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Congressman and Chairman of the House Banking and Currency 

Committee, 1927-33; courageously opposed the manipulators of the 

Federal Reserve System in the 1920’s and the 1930’s. Introduced bills to 

impeach Federal Reserve Board of Governors and allied officials. After 

three attempts on his life, he died mysteriously.

JOHN PIERPONT MORGAN (1837-1913)

Considered the dominant American financier at the turn of the 

century. Who’s Who in 1912 stated he "controls over 50,000 miles of 

railroads in the United States." Organized United States Steel 

Corporation. Became representative of House of Rothschild through his 

father, Junius S. Morgan, who had become London partner of George 

Peabody & Company, later Junius S. Morgan Company, a Rothschild 

agent. John Pierpont Morgan, Jr. succeeded his father as head of the 

Morgan empire.

DAVID MULLINS (1946- )

Appointed Governor of the Federal Reserve Board May 21, 1990, David 

Mullins’ term runs to Jan. 31, 1996. He was recently nominated to serve 

as Vice Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, and served as 

Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Domestic Finance 1988-90, 

receiving the department’s highest award, the Alexander Hamilton 

Award, for his service in such programs as synthetic fuels, federal 

finance, Farm Credit Assistance Board, and author of the President’s 

Plan for rescuing the savings and loan institutions. He is a distant cousin 

of the author, descended from John Mullins, the first recorded settler in 

the western area of Virginia, hero of the battle of King’s Mountain, and 

recipient of a 200 acre grant of land for his service in the American 

Revolution.