Address of Marriner S. Eccles, member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, at a luncheon of the Executives' Club of Chicago, Grand Ballroom, Morrison Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, March 2, 1951

Typescript (4 pages) of an address by Marriner S. Eccles before the Executives' Club of Chicago on 2 March 1951. Also scans of letters to and from Eccles and staff making arrangements for his attendance; a copy of the Executives' Club News, vol. 27, no. 23 (March 9, 1951) with a report of Eccles's speech and the related discussion; and a brochure by and about the Executives' Club of Chicago. The speech linked defense against communism with domestic economic policies that would preserve democratic institutions by preventing inflation. He advocated tax policies that keep the federal budget balanced while providing adequate money for defense.