Show Ec Eccles les fes' fes Rushes Rushs r To Assume postIn Post PostIn In U. U S. S Treasury I I Marriner S. S Eccles I A Ogden Ban Banker er Winding Up Up Affairs Visiting ing M embers em- em m- m ibers i- i bers hers of Family TAKES JOB JANUARY 29 2 Will Sever All AH Connection Connection- I With With Bank Group Special to The Tel rua- rua OGDEN Jan 13 Marriner Marriner S 'S S S. S E ECcles EC- EC I cles des Ogden banker who Thursday was appointed as assistant to secretary secre tary of the treasury returned to h hir hw office offic in Ogden Saturday morning to sever seyer his banking co connections and revamp revamp revamp re re- re vamp the official roster of the b banks nka over which he has control In Utah Idaho and arid Wyoming He ted arrived fu In Ogden shortly after 9 a. a m. m and almost immediately delved Into the affairs fairs of his companies He spent t only a few minutes visitIng visit visit- visiting ing members rs of his family and then thea went to his office where he be was wa snowed unde under with telegrams lei letters letters let let- and telephone calls Hundreds of Wires Messengers Messengers' almost stumbled over one another in n the their r haste to deliver the hundreds of messages congratulating congratulating lating the leader who will become the third ranking man in the federal treasury department Three points were stressed by Mr Eccles They were ere That he is not a Republican but a Democrat that Secretary Secretary Sec See of War Dern Bern former governor of Utah deserves high praise for lor his efforts in behalf of and that the banking connections ot oL the new assistant to the secretary will be completely com corn severed and that he will leave Ogden in time to th be in jn Washington on the morning of January 29 E. E G. G Behn Bennett tt another an ther Ogden bank er Cr who recently was as named amed dire director tor of the federal deposit ins insurance rance corporation cor will resign his post in Washing Wash ing ington ton and return to take over the presidency of th st Security bank of or Idaho an ari- ari orga organization v with th sixteen six tee teen branches s. s T To Replace Eccles Mr Eccles has been serving in lii that capacity since the alteration In the form of the corporations set up to combine all of its banks and operate them as as' as branches G George orge S. S Eccles will become acting pr president ident of the ot-the the First Security corpo corpo- corporation corporation ration which owns and operates the First S Security bank of Utah with i. i seven sev sev- v. v en branches the First National Bank of ot Salt Lake with three br branches es the First Security Trust company of Salt Lake and th the First Security bank of Df f Rock Springs Wyo I Iam am not a Republican Mr Eccles declared Three years before the thelast thelast theLast last election I 1 stated where I stood politically and thought that I had bad made nade it clear There should be no doubt that I Iam Iam Imi am mi a Democrat An examination of the he Congressional Record will satisfy satisfy satis satis- fy y anyone on that Statement of Mr Eccles before a senate investigating committee I. I is contained con con- tamed in the Record for February 24 1933 4 It reads I am one of the many who wandered wan wan- dered from the Republican fold foId b because be cause ause I felt that Republican leadership leader ship hip had failed to nc act with sufficient understanding g and courage to remedy the he ills from which w we now suffer Elaborating upon that Mr said aid For more than three years I disapproved dis db- approved ved of the Mills Mellon program I felt that it was not forthe for forthe the he government and not for the good lood goodof of d the country Praises Dern George Dern is a hard w worker said aid the financial expert He isreal is a I areal real eal friend too Nothing that could be e said in the way of praise for him bim would ouId be too good I About silver Mr Eccles w would uld say little First he said I have no clear understanding of what if anything the he administration plans to do with silver ilver and again again- any announcement on n monetary policy probably will be made through the White While House The president resident Is the man to watch on that He will leave Ogden probably on January 25 |