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A meeting of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve Sysem was held
in Washington on Saturday, November 14, 1942, at 10:45 a.m.
PRESENT:

Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.

Eccles: Chairman
Ransom, Vice Chairman
Szymczak
McKee
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 Federa"

Reserve System held on November 13, 1942, were approved unanimously.
Bond in the amount of $10,000, executed under date of November

6

942, by Raymond J. Dunphy as Alternate Assistant Federal Reserve Agent

at the Federal
Reserve Bank of Boston.
Approved unanimously.
Memorandum dated November 11, 1942, from Mr. Goldenweiser, Directot
'of the Division of Research and Statistics, recommending that Mrs.

171110 J. tinchell

be appointed as a clerk in that Division on a temporary

44818, with salary at the rate of $1,680 per annum, effective as of the

clate

upon which she enters upon the performance of her duties after haypassed satisfactorily the usual physical examination.




Approved unanimously.

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Memorandum dated November 11, 1942, from Mr. Paulger, Chief
of the Division of Examinations, recommending that the salary of Glenn
hi* Goodman, a Federal Reserve Examiner, be increased from'C5,400 to
45,600 per annum, effective November 16, 1942.
Approved unanimously.
Memorandum dated November 13, 1942, from Mr. Morrill, submitting the resignation of Herbert L. Becke as a guard in the SecretarY i s Office, to become effective as of the close of business on
November 23,
and recommending that the resignation be accepted
1942'
as of that
date.
The resignation was accepted.
Letter to Mr. Lassiter, Federal Reserve Agent at the Federal
4eserve Bank of Richmond, reading as follows:
"In accordance with the request contained in your letter of November 9, 1942, the Board of Governors approves the
appointment of Mr. T. Wesley Bagby as Federal Reserve Agent's
Representative at the Charlotte Branch at his present salary
of a,800 per annum, and effective January 1, 1943, at the
rate of $1,920 per annum, with the understanding that he
will be placed upon the Agent's payroll and will be solely
responsible to you, or during a vacancy in the office of
Agent, to the Assistant Federal Reserve Agent, and to the
Board of Governors, for the proper performance of his duties.
lihen not engaged in the performance of his duties as Federal
Reserve Agent's Representative he may, with approval of the
Federal Reserve Agent or, in his absence, of the Assistant
Federal Reserve Agent, and Branch'Alanaging Director, perform
such work for the Branch as will not be inconsistent with
his duties as Federal Reserve Agent's Representative.
"It is noted that Mr. Bagby will succeed Mr. Charles
E. Francis, who has been ordered to report for military duty
on November 25th, but Mr. Bagby should not enter upon the
Performance of his duties as Federal Reserve Agent's Representative until his bond has been examined by your counsel
to determine whether its execution complies fully with the




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"rules printed on the reverse side thereof.
"Please advise the effective date of Mr. Bagby's appointment and Mr. Francis' resignation, and as to the action,
if any, we should take with respect to releasing the bonding
company from liability for any acts committed by Mr. Francis
subsequent to the termination of his duties as Federal Reserve Agent's Representative, together with the actual termination of such duties."
Approved unanimously.
Telegram to Paul G. Hoffman of the Studebaker Corporation, South
Bend, Indiana, reading as follows:
"Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System has
aPpointed you as Class C director of the Federal Reserve
Bank of Chicago for the unexpired portion of the terra ending December 31, 1943, and will be pleased to have your acceptance by collect telegram."
Approved unanimously.
Telegram to Mr. Gilbert, President of the Federal Reserve Bank
Dallas, reading as follows:
"Board of Governors approves change in Interdistrict
Time Schedule (from two days to three days for El Paso to
Los Angeles) requested in Mr. Smyth's November 12 telegram.
Letter of advice being sent to all Presidents."




Approved unanimously.

Thereupon the meeting adjourned.