Box 44
Container
Contains 17 Results:
Rudolph Hecht, 1935
File — Box: 44, Folder: 11
Identifier: III
Scope and Contents
Correspondence concerning controversies over the Banking Bill of 1935, and a presidential report of the Bankers Association implying that Eccles was in favor of absolute governmental control of banking.
Dates:
1935
B.E. Hutchinson, 1944-1947
File — Box: 44, Folder: 12
Identifier: III
Scope and Contents
Friendly and often sarcastic correspondence with Hutchinson, chairman of the Chrysler Corporation's finance committee, regarding current issues of the National Manufacturers Association platform, high wages, and union power.
Dates:
1944-1947
R.C. Leffingwell, 1946-1951
File — Box: 44, Folder: 13-14
Identifier: III
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and speeches by Leffingwell, chairman of the board of the J.P. Morgan Company, regarding the Federal Reserve Board's role in the 1937-1938 recession, a sensitive subject to Eccles.
Dates:
1946-1951
Walter Lippmann, 1935-1941
File — Box: 44, Folder: 15
Identifier: III
Scope and Contents
Correspondence with Lippmann, columnist for the New York Herald Tribune, focusing on the Banking Bill of 1935. Lippmann and Eccles respected one another's economic views.
Dates:
1935-1941
Thomas I. Parkinson, 1945-1948
File — Box: 44, Folder: 16
Identifier: III
Scope and Contents
Correspondence between Parkinson, president of the Equitable Life Assurance Society in New York, and Allan Sproul, president of the New York Federal Reserve Bank, and between Eccles and Harold G. Brown, vice president of Shenandoah National Bank in Virginia. Parkison was critical of Federal Reserve policy, and Brown was critical of Parkinson's public pronouncements.
Dates:
1945-1948
J. David Stern, 1935-1937
File — Box: 44, Folder: 17
Identifier: III
Scope and Contents
Correspondence with Stern, publisher of the New York Post and the Philadelphia Record, and class C director of the Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank. Stern supported the New Deal but had an uneasy relationship with Eccles. He resigned his directorship in December 1936 to concentrate on publishing.
Dates:
1935-1937
Robert P. Vanderpoel, 1937-1951
File — Box: 44, Folder: 18-19
Identifier: III
Scope and Contents
Correspondence with Vanderpoel, financial editor of the , the , and a strong supporter of the New Deal. He and Eccles were close friends.
Dates:
1937-1951