The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-19
BANKERS name
MISS HALDEMAN
AS SECRETARY?
Sentiment Favoring WOman's
Election at Noon Today.
Many Candidates for Position
on the State Body.
]. |. RAINES TO Be PRESIDENT
No Contest Against the Elec-
ton of Perry Banker.
Second Day of Statewide Meet
ing in Topeka Today.


bankers at representative hall this
morning indicated that Miss Marcel
Haldeman, vice president of the State
bank of Girard, would be elected sec
retary of the Kansas State Bankers
association late this afternoon. A
number of other candidates have been
mentioned to take the place of Will
Wayman of Emporia, who has an
nounced that he will be unable to do
the work connected with that office
another year. However, it is believed
if Miss Haldeman announces that she
will accept the position the others will
withdraw and permit the young wo-
man to enter the office without a con-
test. At present Miss Haldeman is as
sistant secretary of the association.
Other candidates mentioned are
Walter Payne of Burlingame, c. A.
Hale of Yates Center, S. A. Grove of
Arkansas City and George Hammond
of Clay Center.
There is no contest for president 1t
is conceded that J. L. Raines of Perry,
vice president, will be the next presi-
dent, and Tom Sweeney of Lawrence,
second vice president will become
first vice president. The position of
second vice president usually goes to
a western man but no candidates were
mentioned this morning.
John E. Wagner, chairman of the
resolutions committee, was cIoseted in
room at the National hotel prepar-
ing bunch of resolutions to be pre-
sented to the bankers shortly after
dinner. 1t is freely predicted that one
resolution will indorse a national as
soclat1on of state bankers, another will
| be against the branch bank system
now in vogue among national bankers
A third will indorse proposed changes
In the FEDERAL reserve bank act. Kan
sas city was chosen as the next meet
ing place of the bankers
Resolutions Adopted.
Directing its president and secre-
tary to take up the subject of a ma
t1onal organization with the different
state organizations in the United
States, the committee on resolutions ar
this mornings meeting of the Kansas
state Bankers association reported bv
resolution, which was unanimously
adopted by the members, in favor Of
such step at once.
| The resolutions also carried an en-
phat1c protest against branch banking
Following are the resolutions in
| full: Al
Resolved: That we first express our an
extended us by the city of Topeka and
her bankers in particular, and we desire
70 thank the newspapers of Topeka for
their extended publicity of our proceedinps
Inc 9o1 State Banks of Kansas go on
record as most emphatically against the
principie Of Of branch banking. If applied
absorb and federalize the banking business
IN the United states, and wipe out and
destroy the splendid banking systems Of
our different states. If applied only to
counties, as now suggested, it will serve
| as stepping stone to further extensions
| trust"
We set ourselves squarely against the
Stevens-Price maintenance bill now before
congress, which If enacted into law gives to
| every manufacturer the right to fix the
price at which his products must be sold
| by the retailer.
We demand that the State and National
banks banks be authorized by law to act as
Executor, Trustee. Administrator and
| Registrar of stocks and bonds
We desire to commend the fair, able and
sioner w F. Benson
We most urgently favor national or
ganlzatlon OF the State Banks of the
i United States, and we direct our President
and Secretary to take this subject up with
the different state organizations in the
United States with the object in view of
perfecting a nation wide organization of
That our delegation in Congress be in
structed to assist in securing the enact
ment of an amendment to the federal law
| giving the Comptroller of the Currency
authority to require National banks op-
Grating In states having regulations &C.
ern1ng interest rates that may be paid up
on deposits. to conform to such regulations
/ in such manner they are now required
to conform to the states regulation con-
! charged
We hereby instruct our Secretary to
send copy of these Resolutions to our
United States Senator. and Representatives
/ in Congress. and invite their assistance
and cooperation.
JOHN E WAGNER
Chairman
J. B. ADAMS
A r. WALLACE.
w. W. RAMEY
T. E. SCUDDER
Her Heart to Heart Talk
In an address she termed a Heart
to heart talk about the human sig
nificance of banking" Miss Anna Mar
Get Haldeman, vice president of the
State bank of Girard, told members of
the Kansas State Bankers association
this morning at the seventh annual
convention that the bank is a COM
munity's heart.
Miss Haldeman spoke of the aid
that can be given to housewives By
banks that teach savings. She pointed
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