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Minutes Of actions taken by the Board of Governors of the
l'ecleral

Reserve System on
Monday, September 11, 1950.
PRESENT:
Mr. McCabe, Chairman
Mr. Szymczak
Mr. Evans
Mr. Norton
Mr. Powell
Mr. Carpenter, Secretary
Mr. Sherman, Assistant Secretary

Minutes of
actions taken by the Board of Governors of the
Ped.
eral Rese
rve System on September 8, 1950, were approved
unanimously.

or the
4toz)

Memorandum dated September

6, 1950, from Mr. Leonard, Director

Division of Bank
Operations, recommending that Miss Marjorie

a
to
tratsferreciellog:e
phe
Dr
ivin
sio
tn
he Division of Administrative Services, be
of BaJak Operations as a clerk-stenoErapher,

Iloith
illerease
.13.tetil)er.
17) 1950. salary from $3,130 to $3,195 per annum, effective
The memorandum also stated that the Division of
kittihistrative Se
rvices was agreeable to this transfer.
Approved unanimously.
or

MemorandUm dated
September

8, 1950, from Mr. Bethea, Director

ill the lvi81°11 of A
dministrative Services, recommending an increase
salarY of Miss Constance
McCarthy, a clerk in that
1950.

fr°111 $2,450 to
$2,650 per annum, effective September 17,




Approved unanimously.

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7

-2Memorandum dated September 11, 1950, from Gardner L.

1300the

T
,
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Assistant Director of the Division of Administrative
Servg_
stues, re
commending the reemployment of Mrs. Dessie A. Collison
as pa.
ge in that
Division, effective when she returns to work,
Vith 110 c
ce in
her previous basic salary of $2,280 per annum.
Itielli°r$544111m stated that Mrs. Collison had been on maternity
-.17e since
juae 5,
1950.
Approved unanimously.
Telegram to the Presidents of all Federal Reserve Banks,
eMi
ng as
follows:
be 11.:!!°4rd is calling a Regulation W conference to
25
in Board's offices in Washington September
otItTlci 1.6* This is in accordance with tentative plans
offil
e:!! it telegrams
previously forwarded to the
that --;:e in charge
of Regulation W. It is planned
4'e agenda
include:
Differences between the present and
2. Previous Regulations.
3. lic)me modernization credits.
4, Enforcement program.
Regi
stration.
5,
6.
210erat1ng procedures.
various
questions raised by the
1,, Federal
Reserve Banks.
tve
vish to '4a-L1 appreciate any suggestions your Bunk may
DPoa
c'ffer regarding
the program for the conference.
;041 -ceiPt of the
replies an agenda will be prepared
t°rvard

1

Approved unanimously.

Letter to

the Presidents of all Federal Reserve Banks,

4'E Ets roilows:




9/11/50
-3ce
1)1„:In
order that the Federal Reserve Banks may
d with the printing of
Registration Certificates
Ing Iden
tification Certificates for the Regulation W
1„°.'ve11vestigators, there are enclosed texts of each, which
'L
been
aPproved by the Board.
111::()ef,4he sake of uniformity, the Board would like
Banks to have the Registration Certificate
ordo
pr,
c)c111
,,,ced on a sheet six inches by nine inches. In
unat the new
certificates may be readily identified
•
be —ving been issued under the new Regulation, it may
194esirable to use a different color from that used in
be
-1949. It is suggested that each certificate issued
v.dated
and numbered and that the letter of the
alphabet
trisleh.
identifies the Federal Reserve District be used
to the number (for example, Boston would
1• .-i)c its
"It jR numbers with 'A').
- not necessary that the numbers be assigned
theal?
Particular order and where, for operating reasons,
ank
nUfliber "wishes to retain for old registrants the same
bersigned under the previous registration (as might
the :
10 '
-ase where
addressograph plates were used before)
that7ard has
no objection. In such cases it is assumed
separlml:V registrants would
be assigned numbers in a
hi t'el,lausg:s beginning at a higher level than the
Previously used.
cerrter 'I: seal of the
issuing bank, shadow printed in the
klad the% the certificate, would improve its appearance
Bank lijoard would
have no objection if any Reserve
”/„'"es to follow
this procedure.
Reguiat"ith respect
to the Identification Certificate for
141ito 1'4
°11 W in
vestigators, the Board in the interest of
or the ;43' would like to
have the same text used by all
m 'leserve
-anks. However, the seal of the issuing
a8 dee% °r IllaY not be shadow printed on the certificate
8.Ppetai
:
e'
4, and the
Board would have no objection to
investiTg to the
certificate the photograph of the
lett t 6at°r. Also
O ththe exact size of the certificate is
e discretion of
the issuing bank.
"P
hot
fo„
°-offset negatives of the Registration State48 aplIr4..n1 be
forwarded to you by air mail as soon
• do 404-'ls obtained from the Bureau of the Budget.
41014 at this
time when the approval will be
'
14 but
shall keep you informed by telegraph."







Approved unanimously.