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A B A A g Summit Consensus Calls for Balanced Budget by Spending Cuts banking lead ers from around the nation met in Des Moines July 12 with A B A and federal farm officials to analyze the worsening farm situation. The m eeting was closed to the press to encourage freer expression o f opin ion and to discuss with peers the confidential status o f many ag cus tom ers and banks alike. A B A issued this consensus statement follow ing that meeting: “ Farming has run into serious problem s. Our analysis, based on re ports from some 22 states, including those that have been hit hardest, is that the depth o f the problem varies widely and dramatically, ranging from a m atter o f concern to a matter o f crisis in some cases. The hardesthit states are Illinois, Iowa, Min nesota, M issouri and Nebraska. These problem s go beyond farming and weaken agri-business and many Main Street businesses and commu nities. “ The fundam ental econ om ic source o f farm difficulties is the federal deficit, which keeps the cost o f money far too high. Several other factors have com bined to bring farm difficulties to a head: extrem ely poor weather, spiralling farm input costs, depressed com m odity prices, embar goes, declining land values and the A g r ic u l t u r a l July 23,1984 Des Moines, Iowa Vol. 13 No. 14 fallout from tw o decades o f infla tion. “ Government loan and subsidy program s have not. rem oved the fun damental sources o f the farm prob lem, nor is more government spend ing likely to do so. The best medicine government could provide would be balanced budgets — balanced by spending cuts, not by tax increases. “ In many cases, substantial vol untary restructuring o f assets and o f farm debts will be necessary and, in some cases, farm operations will have to be liquidated. The private sector, working with government agencies, can handle the needed re structuring. Fm HA should be used more efficiently, and the new A p proved Lender Program offers an avenue in that direction. “ Overall, bankers remain deter mined to work with any farm custo mer who has a future. T oday’s great est need is for econom ic stability and for the time required to allow m ethodical debt and asset restruc turing. “ In that connection, A B A ’s A gri cultural Bankers D ivision welcomes the U.S. Department o f Agricul ture’s call for a join t public-private sector program to offer farm lenders and borrowers information on all the options available to them and to back borrowers up with the best possible farm management advice. * * # S reported in the July 2 Weekly IB A A ag leaders met in Omaha June 13 and gave sup port to a program “ to authorize $1 billion o f additional federal (FmHA) guarantees for loans made by com mercial lenders to existing farmers for farm production and debt refi nancing purposes.” IB A A Execu tive D irector Kenneth Guenther wrote FDIC Chairman W illiam Isaac June 20 to tell him that “ based upon firsthand reports o f these bankers, it is clear that any direction which your agency head quarters is giving to your loan ex aminers to exercise restraint in the classification o f agricultural credits as problem loans is not getting down to the examiners level. (They) re ported that they could detect no evi dence o f change toward a more ac com m odating stance by the exami ners.” Mr. Guenther stated further there were two aspects o f loan classifica tion singled out as “ particularly troublesom e by bankers. First, the examiners continue to classify loans in problem categories based upon cash flow even where the collateral securing the loan is more than ade quate... Secondly, several bankers re ported that it is virtually impossi- A Newsletter, ASK TERRY MARTIN to make MNB work for you. Toll free: 1-800-332-5991 Merchants National Bank isi Member F.D.I.C. https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis A ‘BANKS OF IOWA' BANK Norwest Bank Des Moines, N.A. C a ll (515) 245-3131 o r toll-free (800) 362-2514 Member FDIC Y e a rn work: one of the reasons w e're first in Iow a. Dennis Nahnsen J a n T ow n sen d dent o f the Iowa Independent Bank ers in 1979-80. KEYSTONE: Roland A . Hellwig, chairm an o f K eystone Savings Bank, retired in June after 39 years o f service. Mr. H ellwig joined the bank in 1945, was named executive vice president and CEO in 1957 and was elected president in 1970. He held that position until 1982 when he was named chairman. K N O XVILLE: The Community Na tional Bank & Trust Co. o f Knox in Des M oines. John M oye, partner in the Den ville recently prom oted Robert D. ver, Colo., law firm o f Head, M oye, Grote to senior vice president and Giles & O ’Keefe, will present the Steve Johnson to assistant loan offi workshop which prom ises to be very cer. inform ative. The workshop will run from 8:00 - 4:30. Registration can be LEG RAN D : Citizens Savings Bank made through the IB A in Des will be holding its Third Annual G olf D ay August 15 at the Oakland M oines, attention Barb Lowe. Acres G olf Course, west o f Grinnell COUNCIL BLUFFS: First National on U.S. Highway 6. Shotgun start is Bank has announced the prom otion set for 12:00 noon. The 18-hole golf o f Lee W icht to senior vice presi outing will be follow ed by cocktails dent; Catherine Ehlinger and Char from 5-6:00 p.m. and a prime rib din lene Martin to assistant vice presi ner at 6:00. Cost for the day is $30 dent, and Debra Debbaut to opera per person; $12.50 if you don’t plan tions officer. Mr. W icht joined the to golf. For reservations contact the bank in 1983 and previously spent bank by August 1. ten years with Omaha National Bank, Neb. Ms. Ehlinger was also SHENANDOAH: Security Trust & Savings Bank will celebrate its 75th prom oted to controller. Anniversary on July 29 with an IN D IAN O LA: D ick Buxton, 48, open house from 1-4:00 p.m. Securi president o f Peoples Trust & Sav ty Trust & Savings has been in oper Iowa News ings Bank since 1972, died July 16 ation since January 7, 1909. A Loan Docum entation W ork at Iowa M ethodist M edical Center shop, sponsored by the IB A , will be follow ing an extended illness with SIO U X CITY: Dennis A . Nahnsen held August 14 at the Savery Hotel cancer. Mr. Buxton served as presi has been appointed vice president and head o f correspondent banking and ag lending at Security National Bank. He resigned last week as vice president in the financial institu Contact: tions department at Norwest Bank Des Moines to accept the new ap Leroy Bell or pointment. ble, short o f liquidation, to get a problem loan classification removed once it is instituted, regardless o f the progress that is subsequently made on the loan.” Robert V. Shumway, FDIC direc tor o f examinations responded on July 5 that “ we ask our examiners to be reasonable, realistic and objec tive in evaluating farm credits; we do not ask them to lower standards and overlook weak credits since do ing such would be an abrogation o f the FD IC’s statutory responsibility. And, as you will note from the at tachments, all classifications are subject to at least one layer of review, and in the case o f problem banks, two independent reviews are accorded.” □ An important new profit center for your bank: ■ a com puterized local billing/credit service Milt Hennick 319-291-5412 National Bank of Waterloo 315 East 5th St. •Waterloo, IA 50704 UemMrFMM^ Professional ... Responsive... Call Mark Christen for any correspondent service. Call toll free (800) 622-7262 Valley National Bank if. DES MOINES. IOWA 50304 A BANKS OF IOWA BANK Member FDIC https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis S,slmFDIC Nebraska News LINCOLN: Mark J. M atthes has been elected vice president and op erations manager in the administra tive services division o f First Na tional Bank & Trust Company of Lincoln. Mr. M atthes joined the bank in 1974 and has served as as sistant vice president since 1982. COZAD: Les Petersen has been ap pointed vice president o f Cozad State Bank and Trust Co. He pre viously served 12 years as assistant vice president o f Security State Bank in Hartley, Iowa. SCHUYLER: Dennis R. Kennedy has joined the W agner Banking 3 I” CALL ON THE “PERFORMANCE TEAM where com m on transactions are handled uncommonly well. FIRST NATIONAL LINCOLN 13th & M Street • Lincoln, Nebraska 68501 • Member, F.D.I.C. from Norwest Bank St. Paul, where he was vice president and manager o f the private banking division. Mr. Branham has been president o f the South St. Paul bank since 1975 and has been with Norwest Corporation since 1946. a Group in the newly created position o f chief credit officer. He will be headquartered at The Financial Cen ter in Schuyler. ^ VER D IG R E : E. Janies Haggart has resigned as president o f The Bank o f Verdigre and Trust Co. Mr. Hag gart, who has served in that capaci Illinois News ty since March, 1982, has accepted a position with another bank. The CH ICAG O : U nibancTrust Com bank further announced that Mar pany has prom oted five to vice presi lene Grim has accepted the position dent positions. They are: W illiam C. o f executive vice president and Dippel and Casey Orlowski, com cashier; Tony Tim son has been pro- m ercial banking division; Peter m oted to assistant vice president Stickler, finance division; Mara and will manage the loan depart Tom sons, investm ents division, and ment, and Jim Blessen retains his Daryl W aszak, trust division. position o f vice president and insur South Dakota News ance manager. HURON: George Nygaard has been elected president o f First Bank Hu Minnesota News ron. Mr. Nygaard joined the First LITCH FIELD : David Daeges has Bank System in 1969 in Fargo and been elected president and chief ex- in 1977 m oved to Southside M issou ecutive officer o f Norwest Bank la, m ost recently served as second Litchfield, succeeding Roger O. officer there. DeBoer, who is retiring July 31. Mr. M ARIO N : Farmers State Bank has DeBoer has been president o f the elected Harlan H. Smith as presi bank since transferring to Litchfield dent. He succeeds Bruce D. Ander from Silver Bay in 1965. He has son, who recently resigned. Mr. been with the Norwest organization Smith started his banking career 36 years. Mr. Daeges currently is with the bank in 1979 and in 1981 senior vice president at the Litch was prom oted to cashier and direc field bank. He transferred here in tor. Barclay B. Smith has also been 1979 from Norwest Bank Redwood prom oted to cashier. He joined the Falls. bank in M ay o f this year. 0 0 • • • ST. PAUL: Norwest Bank South St. Paul has named Keith J. Vegors, Jr. as president. He succeeds Robert S. Branham, who will assume the posi tion o f chairman. Mr. Vegors, also elected a director, joins the bank North Dakota News The Independent Com m unity Banks o f North Dakota will be hold ing a M ini-Topics Seminar August 14 at the Doublewood Ramada Inn, Advantage Bismarck. Topics to be covered are strategic planning; profit enhance ment planning; one bank holding com pany, and financial risk manage ment. M cGladrey, Hendrickson & Pul len, Minneapolis, will present the seminar. M AN D AN : W ayne N. Forgey has been named president o f First Southwest Bank o f Mandan. In ad dition, he will assume the manage ment responsibility o f First South west Bank in Carson. Mr. Forgey entered the banking business in 1967 in Gettysburg, where he was until 1976. He then was named vice president o f First Bank in Cando, where he was elected president in 1980. C o m e to the quality investment specialists in Nebraska and Iowa. u a e’re your ” best authorities for bond portfolio management recommendations. Our quality is your key to success. 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