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HEARINGS

BEFORE A

SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE

COMMITTEE ON BANKING AND CURRENCY
UNITED STATES SENATE

SEVENTY-FOURTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

S. 1715 and H. R. 7617

BILLS TO PROVIDE FOR THE SOUND, EFFECTIVE, AND
UNINTERRUPTED OPERATION OF THE BANKING
SYSTEM, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

[CONSOLIDATED]

APRIL 19 TO JUNE 3, 1935

Printed for the use of the Committee on Banking and Currency

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ROBERT J. BULKLEY, Ohio

WILLIAM GIBBS MCADOO, California
JAMES F. BYRNES, South Carolina
JOHN H. BANKHEAD, Alabama

PETER NORBECK, South Dakota
JOHN G. TOWNSEND, JR., Delaware
JAMES COUZENS, Michigan
BRONSON CUTTING, New Mexico 1

1 Death occurred during the progress of the hearings, Monday, May 6, 1935.

II

CONTENTS

Aldrich, Winthrop W., chairman the Chase National Bank of the city of

New York...

Allendoerfer, Carl, vice president, First National Bank, Kansas City, Mo. 241
Anderson, Benjamin M., Jr., economist, the Chast National Bank of the
city of New York..

435, 478

Andrew, L. A., formerly superintendent of banks, State of Iowa; recently
president of the State bank division of the American Bankers' Associa-
tion, Des Moines, Iowa..

Awalt, F. G., Deputy Comptroller of the Currency.

Beattie, F. F., president First National Bank, Greenville, S. C...

Birdzell, L. E., general counsel Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation..

Bodfish, Morton, executive vice president, United States Building & Loan
League and assistant professor of economics at Northwestern University.
Brown, Edward E., president the First National Bank of Chicago.-
Byrne, John B., chairman special committee of the executive committee
of the Connecticut Bankers' Association, Hartford, Conn...

Crowley, Leo T., chairman of the board Federal Deposit Insurance Cor-

poration...

254

906

375

667

24, 51, 181

279, 313

Eccles, Marriner S., Governor of the Federal Reserve Board.
Eilenberger, C. B., Third Assistant Postmaster General
Elliott, Edward, vice president, Security First National Bank of Los
Angeles, Calif., representing the Bankers' Association of six States:
California, Arizona, New Mexico, Oregon, Idaho, and Utah
Elliott, W. S., vice president and cashier, Bank of Canton, and chairman
of the legislative committee of the Georgia Bankers Association, Canton,
Ga...

Evans, Elwyn, representing the clearing-house banks, Wilmington, Del.-

Ferguson, Frank C., president of the Hudson County National Bank,

Jersey City, N. J..

Field, William J., president of the Commercial Trust Co. of New Jersey,

Jersey City, N. J..

Frost, Joseph H., member, Federal Advisory Council, representing the
Eleventh Federal Reserve District; president Frost National Bank,
San Antonio, Tex..

Graettinger, M. A., executive vice president, Illinois Bankers Association,

Chicago, Ill

Hamilton, Willard, president Florida Bankers' Association, Orlando, Fla

Hamlin, Charles, S., member, Federal Reserve Board, Washington, D. C.

Hanes, Robert M., president Wachovia Bank & Trust Co., Winston-

Salem, N. C..

Heinman, Henry H., executive manager National Association of Credit
Men, New York, N. Y..

524

777

934

257

563

891

515

Harriss, Robert, New York Cotton Exchange, New York, N. Y.
Hecht, R. S., president American Bankers Association..

Hughes, James H., Jr., director and counsel, Delaware Trust Co., Wil-
mington, Del...

268

355

325

743, 765

Nahm, Max B., director Federal Reserve Bank, St. Louis, Mo.; vice
president, Citizens National Bank, Bowling Green Trust Co., Bowling
Green, Ky.

O'Connor, J. F. T., Comptroller of the Currency.

503

510

61, 99, 119, 143, 159, 177
Perkins, James H., member Federal Advisory Council, representing Second
Federal Reserve District; chairman National City Bank, New York,
N. Y..

Ridgely, Henry, president of the Farmers Bank of the State of Dela-

ware, in Delaware..

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Snyder, Frederick S., member, special committee on banking legislation
of the United States Chamber of Commerce, Boston, Mass-
Sprague, Oliver M. W. (Dr.), professor of banking and finance, Harvard
University, Cambridge, Mass..

Steele, Thomas M., member, Federal Advisory Council, representing the
First Federal Reserve District; president First National Bank & Trust
Co., New Haven, Conn..

Stern, J. David, editor Philadelphia Record, Philadelphia, Pa.
Sweet, William L., treasurer and general manager Rumford Chemical
Works, Rumford, R. I.; chairman of a special committee on banking
legislation of the United States Chamber of Commerce-

Szymczak, M. S., member, Federal Reserve Board, Washington, D. C..-
Vanderlip, Frank A., former president National City Bank, New York,

N. Y

Thomas, J. J., vice governor, Federal Reserve Board, Washington, D. C..
Warburg, James P., vice chairman Bank of the Manhattan Co., New York,
N. Y

915

964

Zimmerman, Charles F., president First National Bank, Huntingdon, Pa.

733

Losses to depositors in suspended commercial banks, July 1, 1864, to

June 30, 1934...

Earnings, expenses, losses, and profits of national banks' averages for
1918-30, compared with 6 months ending Dec. 31, 1933.

Newly licensed banks grouped according to volume of total deposits by
class of bank, July 1, 1933, to Dec. 31, 1934..

Reconstruction Finance Corporation purchases of capital obligations of

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Summary of hypothetical projection of a deposit-insurance corporation's
operating statements, period Jan. 1, 1921, to Mar. 15, 1933.

Disposition of licensed national banks which failed following the banking

holiday

Letter on letterhead of George B. Buck, consulting actuary, Treasury
Building, Washington, D. Č., addressed to Mr. J. F. T. O'Connor,
Comptroller of the Currency; attention, Mr. George P. Barse, counsel.

Statement of activities of the Department of Justice..

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