HEARINGS BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON BANKING AND CURRENCY UNITED STATES SENATE SEVENTY-THIRD CONGRESS SECOND SESSION ON S. 2366 A BILL TO PROTECT THE CURRENCY SYSTEM OF THE REVISED JANUARY 19 TO 23, 1934 Printed for the use of the Committee on Banking and Currency Hont 157737 Burgess, W. Randolph, deputy governor Federal Reserve Bank of Gephart, W. F., vice president of the First National Bank of St. Louis, Mo., and a member of the committee of the United States Chamber Harriss, Robert, Forest Hills, Long Island, N. Y., partner Harriss Preston, T. R., president of the Hamilton National Bank, Chattanooga, Rand, James H., Jr., chairman of the board, Remington-Rand Co., Rogers, James Harvey, Sterling professor of political economy, Yale Stewart, Walter W., member of the firm of Case, Pomeroy & Co., 355 Willis, Henry Parker, economist, New York, N.Y. 226 322 TABLE OF EXHIBITS1 1. January 11, 1934, S. 2366, Seventy-third Congress, second session. 2. January 11, 1934, Amendment proposed by Senator Fletcher to S. 4. January 16, 1934, Secretary Morgenthau's release to the press 5. January 16, 1934, Governor Black's release to the press _ _ 7. January 17, 1934, Governor Black's statement relative to S. 2366.. 10. March 6, 1933, President's proclamation (no. 2039), bank holiday, |