BANKS: At Mr. Mellon''s

At Mr. Mellon's

A Saturday afternoon tennis party was in full swing at Banker Harvey Dow Gibson's home near the Creek Club in Locust Valley, L. I. Mr. Gibson was wanted on the telephone. When he returned to his guests he looked thoughtful. It had been Secretary Mellon, asking Banker Gibson to be in Washington the next day.

Secretary Mellon had been making other calls and on Sunday afternoon a powerful group of New York bankers assembled in Mr. Mellon's apartment at No. 1785 Massachusetts Ave. Governor George Leslie Harrison of the...

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