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FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD
WASHINGTON
September 1st, 1922.

MEMORANDUM FOR VICE GOTEMNOR PLATT:
The undersigned request that you call. a special
meeting of the Federal Reserve Board for today, Friday, September 1,
1922, at 11:15 a.m.




A special meeting of the Federal Reserve Board was held in the
office of the Board on Friday, September 1, 1922, at 11:15 a.m.
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Vice Governor Platt
Mr. Miller
Mr. Mitchell
Mr. Criss inger
Mr. Tddy, Assistant Secretary

T.linut es of the meeting of the Federal Reserve Board held on
"gust 31, 192, were read and approved.
The Vice Governor reported the reserve positions of the several
Federal Reserve banks as at close of business August 30th.
Letter dated August 25, from the Federal Reserve Agent at San Francisco, requesting the Board to authorize the appointment of a number of
enaployees as assistant examiners for the purpose of assisting the State BankDepartment of California in an examination of the Los Angeles Trust aid
Savings Bank and its fifty branches to be begun September 8, 1922.
Upon moti en of Mr. Miller, the Board voted to have
the Vice Governor wire the Federal Reserve Agent at San Francisco that the Board before acting on hiF request desires to
be informed whether the State Banking Superintendent in asking
for the assistance of the Federal Reserve Bank in the proposed
examination of the Los Angeles Trust and Savings Bank and its
fifty branches, has stated in writing that his force is inadequate
to make a satisfactory examination and requestine. the Federal
Reserve Agent also to n.ive his own opinion as to rhether the
State Banking Department without assistance from the Federal
Reserve Bank is in a position to make a simultaneous examination
of the Los Angeles Trust and Savings Bank and its branches, which
will be satisfactory to the Federal Reserve Agent.
Upon further motion of Mr. Miller, it was voted that
determinat ion of the matter of the Federal Reserve Bank of
San Francisco participating in the proposed examination of the
Los Angeles Trust and Savings Bark and. its branches be left
to the Executive committee with power.




-2Letter dated August 29th, from the Federal Reserve Agent at Atlanta,
requesting termination of the appointment of Mr. J. B. Tutwiler as Federal
Reserve Examiner, in view of Mr. Tutwiler having resigned his position with
the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, effective September 21, 1922.
Approved.
Letter dated September 1, from the Deputy Comptroller of the Currency
during
advising of certain changes in the natioml bank examining force, made
the month of August, 1922.
Not ed.
Letter dated August 31, from the Chief of the Division of Analysis
and Research, recommending the discontinuance of the services of Miss
Ruth Peterson, in view of her failure to report for duty on September 1st,
1922, the date of expiration of a period of six weeks' leave without pay.
The Board voted that 7'.iss Peterson be given an extension
of leave without pay until September 15th, and to drop her
name from the Board's rolls on that date if she should fail to
report for duty, or does not give a satisfactory explanation
of her failure to report for duty September 1st.

At 12:30 * p.m. the meting adjo

Assistant Secret
Approved:




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