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.4t a regular meeting of the Federal Reserve Board
held in the office of the Governor on :Jonday, October 29,
at three p.m.,
PR14L4:
Governor Harding, presiding,

:.Ir.

::r. .4arburg,

- ecretary.
.
:dr. ain't, :

Dolan°,
HaMlin,
,Governor Harding read a letter from the

e. etary

of the Treasury as to the acceptance of over-subscriptions
to the second Liberty-Loan; also a letter from the Secretary as to acceptance of Government bonds on deposit by
banks.
Governor Harding further stated to the Board thz;:..t
the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond had sent out a circular stating that the first 2

installment on bond subscrip-

tions could not be paid in bank. credit, and a letter from
.iissistant Secretary jrosby stating. that such was not the
.Treu - ary riling; al o-a letter from Governor Se y stating
his reasons for the course actually followed by him.

The

tpapers were referred to the Executive Jommittee with power
to act.

(T. ccunu.tion of LIA2 5;(-)-,1)trnile: Of *,,hL

of Hyde
pit:.l fro'l v10J,OUJ to ,,J),033.

.uthoried to rcdAce its
_ rerort cf Jh.icf

iicr:)roacrilK

the ''ederal :e6crvc thth of ,,L,n

c(.-

1xcio,

f the

ferred to — v. -iller
tvinn

to the

of thr...t
of tde -ectiY,J of the

The

ton 5t Kid on uctober 26, %:.,d tilLLi rlitioh of
Joerr, recorTlended by that Jonnittec, were, on matin_,
proved z....nd the action therein set forth ratified.
letter
tcc :0.

U5

to szto-lobile Purer, proposed by 'omnit-

w%,s, on I'lotion, .2proved 4nd the I;overno. ,olVior-

iLeJ to tL-lisrlit the




e.

'or filzry

-;.;;,:etor,
'r7Istec 7 ,

d(,re

i!AniLitrtor, icistri.tr of ..Aocks

Tharth

?irst

Ilor

:awood, Ind.




7 usee, .;.*.xee7itor, -dministrator„
toc:s and Bonds.
,.1.(1-,1 Bank
7enics 1"
,;...reham
rationz.:! :ank
'11.st ::ational
ionlBank of
t rove
Trustee, E:.I.L,ec

,:nrcester, -ass.,

Ind.,
i,'est Grove, Pa.

„„ - Inistrator.

, "nL;elo rational Bunk
.'.a:apbell national Ex. Bank

_

nAlns.elo, Texas,
Texas.

Upon recommendation of Jommittee

•

applications

p were acted upon, ald institutions admitted to

'c)r
thu

eistrar of

't,

•

as folio

ir..nklin 'Trust
Gia .J Trust
• JitLcns Bunk, .1„.LH
t. iair Jaunty

JtI

Governor Harding stated that i

ia, Pa.,
t Huron, I:de-a.
A been proposed

to hold a conference with Governors of federal lieserve banks
. in the near future.

Discussion of discount rate levels, %nd

seneral problems of the Federal -.aeserve: L;ysteM ensued, and,
on. motion, it was voted to invite the Governors of the banks
.to attend a session of the Board to be held on 7Aur3day,
November S.
Informal discussion of the personnel of the ?ederal
Reserve Bank of Boston ensued, but no form:11 action was taken.

'inform-J. discussion of the personnel of the 2ederal
_ieserve Bank of Boston ensued, bat no formal action was taken./
On motion, the minates of the meeting of the Board
meeting of October £6, dispensed with at the opening of the
meeting, were read and approved.
The minutes of the meetin3.s of the L:ecutive Jommittee .
Ileld on October 26 and 27 were presented and approved, and the
action therein set forth ratified.
'Avernor Harding announced that the visit to Jhicao
intended to be made on this date, had become anne essary,
ming to action taken at :Jhicago.
4.20 p.m. the Board adjourned to meet on.,;ednesday,
October 31, at three p.m.




',Acretar:.
Jhairlan.