Show BANKING RETURNS TOWARD NORMAL 1 reconstruction reconstruct on finance corpo ration loan repayments show banks lead procession in in recovery movement indicating a rapid return on the part of the banks to a normal self sustaining basis bais 54 per cent of the loans which P kai they made from the tha reconstruction finance corporation to tide teem them over the difficulties of the past two years have been repaid by them it is shown in a recent official report the R F C report issued on march 6 says that the corporation since tt it besan began operations in february 1332 1932 had made aggregate cash advances to railroads agricultural and home loan agencies insurance companies and va rious other institutions in the amount of of this sum banks and trust companies to the number of 0 received actual cash advances of but have already paid back or 54 per it rit nt ailiese figures are exclusive of CO in loans authorized but withdrawn or not S availed of by the banks non banking borrowers received R 3 F C advances in the amount of and made repayments of or less than 12 per cent among 5 other classes of financial institutions institution a j reported as making high ratios of re payments are building and loan asso assa 11 clatious ciati clat ions ons which had received 1 and have repaid or over B at per cent and insurance companies 11 3 whose borrowings to SS and repayments or nearly 39 29 per cent none of the major non C governmental financial groups showed so high a ratio of repayments as the banks and trust companies as a group |