Press Release
February 29, 1968
The Joint Commission on the Coinage will meet Friday, March 1, at 10:00 a.m. in room 4121 of the main Treasury Building, Washington.
The purpose of the meeting will be to review the coinage and silver situation since the Commission’s last meeting on September 18, 1967. It is expected that discussions will include a review of coinage production, inventories of coins and silver, silver prices, silver sales, and the redemption and retirement of silver certificates.
The Joint Commission on the Coinage, created by the Coinage Act of 1965, consists of 24 members, including 12 from the Congress, four from the Executive Branch, and eight public members. Secretary of the Treasury Henry H. Fowler is Chairman.
Members of the Joint Commission on the Coinage
The Honorable David M. Kennedy
Secretary of the Treasury
Chairman
Executive
The Honorable Maurice H. Stans
Secretary of Commerce
The Honorable Robert Mayo
Director, Bureau of the Budget
The Honorable Mary Brooks
Director, Bureau of the Mint
Senate
The Honorable John Sparkman
Senate Banking and Currency Committee
The Honorable Wallace F. Bennett
Senate Banking and Currency Committee
The Honorable John O. Pastore
United States Senate
The Honorable Alan Bible
United States Senate
The Honorable George Murphy
United States Senate
The Honorable Peter H. Dominick
United States Senate
House of Representatives
The Honorable Wright Patman
House Banking & Currency Committee
The Honorable William B. Widnall
House Banking & Currency Committee
The Honorable Ed Edmondson
U. S. House of Representatives
The Honorable Robert N. Giaimo
U. S. House of Representatives
The Honorable Silvio O. Conte
U. S. House of Representatives
The Honorable James A. McClure
U. S. House of Representatives
Public
Mr. Julian B. Baird
St. Paul, Minnesota
Mr. Amon Carter, Jr.
Fort Worth, Texas
Mr. William C. Decker
New York, New York
Mr. Samuel M. Fleming
Nashville, Tennessee
Mr. Edward H. Foley
Washington, D. C.
Mr. Harry Francis Harrington
St. Louis, Missouri
Mr. Eugene S. Pulliam
Indianapolis, Indiana
Mr. Harry E. Rainbolt
Norman, Oklahoma