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Show BANKERS PROPOSE TO RETIRE NOTES j 1 Washington, Jan. 21. A committee ij of the American Bankers' Association iA has proposed a plan for the retire- f& ment and cancellation of the $346,000,- f 000 outstanding treasury notes, com- I m monly called "greenbacks." The v 9 plan proposes a bond issue Cf $200,- " fa 000,000 to displace an equal amount ot greenbacks, the remainder to be 1 taken care of by the $150,000,000 gold I B fund in the treasury specifically re- I' m served to protect the notes. J to The question has been brought to Bj the attention of the governors of the ' ! federal reserve banks who as yet l- K have not approved It. Its backers are ; W expected to present It before congress f: m at the present session. ' E |