Show TO TAKE MYSTERY OUT OF mm BANKING by ROBERT V FLEMING president Avie american rican bankers association tile the american bankers association has cooperated wherever it could prop erly do so in every measure tor for national lecove recovery ry it has offered constructive r recommendations e c 0 m in e n d a for such changes in b banking laws as we recognized were necessary W and we now have a better law under which to operate the banking act ot of 1935 affords us opportunities A port unities f 0 or r broader s service e r v ic e K R V FLEMING and at the same time retains the fundamentals which we believe are so vital to our national welfare and which have played a largo large part in bringing our country in a comparatively short space of time to the position of the greatest industrial nation on the earth the public and banking it Is necessary that the public have a thorough understanding of the functions of 0 banks what they can do and what they cannot do tor for it must be recognized that to many people the business of banking Is still somewhat of a mystery we should frankl frankli explain these functions to the public acquaint them with the laws under which we operate and emphasize thu vital vita part which banks play in the economic life of the nation therefore in order that there may be the fullest cooperation and understanding between the banks and the people of the country countr it will also be one of our objectives to take the mystery out of banking wherever it exists in the public mind banking conferences A series of regional conferences on banking service will be held in strate gle gic sections of the country embracing all types of banking the new banking laws and the regulations issued there under will be eare carefully fully analyzed so that thai our bankers will have a thorough un der standing of the broadened services now made possible the question of public relations and how we can best serve the people of our communities will be another topic of discussion clinics or forums on specific questions of interest to bankers and the problems confronting them in their particular localities will also be included in these con conferences conferee feren ces |