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Typescript (11 pages) of a statement dated May 20, 1940, by the Federal Advisory Council urging the Federal Reserve to modify its policy of "easy money"; Memorandum (8 pages) dated May 7, 1940, with title, "The Banks and government bonds: a suggested solution for a menacing situation," written probably for the Federal Advisory Council; Typescript (13 pages) of quotations from Federal Reserve documents titled "Board statements on easy money, 1929-1940"; Typescript (1 page) of quotations from Federal Reserve documents titled "Board views on proposed legislation"; Typescript (3 pages) memorandum dated Nov. 6, 1940, from Victor M. Longstreet, an economist at the Federal Reserve Board to Mr. E. A. Goldenweiser on "a plan to stabilize prices of bank-held government bonds"; Typescript (15 pages) memorandum dated June 19, 1940, by Victor M. Longstreet, an economist at the Federal Reserve Board, entitled, "Proposals to control bank reserves"; Typescript (14 pages plus graphs and charts) draft of a reply on the Advisory Council Statement on easy money, dated September 23, 1940; Typescript (17 pages plus charts) dated October 7, 1940, replying to the Advisory Council Statement on easy money submitted to the Federal Reserve Board on May 20; Typescript (17 pages) dated November 6, 1940, from E. A. Goldenweiser, an economist at the Federal Reserve Board, to the Board of Governors conveying a proposal by John Evans, President of the First National Bank of Denver about "The Banks and Government Bonds," and a review of Federal Reserve policies regarding "Easy money." |
