Reconstruction Finance Corporation: Hearings Before the Committee on Banking and Currency, House of Representatives, Seventy-Second Congress, First Session, on the Bills H.R. 5060 and H.R. 5116 to Provide Emergency Financing Facilities for Banks and Other Financial Institutions, and for Other Purposes. December 18, 1931, and January 5, 6, and 7, 1932. Statement of Hon. Eugene Meyer ..., Part 1U.S. Government Printing Office, 1931 - 186 pages |
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... believe the bill sound . If I may review a little for the benefit of the committee the experi ence of the War Finance Corporation , not so much under the war powers but under what we may call with , I hope , no offense to our friends of ...
... believe the bill sound . If I may review a little for the benefit of the committee the experi ence of the War Finance Corporation , not so much under the war powers but under what we may call with , I hope , no offense to our friends of ...
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... believe it is true at this time - that it is not the fear of a borrower coming to a bank , a borrower of good standing and character ; it is not a fear of the borrower or a fear of his security so much as it is a fear of a general ...
... believe it is true at this time - that it is not the fear of a borrower coming to a bank , a borrower of good standing and character ; it is not a fear of the borrower or a fear of his security so much as it is a fear of a general ...
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... believe that there is the possibility of important remedial work of the greatest benefit to agricultural , commercial , and industrial interests through a measure with broad powers , the lines outlined in this bill . There is a great ...
... believe that there is the possibility of important remedial work of the greatest benefit to agricultural , commercial , and industrial interests through a measure with broad powers , the lines outlined in this bill . There is a great ...
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... believe a bill of this kind would be vital in restoring confidence in many areas where confidence is now lacking and that it would be of tremendous value from an economic standpoint . I would not want to predict what might happen to ...
... believe a bill of this kind would be vital in restoring confidence in many areas where confidence is now lacking and that it would be of tremendous value from an economic standpoint . I would not want to predict what might happen to ...
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... believe , at the time in that picture , in easing the whole credit situation throughout the country . At that time there was one other fundamental difference that I want to call your attention to , and I think it is important . I will ...
... believe , at the time in that picture , in easing the whole credit situation throughout the country . At that time there was one other fundamental difference that I want to call your attention to , and I think it is important . I will ...
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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 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 10 - That no association shall at any time be indebted, or in any way liable, to an amount exceeding the amount of its capital stock at such time actually paid in and remaining undiminished by losses or otherwise, except on the following accounts, that is to say:
Page 92 - Secretary of the Treasury, the governor of the Federal Reserve Board, and the farm loan commissioner...
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 34 - All redemptions, purchases, and sales by the Secretary of the Treasury of such notes or other obligations shall be treated as public debt transactions of the United States.
Page 34 - The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to purchase any notes and other obligations to be issued hereunder and for such purpose he is authorized to use as a public debt transaction the proceeds from the sale of any securities issued, under the Second Liberty Bond Act, as amended, and the purposes for which securities may be issued under such Act, as amended, are extended to include any purchases of such notes and obligations.
Page 9 - 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 82 - Three members of the board of directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
Page 1 - The management of the corporation shall be vested in a board of directors consisting of...