c BOARD Office Correspondence Date February 21, 1955 PTo Governor Eccles Subject - Suggest Banking Bill c f 195^IAR 2 2J938 *> In response to your inquiry, I am suggesting these names as witnesses on the banking bill, with the further suggestion, however, that you send to Senator Fletcher and Congressman Steagall at this time only the names of persons (1) whom you yourself wish to have testify and (2) whom the Senate or House committee is likely to call in any event* As to the others, I would suggest that we first try to ascertain whether they will give effective support to one or more sections of the bill. Marriner S. Eccles, W. Averell Harriman, Federal Reserve Board, Washington, D.C. National Recovery Administration Washington, D. C. Charles S. Hamlin, Federal Reserve Board, Washington, D.C. John W. Pole, Export-Import Bank Aldolph C. Miller, Washington, D. C. Federal Reserve Board, Washington, D.C. George L. Harrison, Chester Morrill, of New York, Federal Reserve Board, Washington, D.C. New York, N. Y.

Leo H. Paulger, W. Randolph Burgess, Federal Reserve Board, Washington, D.C Federal Reserve Bank of New York New York, N.Y. E. A. Goldenweiser, Federal Reserve Board, Washington, D.C. Carltf. Snyder, Federal Reserve Bank of New York Henry /. Morgenthau, Jr. New York, N.Y. Treasury Department, Washington, D.C, B. A. McKinney, T.J.Coolidge, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Treasury Department, Washington, D.C. Dallas, Texas Herman Oliphant, J.U.Calkins, Treasury Department, Washington, D.C. Federal Reserve Bank of , San Francisco, Cal. Jesse H. Jones, Reconstruction Finance Corporation Roy A. Young, Washington, D.C. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Boston, Mass. John H. Fahey, Home Owners' Loan Corporation Eugene Meyer, Washington, D. C. Washington, D. C.

Digitized for FRASER http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Joseph A. Broderick, Thomas W. Lament, 780 Riverside Bfiro, J.P.Morgan & Co., New York, N.I. New York, N.Y* Winfield W. Riefler, Russell C. Leffingwell 34 llalvern Avenue J. P. Morgan & Co., Cherrydale, Va. New York, N.Y. Jacob Viner, S. Parker Gilbert, University of Chicago, J. P. Morgan & Co., Chicago, 111, New York, N.Y. Walter W. Stewart, J. C. Traphagen, 120 Wall Street, Bank of New York & Trust Co., New York, N. Y. New York, N.Y. Wesley C. ltttchell, Mortimer N. Buckner, Columbia University, New York Trust Company New York, N. Y* New York, N. Y. Charles A. Beard, Jackson iJ». Reynolds, New Milford, Conn* first National Bank, New York, N. Y. Francis M. Law, First National Bank of Houston, Henry S. Sturgis, Houston, Texas First National Bank, New York, New York Rudolf S. Hecht, Hibernia National Bank, Winthrop W. Aldrich, New Orleans, La* Chase National Bank, New York, N. Y* Robert V. Fleming, Biggs National Bank, Charles A. Miller, Washington, D. C. Savings Banks Trust Company, New York, N. Y. Tom K. Smith, Boatmen1s National Bank, Owen D. Young, St. Louis, Mo. General Electric Company, New York, N. Y* Walter S. McLucas, National Bank of Detroit, Henry Ford, Detroit, Michigan Ford Motor Company Detroit, Michigan Walter J. Cummings, Continental-Illinois National Bank General Robert E. Wood, & Trust Co., Chicago, 111* Sears, Roebuck and Co. Chicago, 111* Howard Bruce, Baltimore frost Co.,Baltimore, Md.

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Hugh Potter, National AssTn. of Real Estate Boards, 59 E. Van Buren St., Chicago, 111. Walter S. Schmidt, National Ass'n. of Real Estate Boards, 59 E. Van Buren St., Chicago, 111. Henry I. Harriman, Chamber of Commerce of the United States, T/ashington, D. C.

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