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Show Banks BanIs { Make Best Record in inR inR inR R . F . C . Loans Repayments . Among the loans of ot $2,819,000,000 2819000000 $2,819,000,000made $2,819,000,000made ? $ 2,819,000,000made 2819000000made , , , made by the Federal Government Governmentthrough Governmentthrough Governmentthrough through the Reconstruction Finance FinanceCorporation FinanceCorporation FinanceCorporation Corporation , the highest percentage ot of otrepa ofrepayments otrepamcnts repa repayments } ) ments , official reports show , hasbeen has hasbeen hasbeen been made by the banks , indicatingthe Indicating Indicatingthe Indicatingthe the return of ot stability as the chief un unsettling un- un unettlfn unsettlin - settlin settling ettlfn element of ot public pubIlc fear hasbeen has hasbeen hasbeen been lifted hUed from them . , The Reconstruction Finance Corpo Corpo- Corporation Corpo- Corpo Corporation Corporation - - ration has authorized cash advanoos advances advancesfully , tully fully secured by b > ) sound collateral , to to6,278 to6278 6,278 6278 , banks einco since it began operations operationsin In February rebruary I'ebruary Iebruary ' , 1932 , and made actual actualdlsburscment actualdisbursements ictualdisbursements dlsburscment disbursements . to them in the amount amountot amountof of 1,221,878,000 1221878000 $1,221,878,000 $ , , , Of or this amount , how how- however however however - ever , $545 545 $ 073,000 073000 , , or over 44 per centhas oont cent , has been repaid b by ) the banks All otherclasses other otherclasses otherclasses classes of bonowers POrIo\\crs POrIo crs 1loriosers \ \ combined haverepaid han have hanTepald haverepaid Tepald repaid about 16 per cent of their loans - - |