Addresses, 1949-1951

File — Box: 82

Identifier: III

Staff Only

Purposes and functions of the Federal Reserve System

Address at luncheon of the Commonwealth Club of California in San Francisco, California, April 8, 1949

Letter of resignation dated 20 June 1951 from Marriner S. Eccles to President Harry S. Truman

Address at luncheon of the Commonwealth Club of California in San Francisco, California, July 27, 1951

Address of Marriner S. Eccles, member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, at banquet of the 17th biennial congress of the Cooperative League of the U.S.A., Sherman Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, October 12, 1950

Address of Marriner S. Eccles, member, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, at the 58th commencement of the Utah State Agricultural College, Logan, Utah, Monday, June 4, 1951

Correspondence relating to a speech by Marriner S. Eccles at the 58th commencement of the Utah State Agricultural College, June 1951

Correspondence relating to a speech by Marriner S. Eccles at the Commonwealth Club of California in San Francisco, California, April 8, 1949

Long range economic problem of democratic capitalism

Statement by Mr. Eccles at Federal Advisory Council meeting, February 20, 1951

Scope and Contents

Speeches from 1949 until his resignation from the board in 1951. Eccles was often openly critical of U.S. economic policy, and his strong enunciation of these beliefs led to a public breach with President Truman and John W. Snyder, secretary of the Treasury.

Dates

Creation: 1949-1951

Creator

From the Collection: Eccles, Marriner S. (Marriner Stoddard), 1890-1977 (Person)

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