving the designation of 13 employees as special
assistant examiners.
Letter to the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (copy attached as
Item No. 8) approving the designation of Alfred G. Abdalla and James A.
McQueen as special assistant examiners.
Letter to the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond (copy attached as
Item No. 9) approving the appointment of Raymond H. Johnson as Alternate Assistant Federal Reserve Agent.
Letter to the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (copy attached as
Item No. 10) approving the appointment of William L. Wilson as Federal
Reserve Agent's Representative at the El Paso Branch.
Memoranda from the Division of Research and Statistics dated May 17,
966, recommending the establishment of the following positions in that
ulvision: (1) position of "visiting professor" in the Banking
Markets
!ection, (2) an additional economist position in the Business Conditions
6ect10n, and (3) an additional economist position in the
Flow of Funds
and Savings Section.
Memorandum from the Division of Personnel Administration dated
Ma
Y 20, 1966, recommending that the Board's summer employment program
'e enlarged to include five additional positions.
Memoranda recommending the following actions relating to the Board's
staff:
4.P.EalaLE2EL
Herman 0. Stekler as Economist, Division of Research and Statistics,
141th basic annual salary at the rate of $16,204, effective the date of
entrance upon duty.

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Salary increases, effective May 22, 1966

Name and title

Division

Basic annual salary
From
To

Office of the Secretary
Betty J. Abbott, Records Clerk
Joyce M. Hile, Secretary

$ 5,265
5,352

$ 5,421
5,523

4,149
9,573
10,797

4,289
9,879
11,723

5,181

5,352

4,953

5,109

8,241

8,495

3,943

4,072

5,577

5,733

7,479

7,733

Research and Statistics
Lynda Fein, Clerk-Typist
Janice Peskin, Economist
Katharyne P. Reil, Economist
International Finance
Christine Cushman, Senior Clerk
Bank Operations
Dorothy M. Vereb, Statistical Clerk
Examinations
Roger A. Haskell, Assistant Federal Reserve
Examiner
Administrative Services
Allen

E. Simmons, Mail Clerk
Data Processing

Wilhelmina K. Steele, Operator, Tabulating
Equipment
Adeline
Tweed, General Assistant
K

Gloria J. Ogden, from the position of Secretary in the Division
Research and Statistics to the position of Secretary in the Office
t the Secretary with no change in basic annual salary at the rate of
us
.s
,
'702, effective upon assuming her new duties.

Of

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-13of resignation

Edward T. Bernard, Economist, Division of Research and Statistics,
effective at the close of business May 30, 1966.
!emission to engage in outside activity
Theodore L. Jones, Operator (Duplicating Devices), Division of
Administrative Services, to work for a local store on a part-time
basis.

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BOARD OF GOVERNORS
OF THE

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Item No. 1
5/20/66

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
WASHINGTON, D. C. 20851
ADC:HMIS orriciAL COAREEPONOCHCE
TO THE •OARD

May 20, 1966

Board of Directors,
Valley Bank and Trust
Company,
Springfield, Massachusetts.
Gentlemen:
The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System approves the establishment by Valley Bank and Trust
Company, Springfield, Massachusetts, of a branch at 463
Main. Street, Wilbraham, Massachusetts, provided the branch
Is established within six months from the date of this
letter.
Very truly yours,
(Signed) Karl E. Bakke

Karl E. Bakke,
Assistant Secretary.

(The letter to the Reserve Bank stated that the
Board also had approved a six-month extension
of the period allowed to establish the branch;
and that if an extension should be requested,
the procedure prescribed in the Board's letter
of November 9, 1962 (S-1846), should be followed.)

Item No. 2
5/20/66

BOARD OF GOVERNORS
OF THE

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
WASHINGTON, D. C. 20551
ADDRESS OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE
TO THE BOARD

May 20, 1966

Board of Directors,
Chemung Canal Trust Company,
Elmira, New York.
Gentlemen:
The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System approves the establishment by Chemung Canal Trust
Company, Elmira, New York, of a branch in The Mall Shopping
Center at the northeast corner of the intersection of New
York Route 17 and Chambers Road in an unincorporated area
of Chemung County, New York, provided the branch is established
within one year from the date of this letter.
Very truly yours,
(Signed) Karl E. Bakke

Karl E. Bakke,
Assistant Secretary.

(The letter to the Reserve Bank stated that the

Board also had approved a six-month extension
Of the period allowed to establish the branch;
and that if an extension should be requested,
the procedure prescribed in the Board's letter
of November 9, 1962 (S-1846), should be followed.)

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BOARD OF GOVERNORS

Item No.
5/20/66

OF THE

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
WASHINGTON, D. C. 20351
ADDRESS

orriciAL

CORRESPONDENCE

TO THE OMANI)

May 20, 1966

Board of Directors,
Wells Fargo Bank,
San Francisco, California.
Gentlemen:
The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System approves the establishment by Wells Fargo Bank,
San Francisco, California, of a branch at 350 University
Avenue, in the Campus Commons Development, Sacramento,
California, provided the branch is established within
six months from the date of this letter.
Very truly yours,
(Signed) Karl E. Bakke
Karl E. Bakke,
Assistant Secretary.

(The letter to the Reserve Bank stated that the
Board also had approved a six-month extension
of the period allowed to establish the branch;
and that if an extension should be requested,
the procedure prescribed in the Board's letter
Of November 9, 1962 (S-1846), should be followed.)

BOARD OF GOVERNORS

Item No. 4
5/20/66

OF THE

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
WASHINGTON, O. C. 20551
ADDRESS OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE
TO THE BOARD

May 20, 1966

Board of Directors,
The Provident Bank,
Cincinnati, Ohio.
Gentlemen:
The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System extends to December 26, 1966, the time within which
The Provident Bank, Cincinnati, Ohio, may establish a
branch at the southwest corner of Springdale Road and Colerain Avenue, in an unincorporated area of Colerain Township,
Hamilton County, Ohio.
Very truly yours,
(Signed) Karl E. Bakke

Karl E. Bakke,
Assistant Secretary.

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Item No. 5
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OF THE

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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
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WASHINGTON, D. C. 20551
ADDRESS OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE
TO THE BOARD

May 20, 1966.

Mr. John K. Garlock,
Fiscal Assistant Secretary,

ROOM 3464,
Main Treasury Department,
Washington, D. C. 20220.
Dear Mr. Garlock:
The Board has reviewed the proposed regulations for
the verification and destruction of unfit Federal Reserve notes,
and the implementing procedures to the extent that they have
been drafted. The Board finds no reason to object to issuance
of the regulations and procedures reviewed to date.
Very truly yours,

(Signed)

er itt Sherman

Merritt Sherman,
Secretary.

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Item No. 6
5/20/66

TELEGRAM
LEASED WIRE SERVICE

BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
WASHINGTON

May 20, 1966

TO THE PRESIDENTS OF ALL FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS:
Upon President's signature of bill now before him,
and pursuant thereto, you will be advised by Treasury to begin
local destruction of unfit $1 Federal Reserve notes as a Fiscal
Agency operation.
'Board recognizes that,as matter of principle, reimbursement is usually requested for Fiscal Agency operations, but is of
°Pinion that no reimbursement should be requested for verification
and destruction of Federal Reserve notes in view of fact that the
eleventh paragraph of Section 16 of Federal Reserve Act expressly
Provides that "expenses necessarily incurred in executing the
laws relating to the procuring of such notes, and all other
expenses incidental to their issue and retirement, shall be paid
by the Federal reserve banks."
Reimbursement should continue to be claimed, however,
for verification and destruction of Treasury currency in accordance
with established procedures.

(Signed) Merritt Sherman
SHERMAN

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Item No. 7
5/20/66

OF THE

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
WASHINGTON, D. C. 20551
ADDRESS orricIAL CORRESPONDENCE
TO THE BOARD

May 23, 1966.

Mr. Luther M. Hoyle, Jr., Vice President,
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston,
Boston, Massachusetts.
02106
Dear Mr. Hoyle:
In accordance with the request contained in your letter
of May 16, 1966, the Board approves the designation of each of the
following employees as a special assistant examiner for the Federal
Reserve Bank of Boston:
Patricia A. Harrington
Joseph W. Conway
Janice F. Jacob
Marguerite E. Coughlin
Mary G. Kadlick
Frances A. Croy
Mabel J. Sprague
Josephine C. Freddura
Rita J. Sullivan
Irene A. Glowacki
Pamela J. Goodwin
Ira S. Swerling
Paul M. Trus cello
Appropriate notations have been made of the names to be
deleted from the list of special assistant examiners.
Very truly yours,
(Signed) Elizabeth L. Carmichael
Elizabeth L. Carmichael,
Assistant Secretary.

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BOARD OF GOVERNORS

Item No. 8
5/20/66

OF THE

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
WASHINGTON, O. C. 20551
ADDRESS OrTICIAL CORRESPONDENCE
TO THE BOARD

May 23, 1966

Mr. George W. Sheffer, Jr., Chief
Examiner and Assistant Vice President,
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta,
Atlanta, Georgia. 30303
Dear Mr. Sheffer:
In accordance with the request contained
in your letter of May 18, 1966, the Board approves
the designation of Alfred G. Abdalla and James A.
McQueen as special assistant examiners for the
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.
Very truly yours,
(Signed) Elizabeth L. Carmichael
Elizabeth L. Carmichael,
Assistant Secretary.

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Item No. 9
5/20/66

BOARD OF GOVERNORS
OF THE

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
WASHINGTON, D. C. 20551
ADDRESS OFFICIAL CORRILISPONOENCIE
TO THE BOARD

May 23, 1966
Mr. Edwin Hyde,
Federal Reserve Agent,
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond,
Richmond, Virginia 23213.
bear Mr. Hyde:
In accordance with the request contained in your letter of
lY 121 1966, the Board of Governors approves the appointment of
.g,f. Raymond H. Johnson as Alternate Assistant Federal Reserve Agent
'4 succeed Mr. George E. Thompson, Jr.

t

This approval is given with the understanding that Mr. Johnson
15,11 be solely responsible to the Federal Reserve Agent and the Board
va4 Governors for the proper performance of his duties, except that,
vilring the absence or disability of the Federal Reserve Agent or a
F ancy in that office, his responsibility will be to the Assistant
ederal Reserve Agent and the Board of Governors.
When not engaged in the performance of his duty as Alternate
th:istant Federal Reserve Agent rir. Johnson may, with the approval of
8 Federal Reserve Agent and the President, perform such work for the
Fank as will not be inconsistent with his duties as Alternate Assistant
ederal Reserve Agent.
A8

It will be appreciated if Mr. Johnson is fully informed of
J-mportance of his responsibilities as a member of the staff of the
'i!cleral Reserve Agent and the need for maintenance of independence
rOm the operations of the Bank in the discharge of these responsibilities.

the4-

It is noted from your letter that with the approval of his

41)1,044ntment by the Board of Governors, Mr. Johnson will execute the
aclual Oath of Office which will be forwarded to the Board together with
viCe of the effective date of his appointment.
Very truly yours,
(Signed) Merritt Sherman

Merritt Sherman,
Secretary.

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Item No. 10
5/20/66

OF THE

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
WASHINGTON, D. C. 20551
ADDRESS arraciAt. CORRESPONDENCE
TO THE HOARD

May 23, 1966
Mr. Carl J. Thomsen,
Chainman of the Board and
Federal Reserve Agent,
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas,
Dallas, Texas. 75222.
Dear Mr. Thomsen:
In accordance with the request contained in your letter of
12, 19661 the Board of Governors approves the appointment of
William L. Wilson as a Federal Reserve Agent's Representative at
'he El Paso Branch to succeed :qr. Lorenzo E. McCluskey, Jr.
This approval is given with the understanding that Mr. Nilson
be solely responsible to the Federal Reserve Agent and the Board
ar Governors for the proper performance of his duties, except that,
174r1ng the absence or disability of the Federal deserve Agent or a
Dacalloy in that office, his responsibility will be to the Assistant
"deral Reserve Agent and the Board of Governors.
When not engaged in the performance of his duties as Federal
th:erve Agent's Representative, Ar. Wilson may, with the approval of
4 Federal Reserve Agent and the Vice President in charge of the
84 Paso Branch, perform such work for the Branch as will not be incon'stent with his duties as Federal Reserve Agent's Representative.
It will be appreciated if 1,,r. Wilson is fully informed of
importance of his responsibilities as a member of the staff of the
t7eral Reserve Agent and the need for maintenance of independence from
ue operations of the Bank in the discharge of these responsibilities.

the

It ig noted from your letter that, with the approval of
Mr.
th wllsonis appointment by the Board of Governors, he will execute
vicLUsual Oath of Office which will be forwarded to the Board together
'a advice of the effective date of his appointment.
Very truly yours,
(Signed) Merritt Sherman
Merritt Sherman,
Secretary.