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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF40-001
This folder contains a reverse chronological run of outgoing letters by Walter W. Heller and other Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) staff in response to requests for the CEA's views and comments on proposed legislation. Also included is a copy of S.J. Res. 105, to authorize the appointment of a Presidential Commission on Automation, which is likely misfiled.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF39-006
This folder contains requests to be placed on the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) mailing list, often in conjunction with requests for specific CEA publications. Most letters date from September 1961 to April 1962, but the file also includes a variety of articles and papers by Arthur R. Upgren, professor of economics at Macalester College, dating back to November 1960.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF39-005
This folder contains general requests for information and printed material, such as copies of reports and publications issued by the Council of Economic Advisers and copies of speeches given by Walter W. Heller. Note that there is a significant amount of overlap with the previous folder of student requests for debate information.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF38-022
This folder contains material compiled by Walter W. Heller concerning legislation to establish a standby capital improvements program. Types of items include correspondence, memoranda, reports, speeches, and press releases. Related work products of the Council of Economic Advisers include a draft of a proposed bill to authorize a capital improvements program during periods of rising unemployment; a paper on "Output and Employment Effects of Stand-by Expenditures"; and a background memorandum jointly written with the Bureau of the Budget regarding the proposed standby capital improvements authority. Other materials of note are copies of the Congressional testimony of Heller, David E. Bell, Arthur J. Goldberg, Gerhard Colm, and Charles H. Stoddard; analysis of the inventory of federal construction projects and other work submitted pursuant to the President's economic message of 2 February 1961; and a memorandum on the 1962 economic situation by George Meany of the AFL-CIO.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF38-020
This folder contains one proposal by the Council of Economic Advisers titled "A Stand-by Approach to the Problem of Persistent Unemployment."
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF38-016
This folder contains material compiled by Walter W. Heller concerning the Quality Stabilization Act (S. 774 and H.R. 3669). Types of items include correspondence and excerpts from the Congressional Record. Of note are two versions of an analysis by the Council of Economic Advisers titled "Probable Effects of the Proposed Quality Stabilization Act on Prices, Incomes, Employment, and Production."
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF38-007
This folder contains responses to a memorandum by Walter W. Heller about actions that the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) should take in regard to productivity. It also contains a speech by CEA staff member Barbara R. Berman titled "Public Information in the Operation of the Wage-Price Guideposts: The Productivity Statistics."
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF38-005
This folder contains materials concerning the 1964 legislative program to combat poverty. There is feedback from the Department of the Interior on the poverty program proposed by the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) and the Bureau of the Budget, with attached memoranda by the Bureau of Indian Affairs regarding programs to attack poverty on reservations, as well as an overview titled "Indians and Poverty." Next there is information from the Department of Agriculture on their anti-poverty proposals and cost estimates. There is also a handwritten spreadsheet for budget reconciliation of the total legislative program and the poverty program, and a copy of the CEA report to Theodore Sorensen regarding recommendations for making the "Attack on Poverty" a central feature of the 1964 legislative program.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF25-003
This folder contains memoranda from Walter W. Heller asking other members of the Council of Economic Advisers to serve as Acting Chairman while Heller was absent from the office. Individuals who filled in for Heller include Gardner Ackley, Otto Eckstein, John Lewis, Kermit Gordon, and James Tobin.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF47-022
This folder contains a draft by the Council of Economic Advisers titled "Program for Economic Recovery and Growth," which appears to be an early version of President Kennedy's economic message of February 1961. There is also a memorandum regarding a proposed Advisory Committee on Full Employment.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF47-017
This folder contains a copy of a paper issued by the Council of Economic Advisers titled "The Problem of Economic Growth."
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF47-014
This folder contains material pertaining to meetings and planning for the so-called second-stage economic program, an additional round of policies following from President Kennedy's economic message of February 2, 1961. It includes a memorandum by the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) titled "Economic Situation and Outlook at the End of April 1961," and an outline of proposals for the second-stage economic program drafted by Kermit Gordon (CEA), Robert C. Turner (Bureau of the Budget) and Lee White (White House). There is also some material about economic myths versus facts from June 1962, which is likely misfiled.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF47-013
This folder contains material pertaining to the replies of the Council of Economic Advisers to questions submitted by Representative Thomas B. Curtis as part of testimony before the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee (JEC). It also includes an issue of Executives' Club News (vol. 37, no. 19, 3 March 1961), published by the Executives' Club of Chicago.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF47-007
This folder contains material pertaining to a statement issued by the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) in response to criticism by Dr. Arthur F. Burns, a former CEA chairman. It includes a draft of the document, and a cover letter for distributing copies.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF47-005
This folder contains material pertaining to a statement issued by the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) in response to criticism by Dr. Arthur F. Burns, a former CEA chairman. The Council wrote the paper following a request from Senator Paul H. Douglas to analyze the position taken by Burns on current economic issues and specifically the questions he raised about the Council's views.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF47-004
This folder contains material pertaining to a paper by the Council of Economic Advisers titled "The Problem of Full Recovery," on how to foster economic growth and full employment.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF46-011
This folder contains material pertaining to a four-part review by the Council of Economic Advisers titled "The First Six Months of the Kennedy Administration: Economic Policy."
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF43-064
This folder contains material pertaining to a request for comments from the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) on enrolled bill H.R. 6094, to amend section 4 of the Employment Act of 1946, in order to remove the statutory limitation on salaries for the CEA.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Lee C. White
JFKWHSFLCW-004-009
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Lee C. White
JFKWHSFLCW-004-008
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Lee C. White
JFKWHSFLCW-004-006
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF28-025
This folder contains news articles and related correspondence concerning a press coverage of a meeting between Walter W. Heller and four former Council of Economic Advisers chairmen.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF28-024
This folder contains material compiled by Walter W. Heller concerning work projects and work plans for the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA). Most of the file is a memorandum of ideas from John P. Lewis.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF28-020
This folder contains memoranda and notes concerning the scheduled trips, meetings, and speaking engagements of Council of Economic Advisers members, mainly for the second half of 1963. Lists of commitments are present for Walter W. Heller, John P. Lewis, and Gardner Ackley. The file also contains several pages of Heller's appointments in calendar form (April-June 1963).
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF28-019
This folder contains two memoranda concerning a meeting between Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) members and staff and President Kennedy on 10 May 1962.