Creation of a Reconstruction Finance Corporation: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Banking and Currency, United States Senate, Seventy-second Congress, First Session on S. 1, a Bill to Provide Emergency Financing Facilities for Banks and Other Financial Institutions and for Other Purposes. December 18, 19, 21, 22, 1931. Printed for the Use of the Committee on Banking and Currency |
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... Governor Meyer , of the Federal Reserve Board , to come here this afternoon and give us a résumé of this bill , Senate bill No. 1 , known ... MEYER , GOVERNOR FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD Governor CREATION OF A RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION 5.
... Governor Meyer , of the Federal Reserve Board , to come here this afternoon and give us a résumé of this bill , Senate bill No. 1 , known ... MEYER , GOVERNOR FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD Governor CREATION OF A RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION 5.
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... MEYER , GOVERNOR FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD Governor MEYER . Thank you , Mr. Chairman . I am glad to be here to - day and to express my support of this measure or of a meas- ure which you , in your consideration of the present banking and ...
... MEYER , GOVERNOR FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD Governor MEYER . Thank you , Mr. Chairman . I am glad to be here to - day and to express my support of this measure or of a meas- ure which you , in your consideration of the present banking and ...
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... Governor MEYER . I can not , offhand , Senator ; but I would be very glad to look it up and put it in the record . Senator GLASS . If you please . Governor MEYER . Several billions of Government bonds are now held by the member banks ...
... Governor MEYER . I can not , offhand , Senator ; but I would be very glad to look it up and put it in the record . Senator GLASS . If you please . Governor MEYER . Several billions of Government bonds are now held by the member banks ...
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... Governor MEYER . How much a national bank may borrow from this institution . Senator WATSON . Is that a wise provision ? Governor MEYER . I think so , because otherwise there might be many banks which could not legally borrow from the ...
... Governor MEYER . How much a national bank may borrow from this institution . Senator WATSON . Is that a wise provision ? Governor MEYER . I think so , because otherwise there might be many banks which could not legally borrow from the ...
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... Governor MEYER . Unlimited loans ? Senator GLASS . Yes . Governor MEYER . No. There was a limit on the amount that could be loaned to any one borrower ; but this provision here , Senator , is an authorization to borrow , not an ...
... Governor MEYER . Unlimited loans ? Senator GLASS . Yes . Governor MEYER . No. There was a limit on the amount that could be loaned to any one borrower ; but this provision here , Senator , is an authorization to borrow , not an ...
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Page 5 - If any clause, sentence, paragraph, or part of this Act shall for any reason be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair, or invalidate the remainder of this Act, but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, or part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment shall have been rendered.
Page 1 - The management of the corporation shall be vested in a board of directors consisting of...
Page 3 - Any and all notes, debentures, bonds or other such obligations issued by the corporation shall be exempt both as to principal and Interest from all taxation (except surtaxes, estate, inheritance, and gift taxes) now or hereafter imposed by the United States, by any territory, dependency or possession thereof, or by any state, county, municipality or local taxing authority.
Page 2 - The Corporation shall be entitled to the free use of the United States mails in the same manner as the executive departments of the Government.
Page 2 - That the corporation shall be empowered and authorized to adopt, alter, and use a corporate seal; to make contracts; to purchase or lease and hold...
Page 2 - The board of directors of the corporation shall determine and prescribe the manner in which its obligations shall be incurred and its expenses allowed and paid.
Page 2 - SEC. 5. To aid in financing agriculture, commerce, and industry, including facilitating the exportation of agricultural and other products the corporation is authorized and empowered to make loans, upon such terms and conditions not inconsistent with this Act as it may determine...
Page 3 - The Corporation, including its franchise, its capital, reserves, and surplus, and its income shall be exempt from all taxation now or hereafter imposed by the United States, by any Territory, dependency, or possession thereof, or by any State, county, municipality, or local taxing authority...
Page 5 - Whoever makes any statement knowing it to be false, or whoever willfully overvalues any security, for the purpose of obtaining for himself or for any applicant any loan, or extension thereof by renewal, deferment of action, or otherwise, or the acceptance, release, or substitution of security therefor, or for the purpose of influencing in any way the action of the...
Page 1 - Act shall be construed to prevent the appointment and compensation as an officer or employee of the Corporation of any officer or employee of the United States in any board, commission, independent establishment, or executive department thereof.