White House Press Release, Proclamation Number 2725

133 #1081 IMMEDIATE RELEASE APRIL 8, 1947 AMENDING THE PROCLANTIONS OF MARCH 6 AND MARCH 9, 1933, AND THE EXECUTIVE ORDER OF MARCH 10, 1933, TO EXCLUDE FROM THEIR SCOPE ME BER BANKS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM ortt boeuse BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION #2725 WHEREAS on March 10, 1933, the President of the United States, in pursuance of the program to permit resumption of banking operations following the Bank Holiday Proclamations No. 2039 of March 6 and No. 2040 of March 9, 1933, respectively, issued Executive Order No. 6073 which, among other things, authorized the Secretary of the Treasury to pernit any member bank of the Federal Reserve System and any other banking institution organized under the laws of the United States to perform any or all of their usual banking func- tions except as otherwise prohibited; and NARA WHEREAS on December 30, 1933, the President of the United States issued Proclamation No. 2070 which excluded from the scope of the said proclamations of March 6 and March 9, 1933, and the Executive order of March 10, 1933, all banking institutions which were not members of the Fedoral Reservo System; and WHEREAS by December 30, 1933, the Secretary of the Treasury had acted upon all requests for licensing of member banks of the Federal Reserve System; and WHEREAS on December 31, 1945, the Secretary of the Treasury issued a General License to transact normal banking business. to all banks thereafter authorized to begin business by the Comptroller of the Currency and to all State banks thereafter admitted to membership in the Federal Reserve Syston, and thereby dispensed with the require- ment of an individual license for each new member bank of the Federal Reserve System; and WHEREAS it is no longer necessary, or in the interest of government internal management, for the Secretary of the Treasury to license the transaction of normal banking business: NOW, THEREFORE, I, HARRY S. TRUMAN, President of the United States of America, acting under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 5(b) of the Trading with the Enomy Act of October 6, 1917, 40 Stat. 415, as amended, and section 4 of the act of March 9, 1933, 48 Stat. 2, and by virtue of all other authority vested in me, do hereby, in the interest of the internal management of the Government, proclaim, order, direct, and declare that the said proclanations of March 6 and March 9, 1933, and Executive order of March 10, 1933, as amended, are further amended to exclude from their scope banking institutions which are members of the Federal Reserve Systom: Provided, however, that no banking institution shall pay out any gold coin, gold bullion, or gold certificates, except as author- ized by the Secretary of the Treasury, or allow the withdrawal of any currency for hoarding. This proclamation shall become effective as of March 15, 1947. (OVER)