Federal Reserve: Back at the Bank

With a sigh of relief, moneymen from Wall Street to Main Street heard last week that President Johnson had appointed William McChesney Martin, 60, to his fifth four-year term as chairman of the Federal Reserve Board. "This bank is delighted," said a Chase Manhattan senior vice president. So was First National City, whose president, George S. Moore, said of Martin: "This is a time when his experience is needed." No less enthusiastic were foreign bankers, who also see Martin as a staunch defender of the sound dollar that is so necessary to...

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