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Minutes of actions taken by the Board of Governors of the
4(leral Reserve
System on Friday, September
PRESENT:

Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.

9, 1949.

McCabe, Chairman
Eccles
Szymczak
Draper
Vardaman
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.

Carpenter, Secretary
Sherman, Assistant Secretary
Morrill, Special Adviser
Thurston, Assistant to the Board

Minutes of actions taken by the Board of Governors of the
Ileciel
'al Reserve System on September 8, 1949, were approved unanitously.

Telegram to Mr. Blair, Counsel and Secretary of the Federal

RA

ye Bank
of Cleveland, reading as follows:
"Retel September 8, Board approves effective Septemher 121
1949, minimum rate of 1-3/8 percent per annum on
PlIrchases of Government securities under resale agreement
;8 authorized by the Federal Open Market Committee August
ir) 1949. Otherwise the Board approves establishment by
'rur Bank, without change, of rates of discount and pur1.11!'" in Bank's existing schedule, advice of which was con"allied in your telegram dated September 8, 1949."
Approved unanimously.
Tel-egrams to the Federal Reserve Banks of Boston, Richmond,

Chic.
'CO, St. Louis, Minneapolis, Eansas City, Dallas, and San Francisco
stating that the Board approves the establishment without
c444ge by the
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco on September

6,
uy the
Federal Reserve Banks of Chicago, Richmond, St. Louis,




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1411111eaPolis, Kansas City, and Dallas on September 8, 1949, and

the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston today, of the rates of dise°111A and purchase of their existing schedules.
Approved unanimously.
Memorandum dated September 7, 1949, from Mr. Millard, Direct01
'of the Division of Examinations, recommending the appointment of
14188 Evelyn H. Cunningham as a stenographer in that Division, with
bazi
4-° salary at the rate of $2724.00 per annum, effective as of the
clate 11-Don which she enters upon the performance of her duties after
44ving passed the usual physical examination.
Approved unanimously.
Memorandum dated September 8, 1949, from Mr. Bethea, Direct°1
'Of the Division of Administrative Services, recommending the

PPointment of Miss Janet Thompson as a page in that Division,
with
1)e-sic salary at the rate of $2,086.00 per annum, effective as
Of

-"e date upon which she enters upon the performance of her dutie

after having passed the usual physical examination.
Approved unanimously.

Memorandum dated September 8, 1949, from Mr. Thomas, Director -the Division of Research and Statistics, recommending that

the'
l eeignation of Miss Anne D. Maguire, a clerk in that Division,
he'
leeePted, to be effective, in accordance with her request, at the
lose of
business September 9, 1949.




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Approved unanimously.
Letter to Mr. Smyth, Vice President of the Federal Reserve

of Dallas, reading as follows:
"In accordance with the request contained in your
letter of September 2, .1949, the Board of Governors
aPProves the payment of salary to Mr. Winston D. Kelley,
Bookkeeper, R. F. C., at the rate of $3036 per annum,
'which rate is above the maximum of the grade in which
his position is classified."




Approved unanimously.